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Veralidaine Sarrasri woke up with a start. She sighed and rolled over to look at her bedside table. She could hear men down stairs in the tavern. They were all laughing, drinking, and flirting with the waitresses. Daine heard one voice in particular. The one man she hated more than Ozorne, Hakkon Falconer. He had tried to kill her when she was thirteen and he was enjoying her new condition. He would come up stairs and wake her up, by calling her his favorite name. What she wouldn't give to be able to shape shift and beat him at his own game. Lory, her mother's old friend, had tried to heal her but never succeeded. They couldn't see that it was just that her magic was almost completely drained. Morons, she thought, they can't even add one plus one. She acted as if she didn't remember anything, though she did. Except for when she was kidnapped and brought back to Snowsdale. She was unconscious the whole time. She sighed again and pulled a book out from underneath her pillow, along with her ring. This was the only thing that was real to her; the dreams of Numair weren't enough to lift her sprits. The book was on the animals of Galla. Numair should be happy that she learned something though all of this. She read about three pages when someone opened the door.
"Daine" the small voice said. As quickly as she could she shoved the book underneath of the pillow, but it wasn't quick enough.
"What are you doing?" she snapped, "If Hakkon sees you." "Thank you for your concern, but I don't need it" Daine replied, "another week and I am leaving. I am going home." You are home" Lory was apparently confused. She never heard her speak like that, like she was a noble, higher than every one else. "No, I am not." Daine made sure that she used good grammar and that she sounded like she was a noble. " I live in Tortall, I have a husband and friends. I don't need to neglect that anymore." Wonderful, she thought, I sound like Numair. Lory left. Great, to get Hakkon and Rand she supposed. They would probably think that she has really gone insane this time. Pay them, let them see that they are making a big mistake by keeping her here. The longer she is away the more Numair's going to freak when she gets back. "So think you're better than us, do you?" Hakkon said at her door. " I will pay you 50 gold nobles to die" Daine replied. Don't let Numair know I said that. I'll get another lecture on people skills. "Rich, are we." He mocked. That was it she took out her ring. Their jaws dropped to the floor. "What is that?" he asked. Daine snatched her ring back. "My wedding ring." She said gently. "I will give you 100 gold nobles to take me home, now. If you do you even might get more." "150 and we take you home first thing tomorrow." "Deal"
Veralidaine Sarrasri woke up with a start. She sighed and rolled over to look at her bedside table. She could hear men down stairs in the tavern. They were all laughing, drinking, and flirting with the waitresses. Daine heard one voice in particular. The one man she hated more than Ozorne, Hakkon Falconer. He had tried to kill her when she was thirteen and he was enjoying her new condition. He would come up stairs and wake her up, by calling her his favorite name. What she wouldn't give to be able to shape shift and beat him at his own game. Lory, her mother's old friend, had tried to heal her but never succeeded. They couldn't see that it was just that her magic was almost completely drained. Morons, she thought, they can't even add one plus one. She acted as if she didn't remember anything, though she did. Except for when she was kidnapped and brought back to Snowsdale. She was unconscious the whole time. She sighed again and pulled a book out from underneath her pillow, along with her ring. This was the only thing that was real to her; the dreams of Numair weren't enough to lift her sprits. The book was on the animals of Galla. Numair should be happy that she learned something though all of this. She read about three pages when someone opened the door.
"Daine" the small voice said. As quickly as she could she shoved the book underneath of the pillow, but it wasn't quick enough.
"What are you doing?" she snapped, "If Hakkon sees you." "Thank you for your concern, but I don't need it" Daine replied, "another week and I am leaving. I am going home." You are home" Lory was apparently confused. She never heard her speak like that, like she was a noble, higher than every one else. "No, I am not." Daine made sure that she used good grammar and that she sounded like she was a noble. " I live in Tortall, I have a husband and friends. I don't need to neglect that anymore." Wonderful, she thought, I sound like Numair. Lory left. Great, to get Hakkon and Rand she supposed. They would probably think that she has really gone insane this time. Pay them, let them see that they are making a big mistake by keeping her here. The longer she is away the more Numair's going to freak when she gets back. "So think you're better than us, do you?" Hakkon said at her door. " I will pay you 50 gold nobles to die" Daine replied. Don't let Numair know I said that. I'll get another lecture on people skills. "Rich, are we." He mocked. That was it she took out her ring. Their jaws dropped to the floor. "What is that?" he asked. Daine snatched her ring back. "My wedding ring." She said gently. "I will give you 100 gold nobles to take me home, now. If you do you even might get more." "150 and we take you home first thing tomorrow." "Deal"