Steadfast Love

Kel and Dom Fic

Disclaimer all character and places belong to the most amazing writer ever Queen Tamora Pierce only the story plot belongs to me. This story takes place right after Lady Knight, at Steadfast, New Hope and Corus.

Chapter One

The sun was setting, turning the wood a soft pink, when the company of fifteen solders and the knights Keladry of Mindelan and Nealen of Queenscove arrived at Steadfast.

As soon as they road into the fort, they were surrounded by friends. Who had come for the wedding that was going to take place in a week.

Amongst them was Yuki, Neal's betrothed. The soon to be married Raoul and Buri, Duke Baired, Numair and Daine who had flown in, in hawk shape to be at the wedding on time.

Owen of Jesslaw and Lord Wyldon had not yet arrived form Northwatch Fortress. A certain black haired blue-eyed sergeant was on lookout duty and was not with the welcoming party.

To Kel's bitter disappointment.

Everyone wanted to be first to greet the company. Kel saw Neal jump to the ground and run to Yuki sweeping her into a passionate kiss not caring who saw.

Felling a slight twinge of jealousy Kel quickly put it out of her mind.

She was a Knight of the realm, she had chosen this life knowing that she probably would never be married and taken it anyway.

Dom's beautiful face came into her minds eye, she sighed. He loved beauties he would never giver her heavily muscular arms and scared hands a second look.

They were friends, comrades in arms and that is what they would stay, she thought.

Dismounting from Hoshi, Kel let the young hostler take her.

A servant informed her that all of her things would be taken to her room, other than her travel, backpack were she kept all her personals.

Steadfast was exceptionally well fortified. Being one of the biggest forts on the Scanra-Tortallan border, it had more than just a few men at arms. It had whole riders groups, several companies of the Kings Own and almost five hundred foot solders.

Dom saw the group, ride in from the wall were he was on watch. Knowing they would arrive that day had not in anyway made him ready to see Kel again.

Oh how he had missed her, after coming back from Scanra he had given up and accepted his feelings for the lady Knight were more than just friendship. He loved her!

Having to be on watch when they arrived was killing him. He wanted more than anything, to just hold her in his arms.

"But no I had to get stuck with watch duty tonight of all nights!"

He said more to himself to anyone else. Normally having the watch was fun, joking with his men was never hard.

Watching the people on the ground start to walk to the barracks, hearing them talking and Raoul's deep laugh break into the air made him wonder what the joke had been.

Muttering to himself he turned back to watch the ground out side the fort.

Hearing the sergeant grumbling, Connac smiled to himself, thinking Dom had been in a very good mood for the last couple of days, and now he knew why.

Seeing the Lady Knight Keladry again would be good for his commander he thought, he had seemed distant or not himself ever since they group had come back from saving the refugees from Blayce's clutches.

Seeing Kel might cure him from all his brooding and as Connac figured it that was just what Dom needed.

Ok this is my first fanfic so please please tell me what you think. I will probably mess up some of the names and things like that so please correct me, I am open to anything realy. Thankz I will update soon.