Authors note: Ok I haven't really got a summery for this beacuse everyone I come up with gives too much away. This is a Richard/Kahlan story and is set sometime during series two. As much as it may seem like it, this is not a one shot- there is a plot to it. Hope you enjoy. XD
Kahlan laughed at another of Richard's stories. The mischief he got up to when he was younger seemed endless.
Richard sat across the fire from her, talking animatedly with his hands as he told his story. Kahlan leaned back against the log and smiled. It was heaven in the middle of hell. She dearly hoped Cara and Zedd would delay their travelling until dawn, but she knew Cara would never hear of it.
Dawn, they only had until dawn. An idea came to her mind as she moved round the fire to go sit with Richard. She was feeling very brave, and just a bit reckless.
Laying her head on his chest, she ran her hand along his thigh, making him shiver. "Richard..."
Richard gasped as Kahlan continued to caress his thigh. Using the same seductive tone that she had whispered his name in, she asked "Do you love me Richard?"
"Of course I love you Kahlan, how can you say such a thing?" Richard was trying very hard to concentrate on her words, but with her hand snaking higher up his thigh, he was finding it very hard to just breathe.
"How much do you love me?" She asked, changing her tone from seductive to playful. She was finding it very fun to tease Richard this way.
"More than life itself Kahlan" Richard was trying to keep in mind that Kahlan wasn't thinking straight and that he needed to be the strong one, but it was becoming harder with each stroke of her hand.
"More than life itself? Well that's a lot to live up to, prove it to me Richard." She whispered the last words in his ear, making him shiver.
Richard knew Kahlan was out of control, "Kahlan we shouldn't your powers..."
Kahlan silenced him with a kiss, "It's ok Richard, just let go."
Letting Kahlan take him, he fell into a heaven he didn't know existed.
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The blinding sun threatened to wake him as he held Kahlan snug in his arms.
"mmm Richard..." Kahlan didn't seem awake, but even so Richard lowered his mouth to her ear and whispered "Morning beautiful"
Kahlan jolted forward, her memories of the night before flooding back to her. "Richard, Richard look at me!" She panicked, grabbing his face; she twisted it from side to side, trying to find anything different about him.
Richard reached up and took Kahlan's hands away from his face, "calm down Kahlan I'm still me."
Kahlan was still doubtful, so she asked him to do one of the most embarrassing things she had ever had to ask anyone, "Richard, will you lie with me?"
"Kahlan if you haven't already realised I am lying with you" he was finding this very entertaining "but if you want I van spice things up a bit" He whispered the words in her ear, pulling her tighter to his chest, exaggerating the suggestive lift of his eyebrows.
"Richard this isn't funny, I could have lost you forever." Kahlan tried to frown at him, but his gentle laughter made her remember the night before...
"You know of all the girls I've... met, you're the only one to be displeased with my services. Is there something I'm doing wrong?" His words bought Kahlan down from her heaven with a thump. What other girls.
Seeing the look of alarm on Kahlan's face Richard grinned, "Don't worry Kahlan, you're defiantly at the top of my list."
Running a hand through Richard's hair, Kahlan whispered "Well why don't I show you just what you're doing wrong" before dragging her hand down his chest in her favourite tantalisingly slow way.
Kahlan continued to taunt him until he gave in with a groan.
"Sorry we're late, Zedd had to satisfy his stomach...oh" Cara trailed off, staring at them tangled around each other. "I'm guessing we're taking a break from the search then?"
"erm Cara do you think you could go away, please" Richard glared pointedly at Cara until she turned and stormed out the clearing. "Maybe she wanted to watch" Richard joked.
Just as he began devouring her again, she raised a hand to his lips. "Richard, Richard stop"
"What, Cara's not coming back, she has Lord Rahl's orders" Richard winked.
"Richard, I wasn't talking about Cara, I was talking about your grandfather" Kahlan blushed at the thought of Zedd walking in on them, defiantly worse than Cara.
"Right, yes. May help you get dresses Mother Confessor?"
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Zedd stood glowering at Cara, but for once he wasn't angry at her, he was furious at them. "You walked in on them doing what?"
Cara sighed, would Zedd always blame her? "Look, Zedd I can't say I was surprised that this happened but you can't take it out on me!"
"Cara, I'm not blaming you, but if I blame one of them, I will either have a sword to my throat or an angry confessor in my face" Zedd shuddered at the thought of Kahlan's wrath. Although he hadn't seen Kahlan in the Con'dar, he knew even Richard was scared of her then.
Just as Cara told him to be brave, Richard and Kahlan walked into the clearing, holding hands. Their wild grins froze when they saw Zedd and Cara standing opposite them. Bending down, Richard whispered "Something tells me we're going to get a lecture from the parents; I'll go get our packs." In Kahlan's ear and left the clearing.
Kahlan gave him a murderous glare before turning back to Zedd "So... um. Did you get all the supplies you needed?"
"Yes thank you Kahlan, did you get that rest you wanted?" Kahlan blushed at exactly what type of rest she got, but nodded anyway.
"Kahlan, I'm not mad at you. You are not my responsibility, but Richard is. Although I think what you did was totally irresponsible, I cannot blame you or treat you any different because of it." Walking over to her, he hugged her. "And I am happy for you", he whispered in her ear.
"Thanks Zedd, it means a lot to me."
"That's ok, but it doesn't mean someone can't get a little told off." He winked at Kahlan before storming into the trees after Richard, "Richard Cypher come here now..."
Stifling a giggle, Cara turned to Kahlan "Was it good?"
"Sorry, what?" Kahlan asked, barely focusing on the air in front of her.
"The sex was it good?" Kahlan blushed; she'd forgotten how the Mord'Sith liked pleasure.
"Yes thanks Cara. It was good" Cara opened her mouth to ask another question, but Kahlan was saved by the return of Zedd, still lecturing Richard. "... and you're carrying my pack for a month."
Kahlan tried not to laugh at Richard's stunned face. "Where now Seeker? Before we get even more distracted." Zedd asked, before storming of into the woods.
Falling in step with Kahlan, he whispered "Sorry if he yelled at you, I've never seen him that angry before. I bet George would have given me the whole "oh my little boys growing up" thing and left it at that." Thinking Kahlan was laughing at his father joke he grinned, not even suspecting that Kahlan was laughing at him.
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The next two days were pure heaven for Cara and Zedd. Keeping the happy couple apart, they drove Richard and Kahlan to the edge.
Swapping watches with Kahlan one night, Richard yanked her round and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Noticing Cara's open eyes she giggled "Richard, we have company. Now go get some rest before I force you onto that mat myself" Turning back towards the cliff edge, she barely heard Richard sigh.
Sighing herself she sat on a log and put her face in her hands. She began to notice dampness on her hands and when she pulled them back, she realised she was crying. She knew she had good reason to cry. She could feel her magic flowing through her body, but she could also feel it concentrating around her womb. Where she knew a baby was growing, Richard's baby. Just the thought made her dizzy, she was carrying Richard's child, they had made a child, together!
Just three days ago, the idea of a family with Richard was impossible. Now that it was happening, Kahlan found herself feeling terrified at what had to be done. Trimming a bit of hair, she took the silver locket from around her throat and put the hair inside. Snapping it shut, she tried not to cry at what she was about to do.
Dropping the locket on the floor, she turned back to the cliff face, said a prayer to the Creator and threw herself into nothingness.
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Hearing Cara yell, Richard sat up, still groggy from sleep. Expecting to find Kahlan next to him, he was confused when she wasn't there.
Noticing Cara crouched a few feet away, he asked what was going on.
With a sombre face, Cara replied "I woke up and wondered why Kahlan hadn't woken me up for my watch, so I went down to the river to go find her, but when I couldn't, I began searching the surrounding woods, but I still couldn't find her. I couldn't find her tracks so I woke you up to help me. Then I found this."
Trying to push away the fear that sparked inside, Richard tried to concentrate on finding Kahlan. Although Cara was good at tracking, she would have no idea what to look for if Kahlan had hidden her tracks. Standing up, Richard began scanning the ground for any clue's of which way she went. Hearing a sigh from Cara, he looked up.
He was surprised to see tears pooling in her eyes. Seeing that, he knew something was wrong, terribly wrong. "Lord Rahl, you won't find her, she's gone."
Trying to ignore the tears leaking from Cara's eyes, he tried to deny what she was implying. Seeing the deny filling Richard's eyes, she handed him the objects in her hand. "I don't have to read it to know it's true"
Looking down, Richard saw Kahlan's silver locket and a scrolled up note. Written in Kahlan's hand were the words My Richard. Opening the scroll, Richard began to read. The further he read, the deeper he sunk. Tears pooled in his eyes as he opened the locket and saw a lock of Kahlan's hair, just as promised.
Falling to his knees, he spiralled into an abyss of despair. "Kahlan" he whispered, before curling up in a ball and letting free his uncontainable sobs.
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