Decision of the Hearts
SET DURING/ SLIGHTLY AFTER SEEING REDD. Alyss Heart has been feeling tired and heavy lately, and she's had strange cravings for certain kinds of tarty tarts. Dodge Anders has been avoiding her while acting more and more formal, refusing to acknowledge their recently revived love. What is going on? Will Alyss figure it out in time to save the Queendom?
I don't own the looking glass wars. Period. No questions. Nada. Nothing. (The baby is MINE though)
'Person speaking' (their POV)
"Person speaking" (for the 'special' people out there, this is for the people whose POV it isn't.)
Thoughts
Narrator
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ALYSS POV
"I presume you know who the father is…"
I didn't hear anything past that sentence.
Father of the baby, mother of the baby, I'm going to be a mother, I QUEEN Alyss am going to be a MOTHER in the middle of a WAR.
'Father' I squeaked out.
"Yes Queen Alyss, the father. Now if you'll excuse me, I have other patients to attend to but I will check beck in later this afternoon. If you need ANYTHING call me I will come immediately, that baby is of utmost importance to the Queendom."
He left then. Leaving me alone with my thoughts, after much worry I decided to go find Dodge on the pretense of asking him how he found me yesterday after I collapsed.
DODGE POV
Looking down at my father's grave I just knew what he would say-
"Dodge Anders, you are a guardsman, not a noble. Even if Alyss reciprocates she is young and inexperienced. It is your job to guide her in the right direction, even if it hurts you."
'But, I love her'
The whispered words seemed to fly from my lips as if someone had snatched them away before they could be heard by the outside world.
"DODGE!!" I turned to see Alyss running towards me, skirts flying out behind her.
She looks like an angel, I just want to scoop her up and-
I shook my head furiously, had to stop thinking those thoughts. Alyss cocked her head at me.
"Is something wrong? Do you need me to get the surgeon?"
'No, nothings wrong Queen Alyss, thank you for your concern. Besides, I wouldn't want to burden the surgeon any further.'
After dropping into a deep bow I straitened only to find her frowning at me,
'Is something wrong my lady?'
"I thought you had stopped that you know it makes me unhappy, being bowed to by my equal."
'I am not your equal my lady, I am merely a palace guardsman who has duties to attend to if it would please you to let me go, my lady.'
"Dodge, did I do something wrong? Why are you acting like this? Do you not love me too?"
Looking at the tears forming in her eyes I tried to make the hardest decision of my life.
Stick with my duty or tell the woman of my dreams I was in love with her.
ALYSS POV
Dodge hated me, I was sure of it. He had finally decided I wasn't good enough for him, or maybe he knew about the baby and didn't want it.
'Dodge, I don't know why you're acting like this. If it's because of me or the baby but I'm sorry, I love you, I'm in love with you.'
Pulling his face to mine I kissed each of the scars on his cheek, memories from the night his father died protecting me.
DODGE POV
When she kissed me something broke, I turned my head and placed my lips on hers. I kiss of forgiveness, and of passion. When we broke off for air something Alyss had said registered in my brain
'Baby?'