Chapter 6: Stories and Questions
Trinity ran back toward her room and saw Calen looking through the papers sitting at her desk. He was making his way toward the diary when Trinity practically leapt on top of it. Calen stepped back in surprise.
"Why are you going through my stuff?" she asked angrily.
"I am certain that you are hiding something and when I found out I'm going to let the whole world know."
"If there is anything to find. Now get out of my room. I have a Council meeting."
Calen left in a state of disgust. When he left she put the diary under her bed and locked her bedroom door, something she rarely did. In the hall a thought occurred to her. I am paranoid! I have to do something before this secret drives me insane or before Calen finds out, whatever comes first.
Slowly she made her way to the meeting hall. The routine of her life had returned and she was already sick of it. She sat with her family and looked at the floor.
"Something wrong, Trinity?" Evelwen asked her daughter.
"No, nothing. Just a long journey, that's all." Her mother seemed satisfied with her answer and they watched as some of the Council members walked in. Bendarion smiled at her and blew a kiss her way as he walked in and Trinity cringed.
When the rest of the Council joined them Trinity gave all the information she knew. The Council was stunned. No one knew what to say even though thousands of questions ran through their minds.
"How did you come across this information?" The Queen asked.
"I have my ways." Trinity answered mysteriously.
"However you obtained it you must find out why they are holding him prisoner. But I suggest waiting at least a week. That will give the humans time to forget about your visitation. Council dismissed." After the Queen spoke everyone filed out of the room in a fit of whispers. As her parents were leaving, Trinity stopped her mother.
"Mother, has their ever been an elf in the recent past that fell in love with a mortal?"
"Well, yes. Her name was Nelia. She was actually sent by the council like you are. But she really did not fall in love with a mortal she had to pretend. See this mortal's brother was trying to convince the king of Tiras Giliath that we lived close by and were planning an uprising to take over the kingdom that has suppressed us for so long. Of course that was a lie so she had to stop it. I suppose killing him was the only way. Nelia only did what the Council asked. It's odd now that I think of it." Her mother laughed a little.
"What's odd?"
"The whole story. If Nelia was thinking clearly then she would use the hold she had on the one man to sway his brother. I also find it odd that she seemed to disappear altogether. It is better that way I suppose; she was not the trustworthiest person. I wonder whatever happened to her."
Trinity thought about the story she was just told. Something seemed to be missing although she was not sure what it was. She decided to tell her friends. Maybe they would help her find an answer.
That night they sat on Lira's balcony and Trinity told them the story of Nelia and how it tied to Hunter. The three sat puzzled.
"You're right, something about that story just doesn't fit. I think Nelia knew what she was doing." Firre said.
"But the question is what exactly was she doing?" Lira said.
"Ok, so we have an elf you uses a man to get to his brother who is plotting to destroy us, she kills the brother but leaves the other man entirely alone and disappears. The better questions would be why did she let Hunter's father go free and disappear?" Firre said voicing the story as if it would help her figure it out faster.
"Whatever the answer is we are not going to find it here. What I have learned from Hunter is that men and elves have completely different stories. Except for that storyteller, Rinel. He told the legend of Luinare and Nevelion just as we would but when I heard it being told by a mortal once before and he twisted it toward human belief." Trinity said with a sense of triumph in her voice.
"So? What does he have to do with anything?" asked Lira.
"I think he would have answers for us. We just have to find him." Answered Trinity.
"But how will we find him when he is in Tiras Giliath and we are ordered to stay here for at least another week?" Firre said skeptically.
"We bend the rules of course. There are questions that need answering so we go to where the answers would be." Lira said.
"Then it's settled. We sneak back to the city to get the answers we need. I just hope we can find them." Said Trinity with the triumph slightly fading.
