A/N - alrighty! Here's the next chapter! Hope everyone likes it! I've
decided to update the chapters every other day if i can. either that or
every three days. Anyway...Enjoy!!!
Chapter 13
Rovin woke and stared at the door. Nothing happened.
"Go away!" she shouted at it. A minute later someone was banging on her door yelling her name. She yanked her pillow over her head and tried to block out the voice. It continued for a good ten minutes. Rovin slowly got out of bed, taking her time to get dressed before she ripped open the door about to rip out the persons throat.
"What is it?" she hissed at Candle who breathed heavily.
"They found him, he's here" Candle replied glancing towards the stairs where yelling could be heard along with the breaking of glasses and what seemed to be men fighting.
Rovin froze. Her blood turned to ice. She wasn't sure if she'd ever move again. Daniel was there. Downstairs. In the inn. The Dancing Dove. The Dancing Dove that has been home to thieves and the Rogue for as long as Rovin can remember. Probably the most dangerous place for Daniel to be at that minute. But he didn't come of his own will. No, he was forced here. Hopefully. Who would be so stupid as to walk into their own death. Rovin followed Candle down to the common room and froze at the sight she saw.
Noah and Daniel stood face to face in the center of the room shouting insults at each other. They were both red in the face and their veins seemed ready to explode. Both had thieves holding on to them so they couldn't lunge at each other. Around them the tables were scattered and a chair was broken. The servant girls were smart and stood back watching the fight waiting for everything to calm down before they started cleaning up the spilled food.
Rovin pushed through the crowd of thieves but after a minute they split and let her through as everyone around her became quite. Rovin stared at the two guys who were breathing deeply and very angry. Noah had a split lip that was bleeding while Daniel seemed to have a black eye. Rovin looked between the two guys. Daniel couldn't look her in the face and instead stared at the ground while Noah looked her straight in the eye. Rovin was the first to look away muttering that now wasn't the time for games. She sighed and moved closer to Daniel in order to talk in a whisper, which thoroughly pissed Noah off.
"What are you doing here?"
"your friends extended an invitation that I couldn't quite refuse,"
"what were you doing out of the palace?"
"I had to see you,"
"Idiot. You should have know that this would be the last place you want to be at the moment."
"I kinda figured that out on my own Rovin"
"You don't even have your own guards with you!"
"Well they were with me, until your friends here caught up to us"
"Now I'm not sure where they are"
"You fool,"
"You've said that"
"I mean it"
"No you don't"
"Oh, and you know me so well"
"Not as well as I'd like to, but I know you don't mean that"
"You idiot"
"Would you stop saying that."
"No,"
"Your making me feel unwelcome"
"You are unwelcome! Your not suppose to be here!"
"Fine. Maybe I was wrong about you."
"Don't even try making me feel guilty over this because it won't work"
"Rovin!" Noah said interrupting "Can I have a word with you?"
"In a minute!"
"No, now!" Noah said gritting his teeth and straightening our his sleeves. Rovin shot a glance at Daniel who was still being held by thieves before stubbornly walking over to Noah.
"What's he doing here?" Noah asked
"He's here to see me, what the hell do you think he's doing here!" Rovin replied angrily jabbing him in the ribs where she saw a blood stain. Noah winced when she jabbed him but didn't comment. "The other's brought him in on your father's orders, that's what he's doing here!"
"I swear to Mithros Rovin, get him out of here!"
"I don't really have a choice in that matter now do I!"
"Tell them you'll bring him back later when things have cooled down!"
"Why? To make you feel less threatened?"
"Rovin please, I can barley stand to look at him"
"Why,"
"I just---have a heart Rovin,"
"I don't see why you need to be threatened by him. Until tonight he's never done anything to you."
"Never mind,"
"No! Now I want to know!"
"We'll talk about this later. Just get him out of here!"
"When did Heith die and declare you king?" she asked glaring at him
"Rov -- I -- but -- and -- you -- umm -- don't"
"Stop your rambling." Rovin hissed turning away from him and walking back to Daniel. "We're leaving." She told the thieves holding him who tensed when she talked "I'll return him when things die down." She took a hold of Daniel's arm and steered him towards the door. The thieved parted to let her through, but they all had the same face o as Noah. None of them appreciated a noble coming to town and basically stealing one of their own. Especially Rovin. She was a friend to all the younger thieves and so close to the older ones she was treated as a daughter of the Rogue. They were the ones who had helped her father raise her when her mother left. So when Rovin was walking out of the inn with an enemy to the people she loved and cared about, she knew she was making the wrong choice. Daniel squeezed Rovin's hand as she left the inn. Before he followed Daniel looked back at Noah and smiled with a wink. Noah lunged at Daniel as he left slamming the door behind him.
Tyger and Reed jumped forward and grabbed onto Noah pulling him back to the table while he screamed a thousand insults at Daniel. Cursing, Candle placed a mug of ale in front of Noah and watched as he gulped it down in one breath and asked a servant girl for another. He sat down at the table and started banging his head on it.
"Drinking yourself to death won't make her come back" Candle said taking a sip of his own ale.
"What do you know?" Noah muttered
"She made her decision." Tyger added
Noah groaned as if in pain and finished off his second ale while a third was placed in front of him
"What are you talking about?" Reed asked "Rovin didn't make a life changing decision for heaven's sake! She simply saved the noble from getting his ass beat up by everyone here. It's not like she's going off to marry him or anything like that." he leaned back in his chair and started polishing his favorite dagger which he had taken out when Daniel entered the inn. Tyger stood and joined some of the other guys for a few rounds of darts leaving Candle and Noah to talk.
"You know she wouldn't do anything stupid"
"Let's hope not"
"Noah, I don't see why you care so much. You and Rov hate each other with a passion, at least that's what everyone thinks"
"and what do you think"
"lets just say I read between the lines"
"Hypothetically speaking, have you ever been in love with someone who thinks your scum under her foot?"
Candle glanced to one of the servant girls named Doll who the boys had grown up with. Doll was a year younger then them, with curly blonde hair. She's usually a favorite among the traveling men but she doesn't advertise her body, the girl is a virgin in everyway. She wears decent clothes and hangs out with Noah and his friends on her breaks, never killed a man and never slept with one either. She and Rovin made a pact when they were younger that they've both kept so far. Doll seemed to realize someone was looking up her and glance up. Candle caught her eye and looked away.
"I'm just not about to pay to be loved. I want the right girl to love me in return for free"
"and does she?'
"Mithros only knows. Hypothetically speaking of course"
"of course."
"So let me hear it, do you really hate Rovin that much?"
"Not as much as everyone seems to think"
"are you saying I'm wrong?"
"I'm not saying your right." Noah smiled and finished off his fifth ale. Standing, he almost fell over from being so drunk. He grabbed Sara, the servant girl, and headed towards the stairs.
Daniel closed the door behind him as the two left the inn.
"Come on," he said taking her hand and leading her to the woods "I want to go somewhere where we can talk privately"
"I'm sure you do" Rovin replied smiling. It was late in the day but she guessed she would be home before dark, so she allowed herself to be led way by Daniel. He didn't talk at all while they were walking but Rovin guessed he'd have loads to talk about whenever they got to where he was taking her. When they reached the edge of the woods Rovin was hesitant to go into them. Daniel assured her that everything would be fine. He indicated the sword at his side but Rovin only felt slightly better by it. Very uncomfortable she followed Daniel into the woods clutching his hand with both of hers. They walked for a long time completely leaving the path as the sun started setting.
"Why do you have your sword out?" Rovin asked still clutching his hand as they walked in the light of the moon.
"To protect us from bandits" he replied watching the trees.
"oh," Rovin replied stifling a laugh. No way was she about to tell Daniel that her people were the ones who attacked travelers and they never did at night. Even if they did attack, all Rovin had to do was speak to the thieves and most likely they'd stop. After a while the two came to a clearing with a small pond and waterfall. Fireflies were all around and the moon seemed to shine on this spot specifically. Rovin's breath was caught in her throat from the beauty.
"It's beautiful," she whispered in his ear coming up behind him
"I knew you'd like it" he said bring her to stand in front of him
"how'd you find it?"
"I got lost on the way to the city. OF course that was in daylight, but I guessed it bad to be gorgeous at night too"
"Your lucky you were right" she said pulling away from him and walking to the pond and sitting beside it. She stared into the water for a while before Daniel came and sat beside her. He took her hand in his and kissed her fingers lightly before looking at her.
"Why'd you leave?" he asked
"I didn't have much of a choice." she muttered
"of course you did. You could have stayed with me and my family. We didn't treat you that terrible did we?"
"you know that's not why I left"
"then why did you leave?"
"it's complicated"
"then explain it to me. I have all night."
"but I don't. I'm probably in enough trouble because I left with you I just- --"
Daniel lunged forwards before Rovin could stand up and kissed her. Surprised, Rovin kissed him back. She loved the taste of his kisses and could have stayed there all night if she hadn't heard the low hiss. She slowly pulled away from him and the two stared at each other.
"Please tell me that was you," she whispered to afraid to look around. Daniel took a large gulp and glanced to his left. Rovin's blood turned to his as she looked at the large Spidren standing in front of them. About to scream she watched as Daniel slowly drew his sword.
Chapter 13
Rovin woke and stared at the door. Nothing happened.
"Go away!" she shouted at it. A minute later someone was banging on her door yelling her name. She yanked her pillow over her head and tried to block out the voice. It continued for a good ten minutes. Rovin slowly got out of bed, taking her time to get dressed before she ripped open the door about to rip out the persons throat.
"What is it?" she hissed at Candle who breathed heavily.
"They found him, he's here" Candle replied glancing towards the stairs where yelling could be heard along with the breaking of glasses and what seemed to be men fighting.
Rovin froze. Her blood turned to ice. She wasn't sure if she'd ever move again. Daniel was there. Downstairs. In the inn. The Dancing Dove. The Dancing Dove that has been home to thieves and the Rogue for as long as Rovin can remember. Probably the most dangerous place for Daniel to be at that minute. But he didn't come of his own will. No, he was forced here. Hopefully. Who would be so stupid as to walk into their own death. Rovin followed Candle down to the common room and froze at the sight she saw.
Noah and Daniel stood face to face in the center of the room shouting insults at each other. They were both red in the face and their veins seemed ready to explode. Both had thieves holding on to them so they couldn't lunge at each other. Around them the tables were scattered and a chair was broken. The servant girls were smart and stood back watching the fight waiting for everything to calm down before they started cleaning up the spilled food.
Rovin pushed through the crowd of thieves but after a minute they split and let her through as everyone around her became quite. Rovin stared at the two guys who were breathing deeply and very angry. Noah had a split lip that was bleeding while Daniel seemed to have a black eye. Rovin looked between the two guys. Daniel couldn't look her in the face and instead stared at the ground while Noah looked her straight in the eye. Rovin was the first to look away muttering that now wasn't the time for games. She sighed and moved closer to Daniel in order to talk in a whisper, which thoroughly pissed Noah off.
"What are you doing here?"
"your friends extended an invitation that I couldn't quite refuse,"
"what were you doing out of the palace?"
"I had to see you,"
"Idiot. You should have know that this would be the last place you want to be at the moment."
"I kinda figured that out on my own Rovin"
"You don't even have your own guards with you!"
"Well they were with me, until your friends here caught up to us"
"Now I'm not sure where they are"
"You fool,"
"You've said that"
"I mean it"
"No you don't"
"Oh, and you know me so well"
"Not as well as I'd like to, but I know you don't mean that"
"You idiot"
"Would you stop saying that."
"No,"
"Your making me feel unwelcome"
"You are unwelcome! Your not suppose to be here!"
"Fine. Maybe I was wrong about you."
"Don't even try making me feel guilty over this because it won't work"
"Rovin!" Noah said interrupting "Can I have a word with you?"
"In a minute!"
"No, now!" Noah said gritting his teeth and straightening our his sleeves. Rovin shot a glance at Daniel who was still being held by thieves before stubbornly walking over to Noah.
"What's he doing here?" Noah asked
"He's here to see me, what the hell do you think he's doing here!" Rovin replied angrily jabbing him in the ribs where she saw a blood stain. Noah winced when she jabbed him but didn't comment. "The other's brought him in on your father's orders, that's what he's doing here!"
"I swear to Mithros Rovin, get him out of here!"
"I don't really have a choice in that matter now do I!"
"Tell them you'll bring him back later when things have cooled down!"
"Why? To make you feel less threatened?"
"Rovin please, I can barley stand to look at him"
"Why,"
"I just---have a heart Rovin,"
"I don't see why you need to be threatened by him. Until tonight he's never done anything to you."
"Never mind,"
"No! Now I want to know!"
"We'll talk about this later. Just get him out of here!"
"When did Heith die and declare you king?" she asked glaring at him
"Rov -- I -- but -- and -- you -- umm -- don't"
"Stop your rambling." Rovin hissed turning away from him and walking back to Daniel. "We're leaving." She told the thieves holding him who tensed when she talked "I'll return him when things die down." She took a hold of Daniel's arm and steered him towards the door. The thieved parted to let her through, but they all had the same face o as Noah. None of them appreciated a noble coming to town and basically stealing one of their own. Especially Rovin. She was a friend to all the younger thieves and so close to the older ones she was treated as a daughter of the Rogue. They were the ones who had helped her father raise her when her mother left. So when Rovin was walking out of the inn with an enemy to the people she loved and cared about, she knew she was making the wrong choice. Daniel squeezed Rovin's hand as she left the inn. Before he followed Daniel looked back at Noah and smiled with a wink. Noah lunged at Daniel as he left slamming the door behind him.
Tyger and Reed jumped forward and grabbed onto Noah pulling him back to the table while he screamed a thousand insults at Daniel. Cursing, Candle placed a mug of ale in front of Noah and watched as he gulped it down in one breath and asked a servant girl for another. He sat down at the table and started banging his head on it.
"Drinking yourself to death won't make her come back" Candle said taking a sip of his own ale.
"What do you know?" Noah muttered
"She made her decision." Tyger added
Noah groaned as if in pain and finished off his second ale while a third was placed in front of him
"What are you talking about?" Reed asked "Rovin didn't make a life changing decision for heaven's sake! She simply saved the noble from getting his ass beat up by everyone here. It's not like she's going off to marry him or anything like that." he leaned back in his chair and started polishing his favorite dagger which he had taken out when Daniel entered the inn. Tyger stood and joined some of the other guys for a few rounds of darts leaving Candle and Noah to talk.
"You know she wouldn't do anything stupid"
"Let's hope not"
"Noah, I don't see why you care so much. You and Rov hate each other with a passion, at least that's what everyone thinks"
"and what do you think"
"lets just say I read between the lines"
"Hypothetically speaking, have you ever been in love with someone who thinks your scum under her foot?"
Candle glanced to one of the servant girls named Doll who the boys had grown up with. Doll was a year younger then them, with curly blonde hair. She's usually a favorite among the traveling men but she doesn't advertise her body, the girl is a virgin in everyway. She wears decent clothes and hangs out with Noah and his friends on her breaks, never killed a man and never slept with one either. She and Rovin made a pact when they were younger that they've both kept so far. Doll seemed to realize someone was looking up her and glance up. Candle caught her eye and looked away.
"I'm just not about to pay to be loved. I want the right girl to love me in return for free"
"and does she?'
"Mithros only knows. Hypothetically speaking of course"
"of course."
"So let me hear it, do you really hate Rovin that much?"
"Not as much as everyone seems to think"
"are you saying I'm wrong?"
"I'm not saying your right." Noah smiled and finished off his fifth ale. Standing, he almost fell over from being so drunk. He grabbed Sara, the servant girl, and headed towards the stairs.
Daniel closed the door behind him as the two left the inn.
"Come on," he said taking her hand and leading her to the woods "I want to go somewhere where we can talk privately"
"I'm sure you do" Rovin replied smiling. It was late in the day but she guessed she would be home before dark, so she allowed herself to be led way by Daniel. He didn't talk at all while they were walking but Rovin guessed he'd have loads to talk about whenever they got to where he was taking her. When they reached the edge of the woods Rovin was hesitant to go into them. Daniel assured her that everything would be fine. He indicated the sword at his side but Rovin only felt slightly better by it. Very uncomfortable she followed Daniel into the woods clutching his hand with both of hers. They walked for a long time completely leaving the path as the sun started setting.
"Why do you have your sword out?" Rovin asked still clutching his hand as they walked in the light of the moon.
"To protect us from bandits" he replied watching the trees.
"oh," Rovin replied stifling a laugh. No way was she about to tell Daniel that her people were the ones who attacked travelers and they never did at night. Even if they did attack, all Rovin had to do was speak to the thieves and most likely they'd stop. After a while the two came to a clearing with a small pond and waterfall. Fireflies were all around and the moon seemed to shine on this spot specifically. Rovin's breath was caught in her throat from the beauty.
"It's beautiful," she whispered in his ear coming up behind him
"I knew you'd like it" he said bring her to stand in front of him
"how'd you find it?"
"I got lost on the way to the city. OF course that was in daylight, but I guessed it bad to be gorgeous at night too"
"Your lucky you were right" she said pulling away from him and walking to the pond and sitting beside it. She stared into the water for a while before Daniel came and sat beside her. He took her hand in his and kissed her fingers lightly before looking at her.
"Why'd you leave?" he asked
"I didn't have much of a choice." she muttered
"of course you did. You could have stayed with me and my family. We didn't treat you that terrible did we?"
"you know that's not why I left"
"then why did you leave?"
"it's complicated"
"then explain it to me. I have all night."
"but I don't. I'm probably in enough trouble because I left with you I just- --"
Daniel lunged forwards before Rovin could stand up and kissed her. Surprised, Rovin kissed him back. She loved the taste of his kisses and could have stayed there all night if she hadn't heard the low hiss. She slowly pulled away from him and the two stared at each other.
"Please tell me that was you," she whispered to afraid to look around. Daniel took a large gulp and glanced to his left. Rovin's blood turned to his as she looked at the large Spidren standing in front of them. About to scream she watched as Daniel slowly drew his sword.