Ch. 5-Neve
It was an unusual start for a day to be told how an elfin princess came to be claimed by a baby dragon, because Goddess knows you can't have a dragon unless it claimed you. But I listened to Kitty's story and I was of course amazed. After we ate a short meal of salted pork we continued on our way. I estimated that we should reach the river that separates this land from the Dwarves land by mid-noon if we continued on through the day without stopping to eat. So onward we traveled barely resting, our pace quick. Somehow we managed to arrive at the river before noon. I bought us rooms at the Inn By The River, and I myself went and cleaned up. When I was done I knocked on Kitty's door to see if she would like lunch only to be answered by an awakened Shadow. "No thank you Neve, m'lady is asleep at the moment, and I would like to be too." Well I got Shadow's point and I left the pair to sleep. Since I was hungry I went down to the tavern section of the inn. That's when I met him. He had long black hair that was in a leather tong at the base of his neck, baby blue eyes with a fleck of green in them. You could see was of elvish heritage. We talked for hours after we had introduced ourselves. His name was Ryder and he was a tracker. He was not just any elf either as he told me, he was Kitty's brother, and he had been waiting for Shadow. He paid for my dinner, and we chatted for a few hours more over a house wine. That was when I first knew I liked him. Shadow appeared when Ryder and I were playing cards and announced that Ryder would be joining us on our journey and we had best get some sleep. Of the course the wolf just walked back to his room without giving us anymore details. Well Ryder walked me to my room, where we talked to for a couple of minutes before saying our goodbyes. "Goodnight my sweet lady, Goodnight." I smiled up at him and with a soft, quick kiss of goodbye on my lips heft for his room. I fell into a blissful sleep that night, waiting for morning to come.