Queen of Kings (open m/m)

Dawn was so lovely, it was peaceful. There was something Meri loved about the soft dappled light trying to break the horizon, working its way up to shine over everything to bask the world in its soft warmth. Walking through the forest slowly her bare feet barely made any sound as she stepped through the fallen leaves and over the twigs and branches on the ground. Meri knew she should have been at the palace preparing for the day, it would be a busy one. One of parties and magic. It was the day when the King of a nearby kingdom was to come and see if they could build a bond between them. He had arrived at her Palace in the dead of the night and Meri hadn't left her chambers to greet him, that job at been left to her servants. Even though Meri was Queen of the humans the King who was coming to her was a Vampire Lord. A King of his people in his own right. She had heard whispers for years that he was something more then just a Vampire, that he was a hybrid of wolf and bat. But Meri ignored those whispers. Heresy. Tucking a few strands of her black hair from her eyes behind her ears she continued to move through the trees breathing in the crisp air.

Sighing softly to herself she came up to the river that was in her grounds, it was a place she loved to come early in the morning. Stripping out of the simple black dress she was wearing she neatly folded it at the riverbank before she made her way into the freezing water. Yes Meri could have simply had a cold shower in her rooms but there was something calming and magical about coming to the river unguarded with nothing but the soft light of dawn guiding her. It had been something that she had done for years and Meri didn't plan to change that, she knew, if she did end up forming a bond with the King that was in her Palace she would move to his Kingdom merging the Vampires and Humans into one, that she might have to give this up but if it was at the benefit of her people she was willing to give up the one pleasure she had in life.

Sinking down into the cold water Meri closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she submerged herself under the water, staying under the surface for a few moments she slowly stood back up. Keeping her eyes closed she couldn't stop the soft gasp that left her when a sudden breeze slammed into her chilling her sodden skin making goosebumps rise against her flesh. Raising her hands she wiped the water from her eyes and looked around a little before she relaxed back into the water and allowed herself to float for a moment before her peace was broken by the sound of a stick breaking nearby.

Up righting herself in the water Meri looked around, her wet hair clinging to her flowing over her shoulders to cover her breasts from view. "Who goes there?" Meri called out her words seeming to dance softly as she spoke. For a moment there was silence before a male stepped from the tree line, looking at him with her forest green eyes Meri didn't move to act as if she was going to cover herself instead she moved in the water closer to the riverbank so the water now covered her from her hips down, "You do know skulking around the Palace grounds isn't wise" she said to the man. There was something regal about this man, he gave off silent power and Meri was curious if he was apart of the Vampire Kings entourage or if he was the Vampire King himself. He did not give her the impression that he was just some regular commoner who had made their way onto her grounds. "Who are you?" Meri questioned not at all bothered that she was probably giving this man a grand view, she wasn't a shy woman in the slightest that she knew even if her hair was not covering her breasts she would still be standing there in the river where she was confronting this man.