Cleansed by His Fire

QUEEN VESPERIA'S POV

He did nothing.

Just stared.

As if waiting to see what I’d do next.

He stood before me, taller than any palace I've seen before in my life. Those glowing amber snake-like eyes stared straight through me, gigantic horns and purple smoke curled from his nostrils.

Is this really Valerius?

The man I had once argued with? The one who bathed me? The one who taught me to write?

"Va