Chapter 13
Hello everyone. Okay - I'll do the experiment and provide another chapter, but since I have not written on this story for some time my narrative style is a little different than what I so far have written. Hope that it is for the better and that you like it.
"Absolutly no one" they replied simultaneously and looked at each other. Daine cracked a smile as Onua did the same and before she could do anything else she was laughing or almost giggling. Daine looked up into Numair frowned face and smiled to him. "Actually – we were on our way to see Duke Baird" she pointed down to where her knee was bleeding heavily "I keep falling all the time".
That got Numair to react. He began to fuss over the fact that she was hurt and before she could do anything about it he had grabbed her hand and was dragging her away from Onua, who was being left behind, but it didn't seem that the hoarse mistress care much. Onua just waved and turned her attention to two geldings who was fighting over their right in the herd.
After pushing her into the room that smelled of herbs Numair left her sitting on the bed while he went to look for Duke Baird. She was playing with her newly received token – a dragon claw when the door too the room opened and revealed a man with red hair as Alanna, the Lioness. The only noticeable difference was of cause that this person was a man and his eyes was the keenest dark green Daine had ever seen.
"So?" Duke Baird noticed and came forward "what have you done with yourself this time young lady?"
Daine felt herself blushing deeply scarlet and before she could open her mouth Numair spoke for her.
"As I said – she have been falling ever since this morning. The first time was in my bedcham..." he closed his mouth rapidly as the Duke's eyebrows rose in almost astonishment, but the Duke only cleared his throat allowing Numair to continue his speech "I can't heal, but Alanna had her examined yesterday, because she was blee..." yet again his words was failing and Daine had to take over.
"I fainted yesterday when I got my first bleeding" she looked at Numair and saw to her delight that he was blushing as scarlet as she felt herself – she continued to speak about what had happened before the faint and when Duke Gareth nodded she became silent.
"Firstly – a congratulation may be in order" he said holding taking her wrist and letting his gift probe into her and Daine could feel a slight cold feeling spread in her blood. She was glancing at Numair who had withdrawn himself to the wall and leaning against it he seemed to be relaxed, but she knew that was the case. "Daine?" her attention was turned back to Duke Gareth who now took hold of her charm against pregnancy "it seems that this is what's causing the problem".
She looked down as the Duke took the dragon claw of the chain. Numair had come to stand by her side and he also looked down on the object that the Duke held in his hand "What do you mean?"
Duke Gareth was lifting the claw up to under his nose as he inspected the item "I can see both Numair's gift lingering in it among with Alanna's, but as for the third gift I am absolutely clueless".
It was Numair who took the token from Duke Gareth's hand and upon looking at it he suddenly dropped it too the floor where it shattered into thousand pieces.
Daine was beginning to open her mouth when she felt that something inside her broke in sympathy and everything went black.
Duke Gareth only managed to caught her before she hit the hardness of the floor.
I know - a bit short, but hey - it's a beginning. One have to enter the story yet again and it's not easy when it was left behind for some time.