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Kel sat in the chair stunned all her senses seemed to have left her. Lord Wyldon noticed the change in Kel's attitude and got her a glass of water. Kel took the glass spilling water down her tunic making it turn a lighter cream color then it usually is. Kel slowly raised the glass of water to her mouth and felt the water go through her whole body making her slightly relaxed.
"Kel. Kel!" Lord Wyldon said trying to get her attention.
Kel realized Wyldon wanted her attention and she came back to her senses.
"Yes…. Lord Wyldon."
"Kel you'll need to go back to New Hope. I'm sorry you'll have to miss Neal's wedding. I'll send another healer to replace Neal. Kel you leave tomorrow morning, understood? No running off in the middle of the night making all of us worried. Understood?"
"Um…yes Lord Wyldon." Kel let out a sigh after saying this because she was calculating in her head how much daylight was left in the day and how fast she could get to New Hope and whether or not she could make the trip before the sun fully set.
Wyldon made a motion with his hand and sat down in his chair. Kel left the room feeling angry with Lord Wyldon for confining her to Steadfast until the morning. Kel headed back to Dom's room to tell him the news of her leaving.
Wyldon sat in his office worried about Kel. He noticed that as she was leaving his office she had the look in her eyes like she was planning an escape plan. He hoped she wouldn't sneak off into the night and become lost hunting down the people who killed the people at New Hope. He didn't tell her that Mistress Franch had been wounded and that she seemed to be minuets away from death. He couldn't tell her that the new refugees who just arrived at New Hope while she was gone were murdered by one of the people who were traveling in their group. He just couldn't. He knew he should tell her so it wouldn't be such a shock to her when she arrived there. Wyldon twirled his quill weaving it through his fingers he wondered whether he should send an extra squad with her to help her. He put the quill down and ran his fingers through the hair that was left on his balding head, sighed then headed to bed.
Kel ran through the camp nearly knocking one of the servants down, she quickly apologized and slowed down when she reached Dom's room. She knocked and suddenly realized that he might be asleep. She started heading away from the door when she heard a voice admit her inside. She opened the door and started pacing without knowing across Dom's room.
When Kel started pacing Dom instantly knew that something was wrong, he assumed that the bad news came with meeting Lord Wyldon. Kel kept pacing back and forth for awhile without saying anything, stopping she turned to Dom.
"Twenty-five! Twenty-Five people…killed! How could I be away from there, how! It seems every time I leave a fort something happen; it's like people keep track of when I'm leaving the fort and attack when I'm not there!"
"Kel I'm so sorr-" Dom tried to say but Kel cut him off.
"Twenty-five people! I have to go tonight even thought Lord Wyldon said I shouldn't. I have to go tonight, I have to. Dom please don't tell."
Kel was now kneeling by Dom's bed pleading with him not to tell. Dom couldn't resist the look Kel was giving but he knew for her safety that he shouldn't let her go.
"Kel…I wouldn't go. It's pitch black and you'd be alone with no one but Peachblosom for company and well Peachblosom is great but he wouldn't offer the protection of soldiers. Also-"
"Dom I'm a KNIGHT! I can defend myself!" Kel exploded.
"Kel I know you can defend yourself just fine but just so you don't cause trouble tonight or worry the Stump please stay here."
Kel noticed that Dom had picked up Neal's name for Lord Wyldon. She also could see that Dom had his mouth opened ready to scream to tell someone that Kel was going to try to leave tonight and Kel knew if he did then she would surely be tied up by her hands and ankles.
Kel sighed and grudgingly agreed not to leave tonight. She bade Dom goodnight and headed back to her room. She flopped down on her bed waiting for the morning to come.
Dom watched Kel leave hoping that she would stick to her word, she usually did but in these situations where Kel's emotions went everywhere you couldn't be to sure. Dom saw one of his men from the squad walking by his door, Dom called out to him.
"Soldier Reed, could you to me a favor?"
Soldier Reed looked in to see you had called seeing Dom he made his way into his room.
"Yessir, anything." Soldier Reed said.
"Could you keep an eye on Lady Knight Keldary's room for me and make sure she doesn't saddle up her horse and leave tonight."
Soldier Reed looked up at Dom questionably but knew better then to question a commander.
"Yessir, um sir for how long?"
"What? Oh, for how long-"Dom said realizing that Soldier Reed hadn't left yet. "-Just before dawn should do."
"Yessir" Soldier Reed said as he left the room.
Dom sat in bed waiting for sleep to come. Just as he was drifting away his door opened. Dom, opened his eyes to see who it was, it was Lord Raoul.
"Dom, why is there a soldier guarding Kel's door?"
"Sir, did you hear about the people killed at New Hope?"
Lord Raoul shook his head and Dom explained to him from what he had heard from Kel.
After finishing Dom continued.
"I put him out there just to make sure Kel didn't leave her room tonight."
"Dom, out of all the things you have done this might be one of the smartest." Raoul said jokingly. "Night Dom."
After Raoul left Dom slowly drifted off to sleep as Lady Knight Keldary lay in her be wondering when the morning would come.
Sorry you had to wait a week for me to update! I went up to my cottage and there's NO INTERNET access up there so I couldn't post anything new. A new chapter should be up within the next few days. Thanks for everyone who has been reviewing!