Uther was lying in bed when the door creaked open, footsteps drew nearer to the bed. He swiftly sat up. He could sense the presence, of an intruder at this late hour, but he could see no one. A hand caressed his face, an a light chuckle sounded in the dark room. Lips attacked his own, Uther was to stunned to respond, as the lips trailed across his cheek, towards his ear, they stopped and than whispered " I have a king" The words almost mocking.
He awoke in his chambers, sunlight streamed in through the open window. Magic! This was sorcery! But what was he to tell the guards to look for? A phantom seductress? A witch who haunts mens dreams? For what purpose, what could be attained by dreams alone.
A king Uther may be, but he was still a man. A man who had not lain with a woman since his late wife's passing. So then it was normal, he reasoned, to have such suggestive dreams. And the lack of a face must be because he had no woman to haunt his dreams, for no woman had caught his fancy, so then, he thought, his mind only recognized his needs, and therefor created a faceless, nameless woman to dream of.
Speaking of nameless, the woman who had saved him had been in the castle for two days and she had yet to give her name. In fact, the servants had taken to calling her the Dark Lady for her dark clothing and hair. Uther did not no what to make of his strange guest, she fought like a man, dressed like a whore and was absolutely mad. She was as unpredictable as the weather, sometimes he thought she lusted after him, and other times he was certain she would like nothing better than to see him dead. He shook his head, he had more important things to do than to waste his time thinking of mad guests and faceless women.
Meanwhile, in the physician's chambers ~
The Dark Lady leaned back in her chair balancing on two legs, and propping her feet up onto the table. She examined the empty room before her until her gaze settled on the door. A few minuets later a gangly servant entered unceremoniously with a loud call of " Guias!" "Hes out " came the smooth reply. "Oh sorry, didn't see you there. Wait what are you doing here? Your that woman, who saved Uther, right?"
She chuckled, "Yes, to the latter, and as to the former, I came to see you, Emrys."