Chapter Two
Finders Keepers
Fio awoke in a small white room, in a bed with white cotton sheets and a hard pillow. She laid for a moment and just stared at the ceiling. How long had she been asleep she wondered, and where was she? She slowly began to sit up, and her hand went rushing to the back of her head a numbing headache set in, and she closed her eyes with pain. But then slowly again she opened them as footsteps entered the room. She looked to see who it was, and not so much to her surprise, it was a man. He was clad in the on duty cloths of a guard, but as it seemed he was no longer 'on duty'. His hair was shoulder length and a light brown, as were his eyes. He had the face of a well worked man in his early thirties, he was tall fair faced with a spiteful glint in his eyes.
'Hello my fair maiden, I see you have awoken,' he said in a deep, soft voice as he sat by her bedside. Fio, not knowing what to think, moved away from this man and said nothing.
'Do not fear my dear beauty, I will not harm you.'
Fio still said nothing.
'You have been asleep for a fortnight. I have had many sleepless hours wondering when you would awake.' He laid a hand on her cheek, 'I am brought much happiness to see you are well. I am Solomir, lieutenant under Captain Boromir.'
Fiothiel was both confused and frightened, she violently bated this man's hand away. Then forgetting her pain she leaped off the bed onto the Solomir, he fell backwards in surprise. Fio grabbed his sword from its sheath and held it to his throat, Solomir looked at her in disbelief. Then a sudden change came over him, his eyes grew dark and in one swift motion he kicked Fiothiel off of him and onto the floor. He took the sword from her hand and whipped the back of his hand across her face. Fio's hand flew to her cheek as her eyes glazed a bit, her head was again throbbing.
'I thought I dealt with an Elf, not an animal.' Solomir said spitting on her and calling his guards in.
'You thought wrong, mereth en draugrim!' {feast of wolves}
'Enough!' His hand flew across her face again.
Just then the guards came in and lifted Fio roughly by her arms, she tried to break free, but it was no use, her strength was already leaving her. 'Struggle not my sweet,' Solomir said again placing his hand on her cheek, but it was swiftly removed agin as Fio snapped her teeth at his fingers, ' take her to the keep until I find a use for her. No food or water for ten days. You're mine now my thorned rose.'
The guards nodded and walked off with her.
End Chapter Two
Finders Keepers
Fio awoke in a small white room, in a bed with white cotton sheets and a hard pillow. She laid for a moment and just stared at the ceiling. How long had she been asleep she wondered, and where was she? She slowly began to sit up, and her hand went rushing to the back of her head a numbing headache set in, and she closed her eyes with pain. But then slowly again she opened them as footsteps entered the room. She looked to see who it was, and not so much to her surprise, it was a man. He was clad in the on duty cloths of a guard, but as it seemed he was no longer 'on duty'. His hair was shoulder length and a light brown, as were his eyes. He had the face of a well worked man in his early thirties, he was tall fair faced with a spiteful glint in his eyes.
'Hello my fair maiden, I see you have awoken,' he said in a deep, soft voice as he sat by her bedside. Fio, not knowing what to think, moved away from this man and said nothing.
'Do not fear my dear beauty, I will not harm you.'
Fio still said nothing.
'You have been asleep for a fortnight. I have had many sleepless hours wondering when you would awake.' He laid a hand on her cheek, 'I am brought much happiness to see you are well. I am Solomir, lieutenant under Captain Boromir.'
Fiothiel was both confused and frightened, she violently bated this man's hand away. Then forgetting her pain she leaped off the bed onto the Solomir, he fell backwards in surprise. Fio grabbed his sword from its sheath and held it to his throat, Solomir looked at her in disbelief. Then a sudden change came over him, his eyes grew dark and in one swift motion he kicked Fiothiel off of him and onto the floor. He took the sword from her hand and whipped the back of his hand across her face. Fio's hand flew to her cheek as her eyes glazed a bit, her head was again throbbing.
'I thought I dealt with an Elf, not an animal.' Solomir said spitting on her and calling his guards in.
'You thought wrong, mereth en draugrim!' {feast of wolves}
'Enough!' His hand flew across her face again.
Just then the guards came in and lifted Fio roughly by her arms, she tried to break free, but it was no use, her strength was already leaving her. 'Struggle not my sweet,' Solomir said again placing his hand on her cheek, but it was swiftly removed agin as Fio snapped her teeth at his fingers, ' take her to the keep until I find a use for her. No food or water for ten days. You're mine now my thorned rose.'
The guards nodded and walked off with her.
End Chapter Two