The Jealousy of Kyprioth

Summary: It is 7 years after Dove took the throne of the Kypriang Isles and Aly and Nawat are happy together, with a son. Until Kyprioth's jealousy puts Aly is a position she doesn't want to be in.

Chapter 7: Plans Evolve


Baron George of Pirate's Swoop was not a conventional Baron. After all, would you find a Baron calling on the Trickster God?

George had been pacing in his study for the past half hour, thinking hard. George was not one to pace, yet when there was hard thinking to be done, pace he would.

Kyprioth did not reveal himself, but watched one of his former subjects paced in front of him. He couldn't help but chuckle. Deciding to put George out of his misery, he intensified the light surrounding him, and made himself visible.

'Kyprioth, I'm not in the mood for games, so stop fooling about.'

Slightly deflated, Kyprioth removed the light and stood in front of George in his most preferred form. A tall man, with salt and pepper hair, wearing a tunic and breeches, with several rings on his finger now stood in front of George.

'You always ruin the fun.' Developing a serious face, he straightened his back, looking every inch the God. 'To what do I deserve this honour?'

'Where is Aly? Every letter that I have sent to her has somehow not reached its destination and every messenger returns with no memory of their task or where they have been. And I can't help but wonder if you have something to do with that.'

'Why, I'm insulted. You think I would stop a father from communicating with his daughter?' In truth, it had been Kyprioth behind these actions. He couldn't afford to have George interfering at this point.

'I wouldn't put it past you.' George turned towards the window, away from Kyprioth. 'Alanna is sick with worry. Every time she tried to scry for Aly, the mirror comes out cloudy.' He rounded on the God. 'The only other time that that has happened is when you shielded her because you had her part of your rebellion.'

Kyprioth raised an eyebrow, and surveyed the room. He expected the room to actually have a semblance of a study, but today, looking around, he saw that the study was in a mess. Piles of paper were strewn around the room.

'I can assure you it has nothing to do with me, though I will do you a favour and see what I can find And might I suggest you try to get your wife to relax? It would be much better for the baby she's carrying.' Kyprioth faded out the room with a smile on his face, leaving behind a shocked George. Rushing back to the palace, Kyprioth smiled. I love playing with his mind!


Dove had just spent the last half hour explaining to her sister about Aly's actions. Sarai could tell just how much pain Dove was in. She had no choice but to go and talk to Aly and figure out what was wrong.

'Dove I'll be back soon. You stay here and get some rest.' She walked out the room and went in search of her friend.


It was time. She was sleeping soundly on her bed, and Kyprioth was standing over her.

'Soon you will be mine, my love. Nothing will keep up apart.'

He leaned down and put his lips to hers. Unconsciously, Aly kissed back. As they kissed, a blue light passed from Kyprioth to Aly; it moved through her body and faded when it reached her stomach. He reluctantly pulled back, and smiled.

'Soon.'


Sarai had been searching for a long time and decided to give up; she would just have to talk to her after dinner.

As she walked back to Dove's chambers (she was now finding it easier to find her way around the palace), she came upon a sight that warmed her heart. In front of her in the practice courts, were Mequen and Alan play-sword-fighting with sticks. She recognised the soldier that was helping them with their stance; Fesgao. Though every time he told the boys to start, they would forget what they had been told and just start swinging the sticks. She stood watching for a while with a faint smile on her face and then proceeded to return to Dove.


Alan and Mequen were bubbling with energy, even though Fesgao had just spent the last 3 hours trying to teach them some sword techniques. Mequen noticed his mother out of the corner of his eye and tried a few foolish moves to try and impress her. Of course that didn't work out too well. He ended up flat on his bottom with his legs smarting from a surprisingly strategic blow from Alan.

Fesgao had been called away and told them to keep practising. The boys soon got bored of throwing sticks around and Alan offered to show him the stables. Mequen shied away slightly.

'I don't wanna. They're scary.' Alan tilted his head to the side, grabbed Mequen's wrist and pulled him to the stable door.

'They won't hurt you. Look, they are all in their stables. They can't come out.' Alan walked into the stables not realising the effect that his final words had on his cousin.

Mequen gathered up his courage and followed Alan into the stables and wasn't prepared for the sight of the large horses in front of him. He gasped in awe at the large beasts. Mequen didn't expect them to be so beautiful. He saw a stable was open, and he stepped in, closing the door behind him, not hearing the lock latch into place…


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