Chapter 3
He watched as he had for six mortal years. Each year the child grew. Each year she grew more beautiful. How it tore at him to watch as mere mortal men tired to woo her, but they had all failed. He had made sure of that. She was his and no man immortal or mortal was going to touch her. Of course, she knew none of this.
No, she went on with her life as if nothing had changed, but he knew it had. Now to reveal her what exactly her title as Lady of the Labyrinth meant.
Slowly he followed after them going tree to tree as they went from house to house. Did she know how thin the veil between worlds was on this night? If she did, would she have given more thought to the gown she wore? Not that he was complaining. It was lovely on her, even though it wasn't of the finest materials, but soon that would change. After tonight, he would have both his bride and his heir.
He continued to follow them as they traveled on. He paid no mind to the other mortals as they went on their way. His owl sharp eyes only followed his mortals as they walked among the crowds.
In the dark, he knew his subjects having their yearly fun tricking the mortals and gathering treats. They would follow them at a distant as well, but they wouldn't stay that way. They liked their future queen too much to remain the shadows, when they could interact with her and her brother. Oh, he knew that a few remain around her. She still talked to her friends regularly. Even though, he wanted her to himself, he would not take them away from them. She would need them to help her adapt to her new life because he wouldn't be able to spend as much time with her as he would wish. After all, he was a king, and his kingdom took a great deal of his time. But he would put her first as much as possible.
He still had yet to recover from his little trip a few days ago. He would smile if he could. She had thought it to be a dream, but no, he had really been in her room. He'd actually been able to touch her before he had to leave, but tonight nothing would stop him from getting her.
He hid behind a branch covered in autumn leaves as they came down the walk way of a house. There was a chance she might recognize him, and he wasn't ready for her to know he was following her. At least not yet.
He would watch and wait these last few hours. Soon he would have his prize.
Well, my lovely readers, what do you think? Jareth dark in this one. Well, darker than I normally write him, at least. Thanks for all the lovely reviews and follows. I do hope some of you are going to the blog. It's not much, but I try to keep you all up to date on things. I've posted a blog entry about how and why some things came to be. You can visit my blog from the link on my profile. Please leave a comment there if you wish to read more of why I did certain things. I didn't go into much detail as this is only Chapter 3.
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