A Wildmage and Mage: Love At Court
Summary: After the events of ROTG, Daine and Numair have kept their relationship a secret. When they decide to tell their friends the truth, some things will never be the same again.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. They belong solely to TP. I just use them for my enjoyment.
A/N: This takes place after ROTG. I plan on leaving any event that happened before Kel came the same. This is my first TP fanfiction, so please be patient. I have written several things, but they all were from shows, so this is a bit more challenging, at least to me. The updates of this will be very sporadic on account of my other stories that need to be finished before the fall. Anyway, please read and review. Enjoy!
Chapter 1
"Numair, we need to tell them. It's been six months since the last of the wars. It's been one month since I agreed to be your wife. They deserve to know we're together. Are you ashamed of me?" Daine was practically crying as she whispered her biggest fear. The fear that Numair, the man she loved, was ashamed to be with her. He kept telling her he wasn't, but he never wanted to tell their friends they were together. It wasn't like he had taken advantage of her. Their friends would understand.
"Sweet, you know that's not it. I just don't want you to be a target for court gossip. You were right the other day in saying our friends wouldn't mind, but no one else would. I could never be ashamed of you. I love you Sweet," he said, wiping the tears that had leaked out away. He pulled her into his arms and rubbed her back soothingly.
"I don't care what people say about me. If I did, I would have never gotten around people after my family died. I never would have told you and Onua, and later our other friends, what the people of Snowsdale did to me. My skin's thicker than that. Thick enough to take the comments of a bunch of stuck up courtiers like Maura's sister that Jon is forced to entertain because of their family ties. Besides," she continued, a twinkle in her eyes and a sly smile on her lips, "if I have to see one more of them throw themselves at you and not be able to do a thing about it but watch, I don't know what I'll do. Every time I see one of them falling all over you I just want to go up to them and throw them off of you. And don't tell me you don't want to do the same to me, I've seen the look on your face when Perrin flirts with me."
"Hmmm, maybe you have a point. I don't like that boy. He's too pushy. Thinks you're his. You're not. You're mine. And where did this possessiveness come from? Aren't the males the ones that get to be possessive?" He placed a gentle kiss on her lips and felt her smile against him.
"True, the alpha gets to be possessive, but that doesn't mean the alpha female isn't just as possessive. With some animals, the alpha female gets to choose who the other females mate with. She gets top pick. Just call my possessiveness a trait that stays with me from species to species," she teased, placing another kiss on his lips and pulling away to look at him.
"Fine Sweet. If you want to tell them, you have to come up with a way."
"Oh, thank you Numair! I have the perfect plan. At the next ball, we can go together and leave together. I'll even wear your ring. It'll be perfect!" She hugged him tightly before leaving the lesson room to go to her room under the rider barracks. 'Hmm, I guess I'll have to get used to living in the palace if we plan to get married. Maybe Numair won't mind a couple of animals sleeping with us.'
'What have I gotten myself into? I hope the next ball is a long way away,' Numair thought as he watched her leave.
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