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Cyberwing: Sigh, school is starting. The first day of school and I am tired already. Notice the amount of school spirit I have. I was actually happy, because I get to see my friends again. Still, this is my senor year. I'll be leaving my secondary school after this year.
I just wanted to say that I might be slower in uploading new chapters because I'll be spending most of my time studying and working on projects. Also, I'll be working on another story for Yugioh. However, I'll update as soon as possible. Sigh, saying all these just make me depressed.
"" dialogue &thoughts & for past events
Don't Love Me Too Much-ch13
Culina wore a serious expression, "Give me 50 sil." She silently prayed that Coire will forgive her when she found out about this. After all, helping out a friend was important, but finding an opportunity to make money was just as important.
"…" Haldir crossed his hands in front of his chest. Fifty sil? She got to be kidding. Did she realize how much money she had just requested? It wasn't as if he didn't have the money, but he didn't plan to spend it that way. He made 1 gold per month, and he had been the March Warden for a long time. In some prospect, he was rich. He didn't need the money, elves, unlike humans, were willing to share. They didn't need money for transactions; they just give as others give in return. Even so, he had made his decision.
He shook his head, "I am not paying you. Narie you tell me." He wasn't that gullible. However, he was starting to regret about telling them what they wanted to hear first.
Narie raised her eyebrow, since when did she get ordered around? Still, Haldir didn't deserve to waste his money that way. Besides she knew the story between Haldir and Coire already. She knew that Culina would tell him no matter what, she was just fooling him around. It was just a matter of time before she tells him about it. Although Culina was crazy about money, she still believed in doing things fare and square. She made a promise and she will keep it. Well, most of the time anyway. There was no point in her staying there anymore. She gave a soft smile to Haldir before giving a threatening look at Culina. She got up from the wooden stool.
"She can tell you. I better head back. It's getting late." She walked down the trail which led her to Haldir's childhood hideout, humming softly.
Suddenly, nausea hit her. She narrowed her eyes as dark spots appeared in her eyes. She pushed against the tree to prevent herself from collapsing. Weird, she didn't have low blood pressure? It had been a long time since she felt lightheaded as Elves don't get sick often. She couldn't be sick. By the Valar, she couldn't be pregnant now right?
She had a bad feeling; it was as if something was about to happen to them three. Culina would be fine as long as she was with Haldir, for he wasn't someone who would do anything bad to Culina, it would more likely be the opposite. That made Coire unprotected, as she wasn't well-liked in Lorien. Narie picked up her pace as she headed back to Coire's tree house. She didn't even notice there was someone following her.
Culina gulped as she watched Naire as she walked out, and disappeared from view. She sighed, great, now she would be the one doing all the hard work, without pay too. Oh well, guess Narie's horse could compensate for the hard work. With that in mind, she began to tell Haldir about Coire's past.
Coire gave a small wave to the Elves who were guarding the border of Lorien before she continued to walk, carrying her basket. She had been out of Lorien for a few times. Therefore, she had been down the same trail before, she could even close her eyes and she still would be able to reach her destination. The main reason for her to leave Lorien was to find herbs and research about their properties.
However, she wasn't heading toward the mountains. She was given a task, an important task.
She sighed, wondering once again why she even agreed to it in the first place. This job wasn't giving by people in Lorien, but by Culina. It would be fine to do Culina a favour, after all, they were a good friend. That was, until you touch the subject of money. Culina would turn into a blood-sucker. After all, it was partly the reason why she was so successful in business. However, it was the way Culina had her mislead that made her angry.
"Coire, could you do me a favour?" Culina asked sweetly.
"It depends on what you are asking." Coire wasn't about to fall for it again. Culina would only use that kind of tone when she was asking for favours.
"It's extremely important. I am depending on you to do this job perfectly. You cannot fail or thousands of people will be affected by it."
"What is it? As long as it is within my ability, I'll do it." She promised. What could she say? It sounded so exigent, it was as if she didn't do it properly, people will die or something.
And what was the 'important' task?
It was the task of picking yellow blossoms out of those Mellyern trees. Wow. How did picking blossoms have to do with affecting thousands of people?
"Of course, by picking those beautiful blossoms, I could sell them back ag my inn. Therefore, thousands of people would be able to purchase them as souvenirs. In one way, I could make a lot of money. After all, these blossoms cost nothing to us. What's more? People could leave my inn with something that belongs to the Elves." Culina said a matter of factly. It was as if it was it was the most righteous thing in the world.
All humans worship elves either in one way or another. They considered that Elves were graceful and elegant creatures. That was one of the main reasons why Culina was able to make a fortune from them. Other than the fact that they could get a good night's rest before traveling, it was the only inn which was founded by an elf. It was the easiest way to see an elf.
Nowadays, not many humans entered the place where Elves live. It was because not a lot of people were rich enough to travel. It required a lot of money to get the right equipments. However, the main problem was it was quite time and money consuming to travel a great distance, not to mention that there weren't enough skillful people around either.
Coire sighed as she swung herself up onto a branch. She looked around, making sure that there was no one in sight. It was the reason why she left Lorien to do this. She didn't want Elves looking at her as she destroyed what they hold dear- nature. She sat on it as she pulled out her dagger. Better get to work, she shook her head, she felt so guilty. She hoped that she won't be damned by Valar for this.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a few shadows moving. "Hey, what are you doing!" she demanded. Nowadays, barely anyone was allowed to enter Lorien. It was because Elves preferred their place to be peaceful and quiet.
Yet, if they were intruders, she doubted that the woods would still be this quiet. There were plenty of hunters who act as guards. They would've blown their horns to warn the border about this intrusion. Could this group be allowed to enter Lorien? Although annihilation of the guards would be close to zero, she had to be sure. Guessing was not good enough. If this group was friend, then she'll laugh it off. However, if this group was foe, then the Haldir and his men would be in trouble. They would be ambushed.
The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she was. She jumped off the tree, she couldn't let this happen. After all, she might not have liked people who lived in Lorien, but she loved the place. If anything bad happened to it, then she would be homeless.
She had no idea that if only she had only kept her mouth shut, she would've been fine. Now, there would be an eternalscar that will follow her for the rest of her life.
Well, that was the end of chapter 13. What will happen to Coire? Will Narie be able to make it in time to save her? Who was the person following Narie? What did Culina say to Haldir? Read more to find out! Now, please click the bottom left button to review so that I know what you think of this story! Thanks a lot for reading!