Opal Grainwind Chapter 3
For only one day
I have been queen
The ruler of Coastend.
My palace is here,
an old lighthouse
it has been dark for years.
A man visits me
my longtime love
his name is Elk Skypine.
Now that I am queen
I should stay home
and rule Coastend village.
Marriage is proposed
this I have lost
for now I’ll change my name.
This cannot be so
I am Grainwind
a queen with her own name.
Tradition be damned.
I tell him yes.
But he will take my name.
My love accepts me,
knows how I am.
I give in to no one.
Elk says this to me
that I should stay
here with my new husband.
I hear what he says.
This does make sense.
He wants me here with him.
I have new duties
to my village
Coastend and Elk Grainwind.
As such he’ll be known
upon morrow
when we are finally wed.
A queen’s wedding rite
she cannot lead
our scholar will preside.