Chapter 10
"Alanna?" Roger asked the pacing squire. She looked at him, there was something in her eyes, hate? Anger? Untrust? Roger decided that it was all three. Alanna stopped and looked at him and sighed,
"Why did you tell me this?" She demanded sitting next to him, but still a foot away. They were now in Roger's office, they had gone there right after Roger had told her his *problem* the question at the moment was;
Now what?
"I don't know, but someone had to know. Sometimes I think about what would happen if Jon were to die." Roger said slowly. "Then I begin to scheme and think of ideas, but why, I don't know. Then I try to stop thinking like that but it doesn't work! Before I know it I lose myself and it's so hard to come back. To think properly again." He began to shake and for the first time Alanna felt pity for the Duke. She slid over cautiously and placed an arm gently on his shoulder. Alanna didn't know why, but for some reason she now trusted the man. She sighed and asked him sternly
"Have you told Jon?" Roger looked at her.
"Are you mad?! Of course not, Jon would never believe me, even if he did then what? Be thrown into the dungeon and rot." He snorted "I prefer to still be alive." Alanna softly murmured to him
"With Jon dead?"
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Alanna laid back onto her pillow and was reading a book when a servant came bustling in. She sat upright and squawked in outrage. The servant bowed quickly and said in between gasps
"His Grace. . . . . the Duke of . . . . Conte . . . needs you quickly me lord." With that he toppled to the floor. Alanna grumbled about stupid dramatics and fetched a glass of water. Tipping the water into the boy's mouth he swallowed and breathed quietly. She then left him and went to Roger's office. She found him sitting in a chair his breath coming out in ragged gasps.
"Er . . . . Roger?" He looked up in shock and relaxed when he saw her.
"Alanna, please?! Help me. . . . . . before I . . . . I . . . . .before I kill him." She didn't have to ask to know who he was talking about. Instead she sat down beside him, close this time. And patted him on the shoulder. He began to sob and she drew back startled. The duke didn't strike her as a man who cried, she stared for a moment and realized that he really DID care about Jon. They talked for a while and Alanna offered some comforting words. By the end of an hour she became attached to Roger.
"Thank you for listening to me." Roger muttered blushing. She laughed at this and he stared at her grinning.
"You're welcome. Though I don't know what to make of you knowing that I'm a girl." She said suddenly serious. He smiled and whispered
"I will never tell. Never." He leaned in and they stared at each other for a minute and slowly, very hesitantly Roger put his hand under her chin and lifted her head up, she stared in surprise, her lips slightly parted, he leaned in and
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She turned away. Blushing she stood up and brushed off her breeches.
"I should go now, Jon will wonder where I went." She started towards the door and was almost there when Roger caught her arm. She looked at him and panicked, he had a look in his eyes, sort of like a glaze, they looked at each other. Roger suddenly pulled her towards him, leaned in and. . . . . . .
A slight *umph* escaped her lips as Roger pressed his lips to hers. She stiffened, then relaxed and gently placed her arms around his neck. He smiled and carefully wrapped his arms around her waist. They broke and Roger was blushing,
"Um, I'm sorry Alanna . . . . . . . . . I don't know what-" He stopped as she put one finger to his lips. She whispered
"Don't, please don't make this harder then it already is." She smiled nervously and Roger grinned. He placed his hands on her cheeks and drew her in for another kiss.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Starlet: I think all lot of people were ready to kill me when I wrote 'She turned away'. Hehehehehe! Aren't I evil? Sorry I took so long but I had to finish another story before I continued. The work load is getting very heavy. Lol. Next one up soon. I'll start writing now. Buh BYE!!!!
Starlet.
"Alanna?" Roger asked the pacing squire. She looked at him, there was something in her eyes, hate? Anger? Untrust? Roger decided that it was all three. Alanna stopped and looked at him and sighed,
"Why did you tell me this?" She demanded sitting next to him, but still a foot away. They were now in Roger's office, they had gone there right after Roger had told her his *problem* the question at the moment was;
Now what?
"I don't know, but someone had to know. Sometimes I think about what would happen if Jon were to die." Roger said slowly. "Then I begin to scheme and think of ideas, but why, I don't know. Then I try to stop thinking like that but it doesn't work! Before I know it I lose myself and it's so hard to come back. To think properly again." He began to shake and for the first time Alanna felt pity for the Duke. She slid over cautiously and placed an arm gently on his shoulder. Alanna didn't know why, but for some reason she now trusted the man. She sighed and asked him sternly
"Have you told Jon?" Roger looked at her.
"Are you mad?! Of course not, Jon would never believe me, even if he did then what? Be thrown into the dungeon and rot." He snorted "I prefer to still be alive." Alanna softly murmured to him
"With Jon dead?"
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Alanna laid back onto her pillow and was reading a book when a servant came bustling in. She sat upright and squawked in outrage. The servant bowed quickly and said in between gasps
"His Grace. . . . . the Duke of . . . . Conte . . . needs you quickly me lord." With that he toppled to the floor. Alanna grumbled about stupid dramatics and fetched a glass of water. Tipping the water into the boy's mouth he swallowed and breathed quietly. She then left him and went to Roger's office. She found him sitting in a chair his breath coming out in ragged gasps.
"Er . . . . Roger?" He looked up in shock and relaxed when he saw her.
"Alanna, please?! Help me. . . . . . before I . . . . I . . . . .before I kill him." She didn't have to ask to know who he was talking about. Instead she sat down beside him, close this time. And patted him on the shoulder. He began to sob and she drew back startled. The duke didn't strike her as a man who cried, she stared for a moment and realized that he really DID care about Jon. They talked for a while and Alanna offered some comforting words. By the end of an hour she became attached to Roger.
"Thank you for listening to me." Roger muttered blushing. She laughed at this and he stared at her grinning.
"You're welcome. Though I don't know what to make of you knowing that I'm a girl." She said suddenly serious. He smiled and whispered
"I will never tell. Never." He leaned in and they stared at each other for a minute and slowly, very hesitantly Roger put his hand under her chin and lifted her head up, she stared in surprise, her lips slightly parted, he leaned in and
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She turned away. Blushing she stood up and brushed off her breeches.
"I should go now, Jon will wonder where I went." She started towards the door and was almost there when Roger caught her arm. She looked at him and panicked, he had a look in his eyes, sort of like a glaze, they looked at each other. Roger suddenly pulled her towards him, leaned in and. . . . . . .
A slight *umph* escaped her lips as Roger pressed his lips to hers. She stiffened, then relaxed and gently placed her arms around his neck. He smiled and carefully wrapped his arms around her waist. They broke and Roger was blushing,
"Um, I'm sorry Alanna . . . . . . . . . I don't know what-" He stopped as she put one finger to his lips. She whispered
"Don't, please don't make this harder then it already is." She smiled nervously and Roger grinned. He placed his hands on her cheeks and drew her in for another kiss.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Starlet: I think all lot of people were ready to kill me when I wrote 'She turned away'. Hehehehehe! Aren't I evil? Sorry I took so long but I had to finish another story before I continued. The work load is getting very heavy. Lol. Next one up soon. I'll start writing now. Buh BYE!!!!
Starlet.