Chapter 2
The Long Farewell That Never Came
Dreyni awoke in the haze of the night before at first not realizing what he was obligated to do that day woke happily holding verandas naked form to his. She was still asleep and didn't want to wake her so he just laid there for ten minutes basking in the event of the night before he closed his eyes and pictured her perfect body laying next to him and took deep withes of the fragment smell of rose petals wafted from her so fitting for one as perfect as her then he became concise of the world around him when he felt rustling beside him he slowly opened his eyes to see her opening hers there lips came to gather so perfectly. Then they pulled apart he looked into her eyes and she looked into his.
Then with sudden realization of what he had to that day a knock sounded at the door.
Panic shoot through his heart and a million thought flashed through his head at once where would he hide, what would happen if they got caught, he has to save Emily.
She quickly opened a closet door and shooed him into it he picked up his cloths and ran into it as quietly as possible.
"Veranda," came a soft voice from out side "It's your father, may I come in"
"Just a second" she said tiredly as she looked behind her to make sure Dreyni was safely hidden from sight and to pull a robe on "ok come in
"Veranda" he started "I have some bad news, it seems Dreyni left this castle some time last night and we do not know where he left to. I know you were quite taken to him so I figured I should be the one to tell you instead of you finding out sometime on your own"
Veranda immediately turned around and muttered sadly "I must be alone please leave"
This done she waited a few minuets for her father to leave and was safely done the hallway before she got up and opened the door to her closet after making sure the door to her room was shut Dreyni already dressed and packed stumbled forward out of the small closet meant for storing cleaning supplies for when the maid came through "that was close" he muttered "now I sorry but I must go"
"But why" she whined 'why cant you stay here with me, or even better take me with you"
"I cant I already told you its to dangerous and i'm afraid I cant stay it's... about my sisters"
"Who are your sisters" she prodded
"If I tell you can not no must not tell anyone!" he insisted
"Ok I promise. on my love for you," she said as she embraced him
" My well one of them anyways is.my sister is Emily V. Teharu and She needs.."
Veranda interrupted him "you're the brother of EV but I thought she had no family"
"Well she does but no one else must know or they could use me as a hostage and she has just been captured by the enemy and I must save her." He exclaimed
"But she has an army to save her and surly must have some people that are better at sneaking around than you. Why do you have to go? " She cried
"Listen She is the one who taught me everything I know she is the one who watched out for me until I was old enough to take care of my self. I owe her every thing with out her I would probably in some library reading up on cala history right now, and finely I found some way to repay my dept Don't worry I be back for you some day when this entire mess is all taken care of ill be back and we can ride across the plains and through the forest far away from here we will be as one free from the restrictions of this castle free from the judging gaze of your father free from war free from violence free from the politics of living in the shadow of the great which seems no matter how hard you try your shadow just never get big enough we will make our own shadow as one. "
"Oh Dreyni" she said softly " I love you"
"And I love you" Dreyni replied
They kissed for a few long moments but not long enough for soon Dreyni was out the window of her bed room and quickly on his why to the Rabid Donkey Inn his thought were confused all he could think about was Veranda and the night they spent together and His childhood and how Emily was all ways there for him.
As he walked in too the inn the smell of spilt ale and blood was so over powering that he nearly vomited on the spot. He walked over to the bar and shoved aside some bodies that were ether dead or to drunk to notice hitting the floor to get to the bar tender, a overly wait middle aged man of short stature and stood the for a few moments waiting to be noticed before he made a noise. "Excuse Me," he said the bartender appeared not to notice
"Excuse Me," he said a little louder
"What ya have" said the bartender
"Nothing thank you, I here to meet someone by the name of Margaret, perhaps you could tell me where she is" Dreyni explained
"Oh yeah she left yesterday, don't happen to be Dreyni do you" he questioned
"Yes I am did she leave a message" Dreyni asked franticly
"Yes it so happened she did she told me to tell you to meet her a the dalila waste she'll fid you" the barkeep said slowly
Dreyni was immediately out the door.
Dreyni awoke in the haze of the night before at first not realizing what he was obligated to do that day woke happily holding verandas naked form to his. She was still asleep and didn't want to wake her so he just laid there for ten minutes basking in the event of the night before he closed his eyes and pictured her perfect body laying next to him and took deep withes of the fragment smell of rose petals wafted from her so fitting for one as perfect as her then he became concise of the world around him when he felt rustling beside him he slowly opened his eyes to see her opening hers there lips came to gather so perfectly. Then they pulled apart he looked into her eyes and she looked into his.
Then with sudden realization of what he had to that day a knock sounded at the door.
Panic shoot through his heart and a million thought flashed through his head at once where would he hide, what would happen if they got caught, he has to save Emily.
She quickly opened a closet door and shooed him into it he picked up his cloths and ran into it as quietly as possible.
"Veranda," came a soft voice from out side "It's your father, may I come in"
"Just a second" she said tiredly as she looked behind her to make sure Dreyni was safely hidden from sight and to pull a robe on "ok come in
"Veranda" he started "I have some bad news, it seems Dreyni left this castle some time last night and we do not know where he left to. I know you were quite taken to him so I figured I should be the one to tell you instead of you finding out sometime on your own"
Veranda immediately turned around and muttered sadly "I must be alone please leave"
This done she waited a few minuets for her father to leave and was safely done the hallway before she got up and opened the door to her closet after making sure the door to her room was shut Dreyni already dressed and packed stumbled forward out of the small closet meant for storing cleaning supplies for when the maid came through "that was close" he muttered "now I sorry but I must go"
"But why" she whined 'why cant you stay here with me, or even better take me with you"
"I cant I already told you its to dangerous and i'm afraid I cant stay it's... about my sisters"
"Who are your sisters" she prodded
"If I tell you can not no must not tell anyone!" he insisted
"Ok I promise. on my love for you," she said as she embraced him
" My well one of them anyways is.my sister is Emily V. Teharu and She needs.."
Veranda interrupted him "you're the brother of EV but I thought she had no family"
"Well she does but no one else must know or they could use me as a hostage and she has just been captured by the enemy and I must save her." He exclaimed
"But she has an army to save her and surly must have some people that are better at sneaking around than you. Why do you have to go? " She cried
"Listen She is the one who taught me everything I know she is the one who watched out for me until I was old enough to take care of my self. I owe her every thing with out her I would probably in some library reading up on cala history right now, and finely I found some way to repay my dept Don't worry I be back for you some day when this entire mess is all taken care of ill be back and we can ride across the plains and through the forest far away from here we will be as one free from the restrictions of this castle free from the judging gaze of your father free from war free from violence free from the politics of living in the shadow of the great which seems no matter how hard you try your shadow just never get big enough we will make our own shadow as one. "
"Oh Dreyni" she said softly " I love you"
"And I love you" Dreyni replied
They kissed for a few long moments but not long enough for soon Dreyni was out the window of her bed room and quickly on his why to the Rabid Donkey Inn his thought were confused all he could think about was Veranda and the night they spent together and His childhood and how Emily was all ways there for him.
As he walked in too the inn the smell of spilt ale and blood was so over powering that he nearly vomited on the spot. He walked over to the bar and shoved aside some bodies that were ether dead or to drunk to notice hitting the floor to get to the bar tender, a overly wait middle aged man of short stature and stood the for a few moments waiting to be noticed before he made a noise. "Excuse Me," he said the bartender appeared not to notice
"Excuse Me," he said a little louder
"What ya have" said the bartender
"Nothing thank you, I here to meet someone by the name of Margaret, perhaps you could tell me where she is" Dreyni explained
"Oh yeah she left yesterday, don't happen to be Dreyni do you" he questioned
"Yes I am did she leave a message" Dreyni asked franticly
"Yes it so happened she did she told me to tell you to meet her a the dalila waste she'll fid you" the barkeep said slowly
Dreyni was immediately out the door.