Nasuada

Nasuada sat slummed in her chair of hard wood. She was worn of the constant battles and war. Yet she new that if she did not continue in her

efforts, then the Varden would certainly lose to the Empire. Her only glimmer of hope was Eragon and the prospect of a new Rider and dragon.

What she could not believe was the news she had received about Eragon and Arya. She had been unaware of Eragon's even attraction to Arya

until three days ago when Saphira had explained. Then her thoughts took to thinking of Blodhgarm, as they had most of the three days since

his departure. Two nights earlier she had had the oddest dream about him. She was in a forest and for some reason she was naked and yet

felt no want to change that. She had walked into a clearing and in the center of it laid Blodhgarm. For some reason she had lifted her hand and,

using her finger, beckoned to him. Then she had gone behind a tree where she had found out of nowhere a bed. She then laid down on it and

waited for Blodhgarm. He had come a few seconds later. Using her finger again she beckoned to him. He had come slowly but at least he had

come. She then reached out and undid his loincloth. Then she had awoken in her chair to find that she had fallen asleep while reading reports

on the raids of the Empire. Shaking her head to rid herself of the memories she looked at Angelia, who sat with Solembum on the far side of the

tent. "Angelia?" The witch's head looked away from the werecat to whom she had been stroking on the head. "Yes, Lady Nasuada?" Nasuada

cleared her throat. "Have you ever been in love?" Then witch smiled. "If it's a question of have I ever been in love the answer is no. If it's a

question of has anyone ever been in love with me then the answers is a couple of times." Surprised Nasuada said, "What was it like?" Angelia

tried to explain but it was confusing to Nasuada. She raised her hand. "Never mind. I will have to hear it from some how is actually married."

Clapping her hands she said, "Jormundur." The man walked into the tent from outside, where he always stood unless called upon. "Yes Lady

Nasuada?"

She looked at him seriously. "Go and get me Katrina." Jormundur bowed and left. A minute later Katrina walked in, wearing her usual set of

cloths. "Yes Lady? You wished to speak to me?" Nasuada nodded. "I did. I wished to speak to you about Roran." Worry suddenly crossed

Katrina's face. "Why? Has something happened to him?" Roran had been away for four days now, leading the attack on the Empire. "To the

best of my knowledge he is fine. What I wanted to know about was how he made you love him and how you became aware of the fact that he

loved you. Katrina smiled. "Ah. Okay." For the next two hours she told Nasuada in many ways how she had detected Roran's attraction to her.

"And so we fell in love, keeping it a secret from my father, Sloan. And then the attack on Carvahall and then I didn't see him until he rescued me

about two and a half months later." Nasuada nodded. From what she could tell Roran's methods of making Katrina notice him where about the

same to what Blodhgarm had done. She excused Katrina and told Angelia that she needed time alone. When she was alone she looked at the

scrying mirror. Then the mirror rippled like water and showed the face of Eragon. "Nasuada, it is good to see you." Nasuada nodded. Two

months ago his sudden appearance would have frightened.

But she had become used to sudden appearances. "Eragon, I am glad to see you are alright. Where is Arya?" Eragon's face slightly relaxed and

she swore she saw a smile on his face for a split moment. "She is looking for food for us." Then his face hardened. "Would you be so kind as to

answer a question for me?" Nasuada nodded. "Why in the world did you send Blodhgarm to find us?" Nasuada took a deep breath. "I am sorry

Eragon, but I can not let you and Arya continue as you have." Something close to confusion spread across Eragon's face. "'As we have'? What

do you mean?" And so the story of how she had found out about Eragon and Arya was quickly told. "So I had to send Blodhgarm to find you." A

smirk spread on Eragon's face. "And are you aware of his planes for us?" Nasuada nodded her head. "Get you to Fiom, retrieve the egg, and…."

At this point Eragon interrupted Nasuada, "And then force us to Du WeldenVarden? Was that in your orders, Nasuada?" Stunned she said, "No,

no it wasn't. Where is Blodhgarm? I wish to speck with him." A moment of seeming inactivity came before the cat like elf came into view. Three

lines in the ancient language came from his mouth and Nasuada saw his whole form, not just his face. He bowed as low as a servant would.

"Greetings, Lady Nasuada." Nasuada's hand waved in the air. "Tell Eragon to leave the room you are in, now. Tell him the order is coming from

me." Another moment passed and Blodhgarm returned. "To what do I owe the pleasure of specking to you?" Nasuada suppressed a smile of

pleasure at hearing him say that. "I wished to speck to you about Eragon and Arya." The elf nodded his head, causing his mane to fly in the air.

"I have kept them separate at all times. We are but two short days from Fiom." Nasuada allowed her smile to break through her face. "And

what do you plan to do then?" The elf looked startled at the question. He cast an angry glance towards the door. "Since you asked, I had a

favor to ask of you." She nodded. "I was wondering if it would be alright for me to take Eragon and Arya to Du WeldenVarden after we retrieve

the egg." Nasuada noticed that a she could smell a slight musk in the air. He is sending his musk through the spell. Trying to ignore it she said,

"For what purpose?" The elf smiled. "For no other reason then to see my queen so she can decide what Arya's punishment will be for mating

with Eragon and so breaking our laws. Also Arya will give birth inside two weeks. It would be better if the child is born in Du WeldenVarden

where there are many powerful elves to help if the event should go wrong." Nasuada nodded almost not hearing him. Although she tried to

ignore it, she loved the smell of his musk. The elf seemed to realize that he had her under his control. "So we can go to Du Weldenvarden?"

Again Nasuada nodded. "Yes you may." The elf smiled. "Good. I am glad." Then the musk stopped and Nasuada had her right mind again.

The elf smiled. "Nasuada, did you happen to have this dream sometime?" A line of memories went through Nasuada from him. It was the exact

dream she remembered having, only it was from his few point. "You had it as well?" Blodhgarm nodded. "I did." A fierce grin came from

Nasuada." And what were you doing dreaming of me like that Blodhgarm?" He grinned as well. "Sometimes my dreams slip out of my control."

His response disappointed her. She had thought that he had wanted to see her like that. Then he said, "That dream was not one of those

times." She looked at him and the grin she had had, came back. "And who was it that I saw it to?" The elf shrugged his shoulder. "I suppose

that will I was having the dream my mind cast out towards yours. We elves have dreams not like you humans. In history thirty one elves had

the ability to send their dreams to someone else and in that dream; it was as if the two were actually facing each other. If I wanted to I could

send my dreams to you and we could do whatever we wished in it." She smiled to herself and part of it escaped. "The dream we shared, do you

want to do that again?" The prospect of the dream again seemed to lower Blodhgarm usual standards of form. His shoulders sagged and a look

of desire came on his face. "I would love that." Nasuada nodded. Then her face showed a look of teasing. "I assume of spent the rest of you're

sleep thinking of me naked, on that bed, yours?"

The memory made Blodhgarm smile. "Yes I did. I've spent every moment thinking of it." Then Nasuada straightened. "How will you contact me

when night comes and we may play again the dream we shared and make it go further?" The elf thought for a moment. Then he said, "If you

will wait for a moment I will tell you." Three minutes past before a sizzling noise began in the tent. Then an explosion burnt the grass to her

left. In the center of the charred circle laid an orb of pure gold the size of Nasuada's heel. Blodhgarm face came back on the mirror. "This gold

will serve as the thread of thought between us. Every night, before you go to sleep, press this orb onto your forehead. It will burn for a

moment but do not take it off or it will not work. It burns because it is seeking out my mind. Then it will connect us and, well, you know the rest.

To end it simple touch you're first and second fingers to you're forehead." Nodding she said, "Go then to Du Weldenvarden. And I look forward

to my sleep tonight." And then the spell ended.