He Hurt Himself Too

Alaric POV

The meeting had not gone the way I had hoped. It felt as if the council members were against me, their faces stony and their questions pointed.

I had come prepared, with all of my arguments and data in order, but it didn't seem to make a difference. It was as if they had already made up their minds, and nothing I said or did could change their opinion.

But I knew I couldn't give up. I had to find a way to turn this around, to convince them that my proposal was worth their consideration.

I found myself lingering outside the door of the meeting hall, finding it hard for me to go back to my room. I had thought that when I was leaving this room I would be the happiest person, but right now, I'm so sad and not just sad, I had to redo the project again.

I took a deep breath as I sluggishly began to work back to my room, as I moved back I saw Zelda, though it was her back view I knew she was the one, and it added to my anger.

At the moments I just stole glances at her, my heart