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ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ ꜱᴀᴠᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ
this is t he man who saved You By now it had been more than a week since Regina's encounter with the wolf in the forest. She had tried to tell the King that she had not run away but was simply going after Snow White. Her claims had fallen on deaf ears, the King believed his precious daughter over his wife and after that, the matter had finally been dropped. Regina had been tended to, reprimanded for running away and now it was the past.
At least that's what Regina had thought. One quiet evening Regina was alone in her gardens where she preferred to spend most of her time. She stood under her apple tree just admiring it before turning her head as she heard someone call out to her. It was the King. However, he was speaking much more kindly to her now.
"And this is my wife, the Queen." He said in a content tone. Beside him stood a young man looking not much older than Regina. She stared at this man for a moment before giving a small smile. "Hello. My name is Regina." She said before glancing to the King. "Who is he?" She asked. The King only gave a forced smile. "This is the man who saved you. He will now be your.. bodyguard."
The King moved closer to Regina and looked down at her for a few moments before sighing and kissing her head. "I do love you Eva.." he muttered before excusing himself and leaving Regina and her new bodyguard alone.
Looking confused the man spoke, his voice was light but his accent thick. "I thought your name was Regina?" He asked. Heaving her own sigh now she nodded looking to him. "It is. Eva was his first wife. The one he truly loved. The King is old. Sometimes he calls me by her name."
She gave a shrug and glanced back to her tree. "You're meant to keep me in my place." She said now turning her head to look back at the man. He seemed uncertain of that but gave a slight nod. "The King has instructed me to keep you safe. That is my only intention my Queen." Rolling her eyes Regina just turned to look back to her tree.
At least he didn't hire some older knight to look after me. At least he chose someone... handsome. She thought to herself before she was snapped from her thoughts. "You didn't kill the wolf." Said the man. "In the forest. The one who attacked the Princess and you. You.. didn't kill her. But you could have."
Regina now looked back at the man for a moment. "You saw that?" She asked. He nodded "I did. It was why I decided not to let you bleed to death. I.. think you have a good heart. Most humans are not like that."
Staring at him Regina tilted her head before speaking. "You are a tortured one.. aren't you..." she said before smiling somewhat. "Something we have in common." She said before turning to face him more fully. "Do you have a name?" She asked.
Both stared at each other before the man finally answered. "Graham." Nodding Regina held out her hand, her arm was still bandaged where the wolf had bitten her. "It's nice to meet you, Graham." Hesitantly the man extended his hand and shook Regina's. Both of them quickly pulled their hands back, having felt a spark between them.
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