***Chapter 2***

*Adonato hunts in the grounds outside of Whiterun, hunting the deer the area is famed for. He draws his Daedric bow, aims his shot, and releases the arrow within a matter of seconds, causing the deer to topple over. Adonato approaches it drawing his dagger, the sound of Daedric dagger against leather was drowned out by the roar of a dragon barely 500 metres away. Crouching in a watercourse for cover, Adonato makes his way closer, remembering the rumours he heard the day before of the Dragonborn hunting down a dragon in the area. Now 75 metres away he saw Lilina and Lydia fighting the dragon, who was breathing fire with little effect*

Lilina: "Take that you fiend!" *Lilina screaming at the dragon*

*Adonato sneaks to within 25 metres and standing walking closer, Lilina pulling her one-handed axe from the now limp creature's skull*

Lilina: "Come on Lydia let's get the dragon's bones and scales."

Adonato: "I take it that's my commission."

*Turning to Adonato, weapons now raised, Lilina recognised the imperial man with Daedric weaponry, relaxing*

Lilina: "Ah, Adonato! Yes this kind beast has generously offed to help us out."

Adonato: "How nice of it."

Lilina: "After defeating Alduin, these ones aren't too difficult."

Adonato: "But I could never imagine it getting easy."

Lilina: "Anyway, I'd better get this back home so I can start working on your bow, arrows and daggers see you soon Adonato."

Adonato: "See you soon."

*Lilina and Lydia turn and mount Shadowmere, riding to Solitude, returning to his still fresh kill, Adonato field dresses it and takes the meat and hide to Whiterun to sell*

*3 days after the events outside of Whiterun, Adonato travels to Falkreath from his house, the Lakeview Manor, intent to see if any letters have arrived for him"

Adonato: "Hello Jarl, how are you?"

Jarl: "I am well Adonato, yourself?"

Adonato: "Pretty well thank you, has there been any letters?"

Jarl: "Yes actually, here."

*The steward hands Adonato the letter*

Adonato: "Thank you" *he opens the letter, the letter reads* 'They are ready, come to Proudspire Manor in Solitude to pick them up. Signed by Lilina.'

Adonato: "Well looks like I'm going to solitude."

*Adonato places the letter in his pocket and turns towards the exit*

Jarl: "Fair well Adonato."

Adonato: "See you in a few days' time Jarl."

*Adonato leaves, walking to the stables waving goodbye to the guards as he mounted his horse and started trotting along, past a group of hunters who are carrying a fresh kill towards Falkreath, presumably to sell it to the traders. Once reaching open ground, Adonato sped up the horse to a slow gallop, veering around giants and their mammoths*

*Adonato knocks on the door to Lilina's manor, sending the sound of wood against the knuckle emanating throughout the surroundings, a Nord wearing iron armour opens the door slightly, sword point raised ready for any sort of threat*

Jordis: "Who are you?"

Adonato: "A client, who are you?"

Jordis: "I'm one of Lilina's Housecarls, come in, I'll tell her you're here."

*Opening the door fully to admit Adonato, Jordis walks away to inform Lilina of Adonato's arrival. Adonato walks in scanning the room from left to right, up and down, shelves on the immediate left, let candles sitting atop, a balcony high above, overlooking the room, beneath that is an archway to more of the house, a little further right about three metres away was a table with two chairs, another archway behind it. The only oddity being a bag resting on the table, with an all too familiar red colour smeared on it, the smell of blood lingering in the room*

Adonato: "Odd."

*Lilina walks in with Adonato's weapons wrapped in a thin linen cloth*

Lilina: "Well hello Adonato, how are you?"

Adonato: "Just fine thank you, yourself?"

Lilina: "I've been well; I hope these are up to your standards"

*Lilina sets the weapons down onto the ground, unfolding the wrapping, Adonato picks up the bow, testing its draw, then the daggers, feeling the edge and balance, followed by the arrows, testing the balance and the points of the tips*

Adonato: "Very nice."

Lilina: "I'm glad you like them, so you got the rest of my money?"

Adonato: "Here you go."

*Adonato reaches into the pouch, pulling out a coin pouch, passing it to Lilina who then throws it to Lydia dismissively*

Lilina: "Can you please count them?"

*Lydia somewhat indifferently walks to the shelves nearby and starts counting them*

Lilina: "Thank you for commissioning them, gives me something to do."

Adonato: "No worries, what's with the meat?"

Lilina: "Oh that? Um I just bought them to cook up for dinner; you can never have too much meat"

*Lilina looks around to Lydia, hoping to have some sort of confirmation, Adonato noticing the movement, lets out a hearty laugh*

Adonato: "Haha me neither."

Lilina: "Yeah."

*They both laugh loudly*

Adonato: "Well I'll make my leave."

Lilina: "Alright well enjoy the weapons."

Adonato: "I will thanks."

*Lilina turns to Jordis and says dismissively*

Lilina: "Jordis will you run me a bath please, I'm filthy."

*Jordis nods and goes off towards the ascending stairs. Lilina turning back to Adonato who seems to have a lot on his mind*

Lilina: "Still have stale blood on me from the dragon."

Adonato: "Fair enough, well I'll be off."

*Adonato turns to leave, walking quickly towards the door*

Lilina: "Bye Adonato."

*Lilina closes the door as Adonato can hear her yell 'is it ready yet?!' from inside as Adonato walks up the street continuously looking to the left, then after a short pause he turns and walks to a house, entering the door, glancing to the symbol next to the door, a circle with a square inside, multiple lines across the square*

[The universe and characters of Skyrim belong to Bethesda and associate corporations, the only things owned by my girlfriend and I are the non-lore friendly characters, equipment, and actions that are required for the story to make sense.]