Link knocked on the door, not even thinking to hesitate as he walked in. He caught a piece of fabric that was quickly thrown to cover his eyes, the action putting him on edge as he could see a divider being pulled across the room and Zelda grabbing her coat to cover herself.
''Link, you can't see the dress before the day. What is the point in knocking if you're not going to wait for us to reply?'' Zelda snapped at him and Link immediately felt stupid. That said, as far as he'd been made aware, they were still in the designing stages and he didn't think they were up to sewing yet. Clearly, that had changed.
''Sorry,'' he apologised as he turned around to face the door, pulling the fabric over the back of his head to block his peripheral vision. He was feeling concerned if what he had seen was going to be her actual dress; he'd seen staff carrying groceries in bags made of the same yellowish material.
Zelda let out a sigh as he could hear them all moving about behind him, trying to get the room back in order. ''What is it?''
Link had to take a second to think. ''I don't remember now,'' he said and he could tell the queen was rolling her eyes at him. He took another few seconds, trying really hard to remember what he'd been doing before he had walked into the room. The problem was most days felt the same so remembering specifics often got difficult. It finally clicked and he caught the cloth before it fell as he stood up straighter. ''Equipment budget.''
''The castle resources budget is still being cleared by the council representatives. Once it is approved, we can work out the exact amount you can have,'' Zelda replied. ''Do you need something now?''
Link shook his head, holding the fabric so it wouldn't fall. ''No, just soon. We're preparing for the next intake.''
''How soon is soon?'' she asked, aware that for some of the people she met with, soon meant tomorrow. He could hear her walking over to him, letting go as she began to pull the fabric away. ''You really look silly with this on your head.''
Link turned to face her. She was adjusting her coat, back in her normal outfit again. She pointed for him to go and stand on the small pedestal, Link giving a confused frown but doing as she asked anyway. The seamstress knew what Zelda was putting him there for, beginning to measure him as Link tried to stand still. ''The intake starts next month. We put them through the fitness training first so... six weeks? I'll have to check with Grax; I've been trying to step back and let him take control like he should be.''
Zelda folded her arms as she watched the seamstress take down all of her notes, determined she could probably make up an exact mock-up of his body shape and size by the time she was done. ''You should have money before then. There's other things we need as well, so I'm pushing for them to finalise it sooner rather than later.''
Link nodded as the seamstress stepped back and let him step down. ''What am I being measured for?''
''One of these to start with,'' Zelda said as she pulled at her coat. He did vaguely remember that conversation. ''Then you'll need something to wear at the wedding too.''
''As a soldier, I assumed that meant I wear the full royal armour set.''
The seamstress shook her head. ''You are not clanking up those stairs in iron.''
Link hadn't realised he'd said the wrong thing. ''Well, if not that then probably the champion's armour, right?''
The seamstress looked at Zelda to see her thoughts. He wasn't wrong; it was his title and therefore it was the outfit he was meant to wear for all formal occasions where he wasn't standing as part of the guard itself. It was much more lightweight and designed for a lot of quick movement without all of the noise and discomforts that the iron gear had. ''I do suppose that is probably what you should be wearing, isn't it?'' she said, taking this information into consideration. ''Then never mind. Just make sure it's all in good condition. If there's any marks, holes or anything, please give it over to the seamstress so she can fix it.''
Link gave her a look before turning to the seamstress. ''Can you make me another set?''
The seamstress let out a sigh. ''Please bring the other in so I can make sure I get all the details right,'' she said and Link nodded.
He walked out of the room as Zelda led him down the hall. ''The council is meeting now if you'd like to sit in.''
He'd gone along for a little while but there was too much to get done. While he had the chance, he wanted to help get other things off the ground while the former princess was busy in meeting after meeting, unable to help as many directly as she would have liked. ''Is there anything other than making sure the budget gets passed soon?'' he asked and Zelda looked through her diary.
''Not that I have here,'' she said and Link looked to see whether she wanted him to come along anyway. ''What were your plans for this afternoon?''
Link shrugged. ''Check the guards, make sure they're doing their jobs. Hopefully go unnoticed so I can give Grax some feedback on how they are when they don't think they're being watched,'' he said and Zelda nodded. ''Other bits and pieces. I can reschedule if you want me to go to the council meeting.''
Zelda shook her head. ''Am I going to see you later?'' she asked and Link nodded. He spent most evenings with her unless she had further meetings, which seemed to be happening more and more frequently. He wasn't sure when she ever got to take a break if it wasn't just to sleep.
''Are we getting time to ourselves?''
Zelda looked uncertain. ''That's the plan so far,'' she said and Link wasn't comforted by her choice of words. They spent too many evenings in the same room and yet apart because people would walk in without any notice. She'd been right when she said they wouldn't get any privacy at all within the castle walls. He was beginning to lose hope they'd even get any after they were married; no one seemed to care about the possibility they wanted to be left alone.
He got through the day and walked up to the queen's quarters after dinner, hoping she might have been settled by then. He was concerned by the fact there seemed to be no guards standing near her end of the hallway but at least she wasn't there. He sat in the chair beside her bed like he normally did, quietly waiting for her return.
She did eventually, looking tired as she closed the door behind herself. ''I'm sorry, I've just been dealing with some very vocal Gorons. I still haven't worked out what they were asking for but I've asked them to put it in writing before I raise it to the council,'' she grabbed some clothes as she stopped and turned. ''Can you wait while I have a shower?''
''Don't worry about me, have a bath and relax if you want,'' Link insisted. ''I'll go.''
''Join me,'' Zelda suggested and Link hesitated. ''I asked and the guards didn't think you were here.''
She grabbed one of the signs she had made up so people would stop annoying her while she was trying to have a shower or a bath, hanging it on the door. Link still looked divided as he stayed in the chair, waiting for further direction.
Zelda walked over to her bathroom door, placing her hand on it as she looked at him, confused he was still sitting there. ''If you don't want to, I'll just have a shower and you can wait. I feel like we live in the same castle but I barely see you.''
Link sighed as he got up. She deserved the time to relax and his only issue with joining her was if they got caught, more for her reputation than his. He walked in behind her as she began turning the taps, letting the water start pouring into the stone tub. She looked through her cupboards, trying to work out what some of the staff put in there when they had run it for her in the past, smelling the bottles and powders in turn.
Link made sure the door was firmly shut, watching as Zelda let her coat fall from her shoulders and down her arms. The more he thought about it, the worse the situation got. Watching her get undressed was just sending messages around his body that made the whole situation even more awkward. ''I think I might sit outside instead.''
''Why?'' Zelda asked as she reached around her back, trying to undo her shirt with one hand. ''I didn't invite you in to guard the door.''
This was taking a completely different turn to what he had predicted. He thought he was just coming into the room so he could sit and speak to her while she tried to relax. He looked at the tub and frowned. ''It's going to be a tight fit.''
''Then we'll just have to be close, won't we?'' she said as she let her shirt fall aside too. She walked over to him, nervous in her movements as she began to undo his tunic. He let her pull it over his head as she led him over to the bath side, checking the temperature of the water as it got higher and higher.
After removing the rest of their clothes, she let him sit down first. She held his hand as she got in herself, trying not to slip as she sat in his lap and leaned against him. It was nice to be held in his embrace as she let the water warm her tired and aching muscles. Sometimes she wondered if sitting in chairs all day was actually harder work than running around Hyrule. Her back and shoulders had certainly deteriorated considerably.
Link was lost as to where he should put his hands, trying to keep his body a little away from her. She was cold in contrast to the water, which both did and didn't help as he was willing the indecent thoughts he was having away. It didn't help that she shuffled and got closer.
He laid his head back as he took a few deep breaths. His lessons in self-control had been about other things, seduction being one he hadn't really given consideration to. He'd also hoped that if he was ever in the situation, he'd get himself out of it sooner rather than later; he'd certainly avoid being naked with someone else at all costs.
She got comfortable and he thought she may have just fallen asleep there, every muscle in her body slowly relax. She'd been feeling awkward at first too; she couldn't even think of the last time she'd seen him completely naked. They were almost always interrupted which did a fantastic job of ruining the mood.
She could feel that he was too anxious to move his hands even though she was sure his arms were uncomfortable. She tried to pull them more around her waist, feeling the resistance as she did so. ''This is meant to be relaxing for you too,'' she said and she could feel him shuffle again as she sat up and turned a little to look at him. ''What's wrong?''
Link didn't know what to say, awkwardly staring at her for a few seconds as he shuffled again. ''It's just my body getting mixed signals.''
''I'm sorry?'' Zelda asked as she looked only more confused and concerned.
''What does it usually get when it's naked with a naked woman very close by, Zelda?'' Link asked and Zelda looked like she immediately understood his point. ''It's working out it's wrong.''
Zelda still looked unsure. ''If you want to get out-''
Link shook his head as he spun her back around, pulling her in close. He gently played with her hair, hoping she'd relax again. He knew he was ruining the time she'd particularly wanted to have some time to de-stress but he couldn't help it if he felt uncomfortable at first. At least playing with her hair seemed to help; she relaxed once again as she sunk further into his arms, almost falling asleep.
There was a knock at the door and Zelda let out a groan. ''Yes?''
''Your Majesty, I have a parcel for you,'' the voice said through the door and Zelda sat up.
''Leave it on the bed. I'll look at it when I get out of the bath in a little while,'' she called back and she could hear that they weren't leaving. ''Is it important?''
''Yes.''
Zelda sighed as she got up, grabbing a towel and wrapping it around herself. She stepped forward and opened the door up just enough to see the other person, a clearly displeased expression on her face. ''What is it?''
''This was for you,'' the woman said as she offered up the parcel. ''We were told you need to see it immediately.''
Zelda held the towel with one hand as she reached out for the parcel and noticed the woman hesitating, particularly paired with the uneasy expression on her face. Something was off; she could feel it as she took her hand back. ''Who sent it and what is it?''
''I don't know.''
''Put it down on the bed or the dresser. I will look later,'' she said and she could see they weren't going to move. They'd been given orders and they were too scared to do anything. They even looked too terrified to drop it and run. She always knew this was a possibility but hadn't expected it given they were in a time the world seemed relatively at peace. ''This is something to hurt me, isn't it?''
There was a nod and Zelda held the door tighter. ''Put it in my office. I'll have someone look at it later,'' she said and the woman nodded. ''Be very careful.''
''Thank you, your majesty.''
Zelda closed the door and took a deep breath as Link was already out of the bath, getting ready to handle the situation. He ran the towel through his hair before tying it up, immediately heading for the door. She wanted to stop him but she knew he wouldn't. Even after handing over his military, he still saw himself as the one responsible for her safety.
He walked out of the room, trying his very best to not raise any alarms. He returned an hour or so later and the queen was well and truly in bed, opening her eyes slowly to sit up. ''It was just a threatening letter in a parcel with other items inside to imitate something dangerous.''
Zelda was glad; she would have felt awful if something had happened. She knew that there were some citizens who preferred not having the royal family but some of them were clearly now becoming very motivated to try and get rid of her, or at least make her fear what they would do. ''What was the threat?''
''Stop sending spies.''
Zelda sat up. Of all the things that could be written in there, that was one she didn't expect. ''We don't have spies.''
Link nodded. ''I will check with Grax but there's a good chance we're being framed.''
Zelda slowly laid back down, her eyes heavy as he stepped forward and put his hand on hers. ''One evening together. That's all I ask the goddess for and now I am scared for my life.''
Link kissed the top of her head and walked out, feeling a mixture of things building in his chest. He walked past the guards and back into his room, taking the master sword and his shield from the wall. It felt good to have them back in his hands again after so much time.
The guards were confused and stopped him before he could walk back. ''No weapons are allowed in the queen's quarters, Sir. You know that. You made the rule.''
Link gave them both a look as he tightened his grip. ''You let someone walk in with a blatant threat to her life. It even looked suspicious from the outside. She's scared for her life that something is about to happen because you incompetent idiots didn't think to stop the person with the suspicious package. Let me through.''
They immediately stepped aside, letting him through as his anger boiled under the surface. He took some deep breaths and let it settle before opening her bedroom door quietly and closing it behind himself. She opened her eyes just a little as he put his things perfectly within reach to use if it was required and got into bed beside her to hold her nice and tight. He only slept lightly, listening to every sound carefully just in case there was a follow-up.
He woke up before she did as per usual, making his way down to the academy with his sword and shield on his back. Grax was barely awake, flicking through the pages of a recipe book in bed as the former knight walked in. ''Got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning?''
''How did your soldiers let a parcel with a bomb in it get all the way into Zelda's bedroom?'' Link asked and Grax's expression completely dropped.
''Did one really...?'' Grax asked and Link's expression didn't change. ''Shit.''
Grax got out of his bed, throwing the covers back as he quickly changed. So much for a late start; he'd been looking forward to the quiet morning for weeks. Link folded his arms and waited as Grax finished getting ready. ''She doesn't know there was a bomb in the box. It was disarmed already so it was just a threat and she knows it was a threat but she was shaken enough that someone had tried to hand deliver it to her while she was in the bath.''
''So she knows it was a threat to scare her but not that there was actually a deactivated bomb in it?'' Grax asked. Link gave him a single nod. ''I'm glad she'll be yelling at you and not me when she finds out you lied to her.''
He was right but Link wasn't in the mood to let it change anything. ''How would you feel if you were in a castle surrounded by people who are meant to make sure you're safe and a dangerous parcel makes it all the way to you in your room? She was scared there'd be a something else. I had to stay with her so she'd sleep properly.''
''I wouldn't think you'd be complaining about that,'' Grax teased and Link used one arm to push him into the wall. It wasn't particularly hard but perfectly expressed that Link was feeling a lot more than he was showing. ''Yeah, yeah, okay. I know this is serious. We'll handle it and make sure it doesn't happen again. You can trust me.''
Link walked forward as they entered the lower areas of the castle, collecting each of the heads of staff from their rooms or respective workstations without even having to speak. They all gathered in one of the meeting rooms as Link stood at the head of the table, letting them all sit anxiously and wait so he could drill the point home as quickly as possible.
''How did an unsigned, dangerous parcel make it into the queen's bedroom? She could be dead because you and all of your staff didn't question it,'' he barked and he could see the mixture of expressions. Grax kept a straight face as others looked panicked or apologetic, feeling the failure from each and every one of them. If just one person in the castle had questioned it, it wouldn't have gotten all the way upstairs.
Link was still staring at each of them, trying to convey just how serious the situation was as the door opened behind him. He ignored it until everyone in the room stood up, bowing slightly for the queen. He turned and watched her walk around the table and sit at the other end, looking back at him.
''Sit.''
Everyone did, waiting with a different fear as Zelda collected her thoughts for a moment and opened her notebook. ''All incoming mail or packages are meant to go through the mailroom in security. It is checked at the surface level for any signs of threats. If it isn't sealed as confidential, it is opened and checked. Letters are not read but are also opened in case something has been slipped in the envelopes. If the parcel or letter is confidential without a seal from a high council member, head of security are the ones to open it only. If it has a high council seal on it, then it goes into my study and I will view it in there when I first can. Everything else gets sealed again and put in my study once verified is safe and will be stamped by mailroom staff to signify it's been checked. Does anyone have any questions or suggestions?''
The room was silent. She waited impatiently for a few moments. ''I will take that as a no. Please convey this to all of your staff and the new policy is to begin immediately. If you have any comments or questions you'd like to make later, please find a time to speak to me or raise it at the next staff meeting. Thank you,'' she said as she got up, everyone watching as she left the room again. They all turned and looked at Link as Zelda closed the door behind herself, making her way to wherever she was supposed to be next.
He looked at them all, his expression becoming less angry. He had a feeling she would have been planning it in her head all night, ready to step in even if he hadn't called the meeting. ''You heard the queen.''
They all got up and moved out of the room, Link standing in place. Grax stayed behind, waiting until the room was empty. ''Was there a letter with the parcel?'' he asked, putting together that there had to have been something Link had told her about the contents.
Link nodded. ''Have you been training spies?''
Grax frowned. ''Of course not. Not without your permission or advice. That isn't the way the queen wants her kingdom to be seen. She wants all of the guards to be out and obvious to prove we're not scared, and to prove we're not doing anything more than protecting the kingdom and its people.''
Link took a few seconds to analyse Grax's expression. The man didn't give any signs of lying so he let it be. ''Someone thinks we have been and have sent them somewhere. I don't know if we'll be able to but I'd like to see if we can track where the parcel came from.''
''I'll see what information we can gather for you,'' Grax replied as he stood up, stretching in place. ''How's the funding going? We're not going to have enough money to buy equipment and beds for the chamber if we don't get any soon.''
Link made his way toward the door, aware that Grax would follow as he always did when required. ''The queen is working on it.''
Grax folded his arms. ''Time frame?''
''Six weeks.''
Grax groaned. ''Right, okay. Some might have to get cosy,'' he said as he stopped to walk in the direction of the knight's chamber as he had mentioned. ''I'm about to probably yell at them all for not putting the futons aside so they can use the space to train and get ready, do you want to come?''
Link shook his head. He had too much else to do; there was a wedding quickly approaching and although he wouldn't let it show as anything more than frustration, he'd been shaken by the threats as well. He thought he'd taught the staff more about security than they'd shown, or perhaps he just wasn't getting the message through that all of the procedure and policies they had was to make sure the former princess was taken care of.
It took a few weeks but Grax eventually had returned with answers. ''We think the threat came from here,'' he said as he pointed to a map, all of his soldiers and the relevant security personnel watching carefully. It was a relatively empty section of the map in the Faron region. Link folded his arms as Grax continued to explain what he knew, retrieving one of the more detailed maps out to point to specific places. ''The lead I got suggests that the village is forming here. It's a collection of those who are still opposed to the royal family.''
''Do we know the demographic?'' Link asked and Grax looked disappointed.
''Primarily Sheikah, though there has been mention of some particularly disgruntled Hylians and Gerudo, from memory. There was a presence of each of the races but we're looking at the majority moving there after the disbanding of the Yiga clan,'' he said, which only made Link more concerned. ''You only get to move there if you are invited. They want to keep it quiet, which is what has sparked my concerns.''
Link decided he'd rather ask later instead of in front of the entire group of people that answered to the man he was about to question, however one of them couldn't go without knowing the answer. ''Did they invite you? You were in the Yiga clan once, right?''
Grax shook his head. ''No, they're not that stupid. If they'd asked me, they know I'd be there with all of you to shut them down immediately. But I still know others that were in the clan and some of them were asked. They made their own decisions.''
With that, the questions very quickly stopped. Grax had clearly disapproved of some of those decisions, which implied some of them may have joined. Grax began to pull out some pins and started moving them around to place them on the map. ''My inclination is to go there and speak to them, to give them personal reassurance we're not spying and have no interest in what they're doing so long as they don't threaten Hyrule or it's kingdom.''
''Couldn't we just invite them here? It could be a trap,'' another soldier called out.
Link had to consider the options; given the past behaviour where a bomb had been brought into the castle, he was hesitant to let any of them inside the castle walls. That noted, it very well could have been a trap in which case they needed to be prepared to fight their way out. There was a bit more discussion before they concluded Grax's suggestion was in fact the best answer they had for the time being. ''How many are you sending in?''
''Two inside, another five will wait to back us up should we need to escape in a hurry,'' Grax said and Link agreed that it was probably smarter to minimise direct casualties. If there were only two that needed to escape, it would be much easier to slip out. The former assassin was a master of stealth and could slip away without any troubles and Link had enough experience to get himself out of sticky situations; he'd beaten the Yiga clan before so this should have been of no concern to him.
''So you and I go in, have you allocated the others yet?'' Link asked and Grax stood awkwardly for a second, unsure of what to say.
He took a few more seconds and then spoke. ''No, you stay here. You're not in the military anymore and you're about to become king, that would be stupid to send you in,'' he said and Link took a second to realise that the man was right. It felt like a blow to his gut, something to bring him down a few pegs as he thought he was going to be one of the leads in this mission. Instead, he was a bystander while they all risked their lives to ensure the peace of the kingdom. Grax could see the look in his eyes and continued talking to move people away from the topic. ''Enrita will be with me as she's the next the most adept to escaping in a hurry. Then there'll be Maxis, Dale, Chung, Teec, and Juanto.''
Link sat quietly as he listened to the strategy. ''The leader is supposedly a Hylian. I haven't heard more than that but he is just a good talker with no real ability or threat. The issue is how well he's gathered people who do have the skills to cause problems for us,'' he said and Link could see why the man had perked up interests. Gathering people not only together but to then convince them to move away from their families and friends was a rather impressive task. ''If we can convince them they have nothing to be concerned about, they may at least be less direct. I think we will still need to watch the group but that should be enough to let us start preparing for potential conflict. We're not a dictatorship. Don't ask me what we really are but I know the queen wants her people to feel like they have just as much power and say in the kingdom as she does and freedom to live as they like so long as they are not imposing unreasonably on others.''
Link knew that. He listened to her repeat it constantly, though she used much more technical and specialised wording as she insisted to the council members that they and the people they represented were all being heard. She was firm but fair and really did her best to help reform the kingdom after such a long period with no true and structured government.
He walked out after everyone else, trying to work out the strange feeling he had. Everyone else had quickly moved on as they needed to get organised and Link was left to think while he waited for Zelda to get out of her meeting. She could tell something was wrong as she stepped outside the door, talking to the council representatives as they made their way out to gather their things and start their trips to their respective villages and towns.
She waved and said goodbye, wishing them luck before walking over to the man who would soon be her husband. ''What's wrong?''
''I'm not sure,'' he admitted and Zelda was just as confused, linking her arm around his to escort him down the halls in the direction she was walking.
She was just heading toward her study, sitting down at her desk as she began flicking through her notes to make sure she didn't have any further questions.''How was the security meeting?''
''They think they've tracked down the source of the parcel. Grax and a small team are going to go and assure them we're not spying and they have nothing to worry about so long as they don't threaten us again,'' Link said and Zelda nodded. There was a brief silence as she flicked through a couple of pages. ''They'll be going in a few days.''
Zelda looked up. ''Without you?'' she asked and Link nodded. It was little wonder he looked lost; he was used to being in the front lines, dealing with whatever threats there were himself rather than letting others fight his battles for him. ''Who is taking care of the academy students while Grax is away?''
Link hadn't thought to ask that question. ''Me, I guess,'' he said as he tried to work out if there was anyone else Grax would choose. No one else had the experience to lead the students properly.
Zelda closed over her notebooks and got up, kissing him on his cheek. ''They're going to want Grax back.''
Link nodded. Everyone knew how strict he was when it came to preparing the royal guard and he was sure that the students would already be considering falling ill during the week Grax would be away just to avoid him. Grax was still strict on them but there was something about Link and his relentless determination that just made his training all that much worse.
Zelda took his hand and held it as she picked up the books for her next meeting. ''We have the meetings with the high council in a few days too. In the Rito village this time, if I remember correctly, which means we should be heading off the day after tomorrow.''
Link could have sworn but kept it to himself; Grax didn't let them out unless it was something serious but it was enough Link was beginning to pick up on it. While he was thinking of the man, it was a time when Link would have really liked him to be around; the castle security was about to become very bare. ''I'll make sure we have a group organised. The students will have to have someone else after all.''
Zelda smiled and nodded with a laugh as she began to walk down the halls. ''Do you need anything before we go?''
Link shook his head. ''I'll pack just before we leave.''
Zelda looked wistful, remembering times before she'd become confined to the castle. ''It's going to be the first time I've gone out of the castle since I became queen. How did time pass by so quickly?''
Link knew it had been a while but he hadn't realised it had been that long. It was little wonder she was excited; she'd always been a free spirit that felt her most comfortable out in the world, fluttering between places as part of her ongoing research into pretty much everything. Almost a year inside the castle must have been hard on her but she'd found ways to cope.
She stopped in her tracks as a thought obviously came to mind. ''Could we go on our own like we used to?''
Link shook his head. ''You're queen.''
''And until I asked you to marry me, you were my most trusted knight. You're still the best warrior in all of Hyrule. You train with the guard almost every day, then train on your own between meetings.''
''Being the best doesn't stop something from happening if we're ambushed by more than I can handle, Zelda,'' he replied, trying to make his point clear. ''They're going to want to kill me too if they want to hurt you. Things have changed.''
Zelda looked disappointed. ''I was just thinking we'd get some time alone without all the interruptions. I was right when I told you we'd never get any privacy here.''
Link did have to agree with that. He'd been thinking about it more and more as each day passed. He had known she was right at the time but he hadn't realised just the degree to which she was. He didn't want to think about how they were going to manage trying to have children when it felt like they couldn't even get five minutes to themselves sometimes. ''After we get married, we could work out to stay in Hateno. I haven't sold my house yet.''
Zelda's eyes lit up. ''And that would be okay?''
''Guards can surround the town. I can handle anybody who lives there. You could visit Purah in her lab too,'' Link suggested.
Zelda hugged him. She knew the towns were never the problem; it was the travelling in the open in between them that was the most dangerous. ''That would be perfect.''
They walked into the room with the planner, sitting down as the woman had laid out samples of everything on the long tables. ''So we have a lot to decide on today.''
Zelda held Link's hand, squeezing it as she could see him trying his hardest not to pull a face. He felt useless when it came to deciding things but she appreciated that he was still coming along for support, stating his opinion in the rare occasion he had one over what was going to be a much more complicated day than he'd wanted. If he'd gotten his own way, it would have been themselves and a priest, and that was it. Even so, she knew she could always count on him to be there for her, no matter how much he didn't want to be there.
I am so sorry for all the delays everyone! I knew my updates would be slower but this is much later than I intended; I actually empathise with Link and Zelda quite well right now because I just moved house (hence the delay) and am getting married myself in a couple of months. I'll try to make sure you don't have to wait too long before the next update!
Until then, let me know what you think and thank you for all the support I've gotten already, I really appreciate it!