Roommates Turned Lovers

Chapter 25

          "How much about that can I tell him," I asked, "because I don't want to step over any boundaries that you guys have made with this."

          Sam smiled, "You won't be overstepping any boundaries. If he offers help, you can accept it," she answered just as a knock sounded. "That must be him," she said as I looked at the doorbell camera.

          "That it is," I said, sliding it back into my blazer pocket just as Sam opened the door. "Welcome, Mr. President," I said as he stepped through the doorway, "I hope you have had a good morning."

          "I have had a wonderful morning Miss Layzer," he said, extending the formalities. "Let me introduce you to Vincents Moser. He will be the leader of your security guards whenever Sam isn't around to protect you or Aili."

          As Cliff was introducing me to him, the man to his right nodded, "It is a pleasure to meet you, milady," he began. "I await the pleasure of meeting your soulmate when she is better," he finished. "You can call me Vince if that makes it easier," he added with a stiff bow.

          I nodded, "It is a pleasure to meet you as well Vince, you can call me Liz," I said, and he nodded in acknowledgment. "I hear you, and I need to talk, sir," I said to Cliff, and he smiled.

          "That we do," he said, "Could you lead the way to someplace private," he asked. "I will allow your soulmate guard to see what is going on through your eyes if she must. I would like privacy for this whole conversation," he added as I nodded along with Sam and the secret service members that came with him.

          "Why yes," I answered politely, "follow me," I added before turning around and leading the President to one of the offices in the mansion of a house. "Before we began," I said after closing the door, "do I have to have all of that formality with you whenever I see you?"

          Cliff laughed, "Only in public but not as much as if I was King instead of President," he said with a grin. "Glad to see you're well and that Aili is alive," he added, giving me a hug.

          "Glad to see that you are well too, and congrats on winning the election," I said, returning the hug. "About that King thing, I do have something to tell you before we begin with what you want to talk about," I said as I scratched the back of my head with the hand that had no cast.

          Cliff reclined in a chair, "What may that be," he asked as I sat across from him at a desk.

          I sighed, "I don't know where to begin," I said

          "Begin where you think is best," he said as I smiled softly

          "Well, I guess I should begin with when Aili was shot," I began with a sigh, "fair warning this might be a long story," I paused, thinking of how to start the story. Once he nodded, I began, "It was when I noticed that Aili's name was fading from my wrist; Sam had already told me that she was dead, but I didn't listen. I urged her to get us to the hospital; I never ordered anyone to do anything," I paused. "Apparently, the gods and goddesses only take orders from the King and Queen that allow them to focus on the task at hand. Somehow I managed to have that power when I ordered Sam to drive us to the hospital. The next time there was a reference to godly royalty was when Aili woke up," I paused once more. "The first thing she told me was that the fates said that we are supposed to rule over a council of gods and goddesses. On the way back from the party, Sam helped me learn how to drive in Aili's car. Aside from all of the other damage I caused from hitting things, there was one other; also, please don't tell Aili about the damages. Sam already fixed them."

          Cliff nodded with a chuckle, "What was the most concerning one," he asked me when I stopped talking.

          I sighed, "I somehow managed to make indents in the steering wheel," I answered, and his eyes widened as he sat up in his seat. "Sam told me that it was okay, but this morning, things changed with that okay," I stopped to sigh and think about how to say the next thing.

          "What kind of things," Cliff asked, looking as if I'm about to bring down the world upon his ears.

          "I'm sorry that this has to come now, but Sam told me that future Kings and Queens don't start getting their powers until one of two things happens," I began. "One of them is if the both of them is near death and the other is," I paused

          "Is what," he asked as I got up to pace the room

          Aili and I never had a normal life since this happened

          We never saw the King and Queen in person, but from what the gods and goddesses that we have met have said and the way they acted wasn't as if someone was going to die

          Aside from Rachel

    Rachel was the only one in the room whose face held more worry once Aili spoke those words.

          And she is the only one that was in that room who knew what the King and Queen's health would be

          But she couldn't tell us since news on their health was protected by a sacred oath.

          "Liz," Cliff said calmly as I realized that I was staring at the lake, "what is the second thing?"

          "The second thing," I began with a sigh, "is the possibility of war."