Hihi All! Got this chapter together relatively fast (in comparison to the other ones at least) so... ENJOY!
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With Rune, Thatz, and Soran out of the way, Kiari finally had Rath to herself. All alone, to put her latest scheme into motion. She brought her armful of ingredients over, sitting on her heels with a few of the ingredients in her lap. "So Rath…" she started with a big realistic forced grin playing across her lips.
Rath looked up, a vague smile spreading form ear to ear. It was almost eerie the way his sharpened teeth were bared like that. "Hey Kiari," he said, averting his eyes and starting into the fire he had started just a few moment's before.
She smiled at him, and handed him some of the food in her hands, asking him to hold it while she started cutting the rest up. "You're certainly different, Rath," she said quietly, trying to make her voice as serene as she could as she cut carrots up into a pan. "I don't know what it is, but something is different from when I last saw you."
Rath shrugged, and raised his hand to the fire, using a little of his magic to largen and heat the flames a bit more for her. He watched uninterestedly as she tossed a few more ingredients into a pan that was sitting in the embers.
She kept chopping the vegetables, trying to think of a way to strike up a conversation with him. Lest her plan will fail.
Elsewhere
Thatz kept glancing back up at the fire just through the clearing, his stomach grumbling happily. "Real food, Soran. Aren't you excited?" He threw together a quick setup, eager to get back and sample the work as it went along. "Well… you never did have to eat any of Rune's cooking now did you? That's probably for the better---" He kept talking, but none of it reached Soran's ears.
Soran himself was deep in thought, also casting furtive looks at Rath and Kiari in the distance, though for a very different reason. He had to keep a close eye on them, feeling something might go wrong, especially since Kiari herself seemed to have a certain power over him, if one could call it that. He had to leave, if for nothing more than to help Rune keep her away from him. Besides, Ruwalk was less likely to stop him from leaving than Alfe--. His thoughts froze icy cold, resting on the old White Dragon Officer. What to do now?
Back at the camp
"OW!" she screeched, dropping the knife and clutching her thumb.
Rath jumped from the sudden noise out of the woman sitting next to him and he stared at her for a moment before taking her hand. "Lemmee see," he said as she tried to keep her hand away from his touch. "It's not that bad, but here." He picked up the last bottle of water that remained here at the fire and poured a little onto the shallow but long wound across her finger.
She winced, but smiled at him and thought for a moment. "You want to sneak off and go hunting tomorrow? Like we planned?"
Phase one: complete.
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Okay. I know that chapter sucked. Oh well. -shrugs- Deal with it? Lol Stay tuned for next time!
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Haku Kitsune - Yay! new reviewer! 3 Glad you like! I'll try to get more funniness in there... at least try to... lol but no worries! Read again! 3
xxDKGurlxx - and one of my most loyal readers! 3! but... what's a mary sue? -is lost with the reference- And I hope from the clues here you can figure out who Soran is... ;; -is trying to not come out and not say it completely- Hope this is close enough to the weekend so that they don't hit you with homework... ;;
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Again no question, but a request... nay a demand to come back soon!