"Your Majesty, Lady Dragoneye is here to accompany you." Vida bowed and asked for permission to leave. He nodded his permission and walked over to me. He hardly ever wore his robes, but wore a deep green tunic, light brown trousers, and dark brown sandals. I didn't wear my robes either, but a dark blue ankle length dress with long sleeves and the neckline, sleeve edge, and bottom of the dress had gold embroidery. I wore matching gold sandals. My sheaths for Kinra's sword hung around my shoulders. When he saw me, he stared.

"How do you feel?" he managed to get out. I smirked.

"I hate changing clothes with wounds."

"Well I could help with that. I know a way to get them off quick and easy." he grinned a sly grin.

"Not now, Kygo. We have a meeting to get to. You have a certain law to change." I raised my eyebrow.

"Indeed I do. Don't worry, Eona. The council consists of you, Dela, Ryko, Tozay, and I. If we have one more vote to change the law, it will change. I'm almost certain Dela will vote for it, and maybe Ryko, too. You need not worry." he said as we left the tent, headed for the meeting tent. Maps were sprawled across the tables leaving only the main table empty. Kygo sat at the head of the table, having me sit on his left. Dela was at my right, across from her was Ryko. On Ryko's left was Tozay. Dela and Ryko were discussing wedding plans, and Tozay was fiddling with his fingers. As soon as they saw us they dropped into low bows.

"Rise." Kygo cleared his throat, glanced at me, then looked at the rest of the council and spoke. "I have a matter that I would like to discuss first." Dela smiled at me, then smiled at Kygo. She knew. I couldn't help but give a small smile.

"It has come to my attention that an emperor can only marry a woman of royal bloodline. I would like that to change. Perhaps from royal bloodline to any bloodline. Vote by a show of hands. Who votes 'yes'?" Dela, Ryko, Kygo, and I raised our hands. Tozay was hesitant, but in the end, he raised his hand too. "Law change passed. Now to other matters."

"Your Majesty, there are no other matters to discuss. Today's meeting was only annual." Tozay said as Ryko and Dela grinned.

"Well then, court dismissed. But Dela, Ryko, I would like to know something. Do you two have a date set, yet?"

"Yes, Your Highness. One month from today." Dela bowed.

"You can expect me, Dela." Kygo said as I pulled out Kinra's swords and we started walking towards his tent. A few feet away from the entrance, he picked me up longways, and carried me in, making me laugh the whole way. He sat me up on his bed and kneeled.

"Eona, you are wiser than me, and only you have had the courage to cross swords with me or punch me. You defy my orders and second guess me. It only makes me love you more. You have given up so much for this land, and when I said that you were queen to me, I meant it. Your fierceness is one of many things I love about you. You can also be stubborn, defiant, willful, and braver than anyone I have ever known. Will you be my empress, the moon to my sun?" He pulled out a necklace similar to his own with it's scarlet colored gemstone and silver chain.

"Of course!" I yelled, and upon hearing this, he picked me up by my sides and swung me. I screamed in pain as he lost his grip and his hand slid over my wound. He swiftly, yet carefully lowered me down onto his bed and Vida was drawn in by my scream.

"Lady Dragoneye," she yelled as she bowed. "Are you hurt?"

"Get the Royal Physician. Now! Eona, I'm going to unwrap your bandages and see what is wrong. I need you to hold still." he pulled up my dress and took the wrappings slowly and carefully. He pulled the sides of the arrow wound apart slightly. I tried to scream, but no sound came out. "Five of the seven stitches have came out and it's bleeding badly again." He got some water and put a clean cloth in it. Then he washed most of the blood off my side and pressed down on my wound gently with a dry cloth. It was very painful. The physician came in, white with worry.

"Lady Dragoneye! How did this happen?" he asked and Kygo lowered his head.

"We were just spinning. Kygo, I'll be fine, its just a few stitches." he looked at me sadly.

"No it won't be fine, Eona. I was the cause of your pain. I'm sorry, Eona." he watched the physician put in the stitches sadly.

"Kygo. Look at me." I put my fingers up to the bottom of his chin and brought his gaze to mine. "I can definitely handle this. I've gone through Sethon's torture, so this is nothing. Stop getting so down because you accidentally hurt me. Kygo I've purposely crossed swords with you and hit your pearl when it was first put in." his mood was lightened, but not ecstatic. When the bandaging was done, the physician left Kygo and I alone.

"Eona, I'm sorry." Kygo's expression was unreadable.

"Its fine. I have the stitches and the pain has dulled. Can we move on, Your Majesty?" I wanted to tell him the pain was gone, but I was lying to him no longer. I was so focused on making him happy again, I didn't realize I called him 'Your Majesty'. The look on his face told me that he forgot about my wound.

"Eona, its Kygo." he joked. "You really need to get the hang of that, if you're going to be empress." his smile told me he was joking, his eyes told me he was happy. I smiled. We walked around camp for a little bit, him helping me walk so I didn't have to use Kinra's swords. They still contained their battle prowess, helping me when I need it. I wish I would have had them in my hands when Maylon struck. From what Kygo, Ryko, and Dela told me, he attacked me because he thought I was the reason his father died. They tried to convince him otherwise, but he wouldn't believe them. I thought that maybe they didn't try hard enough to convince him because he had made an attempt on my life, but I was told otherwise by Tozay.