Title: Joren's Little Secret
Rating: PG-13 - for Joren's thoughts, implied and explicit. (Though no actual content goes beyond implication, just to be safe.) ^^
Prompt: Malorie's Peak Prompt #11: Race
Summary: Why does Joren fight Kel so much? Joren's little secret is rather... racy.
Word count: 160 words

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Joren hated her because he loved her.

No, that didn't make sense. He shook his head roughly, lips curling down into a snarl.

He let out a guttural growl, voice echoing in the empty chamber.

She was alluring. Attractive despite her height and stocky build.

Keladry of Mindelan. Oh, how her name rolled slickly off his tongue!

He bit his lips to quell that trail of thought that wandered far beyond the PG-13 rating...

Kel.

xZx

He dreamed of her that night.

He was in a race. And Keladry's hand in marriage was the prize.

He was running, fencing, tilting, wrestling. Fighting the other boys and a couple of his friends for her. All for her.

He was torn between sneering at everyone and trying to win. Did he really want the prize?

xZx

He woke up sweating.

In his dream, the race was still going on.

And now, he would never know.

Was it love? Or something else...