Prologue


She thought about that dream a lot, always it sat in the back of her head only to creep up on her later in deep thought.

She shifted her body to the side of the stone stump she sat on by the river.

'It's really quiet..no dragons, no bandits..just..the sound of water running off stone.'

She carfully picked up a stone then tossed it in the water, carefully watching the ripples disappear.

"You okay darlin?"

His voice was low and sweet

"Uh um yea. Just enjoying the silence for a moment."

"When shall we get on the road again? It's almost dark darlin."

Argis leaned against the rock beside her.

"Um we can camp here for the night, there's a nice spot to set up camp just a little ways past the bushes over there." Her hand waving in the direction of the mountain flower bushes near the river.

"Alright darlin."

He rolled off the stone slowly but paused behind her for a moment. 'If only she knew...' His head tilted down and he sighed quietly. He proceeded to the clearing with their packs swung over his broad shoulder.


Sometime passed before Annaliese made her way to camp where she found Argis sitting on his bedroll beside the fire cleaning and polishing his armor.

Her face flushed a deep red at the site of his half bare body.

'By the Nye he's built like a god.. I mean damn he's actually sexy under all that armor..I thought he'd just look like a half bulked up piece of meat but wow..'

She stood in place until his voice shook her awake.

"Dinner is almost done darlin, come on you can sit down I won't bite." He chuckled.

Annaliese plopped down on her bedroll and began taking off her weapons from her back.

"You hungry?" Argis lifted a brow at Annaliese, her belly had been growling and groaning from the lack of food the entire time she sat there.

"Heh I guess I am." She chuckled A bit. "I'll have dinner done soon darlin." Argis smirked.

she stared off into the distance then to the sky, watching the stars gleam in the nightly colors before drifting off into a much need nap.