Chapter Seven
When I closed the door I slid down to the floor. What am I going to do about Rune? Tedra couldn't tell me what he is and I have no clue either. I wondered to myself. Then I shook off the questions with no answers and walked to my already prepared bath. I made my clothes disappeared and dunked into the small pool. When I had taken out the braids and washed my hair I heard a knock on the door and thought it was Jalla, another servant girl, to help me dress. I didn't need the help though, I can just make my clothes appear on command but it's nice to have someone keep me company sometimes. "You can come in Jalla, it's okay," I shouted. I stood up wash the suds from my hair and to scrub my upper body, then dunked down to do the same to my lower half. "Jalla, love, can you bring me one of the towels please?" I asked as I got out and rinsed off the suds from my body. I felt someone moving behind me and felt the brush of the towel being dropped on my shoulder. "Thanks." I said as I moved to wrap the towel around me and then grasped all my hair and wrung it out. I sensed Jalla moving closer to me and turned to decline her offer to help me dress when I saw that it wasn't Jalla but Rune!
"What are you doing HERE!" I screeched and fell back towards the bath. Rune caught my hands and pulled me into him and away from the empty pool. The towel was the only thing that fell and I was suddenly pressed up against a bare chested hunk of a man. "Le-Let go of me, Rune!" I said as I struggled to be out of his embrace. All he did was tighten his grip on me and started walking back towards my bedroom/meeting room. "What are you doing? I said let go of me! If you don't let go I'll let my animals have at you." He continued to walk,"Fine, you asked for it. Sira, Vira! Defense! Get him off of me, now!" I commanded. Instantly, Sira went for the arms and Vira went for the legs, both avoiding me entirely. When Rune saw that I wasn't just bluffing he immediately pushed me out of the way and went into a defense form, "Woman, best you call them off before they get themselves killed."
"Oh, you think that you can kill them, do you? Cerulean, Urite! Help them subdue him." I say and they drop their cloaking, giving Rune an eye full before they descended and shot out their webs at his arms and at the floor, nailing him to the floor. Next, Sira and Vira went and clamped onto his legs so he couldn't use them either. "Now, what were you saying about killing my guardians? Oh, that's it, you can't." I say as I sat down on top of my canopy bed, and Domino comes up to lay down next to me and lay her head in my lap to comfort me. "What did you want of me when you came here? And what are you? I want honest answers or I'll tell Challen and Tedra. You pick." I questioned as I looked down at him and picked up my bag of clothes. "Well? What's it going to be? I don't have all night you know."
"I do not know why I came to you. And I will not tell you about who I am because you have not earned my trust." he growled as his eyes followed my guardians.
"Oh, you won't tell me because I haven't earned your trust? Well, excuse me, but I think that I have tried to be civil, friendly even, but you won't even try. So, let me tell you something. I don't care if I have your trust or not but I will get the truth out of you somehow, as for now, I have to get ready for the evening meal. So my guardians will escort you out of my rooms and you will not come back. Goodbye, Rune." With that I turned away and headed for my dressing room with Domino while Cerulean and Urite unwind their webs and Sira and Vira blocked him in case he tried to get to me.
