Werewolves of Alagaesia

Chapter 3- An Unforeseen Relationship

A/N: Here's the third chapter of my story!!! Thank you to all who review. I really appreciate it!!!

Disclaimer: Again, I don't own anyone in the Inheritance Trilogy. I only own the loup-garoux and anyone else I add.

Eragon stood there, mouth agape. He just received an invitation to visit the werewolf capital, Acbrion. Hadn't he just been thinking about what it would be like to visit the hallowed place of Edan's memories? Wasn't he fascinated by the loup-garou language and strange ways? Now he was being offered admission to the very foundation of the werewolf nation! Yet something was stopping him….

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I must decline," Eragon said, regret flooding his voice. Saphira snorted in surprise, jolting Edan back to the present.

"I thought you wanted to see it, Eragon," Edan said while striding over to the Rider and Queen.

"I do, Edan, my friend. It's just… I have another obligation," Eragon replied.

Aloysia Silverpelt merely cocked her head. "What might that be, Shadeslayer? Surely it must be remarkably important to decline something your heart wants." She cast a sly glance over at Edan who did something Eragon never would have expected… he grasped Aloysia's hand.

All Eragon's thoughts became incoherent. Edan, a noble lord and knight, and Aloysia, Queen of all the Alagaesia werewolves, in… love?

Close your mouth, little one, our friends are getting worried. Saphira's voice seemed to remove the veil over Eragon's thoughts as he focused on the couple in front of him.

"You two are… courting?" he asked.

"It's one of the reasons we wanted a member of the Varden, in this case you, to come to Acbrion. You see, when we return, we are to be married," Aloysia explained, smiling as Edan kissed her cheek.

"I would love to come, really. It's just… this obligation to my brother. His fiancée was kidnapped by the Ra'zac. He traveled all the way from Palancar Valley to Surda just so I could help him. Somehow, someone convinced that he's not strong enough to take on the Ra'zac, so he found me to help him. To tell you the truth, I don't think I'm strong enough to take them on either," Eragon said, rushing, trying to get every word out in a single breath.

Saphira nuzzled him for reassurance. Don't forget, I will be there to help, Eragon.

Everyone was quiet. All that could be heard was the crackling of the fire and the sounds of the feast in the nearby tent.

"We will help you, O mighty Rider. My elite guards and I will join you and your kin on your journey. Together, we will rid the land of the Ra'zac's foulness," Aloysia said, breaking into a fierce grin. "Edan, round up the others. I will tell Nasuada of our quest. Prepare you and your brother, Eragon. We leave at dawn."

Eragon watched Edan run off and Aloysia enter the feasting tent. He turned to his dragon, I will avenge Garrow's death, Saphira. I will make him proud.

You already do, little one. Him, and many others.

A/N: Sorry it's so short, but I've been trying to find out how to reveal Aloysia and Edan's love. I think I achieved it without being too fluffy. Hopefully the next chapter will be longer.

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