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****Chapter 8- The Plan****
Frustrated, Duke Roger got up from his work to find a new candle. The second one tonight had just burned out, by the darkness he judged it must be sometime past midnight. It was relatively hard to tell with all the clouds covering the moon, but he had gone through two candles since dinner. That meant roughly eight hours, it had been years since he had done those sorts of math problems as a child.
After rummaging through his drawers in the dark he finally found another candle, and lit it with his blood red Gift. Finally he returned back to his desk, covered with a large map and many loose papers covered in notes.
'Finally things are going my way, there are only three days left till the coronation and not much can get in the way of my plans now,' the Duke thought to himself.
Everything was planned to the most minor detail, he knew where everyone would be and when. If they weren't there he would know and they would pay.
The servant awoke with a jump, he was hearing the Duke Roger of Conte's voice but he wasn't anywhere. Remembering the last time this happened he realized that the man had been up late studying again and needed an errand done for him. He didn't care about anyone's needs, he would keep you up all night if it helped him.
"Wake up! Can you hear me?" he heard as he focused on the voice.
"Yes, yes. How may I help your Grace?" he replied dutifully.
"I need you to go and send a message to the usual group asking them to gather tomorrow to discuss the final preparations."
"And what time will you be wanting them tomorrow, your Grace?"
"That is of no importance, now go and right away," and with that the man scurried out the door. He wouldn't want to upset a noble, everyone knows can get very unpleasant.
Aggravated that lowly servants could get away with such questioning, Roger forgot about his original plans to go to sleep and continued his work. The lack of sleep started catching up with him and it wasn't long before he had fallen asleep right on top of the map, the throne room to be more precise.
Duke awoke with a terrible pain in his back, he had fallen asleep in the chair again. This was very dangerous, Thom could have walked in and seen his plans. Hurriedly he shoved everything into his hidden desk drawer.
At noon everyone arrived one by one. He knew that Thom would most likely be at lunch, but to make sure he sealed the door with his Gift, no risks could be taken.
Sitting in the various seats around the room were Sir Alex of Tirragen, Delia of Eldorne, Claw, Liam the Shang Dragon, and Princess Josiane of the Copper Islands. Each of their young faces looking attentively towards, he struggled to hold in a chuckle, they would be in for a large surprise if they though this was going to be easy.
"Wait, Your grace I thought that when you came back from the dead your Gift was gone? Does anyone else know about this," Josiane whined, she didn't like to be kept in the dark about secrets of any kind.
"That is nothing you need to concern yourself with, leave the magic to us scholars if you will. Now, here I have each of your jobs, and where exactly you will be and when. If you need a visual it is marked on the map on top of my desk," Duke Roger said very gently, like on would to very small children.
As they received their papers, Alex frowned, he would be in charge of killing Alanna. That was not right, she had been his friend once.
"Alex do you think you can defeat Alanna in a sword match by yourself this time?" The duke asked in seeing his frown.
"No! As a matter of fact, I am not going to kill her. She doesn't deserve it, especially if its Jon who needs to die for us to get what we want," Alex exploded and quickly stormed out the door.
With that everyone looked quite shocked, no one had expected that. Liam was the only one who seemed to have retained his cool and went to shut the door taking care to see if anyone was around.
"Well, I'm sure he will be back as soon as he comes to his senses, and if not there are plenty of replacements. Now are there any questions," Roger said, quickly avoiding the topic. This was something for him to dwell over later.
Finally all the details had been covered and everyone knew exactly what their job would be. Instead of heading back to his room the Shang Dragon headed the same way Alex had. He was off to search the palace for one person, this could be quite a job.
It was only a few days ago that he had overheard Alanna voice her opinions of Roger she was suspicious. He valued his kitten's opinion, rarely did she misjudge a person, and so he had immediately gone to Duke Roger and had a little chat. It wasn't long until he had offered his services to the man and become involved in his plot.
Of course that had only been a very clever cover for what he was doing, he was really going to spy and find out Roger's plans. That way the security of the coronation wouldn't be half the problem it would if things continued as the Duke had planned.
Now all he needed to do was convince Alex not to go back, but to instead come with him to warn Alanna and Jon. Thinking of Alex he knew what a quiet, good swordsman he had become. He would be in the practice courts right now
Sure enough as Liam got close enough he saw a dark figure in breeches and a shirt practicing furiously. Some thought Alanna's temper was bad because she let everyone else know about it, but the worst kind of temper is when the people go off by themselves. This probably wasn't the smartest time to talk to Sir Alex, but he couldn't waste time worrying when would be a good time.
***George, Buri, Arazo, Myles***
They had been on the road since breakfast, but it didn't seem like they had made much progress. Traveling at a steady pace like the one they were on now would get them to Corus with enough time to make it to the coronation. Or so Myles claimed, by now Buri had her doubts they would ever make it.
Caravans loaded with goods of food, flowers, cloths, and other materials had passed them all day. They claimed that the supplies were for the Prince's big day and the celebrations around it.
Arazo having never been to a city like Corus had fallen in step with Sir Myles, who was describing the wonders of the place. Adding heartfelt chuckles to Arazo's wide-eyed awes.
"There is a whole street just for temples, and other religious purposes. And now it looks gorgeous inside and out. Inside are all the recently picked flowers celebrating the reign of a new monarch, but black cloths everywhere mourning the loss of the old. Outside is grassy with flowers planted everywhere there isn't a building," Myles continued.
"Is it really that beautiful? It sounds like the Realm of the Gods," Arazo said, all of this was just too much for him to comprehend.
George riding slightly in front thought of the Rogue and the life he lived in it. Trying not to laugh he realized how ridiculous Myles' portrayal of the city was. It told nothing of the town surrounding the palace and how it was full of drunkards, horribly nasty nobles, and regular townspeople.
The streets were often filled with junk, and crowded with people. On market day it wasn't much better because there was such a loud noise coming from all the merchants and buyers. It wasn't exactly what he would call beautiful.
But then if you thought about it all you really had to do was squint really hard and then you could kind of see the good beautiful part of Corus that everyone talks about. All you have to ignore is everything that people destroyed about the city and then, then it is amazing.
Buri was walking along her horse, "practicing" her daggers. Well she had pretended she was just practicing like normal, but really she needed to find a new trick. Liam had always beat her before because of how much training he had, but she figured that if she knew one thing he didn't then she could probably beat him.
As soon as she arrived in Corus she would talk to Liam about a practice match. Corus alone didn't scare her, it was just another city and by now she had seen plenty. But somehow she knew that this one would be different.
Even though she was remorseful that Thayet had just died she couldn't help but anticipate her arrival in the capital. Myles had promised that he would take both her and Arazo to the coronation and they would stay at his home until something else was arranged. It wasn't everyday a king was crowned and she certainly didn't want to miss it.
Feeling a sudden jolt of energy she jumped onto her horse. This sudden movement surprised George and as he looked at her he realized that this was another race. He wasn't going to loose this one, Buri was so good it was like she was brought up in a saddle. The thing is she probably was.
She galloped ahead with George shortly in tow racing to keep up. He smiled, Buri was just like Alanna had described her only a bit more like Alanna then she had let on, they both had a determined spirit.
****Alanna*****
Alanna lie on her bed with her head resting on Jonathan's chest. She had fallen asleep at dinner from all of today's stress, being the bride-to- be was hard, she had to help with plans and security for the ceremony. All of the potentially being kidnapped hadn't helped, it had just made things more tiring.
Apparently Jon had had the same feeling because after he had lay her in her bed he fell asleep next to her. Mainly Alanna was happy, of course she worried, but her love for Jonathon overwhelmed it. She knew she had made the right choice.
Hearing the steady rise of his chest and looking at Jon's innocent sleeping face she was calmed. Somewhere in the back of her mind she remembered her promise, she would get revenge on Jon. He needed to learn how scary it was for her and if she didn't do something equally mean he would never know.
Come morning she would visit Thom, but for now sleep was what she needed most. That came easiest because it wasn't long before Alanna's breath came in step with Jon's and they were both asleep.
Ok I know its kinda short there. I just kinda wanted this to be an update on how the characters were and what they thought and what they're plans were. I promise my next chapter is going 2 b much more interesting!!! Anyways u should review even if you want to tell me what I did wrong and how bad it is.
Disclaimer- nope not mine all belongs to Mrs. Tamora pierce
****Chapter 8- The Plan****
Frustrated, Duke Roger got up from his work to find a new candle. The second one tonight had just burned out, by the darkness he judged it must be sometime past midnight. It was relatively hard to tell with all the clouds covering the moon, but he had gone through two candles since dinner. That meant roughly eight hours, it had been years since he had done those sorts of math problems as a child.
After rummaging through his drawers in the dark he finally found another candle, and lit it with his blood red Gift. Finally he returned back to his desk, covered with a large map and many loose papers covered in notes.
'Finally things are going my way, there are only three days left till the coronation and not much can get in the way of my plans now,' the Duke thought to himself.
Everything was planned to the most minor detail, he knew where everyone would be and when. If they weren't there he would know and they would pay.
The servant awoke with a jump, he was hearing the Duke Roger of Conte's voice but he wasn't anywhere. Remembering the last time this happened he realized that the man had been up late studying again and needed an errand done for him. He didn't care about anyone's needs, he would keep you up all night if it helped him.
"Wake up! Can you hear me?" he heard as he focused on the voice.
"Yes, yes. How may I help your Grace?" he replied dutifully.
"I need you to go and send a message to the usual group asking them to gather tomorrow to discuss the final preparations."
"And what time will you be wanting them tomorrow, your Grace?"
"That is of no importance, now go and right away," and with that the man scurried out the door. He wouldn't want to upset a noble, everyone knows can get very unpleasant.
Aggravated that lowly servants could get away with such questioning, Roger forgot about his original plans to go to sleep and continued his work. The lack of sleep started catching up with him and it wasn't long before he had fallen asleep right on top of the map, the throne room to be more precise.
Duke awoke with a terrible pain in his back, he had fallen asleep in the chair again. This was very dangerous, Thom could have walked in and seen his plans. Hurriedly he shoved everything into his hidden desk drawer.
At noon everyone arrived one by one. He knew that Thom would most likely be at lunch, but to make sure he sealed the door with his Gift, no risks could be taken.
Sitting in the various seats around the room were Sir Alex of Tirragen, Delia of Eldorne, Claw, Liam the Shang Dragon, and Princess Josiane of the Copper Islands. Each of their young faces looking attentively towards, he struggled to hold in a chuckle, they would be in for a large surprise if they though this was going to be easy.
"Wait, Your grace I thought that when you came back from the dead your Gift was gone? Does anyone else know about this," Josiane whined, she didn't like to be kept in the dark about secrets of any kind.
"That is nothing you need to concern yourself with, leave the magic to us scholars if you will. Now, here I have each of your jobs, and where exactly you will be and when. If you need a visual it is marked on the map on top of my desk," Duke Roger said very gently, like on would to very small children.
As they received their papers, Alex frowned, he would be in charge of killing Alanna. That was not right, she had been his friend once.
"Alex do you think you can defeat Alanna in a sword match by yourself this time?" The duke asked in seeing his frown.
"No! As a matter of fact, I am not going to kill her. She doesn't deserve it, especially if its Jon who needs to die for us to get what we want," Alex exploded and quickly stormed out the door.
With that everyone looked quite shocked, no one had expected that. Liam was the only one who seemed to have retained his cool and went to shut the door taking care to see if anyone was around.
"Well, I'm sure he will be back as soon as he comes to his senses, and if not there are plenty of replacements. Now are there any questions," Roger said, quickly avoiding the topic. This was something for him to dwell over later.
Finally all the details had been covered and everyone knew exactly what their job would be. Instead of heading back to his room the Shang Dragon headed the same way Alex had. He was off to search the palace for one person, this could be quite a job.
It was only a few days ago that he had overheard Alanna voice her opinions of Roger she was suspicious. He valued his kitten's opinion, rarely did she misjudge a person, and so he had immediately gone to Duke Roger and had a little chat. It wasn't long until he had offered his services to the man and become involved in his plot.
Of course that had only been a very clever cover for what he was doing, he was really going to spy and find out Roger's plans. That way the security of the coronation wouldn't be half the problem it would if things continued as the Duke had planned.
Now all he needed to do was convince Alex not to go back, but to instead come with him to warn Alanna and Jon. Thinking of Alex he knew what a quiet, good swordsman he had become. He would be in the practice courts right now
Sure enough as Liam got close enough he saw a dark figure in breeches and a shirt practicing furiously. Some thought Alanna's temper was bad because she let everyone else know about it, but the worst kind of temper is when the people go off by themselves. This probably wasn't the smartest time to talk to Sir Alex, but he couldn't waste time worrying when would be a good time.
***George, Buri, Arazo, Myles***
They had been on the road since breakfast, but it didn't seem like they had made much progress. Traveling at a steady pace like the one they were on now would get them to Corus with enough time to make it to the coronation. Or so Myles claimed, by now Buri had her doubts they would ever make it.
Caravans loaded with goods of food, flowers, cloths, and other materials had passed them all day. They claimed that the supplies were for the Prince's big day and the celebrations around it.
Arazo having never been to a city like Corus had fallen in step with Sir Myles, who was describing the wonders of the place. Adding heartfelt chuckles to Arazo's wide-eyed awes.
"There is a whole street just for temples, and other religious purposes. And now it looks gorgeous inside and out. Inside are all the recently picked flowers celebrating the reign of a new monarch, but black cloths everywhere mourning the loss of the old. Outside is grassy with flowers planted everywhere there isn't a building," Myles continued.
"Is it really that beautiful? It sounds like the Realm of the Gods," Arazo said, all of this was just too much for him to comprehend.
George riding slightly in front thought of the Rogue and the life he lived in it. Trying not to laugh he realized how ridiculous Myles' portrayal of the city was. It told nothing of the town surrounding the palace and how it was full of drunkards, horribly nasty nobles, and regular townspeople.
The streets were often filled with junk, and crowded with people. On market day it wasn't much better because there was such a loud noise coming from all the merchants and buyers. It wasn't exactly what he would call beautiful.
But then if you thought about it all you really had to do was squint really hard and then you could kind of see the good beautiful part of Corus that everyone talks about. All you have to ignore is everything that people destroyed about the city and then, then it is amazing.
Buri was walking along her horse, "practicing" her daggers. Well she had pretended she was just practicing like normal, but really she needed to find a new trick. Liam had always beat her before because of how much training he had, but she figured that if she knew one thing he didn't then she could probably beat him.
As soon as she arrived in Corus she would talk to Liam about a practice match. Corus alone didn't scare her, it was just another city and by now she had seen plenty. But somehow she knew that this one would be different.
Even though she was remorseful that Thayet had just died she couldn't help but anticipate her arrival in the capital. Myles had promised that he would take both her and Arazo to the coronation and they would stay at his home until something else was arranged. It wasn't everyday a king was crowned and she certainly didn't want to miss it.
Feeling a sudden jolt of energy she jumped onto her horse. This sudden movement surprised George and as he looked at her he realized that this was another race. He wasn't going to loose this one, Buri was so good it was like she was brought up in a saddle. The thing is she probably was.
She galloped ahead with George shortly in tow racing to keep up. He smiled, Buri was just like Alanna had described her only a bit more like Alanna then she had let on, they both had a determined spirit.
****Alanna*****
Alanna lie on her bed with her head resting on Jonathan's chest. She had fallen asleep at dinner from all of today's stress, being the bride-to- be was hard, she had to help with plans and security for the ceremony. All of the potentially being kidnapped hadn't helped, it had just made things more tiring.
Apparently Jon had had the same feeling because after he had lay her in her bed he fell asleep next to her. Mainly Alanna was happy, of course she worried, but her love for Jonathon overwhelmed it. She knew she had made the right choice.
Hearing the steady rise of his chest and looking at Jon's innocent sleeping face she was calmed. Somewhere in the back of her mind she remembered her promise, she would get revenge on Jon. He needed to learn how scary it was for her and if she didn't do something equally mean he would never know.
Come morning she would visit Thom, but for now sleep was what she needed most. That came easiest because it wasn't long before Alanna's breath came in step with Jon's and they were both asleep.
Ok I know its kinda short there. I just kinda wanted this to be an update on how the characters were and what they thought and what they're plans were. I promise my next chapter is going 2 b much more interesting!!! Anyways u should review even if you want to tell me what I did wrong and how bad it is.