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Hey people, hope you're enjoying this so far, trust me I have a great ending planned, and the story should start picking up soon, well hopefully anyway. Ok, pleaz review.
Gary listened intently as Alanna explained. He smiled inwardly at her obvious discomfort at asking for help.
Alanna stopped stuttering and looked expectantly up into Gary's chestnut eyes "well?" she asked, he laughed gently at her tone. He picked her up effortlessly around the waist and hugged her to his chest while she struggled and protested "ofcourse my lioness, I was just waiting for you to ask. I assume Jon is the other knight."
Footsteps rounded the corner: "You assumed right." The prince's stormy sapphire eyes gave Gary an icy stare as he took in the scene jealously.
Alanna looked at the two wearily, taking in the prince's look as well as Gary's. She stepped carefully away and whispered: "I'll just let you two talk this one out, I'll come back later." She laughed nervously then spun on her heels and bolted away.
Both knights stared after the small girl as she ran down the corridor and disappeared round the corner. They turned their stares back towards each other and stood silently.
Finally Jon broke the silence, his voice cold and angry: "I don't care if she's betrothed to you. Just stay the hell away from her and me. I love her and there is no way that she will ever be yours. She's going to be my queen one day, whether you like it or not."
Gary watched silently as Jon stalked away. He inwardly fumed at Jon's comments and knew that even though he was the prince, he could never have such a claim on the lioness. "We'll see, your Royal Highness" he muttered to Jon's retreating back.
Alanna sighed in frustration perched on the edge of the bench in the royal gardens, hidden in a secluded corner. Lightning sat on her lap, gleaming in the bright sunshine of the day, reflecting the white fluffy clouds floating in the sky.
In a week's time, her ordeal would come and within a day of that, the whole court would see her knighted and find out her dark secret.
In that moment, a strange hooded figure walked silently into her secluded corner. The heavy black cloak covered the figure from head to foot and the hood cast a dark shadow over the intruders obscured features.
Alanna picked up lightning and immediately shifted into the guard position. The person within the cloak chuckled quietly and reached out a large hand and rested it peacefully on the flat of the sword.
George watched Alanna's reaction and observed her gently before removing his hood to reveal he was no danger, especially to a girl with a sharp sword and a sharper tongue, and someone who knew how to use it.
Alanna relaxed at the sight of George and lowered lightning once again to her lap. She took a nervous glance around, afraid that someone will see this suspicious man standing there talking to squire Alan. But no one was around.
"What are you doing here, are you not aware that our lord provost resides within these very walls at the this very time."
George smiled mysteriously and said: "Come with me to the city, I think we should spend some time together."
He didn't wait for an answer as he stalked off, leading the way to the palace gates. The small redhead followed patiently.
When the pair got safely out of the intimidating iron gates. George said: "I heard about Gary and Jon's little confrontation, seems rather interesting isn't it?"
Alanna opened her mouth to protest: "I wouldn't say it was a confrontation…."
George cleared his throat to interrupt her: "I heard Jon made quite a few claims on you…"
"What claims, I didn't hear anything like that, tell me what he said."
"You don't need to know and you would've heard anyway if you had not run away…"
"I did not run away…I just gave them some room to sort things out for themselves, that's all."
She glared at him and did her best innocent pout: "Anyway, how do you know all this?"
They both looked at each other and said in unison: "messenger birds."
They strolled leisurely down to the dancing dove, where old Solom greeted his majesty while Alanna greeted the regulars when they yelled out: "Well lookee here, it's young squire Alan."
George perched himself down in his usual table and Alanna went and plopped herself clumsily on the bench.
Jonathan burst into the dancing dove, his eyes roaming over the contents of the tavern. The door slammed behind him and the occupiers turned and greeted him: "Johnny!"
Alanna looked up to see Jon stalking towards her, his eyes glistening with worry. He sat down next to Alan and gave the small 'boy' an inconspicuous hug and muttered in her ear: "I was worried sick about you."
Alanna pushed him away, uncaring. George observed all this with curiosity and a sting of envy, he knew all too well that getting to Alanna now would be hard, but he would try, an opportunity would present itself.
Suddenly, the door soared open and in stumbled three men. Two were part of the court of rogue, these two held a struggling man between them.
They dragged the man, barely more than a boy up to George's table where Jon and Alanna sat.
The king of rogues watched curiously. George waved for the two men to put the man down on the bench opposite all the three that already sat there.
"Your majesty, we found this one following Johnny here, thought you might like to deal with him."
George nodded and waved the two away. Alanna observed the stranger carefully, there was something about him that was disturbingly familiar, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
The man returned Alanna's piercing stare unflinchingly with his incredible emerald green eyes. Alanna could feel his gaze penetrating her, at one look she felt he knew everything about her and it sent a shiver down her spine. Strangely his stare reminded her of something, or someone.
Well, there you go, hope ya liked it, I own this new character so you can count on him being new. LOL….hope you get to know him. Anyway, like I said, hope you enjoy this chapter, sorry it took me so long to update but yeah. Thank you if you reviewed, I would've stopped writing by now if it weren't for you guys.
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