Alanna pushed open the door, and slipped into the shadows. Everyone could see her, but in the shadows she looked like Alan. Once behind George she asked if they could talk upstairs, he nodded and she followed him up. George sat down, "I know. What I don't know is what you're going to do when they banish you?"
Alanna smiled, of course he knows, she thought. "I'll write, you know I will."
He shook his head, "Not what I meant and you know it."
"I need to find a Shang warrior. Know of any who wouldn't mind taking me on?"
George shook his head. The spent the rest of the evening talking, once the sun started to come up George walked to Temple district. They stopped and Alanna threw herself into George's arms. He held her tighter and kissed her hair. He pulled back, enough so he could see the single tear that rolled down her face.
He brushed it away and forced Alanna to look him in the eye, "You know if I could I would go with you?"
She nodded, he continued, "I love you, now before you scream at me, I don't need you to love me back I just wanted you to know."
Surprisingly, "I'll miss you," is all she said.
He bent over and kissed her, "We'll see each other again, I promise."