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I hope you like this next chapter and sorry it's taking so long to write these and get to the main plot.

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Chapter Seven

Suddenly, as her wine was coming to an end, one of the serving maids appeared beofre her. She smiled at Naru and beckoned for her to follow her, "on the master's orders, " of course. Naru, in quite a good mood, if she did say so herself, but all that abruptly fled when she saw what sat beside The King.

She stopped dead in her tracks to stare openly at The man from the inn on the road. "You!"

The man sat up slowly from his slouched position and gave her a throughly insulting once-over. "You," he said arrogantly drawing it out slowing, making it into an insinuation insted of and agreement that it might have been.

Aragorn looked from Raleon to Naruviel and back to Raleon. "I take it you've already met," he said to them."

Naru sat primly in a chair, with her hands folded neatly in her lap. "So," she said carefully, letting none of her emotions show as she looked from the king to the hunter seated next to him and back again. "Let me get this straight."

"You," she looked at the king," want me to go with him," she looked at the hunter, making no effert to hide disdain, "to get this man, this Farre."

The King nodded.

"Ah," Naru said.

Aragorn's eyebrows rose as he leaned for ward. "And..."

"Well," Naru said, "i would have to say that i need some time to think." Naru didn't really need any time at all, just a chance to get away from that smug smirk on Raleon's, the Hunter, face.

Aragorn frowned at her deeply. "I suppose I could give you the night to think it over. But know this," he looked at Naru with all the seriousness that someone could have. "We have little to no time to get on our way."

Naru nodded and the king got up to leave. "Then I'll leave you two to talk this over."

Naru nearly lept to her feet with a shout of protest, but she bit her lip savagely and stilled her feet adn managed to appear calm as the king left. She waited in her seat, the room still with a very loud silence. Naru could feel Raleon's eyes on her. Finally she got up and quickly walked to the door to try to leave. She made it to the door and was opening it when a large hand landed on the wood of the door and pressed.

Ta'ha reanulss dac'man'nu farrr'har kakk too'um alvaniyen Dai. The trials of a traitors blood await the last of our house. The echo of her Grandmother's words of about a week ago rang through Naru's mind. Trials of a traitor's blood...? Could it be? Angling her head around, Naru peered up at Raleon. He stood close to her, one arm extended to keep the door close.

"Frightened?" he inquired.

Naru shook her head and the Hunter smiled, humer falshing across his very good looking face. Naru didn't think she had noticed the small scar on his chin before. it ran just on the underside stoping short of brushing the slight cleft there.

"Funny," he continued,"I could have sworn, before, that you were. That or very..." his voice trailed off into a insinuating whipsper. "Or anticipating something." He leaned down and Naru felt as if she had drowned in his eyes. Freezing her in place as he leaned down.

With a little yip, Naru pulled herslf out of her trance and ducked under his arm and scrambled to put the table between them.

Raleon laughed at her. "Hmm, you know," he crossed his arms and stood before the door, watching her with a mixture of amusment and some other emotion. "I could give my word that you hadn't run the last time."

"I-i-i... why you... if... Arrrrrrrrrrrrr!" Frustrated Naru ran her hand over ber long braid.

She huffed a big sigh before continuing. "I was a bit indesposed the last time." Her voice was just a bit unstable, Naru was proud to think.

"Indesposed, you were, my fine little huntress."

Naru squeaked and Raleon laughed again a smile flashing across his openly good-looking face. "I am not 'your little' anything! You womanizing rogue!"

"Vandilizing? Honey, I could be whole lot more vandilizing." He stalked-- there was really no other word for it-- towards Naru.

"No!" Naru tried to run from him but he semed to move like lightning. He reached out and grabbed at her braid, yanking it and bringing her back a step. Whirling around, Naru swung at him but he blocked her blow by raising one arm. Her fist bounced away harmlessly.

Raleon slipped his hand around and brought her closer, bending her back until she lost enough of her balance that she had to hold onto him to keep her upright. He moved his mouth to hers and Naru clenched it stubbornly closed. But Raleo;'s lips were ever insistant and soon Naru couldn't help but open to them and... Oh, my.

Raleon moved his hand down her back, stroking her sily hair and wishing it was free now.

He tilted his head to the side,chaging the angle of the kiss and... My, oh, my.

Abruptly Raleon released her. She stood there, looking up at him out of wife eyes that were glossed overwith a dazed light. Raleon didn't know why, but he felt a surge of pride and arrogance at her expression. He reached out and stroked a finger along her jaw and her lips and had to jerk his hand back when she tried to bite him. Her teeth clicked in the room, the sounds of the carousiong group of soldiers, buffed almost away by the think wood of the doors.

"Cladelach!" Naru hissed at him, her fists clenching and unclenching. "Keel, Nachumercha, Gurndysh, Nacturam meanderra, Cladelach--"

"I believe you're repeating yourself," Raleon interupted dryly, and wondered what her angry words ment.

Naru glared at him, her nostrels flaring sharply.

Raleon bowed, knowing it would infuriate her furthur. "You and I both know that you know your answer right now. Shall I tell him?"

She stared at him coldly.

He grinned at her once, mockingly, and walked out of the room.

Keel, she though bitterly, knowing that she could not refuse and still keep her remaning family safe. She reached out abd kicked the door solidkly and the swore vividly when her foot began to throb.

Ugh. This was all that, that, that... man's fault. Naru wasn't exactly sure how it was, but it was

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