The talk
"Raven, you're scaring me." Truth be told, she wasn't scared. More like panicked. Raven had never been one for prolonged silences, which Octavia hated because of the suspense. She nervously bit her lip, a twitch she had since she was a child.
Raven opened and closed her mouth several times, thinking about how to put in words her thoughts.
"I...umm. You know...us, we...uh..." She scratched her arm nervously "Shit." She took a deep breath "O, I love you, you know that, right?"
If Octavia hadn't been so frightened, she would've rolled her eyes
"Yeah, of course you do." Raven decided she'd just say it "It's just, we've been together for a while now, and I really do love you, and I've been thinking about us and our future and I don't really know how long we can stay like this, because---"
"Are you leaving me, Rae? Because if you are, just say it" Octavia clenched her teeth trying to stop tears from pooling in her eyes
"----you...Wait, what? No, I'm not leaving you! Of course I'm not leaving you! Why would you think that?"
Octavia shrugged "You just said we can't stay like this"
"No, Octavia, I..." She chuckled "I said it all wrong." She put her hand on Octavia's cheek and moved next to her, their foreheads now resting on each other's "I won't leave you. Never. If that's what you want."
Octavia breathed raggedly "Rae.. " her voice broke "are you seriously asking me to marry you?"
Raven nodded "I know you've never liked the idea of being tied to someone forever, so if you want to call it another way, or not tell people, or----"
Octavia fiercely kissed her
"I like the idea of marrying you."
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Meanwhile, troops were going through their plan once again. Nothing could fail. If the Shadow Army knew they were coming, they would lose the battle. They couldn't be heard or seen by anyone.
The soldiers that had brought Clarke had been tortured since her arrival, but everyone knew it was hopeless. They would bear no matter how much pain without saying a word. They'd die before betraying their leader, that was their way.
But the shadow had been watching them. It knew every plan they had. And its plans would be fulfilled.
When night fell, a young man arrived to Polis. He was more dead than alive and almost fell off his horse when getting to the city gates. He only said a few words before dropping to the ground
"Three more villages. They killed everyone."