Second instalment. Hope you enjoy!
She starts in her sleep and warm, chocolate eyes are shining at her.
"You sleep rather soundly... For a murderer."
Chapter 2!
She gasps, sitting up in her small bed. A cold sheen of sweat covers her skin, her hand clutching her shirt, above her pounding heart. That voice... that couldn't have been a dream. She gulps back a breath, calming.
That voice.. She shivers lightly, although not from the cool breeze through the window. She can remember the sanguine deep voice, that hum at the end of each word caressing her mind, lulling it to peace, safety and security. Who was that man?
She flexes her toes, watching the pale blue skin move easily across her tendons and bones. Her gaze moves to her fingers, strong and calloused from working the forge and hunting with her bow each few days.
The basin of water sits, undisturbed by the room's occupant until she dips her hands into its once pristine surface, splashing the refreshing liquid across her face. Her eyes closed, hiding the deep rubies that are her eyes, she doesn't see, no, she senses the being moving in the house below her.
Someone has broken in? Joy. She slips her quiver of iron arrows onto her shoulder, picks her bow up and strings it, crouches and slips out of her room. Her feet pad silently down the stairs, stepping completely over the stairs that creak, she peers around for the one who invaded her home.
With a relieved sigh she stands and relaxes. "S'Koi." The Khajiit grins wickedly, holding a bottle of wine in her furred hands. "Khajiit brought goods to share in the dark." She smiles, sitting in the worn chair by the dwindling fireplace. "S'Koi, you know how I feel about your visits in the middle of the night." She runs a hand through her light hair. "One day, I'm going to put an arrow through you." "Khajiit is sorry."
The dark furred feline sits with all her grace on the rug in front of the fireplace, poking the coals, when they don't return to flames, she casts a small spell, lighting the room with the now blazing glow of the fire. She watches the flames for a few moments. "And drop the 'Khajiit' act."
The cat chuckles softly, taking a swig from the bottle and passes it over. "Sheesh. Can't I have any fun?" She grins, her hair tipping back as she drinks from the glass without abandon. "Nope."
The wine was finished quickly. Both females sit in companionable silence, the crackling of the fire the only noise to penetrate the room. Until she turns her head to her friend.
"Why are you really here, S'Koi?" The feline sighs and combs her nails through her tail. "I need somewhere to hide." "Not again.." "It is only for a few days, maybe a week." "Why?" "I am being hunted by the Dark Brotherhood."
She silences, the heat from the fireplace cannot stop the chill that seeps into the room. "S'Koi, what did you do?" The feline shuffles back from the murderous glare of her age-young friend. "I don't know! I was going about my business when someone attacked me, guards killed them. I recovered a note from the body."
She accepts the folded piece of paper from the feline and frowned. A contract on S'Koi's life. Her startling white teeth chew her lip, a habit she developed to show she was thinking. "You can't stay here. It's known too well that you and I are oft together."
The feline nods, looking down. She pats her friend's shoulder, her blue skin a startling contrast to the deep red fur of the feline. "But you are my friend. I will not let you out in the storm alone." She walks to the cupboard, pulling out a duffel sack. "I know not to leave a cat outside when it rains."
S'Koi hisses softly at the 'cat' remark but watches, interested as her closest friend gathered dried food, a bedroll and weapons, daggers and a short-sword, that she can easily hide and battle with.
"You really know my fighting style." She nods, placing the supplies onto the rug, next to S'Koi. "Do not let anyone know your real name. Where you are staying, who you know." S'Koi watches her walk around the room, lighting the other candles and torches. S'Koi stands, watching as she walks to the centre of the room and stops, her light purple hair alight from the torches and candles in the room.
S'Koi walked up to her friend, placed her hands on her shoulders and smiles. "Khajiit is glad for Mer's help and will not forget it soon." Her friend nods, placed her hands on her arms, petting the soft fur gently. "I will not leave you out in the rain, S'Koi, remember that."
She turns to the Dunmer woman, her light topaz eyes met her deep-rubies.
"Goodbye, Elymi Kriy. I hope to see you again."
"And I you, S'Koi T'Lun."
As she walks out the door, the feline looked at the steadily clearing skies of the early morning, the orange, red and pinks of the sunrise lighting the new day.
Her fur bristled as her friend stood behind her in the doorway.
"With knowledge, comes the Dawn."
"The Dragon's eyes are opening."
Right. Tell me of any improvements. Working on the third chapter, should be up tomorrow or later tonight.