Back again! And in love - with a country .. Scotland is so beautiful .. Wanted to stay there .

Comments:

@ Crazyhorsegirl88 I'll try and finish the story but I am not satisfied with the number of reviews.. There will be a marriage soon, or two or three .. And well maybe I'll do a sequel . but not too soon after this one, my muse wants to write other stories .

@ Kit49 I am in love with your country . I want to go back ., now . at this moment .. And I'll like writing in English even if I am bad at it.

@oneinamilliongirl I'll try... I really try to finish it. But my muse is running wild with an other idea . and I am discouraged by the little number of reviews . even if the reviews I got are really good.

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Chapter 23

The time for mourning was over too quick for Alanna and Jon. They knew they loved each other, but they both weren't ready for the next step or the gossip that would start soon.

Susan and Gary were anxious, there proposal, as well as Daines and Numairs should be announced on the first feast after the mourning period. They were reading themselves for the gossip and were planning their future. Gary was describing her his home fief Naxen and his family-tree, he told her rules, laws and customs of his world, now that there was the time for it. She told him about her life before, about her dead parents, her grandfather, her abilities and the urge to take the place of him, if he was absent. They sent Binky to DEATH and to the dark god to announce their plans to them, the day before the proposal. Gary taught Susan to ride on a normal horse in every circumstance, not just on a very lame horse, he was practising with her at martial arts and they rarely ever left the other one alone.

Daine and Numair were as touched by their plans as Gary and Susan, but less troubled by the customs of the country, as Daine was living here for years now. They were more afraid of the gossip, as Numair was so much older as Daine. But they loved each other true. They asked Susan a favour and sent Binky up to Daines parents with a message about the proposal.

The big day came. The king announced the proposals of Gary and Susan and Numair and Daine. The pairs were kissing and the crowd followed the lead of their King, the king's champion and Raoul and sheered to the happy couples.

The day itself was peacefully, everyone was being polite to the new couples, but the day after it, the gossip and the games to seek power started again. Susan and Daine who were unused to the ways at court were suffering worse than her fiancés. Daine suffered worse than Susan because Susan was not shy or anything like that, she had no respect for titles and was very outspoken and the people feared someone related to death. Daine was not as bad treated as other courtladys her age would be at such a marriage prospect, cause the people were also afraid of her powers, even if she was shy amongst the nobles.

The nobles who treated Daine bad, learned to fear her grey mare Cloud who was a revengeful creature, biting or kicking everyone who hurt her mistress and friend.

The court learned to be careful about treating the new ladies bad, as they were both very powerful on their own and engaged to even more powerful men who made it clear help their women. Nobody wanted to be an enemy to the prime minister or the most powerful Mage of the King. So the days went by.

The couples drowning in love and care and some weeks later the engagement of Buri and Raoul was announced, too and Angua and Carrot, who were just a couple without any bless joined them.

Buri was treated badly after that day. She hadn't got the power she had in the past, as her mistress, the queen had died. And she was no magician and had no powers except her fighting skills. The court ladies were in a rage, they hated the prospect of one of their highest doted bachelors being married to the commander of the queens own instead of one of them. Angua was lucky. Nobody dared to bother a werewolf and Carrot wasn't even one of the big fish at court.

As Alanna discovered how Buri was treated, she organized a meeting with Daine, Angua and Susan and the three of them made a plan, how to help Buri and teach the court monsters a lesson. At least they had no good idea and threatened the court ladies with their powers and life for Buri went better. The Lioness was a big threat on her own and in company with the Wild Mage, Susan and a werewolf it was frightening every of the ladies.

The big marriage for all 4 pairs was planned now, they Ladies should all be given away by the King and he and the Lioness would be witnesses for all of them. The court ladies went green with anger at this news, they were jealous; it was a great honour to be led to the aisle by the King and the - now- most powerful women in the land. Suddenly they realised, that they would need a new queen and that the King had not chosen a wife by now. The court ladies went mad at this prospect before them and they were dancing at the king at every occasion.

Jon hated it. He wanted to be with Alanna. He loved it to be with her. She was ravishing, she was his anchor in this world. He pushed himself to speak with her about marriage. Some days before the big marriage they told everyone that they would marry at midsummer.

Hell brake loose at court.

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Sorry short chapter, but my brother and my dad crashed the computer and I wanted to give you a chapter today, with nearly no time to write it, after repairing the computer .

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