Thanks to all that have reviewed and my test reader,
carzyhorsegirl88, for reading the first I-don't-know-how-many things that
I've wrote only to end up with four chapters. And sorry if to is spelled
backwards a lot. I can't seem to type it today.Here's the update, *to self
* well, being sick for the past four days and missing two days of school
really helps the thought process.
Coming to terms:
Daine walked into her rooms with Ellane and Nat. She heard Ellane sigh when she saw their front room. Daine smiled in contently. The same old velvet couch with warm blankets, the fireplace had a burning fire, the shelves of books, and the portraits of her and Numair all over the selves and on the table next to the couch. She threw a few more pieces of wood on the fire and sat down in Numair's reading chair. She tried not to smile when she thought of all the times she had sat in his arms wrapped in his arms and a blanket.
'it isn't much.' She whispered.
'yes it is!' Ellane gasped. 'It's so homey for a castle.'
'I like the tower better.' Daine looked around the room and imagined her self there.
'The tower?' Nat plopped down on the couch next to Ellane.
'Our house. It's down south a, about a few days ride. It's by the ocean, and it's so homey and quiet and romantic.' Daine sighed.
'Did you just call the tower romantic?' Numair's voice came from his workroom.
'Aren't you supposed to be teaching?' She looked over through a door leading off of the room. The mage came to the doorway.
'No, one of the pages about started a fire in Lindhall's class so they gave us all the day off.' He walked up to her and pulled her out of the chair and sat down in it. Daine stuck out her tongue at him. He smiled up at her.
'What's this I hear you blow something up?' She sat down in his lap.
'it didn't blow up.' He replied shortly. 'it was a unpredicted chemical atomic reaction.'
'What does that mean?' Nat asked him.
'It blew up.' Diane said.
'It did not. It just burned a hole in the tile.' Numair rested back against the pillows.
'And that's better?' Daine asked.
'Don't you have an animal to heal or something?' Numair asked poking her teasingly.
'Don't you have something else to do?' Daine replied.
'Yes, but it won't let me.' He replied smiling. Daine hit him.
'Go back to your experiments.' She said getting up.
'See.' He replied obeying.
'You'll pay for that comment Master mage.' She said sitting back down in the chair.
'I love you too.' He mocked walking into the other room.
'He's horrible.' Daine muttered. Ellane laughed.
'Sorry, but you sound like my parents used to. They were really in love.'
'But did you mother abuse your father?' Numair called.
'Numair Saliman.' Daine called. 'I'm so glad to see you're in another one of your moods.'
'Good, because-' Numair began, but Daine, who knew what he was about to say, stopped him.
'Fine you win.' She sighed. She was glaring at the door.
'We best go.' Ellane said.
'Why?' Daine asked surprised. 'Numair's just being a dolt.'
'Not funny.' He called. Daine smiled and mouthed, yes you are.
'We're staying at an inn tonight.' Nat replied.
'No stay here.' Daine said grabbing his hand. Nat glared at it and pulled his arm out of her grip. Numair who saw this wasn't happy.
'Daine, you wouldn't want them to not get a room.' He looked at Nat with annoyance.
'Yah, we'll be fine. I'll se tomorrow.' Daine hugged Ellane.
She watched them walk out. With a sigh she turned to her husband who was sitting on their bed.
'Are you sure Ellane's the one related to Perin?' Numair asked pulling her close.
'Yes. Why?' She looked at him surprised.
'Because that other one seems more like him.' He muttered.
'You're the biggest baby I've ever met.' She laughed.
'Really?' Numair tackled her and threw the blankets over their heads.
'Numair?' Daine asked timidly.
'Yes sweetling.' He brushed her hair with his hand.
'Can we just cuddle tonight?' She looked at him.
'Of course Magelet. Go to sleep, I won't stop holding you.' Daine settled against him and fell asleep. 'I'll always be right here.' He whispered.
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'I can believe you!' Nat cried walking into their room for the night. 'How could you let her by you a dress and jewelry when she's the reason that-'
'Nat stop.' Ellane looked at him. 'They're not faking it.'
'What?' Nat sat down with her on the bed. She was crying.
'I knew about a month after Daine came to work at the inn that she was raped. She just couldn't tell me his name.' She looked at him.
'She was really raped by your cousin?' He whispered. Ellane leaned against him.
'Yes.' She cried.
'Hey,' Nat soothed 'what does she have that you don't? That we don't?'
'A ton of money, a loving husband, really rich friends, an account at one of the best shops in Corus, and any think else she could possibly want.' She replied.
'Come on, we can watch her.' He smiled.
'That's fine when it's a customer at the inn, but with one of the greatest mages in the world?' She asked.
'Doesn't matter, I'll still do it.' He declared.
'Better hope you don't get arrested too.' She reminded him.
'There.' He said.
In the fire they saw the couple. Diane was asleep in Numair's arms. Her head was against his chest and her hands on his shoulders. She opened her eyes and looked up at him. She touched his cheek and he looked down at her.
'Thank you for not hating me.' She whispered.
'Oh, Daine. I wasn't mad because I hated you.' He said
'You weren't.'
'I was mad because I knew I had made a mistake of talking you and myself into something. And we both had thoughts that it would never work. Seeing Perin made that come true to me. I was never mad at you. Not really.'
'So you don't hate me?' She was about in tears.
'Never.' He held her close to him and kissed her hair.
Nat poured water on the fire and just stared at the team for a minute. How can anybody ever not hate her? He did now. He looked back on what he used to think of her, pretty, smart, and quiet. But that isn't the way she truly is. She's rich, stuck up, a lair, and she fakes every thing. She was never hurt, she never had nightmares. Telling him that only made Ellane feel better about her cousin dieing in 12 hours. It was horrible and he's never look at her again. Tomorrow he'd find her and tell what he thought of her. He'd make her see the pain she's brought to every one, including her husband. He'd make her pay.
Coming to terms:
Daine walked into her rooms with Ellane and Nat. She heard Ellane sigh when she saw their front room. Daine smiled in contently. The same old velvet couch with warm blankets, the fireplace had a burning fire, the shelves of books, and the portraits of her and Numair all over the selves and on the table next to the couch. She threw a few more pieces of wood on the fire and sat down in Numair's reading chair. She tried not to smile when she thought of all the times she had sat in his arms wrapped in his arms and a blanket.
'it isn't much.' She whispered.
'yes it is!' Ellane gasped. 'It's so homey for a castle.'
'I like the tower better.' Daine looked around the room and imagined her self there.
'The tower?' Nat plopped down on the couch next to Ellane.
'Our house. It's down south a, about a few days ride. It's by the ocean, and it's so homey and quiet and romantic.' Daine sighed.
'Did you just call the tower romantic?' Numair's voice came from his workroom.
'Aren't you supposed to be teaching?' She looked over through a door leading off of the room. The mage came to the doorway.
'No, one of the pages about started a fire in Lindhall's class so they gave us all the day off.' He walked up to her and pulled her out of the chair and sat down in it. Daine stuck out her tongue at him. He smiled up at her.
'What's this I hear you blow something up?' She sat down in his lap.
'it didn't blow up.' He replied shortly. 'it was a unpredicted chemical atomic reaction.'
'What does that mean?' Nat asked him.
'It blew up.' Diane said.
'It did not. It just burned a hole in the tile.' Numair rested back against the pillows.
'And that's better?' Daine asked.
'Don't you have an animal to heal or something?' Numair asked poking her teasingly.
'Don't you have something else to do?' Daine replied.
'Yes, but it won't let me.' He replied smiling. Daine hit him.
'Go back to your experiments.' She said getting up.
'See.' He replied obeying.
'You'll pay for that comment Master mage.' She said sitting back down in the chair.
'I love you too.' He mocked walking into the other room.
'He's horrible.' Daine muttered. Ellane laughed.
'Sorry, but you sound like my parents used to. They were really in love.'
'But did you mother abuse your father?' Numair called.
'Numair Saliman.' Daine called. 'I'm so glad to see you're in another one of your moods.'
'Good, because-' Numair began, but Daine, who knew what he was about to say, stopped him.
'Fine you win.' She sighed. She was glaring at the door.
'We best go.' Ellane said.
'Why?' Daine asked surprised. 'Numair's just being a dolt.'
'Not funny.' He called. Daine smiled and mouthed, yes you are.
'We're staying at an inn tonight.' Nat replied.
'No stay here.' Daine said grabbing his hand. Nat glared at it and pulled his arm out of her grip. Numair who saw this wasn't happy.
'Daine, you wouldn't want them to not get a room.' He looked at Nat with annoyance.
'Yah, we'll be fine. I'll se tomorrow.' Daine hugged Ellane.
She watched them walk out. With a sigh she turned to her husband who was sitting on their bed.
'Are you sure Ellane's the one related to Perin?' Numair asked pulling her close.
'Yes. Why?' She looked at him surprised.
'Because that other one seems more like him.' He muttered.
'You're the biggest baby I've ever met.' She laughed.
'Really?' Numair tackled her and threw the blankets over their heads.
'Numair?' Daine asked timidly.
'Yes sweetling.' He brushed her hair with his hand.
'Can we just cuddle tonight?' She looked at him.
'Of course Magelet. Go to sleep, I won't stop holding you.' Daine settled against him and fell asleep. 'I'll always be right here.' He whispered.
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'I can believe you!' Nat cried walking into their room for the night. 'How could you let her by you a dress and jewelry when she's the reason that-'
'Nat stop.' Ellane looked at him. 'They're not faking it.'
'What?' Nat sat down with her on the bed. She was crying.
'I knew about a month after Daine came to work at the inn that she was raped. She just couldn't tell me his name.' She looked at him.
'She was really raped by your cousin?' He whispered. Ellane leaned against him.
'Yes.' She cried.
'Hey,' Nat soothed 'what does she have that you don't? That we don't?'
'A ton of money, a loving husband, really rich friends, an account at one of the best shops in Corus, and any think else she could possibly want.' She replied.
'Come on, we can watch her.' He smiled.
'That's fine when it's a customer at the inn, but with one of the greatest mages in the world?' She asked.
'Doesn't matter, I'll still do it.' He declared.
'Better hope you don't get arrested too.' She reminded him.
'There.' He said.
In the fire they saw the couple. Diane was asleep in Numair's arms. Her head was against his chest and her hands on his shoulders. She opened her eyes and looked up at him. She touched his cheek and he looked down at her.
'Thank you for not hating me.' She whispered.
'Oh, Daine. I wasn't mad because I hated you.' He said
'You weren't.'
'I was mad because I knew I had made a mistake of talking you and myself into something. And we both had thoughts that it would never work. Seeing Perin made that come true to me. I was never mad at you. Not really.'
'So you don't hate me?' She was about in tears.
'Never.' He held her close to him and kissed her hair.
Nat poured water on the fire and just stared at the team for a minute. How can anybody ever not hate her? He did now. He looked back on what he used to think of her, pretty, smart, and quiet. But that isn't the way she truly is. She's rich, stuck up, a lair, and she fakes every thing. She was never hurt, she never had nightmares. Telling him that only made Ellane feel better about her cousin dieing in 12 hours. It was horrible and he's never look at her again. Tomorrow he'd find her and tell what he thought of her. He'd make her see the pain she's brought to every one, including her husband. He'd make her pay.