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Galux Phoenix.
QUEEN OF KNIVES.
CHAPTER 6: TITLE.
Galux Phoenix.
The stables appeared completely deserted when Kel and Neal arrived. The pair looked around until they saw Golden sitting up in the hay loft. The thief slid down and met them at the ladder.
"You said it was urgent?" Neal asked her.
"It is. We have half an hour before the holsters arrive. Get up there." She indicated the hay loft before starting to climb up the ladder once more.
"Like I said before: I want you guys to watch your backs. Nathan and I have all of our best-"
" 'Our'?" Neal asked her, eyebrows raised.
"Shut up. Our best people are always out gathering. The information they return is almost always correct. We got a message a few days ago, rumouring an assassination plot," Golden told the two knights.
"And you are all nervous because . . .?" Kel prodded.
"Because they were against you two."
The stables fell silent.
~*~*~*
David watched her as she slipped out of the Dancing Dove and into the busy streets of Corus. Her movements were fluid, but her saw a touch of nervousness under her normal cool and calm exterior. Something was different today. Something he wanted to find out about.
David felt eyes on him. He looked down at the streets once more. There she stood. Her gold eyes were hard and cold as she glared at him. If looks could kill he would be one of the deadest people in the country.
He gave an involuntary shiver at the thought of his death at her hands. He glanced down at the one person he was supposed to hurt the most only to find her gone. She had merged so well in the crowds in the busy Corus streets he had lost her completely.
If he wanted to live to see a few more days he better get his job over and done with. His employer wasn't going to sit around and wait for some targets to be killed for very long.
With a sigh, he made his way back down to the crowded streets. He knew he had to do something soon.
~*~*~*
Kel and Neal blinked and Golden for several minutes.
"What do you mean?" Kel asked after a while, her voice slow.
"There are people running around trying to kill the pair of you. That's what I mean."
"Why are you telling us?" Neal asked the one question that had been plaguing Golden's mind for a while.
"You two don't have anything that is worth being punished so much against you. You're good people and I don't want to see my friends being killed because someone wants to hurt me."
"Who wants to hurt you? Why do they want to hurt you?" the curious part of Neal got the better of him.
"He used to be a friend of mine; now he's just a power hungry arsehole. He wants the Majesty of Knives title. And he isn't going to get it. He is never going to learn that the title isn't just about the skill you have; it's how you use it."
The two young knights blinked at her. That was probably the longest speech she had made in their company. "And you have this skill?"
Golden gave a sigh. "Yes. I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have if I didn't have any skills."
"So basically you're the Queen of Knives?" Neal asked.
Golden had never really heard it be put that way. Sure people told her that she had the talent and skill that the position demanded but they never said that she actually was the Queen of Knives. Leo and Nathan had mentioned it to her that she deserved the title on a few occasions but they didn't tell her she already had the title.
"I guess you are right. He is the only competition that I have and he won't exactly be around for much longer." A slightly malicious smile crept over her lips. "You can be sure of that. Just make sure that the pair of you have someone watching your backs. I don't like it when my friends get killed off."
"We'll be fine. Sometimes I think you worry too much," Neal told her with a small grin.
"Me? Worry about you? Never," she replied with another, more sincere, smile.
Kel then saw that the two of them were friends, and good friends at that. Most thieves if the had friends who were about to be killed wouldn't warn their friends, but this one did. There was something very different about her. She had the honour most thieves lacked.
She was most defiantly a noble. Which noble was the question that Kel wanted answered.
~*~*~*
**GalPhoe hiding behind chair her again.** I really hope you liked that chapter. I thought it sucked, I didn't make it very long at all. This author hopes you'll forgive her.
Please review, you all get really big home made cookies.
GalPhoe.
Thanks to all my beloved reviewers, you guys all get TWO cookies for being nice peoples!! If you all want more cookies you're gonna have to give me a review. That seems fair to me.
Galux Phoenix.
QUEEN OF KNIVES.
CHAPTER 6: TITLE.
Galux Phoenix.
The stables appeared completely deserted when Kel and Neal arrived. The pair looked around until they saw Golden sitting up in the hay loft. The thief slid down and met them at the ladder.
"You said it was urgent?" Neal asked her.
"It is. We have half an hour before the holsters arrive. Get up there." She indicated the hay loft before starting to climb up the ladder once more.
"Like I said before: I want you guys to watch your backs. Nathan and I have all of our best-"
" 'Our'?" Neal asked her, eyebrows raised.
"Shut up. Our best people are always out gathering. The information they return is almost always correct. We got a message a few days ago, rumouring an assassination plot," Golden told the two knights.
"And you are all nervous because . . .?" Kel prodded.
"Because they were against you two."
The stables fell silent.
~*~*~*
David watched her as she slipped out of the Dancing Dove and into the busy streets of Corus. Her movements were fluid, but her saw a touch of nervousness under her normal cool and calm exterior. Something was different today. Something he wanted to find out about.
David felt eyes on him. He looked down at the streets once more. There she stood. Her gold eyes were hard and cold as she glared at him. If looks could kill he would be one of the deadest people in the country.
He gave an involuntary shiver at the thought of his death at her hands. He glanced down at the one person he was supposed to hurt the most only to find her gone. She had merged so well in the crowds in the busy Corus streets he had lost her completely.
If he wanted to live to see a few more days he better get his job over and done with. His employer wasn't going to sit around and wait for some targets to be killed for very long.
With a sigh, he made his way back down to the crowded streets. He knew he had to do something soon.
~*~*~*
Kel and Neal blinked and Golden for several minutes.
"What do you mean?" Kel asked after a while, her voice slow.
"There are people running around trying to kill the pair of you. That's what I mean."
"Why are you telling us?" Neal asked the one question that had been plaguing Golden's mind for a while.
"You two don't have anything that is worth being punished so much against you. You're good people and I don't want to see my friends being killed because someone wants to hurt me."
"Who wants to hurt you? Why do they want to hurt you?" the curious part of Neal got the better of him.
"He used to be a friend of mine; now he's just a power hungry arsehole. He wants the Majesty of Knives title. And he isn't going to get it. He is never going to learn that the title isn't just about the skill you have; it's how you use it."
The two young knights blinked at her. That was probably the longest speech she had made in their company. "And you have this skill?"
Golden gave a sigh. "Yes. I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have if I didn't have any skills."
"So basically you're the Queen of Knives?" Neal asked.
Golden had never really heard it be put that way. Sure people told her that she had the talent and skill that the position demanded but they never said that she actually was the Queen of Knives. Leo and Nathan had mentioned it to her that she deserved the title on a few occasions but they didn't tell her she already had the title.
"I guess you are right. He is the only competition that I have and he won't exactly be around for much longer." A slightly malicious smile crept over her lips. "You can be sure of that. Just make sure that the pair of you have someone watching your backs. I don't like it when my friends get killed off."
"We'll be fine. Sometimes I think you worry too much," Neal told her with a small grin.
"Me? Worry about you? Never," she replied with another, more sincere, smile.
Kel then saw that the two of them were friends, and good friends at that. Most thieves if the had friends who were about to be killed wouldn't warn their friends, but this one did. There was something very different about her. She had the honour most thieves lacked.
She was most defiantly a noble. Which noble was the question that Kel wanted answered.
~*~*~*
**GalPhoe hiding behind chair her again.** I really hope you liked that chapter. I thought it sucked, I didn't make it very long at all. This author hopes you'll forgive her.
Please review, you all get really big home made cookies.
GalPhoe.