~He stood there, knife out. "Come on little girl, I will show you a good time."
"No, leave me alone!" she yelled, using her magic with all her might. He laughed wickedly.
"Now, now, I have a dampening spell on you. After you feel the immense pleasure of me, you will forget until I am near you, then you will wish for me everytime."
She screamed, and kicked, able to get off the bed. He tried to pin her as she punched him, then slapped her across the room.
She was furious. He received well placed blows her brother had taught her, breaking nose cartilige and kneecap, wrenching his back and spraining his wrist. The Masters came in and took him to the Court of the Goddess, where he was punished.~
But ever since then, anything more than a friendly touch by a man left her scared.
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Gary found Raoul the next morning. The larger man was sitting in the gardens, looking over into the fountain. "What's wrong?"
Raoul told him everything. Gary frowned, Raoul just thought it was the reaction of a big brother protecting his sister-but it wasn't.
"She never told you?"
"Told me what?"
Gary sighed. "I should not tell you without her permission, but I must. "When she was about ten or eleven, an older student tried to rape her, using a dampening spell to hold back her Gift. She managed to give his body some physical abuse, and was taken before the Court of the Goddess. She has been afraid of men getting too close ever since."
Raoul held his head in his hands. "I feel like such a fool. She will probaly never come near me again."
"She won't blame you, only herself for not telling."
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A man kept running even after the guards ran after him. He collapsed at the Lord Provost's feet. "Griffens...attacking......village." He panted. The King's own was roused. Tai said nothing to her Knight Commander, who could not meet her eyes.
There were about 4 griffens swooping. Two were a dark copper, one a gold and the next a silver. "Amazing," a voice said beside Tai's ear. Sh jumped, until she saw it was Numair.
"What do they want?" she asked him.
"I have no idea, but someone has to talk to them."
Tai dismounted, appraoching the largest-and she hoped-leader, of the griffens. She ste out a spell that the griffen threw back at her. The pendant on her throat began to glow.
#*Understand me now, human?*# the griffen asked. #*We have our own spells. There are no need for yours*#
Tai rolled her eyes. "Men are so cocky, of any species," she said as she covered her mouth, horrified.
The griffen make a throaty sound, which Tai assumed to be a laugh. #*Humans cannot lie in front of us. That is why they would steal our little ones and place then upon their shields*#
"I'm sorry," Tai said, with feeling. "But what are you looking to do in this village?"
#*We shall magic their little ones and see how they like it. Or kill them if we need to*#
"No," Tai exclaimed. She looked at the men. Apparently they could not hear the griffen.
#*They do not have the amulet. But what do you offer in exchange?*#
"Me." she whspered. "Take me."
#*We cannot. You have a mate already, and soon you will ahve little ones of your own. Just tell your people to never take ours again. The amulet is my gift to you. You may speak with any Immortal that does not speak the human language*# The great, golden Immortal took off, calling to his mate and children.
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Tai almost wept in relief. Raoul and Gary ran to her side, Numair still staring at the metallic creatures. "You little fool," Gary hugged her, tears showing in his eyes, "They could have killed you."
Tai fingered her gift. "He gave me the ability to speak with Immortals. He was just worried for his children."
Numair attempted to take the amulet. "Ouch, Great Mother I got burned!" He shook his hand as the men of the King's Own looked on in amusement.
Raoul helped her up as her eyes closed and she fainted.
~~Next Chapter~~
"No, leave me alone!" she yelled, using her magic with all her might. He laughed wickedly.
"Now, now, I have a dampening spell on you. After you feel the immense pleasure of me, you will forget until I am near you, then you will wish for me everytime."
She screamed, and kicked, able to get off the bed. He tried to pin her as she punched him, then slapped her across the room.
She was furious. He received well placed blows her brother had taught her, breaking nose cartilige and kneecap, wrenching his back and spraining his wrist. The Masters came in and took him to the Court of the Goddess, where he was punished.~
But ever since then, anything more than a friendly touch by a man left her scared.
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Gary found Raoul the next morning. The larger man was sitting in the gardens, looking over into the fountain. "What's wrong?"
Raoul told him everything. Gary frowned, Raoul just thought it was the reaction of a big brother protecting his sister-but it wasn't.
"She never told you?"
"Told me what?"
Gary sighed. "I should not tell you without her permission, but I must. "When she was about ten or eleven, an older student tried to rape her, using a dampening spell to hold back her Gift. She managed to give his body some physical abuse, and was taken before the Court of the Goddess. She has been afraid of men getting too close ever since."
Raoul held his head in his hands. "I feel like such a fool. She will probaly never come near me again."
"She won't blame you, only herself for not telling."
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A man kept running even after the guards ran after him. He collapsed at the Lord Provost's feet. "Griffens...attacking......village." He panted. The King's own was roused. Tai said nothing to her Knight Commander, who could not meet her eyes.
There were about 4 griffens swooping. Two were a dark copper, one a gold and the next a silver. "Amazing," a voice said beside Tai's ear. Sh jumped, until she saw it was Numair.
"What do they want?" she asked him.
"I have no idea, but someone has to talk to them."
Tai dismounted, appraoching the largest-and she hoped-leader, of the griffens. She ste out a spell that the griffen threw back at her. The pendant on her throat began to glow.
#*Understand me now, human?*# the griffen asked. #*We have our own spells. There are no need for yours*#
Tai rolled her eyes. "Men are so cocky, of any species," she said as she covered her mouth, horrified.
The griffen make a throaty sound, which Tai assumed to be a laugh. #*Humans cannot lie in front of us. That is why they would steal our little ones and place then upon their shields*#
"I'm sorry," Tai said, with feeling. "But what are you looking to do in this village?"
#*We shall magic their little ones and see how they like it. Or kill them if we need to*#
"No," Tai exclaimed. She looked at the men. Apparently they could not hear the griffen.
#*They do not have the amulet. But what do you offer in exchange?*#
"Me." she whspered. "Take me."
#*We cannot. You have a mate already, and soon you will ahve little ones of your own. Just tell your people to never take ours again. The amulet is my gift to you. You may speak with any Immortal that does not speak the human language*# The great, golden Immortal took off, calling to his mate and children.
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Tai almost wept in relief. Raoul and Gary ran to her side, Numair still staring at the metallic creatures. "You little fool," Gary hugged her, tears showing in his eyes, "They could have killed you."
Tai fingered her gift. "He gave me the ability to speak with Immortals. He was just worried for his children."
Numair attempted to take the amulet. "Ouch, Great Mother I got burned!" He shook his hand as the men of the King's Own looked on in amusement.
Raoul helped her up as her eyes closed and she fainted.
~~Next Chapter~~