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Chapter 15
She ran down the hall not really knowing where she was going before colliding with someone while running down the stairs. The person had been walking up the stairs and neither of them had been looking where they were going before they collided and fell down the stairs together, throwing the papers the person held in the hair as they tumbled along. When they reached the bottom Leopold landed on her back and the stranger on top of her, half laughing and half crying from the pain in her ribs.
"Ouch," she whimpered clutching her stomach with pain.
"Hold on I'm a healer," the boy said pushing himself up so he hovered above her and placing his hand on her stomach as a small green glow appeared around his hand. Leopold heard a crunching sound and felt a small pang in her stomach before it all ended and the pain was gone. She looked up at the person lying on top of her and almost laughed out loud. He was the same boy she had ran into on these very steps a week or so ago. She did end up laughing as he chuckled as well while getting off of her and helping her to her feet.
"We seen to be running into each other in the wildest ways," the boy said brushing off his pants and starting to collect the many papers that had been scattered when they fell.
"Yes we do." Leopold replied getting on her hands and knees and helping the boy as well. "I'm Leopold,"
"I know," the boy replied taking the papers from her and adding them to the stake that he already held in his hands before getting up again and taking her hand to help her up once again.
"How do you know?" she asked
"The only granddaughter of Wessex visiting Corus! Thought to be one of the most gorgeous girls around with the wildest spirit that no man alive can tame her! Who doesn't know."
"I've never heard those tales!"
"Can you keep a secret?" he asked with a twinkle in his eye
"Yes," Leopold replied
"So can I!" he said grinning
"You tease me!"
"I do," he said with a magnificent smile that made her go weak in the knees. Almost as cute as Aaron's. Leopold had to force herself to not think of Aaron as she smiled in reply to the boy.
"Well then what is your name?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"A lady always wishes to know the name of her rescuer,"
"A rescuer am I? How?"
"Why you saved me from falling down the stairs and breaking my neck and then you healed me."
"Yes but anyone could have done that!"
"Yes of course, but you did. That means I need a name!"
"Of course milady!" he replied giving a mocking bow "My names Eron of Cliff's Creek."
"Leopold of Wessex." she replied politely sticking out her hand so he may kiss it, which he did. She was actually very happy to be in the presence of such a cute boy. Let her aunt see her now, she was obviously over what's-his-name. Besides who needs a thief when she can have a noble. Eron was extremely cute. His hair was brownish with a fine tint of blonde and his eyes were so dark she seemed to be lost in them. He didn't look extremely familiar but she guessed it was because she had met him before, somewhat.
"To what do I owe this great pleasure Leopold?" Eron said flirtatiously.
"No need to act so proper around me," Leopold said acting the best she could like a spoiled noble "Remember I'm a wild spirit that needs taming."
"How about I start taming you by insisting I buy you a drink at this lovely restaurant I know of in town?" Eron asked cocking his eyebrows much like Aaron did which made her go week in the knees. She was about to accept when she remembered she was suppose to meet Parker and Eliza to go shopping. Then again, all they wanted to do was go back to the Rogue, and there was no way Leopold wanted to do that. So she gladly accepted his offer.
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"I'm so sorry," Delilah said as Aaron came out from behind the large curtains and took the seat across from her where Leopold had been sitting minutes before. He buried his face in his hands and Delilah was afraid he would start crying. She knew he had his reasons for keeping his secrets from everyone. He even kept them from her. Of course he had no reason to trust her as they had only met a few days before when she found him running down the palace halls with three guards on his tail. She had to tell them that he had been running errands for her and then drag him by the ear into her private study and demand he explain why he was running amuck with guards on his tail. He ended up telling her everything that had happened between he and Leopold when she finally convinced him that she had been of the Rogue and was as loyal to them as the day she had been accepted.
They then hatched the plan for him to be in the library when she confronted Leopold about knowing Aaron and told her about her own daughters. They had hoped Leopold would forgive him somehow, even though he should have been the one apologizing not Delilah.
"The only thing for you to do is go home and move on in life. Leopold will forget about you and that will be that so I suggest you do the same thing." Delilah said picking up her saucer again and taking a sip out of the now cold tea.
"I can't just forget her!" Aaron finally said looking up from his hands. His face was red and blotchy but she knew there was no way he would admit he had been crying.
"There's nothing left for you to do. If she never wants to see you again there's nothing anybody can do to change her mind. She's stubborn like that." Delilah replied becoming stern with the boy. She had tried her best but she wasn't about to come up with another plan to get them back together if her niece wasn't willing to be put back together with him. "I can't force her to do anything she doesn't want to do."
"Why not?" Aaron whined like a little child deprived of candy.
"Because I refuse to do such a thing to my niece! That's why not!"
Aaron crossed his arms and glared out the window refusing to speak for a long time. Finally Delilah asked the question that had been nagging at the back of her mind for the longest time. "Perhaps you should tell me about yourself. Leopold's not the only one interested in things like that."
"I can't," Aaron replied staring out the window.
"And why not?" she said forcefully setting down her teacup and become agitated with the fact that the boy refused to tell her anything.
"Because it's personal."
"Everything's personal with a thief" she replied scowling at him again.
Chapter 15
She ran down the hall not really knowing where she was going before colliding with someone while running down the stairs. The person had been walking up the stairs and neither of them had been looking where they were going before they collided and fell down the stairs together, throwing the papers the person held in the hair as they tumbled along. When they reached the bottom Leopold landed on her back and the stranger on top of her, half laughing and half crying from the pain in her ribs.
"Ouch," she whimpered clutching her stomach with pain.
"Hold on I'm a healer," the boy said pushing himself up so he hovered above her and placing his hand on her stomach as a small green glow appeared around his hand. Leopold heard a crunching sound and felt a small pang in her stomach before it all ended and the pain was gone. She looked up at the person lying on top of her and almost laughed out loud. He was the same boy she had ran into on these very steps a week or so ago. She did end up laughing as he chuckled as well while getting off of her and helping her to her feet.
"We seen to be running into each other in the wildest ways," the boy said brushing off his pants and starting to collect the many papers that had been scattered when they fell.
"Yes we do." Leopold replied getting on her hands and knees and helping the boy as well. "I'm Leopold,"
"I know," the boy replied taking the papers from her and adding them to the stake that he already held in his hands before getting up again and taking her hand to help her up once again.
"How do you know?" she asked
"The only granddaughter of Wessex visiting Corus! Thought to be one of the most gorgeous girls around with the wildest spirit that no man alive can tame her! Who doesn't know."
"I've never heard those tales!"
"Can you keep a secret?" he asked with a twinkle in his eye
"Yes," Leopold replied
"So can I!" he said grinning
"You tease me!"
"I do," he said with a magnificent smile that made her go weak in the knees. Almost as cute as Aaron's. Leopold had to force herself to not think of Aaron as she smiled in reply to the boy.
"Well then what is your name?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"A lady always wishes to know the name of her rescuer,"
"A rescuer am I? How?"
"Why you saved me from falling down the stairs and breaking my neck and then you healed me."
"Yes but anyone could have done that!"
"Yes of course, but you did. That means I need a name!"
"Of course milady!" he replied giving a mocking bow "My names Eron of Cliff's Creek."
"Leopold of Wessex." she replied politely sticking out her hand so he may kiss it, which he did. She was actually very happy to be in the presence of such a cute boy. Let her aunt see her now, she was obviously over what's-his-name. Besides who needs a thief when she can have a noble. Eron was extremely cute. His hair was brownish with a fine tint of blonde and his eyes were so dark she seemed to be lost in them. He didn't look extremely familiar but she guessed it was because she had met him before, somewhat.
"To what do I owe this great pleasure Leopold?" Eron said flirtatiously.
"No need to act so proper around me," Leopold said acting the best she could like a spoiled noble "Remember I'm a wild spirit that needs taming."
"How about I start taming you by insisting I buy you a drink at this lovely restaurant I know of in town?" Eron asked cocking his eyebrows much like Aaron did which made her go week in the knees. She was about to accept when she remembered she was suppose to meet Parker and Eliza to go shopping. Then again, all they wanted to do was go back to the Rogue, and there was no way Leopold wanted to do that. So she gladly accepted his offer.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I'm so sorry," Delilah said as Aaron came out from behind the large curtains and took the seat across from her where Leopold had been sitting minutes before. He buried his face in his hands and Delilah was afraid he would start crying. She knew he had his reasons for keeping his secrets from everyone. He even kept them from her. Of course he had no reason to trust her as they had only met a few days before when she found him running down the palace halls with three guards on his tail. She had to tell them that he had been running errands for her and then drag him by the ear into her private study and demand he explain why he was running amuck with guards on his tail. He ended up telling her everything that had happened between he and Leopold when she finally convinced him that she had been of the Rogue and was as loyal to them as the day she had been accepted.
They then hatched the plan for him to be in the library when she confronted Leopold about knowing Aaron and told her about her own daughters. They had hoped Leopold would forgive him somehow, even though he should have been the one apologizing not Delilah.
"The only thing for you to do is go home and move on in life. Leopold will forget about you and that will be that so I suggest you do the same thing." Delilah said picking up her saucer again and taking a sip out of the now cold tea.
"I can't just forget her!" Aaron finally said looking up from his hands. His face was red and blotchy but she knew there was no way he would admit he had been crying.
"There's nothing left for you to do. If she never wants to see you again there's nothing anybody can do to change her mind. She's stubborn like that." Delilah replied becoming stern with the boy. She had tried her best but she wasn't about to come up with another plan to get them back together if her niece wasn't willing to be put back together with him. "I can't force her to do anything she doesn't want to do."
"Why not?" Aaron whined like a little child deprived of candy.
"Because I refuse to do such a thing to my niece! That's why not!"
Aaron crossed his arms and glared out the window refusing to speak for a long time. Finally Delilah asked the question that had been nagging at the back of her mind for the longest time. "Perhaps you should tell me about yourself. Leopold's not the only one interested in things like that."
"I can't," Aaron replied staring out the window.
"And why not?" she said forcefully setting down her teacup and become agitated with the fact that the boy refused to tell her anything.
"Because it's personal."
"Everything's personal with a thief" she replied scowling at him again.