I AM BACK AGAIN! With a new chapter :)
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It was one of the first day ´s of spring (the snow had just entirely melted) and Milli was standing near the stables, staring at the white Raven that was jumping up and down in front of her, gracefully avoiding the snout of the curious bear.
A Raven? A Raven with a parchment secured to its foot. What´s next? An owl with a letter in its snout? Or a three headed dog guarding something? So- how do I get the letter of the bird´s leg?
"Fili, down!", you ordered the bear cub, who almost reached her chest now with his head, "I need to get the letter from the Raven."
And like the well-trained pet he is, the bear stopped chasing the bird and laid down with a sad huff.
"Don't give me that. There are enough birds around for you to play with.", she chuckled, not moving her eyes from the bird, "Now, do I have to catch you, or do I have to say a magic word?"
Like the bird was able to understand her (what wouldn't wonder her, with all that magic in this world and with how intelligent Ravens are), it flied up and landed on the woman´s shoulder; cawing and affectionately rubbing his head against hers.
"Well- that was easy.", she breathed with a smile and made her way back to the great hall, where the three Witchers of the school of the wolf were currently at; Letho had left two weeks earlier, as soon as the path was free from snow.
Stepping into the keep, the bear ran past her and towards his little siblings, finding and kissing them at once. Kili and Lili had just started walking on their own and used any possible situation and moment to make a run for it. Keeping anyone of the men and the mother on their toes, especially with all the dangerous things lying around the old keep.
"I found a raven.", she stated and had to supress a roll of her eyes, when she heard the sighs of the men, "It´s white and has a letter around it´s leg."
That caught their attention and all three of them turned towards her; the raven in question was now playing with one of her blue strands.
"Come here, I will get the letter of his leg.", Lambert smiled, motioning for the young woman to step closer.
Two steps away from him, the bird ruffled it´s feathers and landed on the man´s outstretched arm.
"There you go. I will see if I can find something for it to eat or drink. It must be hungry from wherever he came from.", she smiled, already walking back to the little kitchen area. Though when she returned with a little bowl full of rests for the bird, the father of her children was gone and the other two looked worried.
"Where is Lambert?", she asked confused and a bit worried.
"Upstairs- he took one look at the letter and left. He seemed upset- maybe you should go after him, we will look after the twins.", Eskel answered, not averting his worried face from the door his brother had disappeared through.
"Yeah- the twins will get hungry soon, there is fresh puree in the bowl on the table.", she mumbled, already walking towards the stairs.
"Got it. Now make sure the Oaf is alright and doesn't do something stupid.", the old Master Witcher called after her.
What could the letter say that he just left?
Unusual for her, did the young mother knock on the door of the room the family was sharing.
"Lambert, it´s me- Can I come in?", she asked, hoping he wouldn't tell her to leave him alone and when no answer came, she slowly opened the door, revealing an agitated looking Witcher.
He was sitting on their bed, his elbows resting on his knees and his jaw clenched.
"Lambert, you alright?", worry laced the voice of the woman when she stepped closer to the man she loved; but he didn´t react at all.
Not knowing what else to do at that moment, she sat down behind him on the bed and embraced him in a gentle hug, kissing him on the cheek before resting her head on his shoulder. Simply spending comfort.
They sat like that for minutes, until one of his hands reached up and rested on her forearm.
"The Raven brought a letter from an informant of mine. A man I am looking for for years now, is living on Skellige. A man I swore to kill, for he and his friends killed a very good friend of mine.", he mumbled, his voice angry, but quiet.
"Aren´t that good news?", she mumbled back, placing another kiss against his cheek.
"A year ago, I would have said yes, but now-", he finally revealed, after another long silence.
"And now?", she asked interested.
"Now I can´t stop thinking about going after him, but at the same time my mind shows me pictures of what might happen if I leave you behind. And I don't want to part from you and the twins."
Warmth flooded you upon hearing that, but at the same time, her heard grew heavy hearing they were holding him back against his will- well, somehow at least."
"Then- take us with you. No- let me finish- there is an open invitation to visit the men who fought with you during the battle. The three of us will be save within the walls of the royal palace, or whatever they call it, and you can go out and serve justice. We could take Vesemir with us for extra protection and I am sure Eskel will join us for a while as well- We all were stuck too long in these walls. And if it comes really bad, I can just call the big guy for help. Think about it, ok?", she whispered into his ear, pulling him back so his back was resting against her chest. Her hands were moving through his hair in a calming manor.
"You really would do that? The long time on the road and the dangers along the way. And it won´t be comfortable-"
"I don't mind, not if it gives you a piece of mind and I can finally taste that famous mead and see something different for a while. And maybe we can get a carriage for the kids and me, Vesemir could drive it", she suggested with a smile and she knew he was thinking her offer through, when he turned around and laid the two of them down onto the bed.
"How do I deserve you?", he asked more himself than the woman in his arms.
"Just accept you are stuck with me for the rest of your life- law and all.", she teased him, kissing him on the lips, "I for example wouldn't have it any other day, that's for sure. You and the twins are the best that had happened to me."
"That´s sad though. But lucky me.", he laughed, "That idiot didn't knew what he had."
"Yeah,", she hummed solemn; she had almost forgotten her heartache from over a year ago and even though she was happy with Lambert, the memories still hurt.
Lambert must have realized something was off with her, because he placed soft reassuring kisses along her neck and mouth.
"Milli, I didn't- I am sorry. I didn't want to bring that back up.", he hummed apologetic.
"Lambert ´s ok. I- I kinda wish he would show up though. He would shit his pants within the first two seconds in this realm. And just imagine his look when he meets you guys and the big one. I would pay to see his face and him dying of angst.", the young woman laughed, imagining that situation.
"Vesemir and Eskel would make him regret what he and that woman did to you-"
"-and you?"
"I would be to occupy with showing him to whom you belong and what he lost.", he grinned, placing a kiss on the scar of her neck.
"And how would you do that?", she teased back, her fingertips caressing the scars on his face.
"You would love to know that, wouldn't you?", he groaned, and she felt something twitch against her belly.
"Eskel and Vesemir are watching the twins- why don't you just show me?", she asked, her hands trailing down to the hem of his shorts.
Within a second, the Witcher was unclothing the woman he loved and himself. They relished the moment spend just between the two of them, getting to know each-others bodies once more.
His strong but gentle hands, caressed every piece of skin he could reach, stroking over her stretching-marks and scars; scars she got while being on the road with him.
"They are not your fault, and you know- I am proud of them. They show what I survived, that I am not weak.", she mumbled, when his hand rested on the scar the vampire had left on her throat.
"It healed nicely. I still wished I would have been more able to protect you and that you hadn't had to go through that pain."
"Enough of that."; she mumbled, her fingers finding naked ass and her lips his, "and more of this."
They returned to the great hall an hour later, their skin glowing in the aftermath of what they had just done.
Fili was the first to notice them and he ran to great his human parents, barely able to stop in time to not run them over. Greeting the man first, he got a scratch behind his twitching ears in return.
"See, I told you they would try and make another one.", Eskel immediately teased, "you alright though? You looked worse to wear when you left. Had us worried."
"M´fine. There is something we need to talk with you lot about.", he answered, looking down at the woman at his side, "I need to go to Skellige."
It was decided that they all would leave for the islands.
Vesemir would be driving the old carriage the Witchers once used to get provisions, and Eskel would ride alongside them, until he would get good contracts or getting bored from the life on the road, though he promised in that case to meet them on the islands. They had decided on travel a direct path that had only a few villages and towns on alongside it. None of the men wanted to leave Milli and the twins behind in a surrounding they neither knew nor trusted, should they do contracts. She promised to always have the big guy around shall that situation arise.
Fili would be walking alongside the carriage, carrying a few provisions in his own little harness, while the mother would be in the back of the carriage with the twins, doing whatever she needed to do; like sewing, repairing or preparing.
It took them thirteen days to prepare their journey and on the fourteenth day they finally left the big gates of the old castle, closing them behind them.
The coming journey would take around two months time.
They were almost a month on the road, when the first ´bigger´ threat crossed their path.
Bigger threat, because Milli didn't count necker and ghouls and the usual stuff, for then she wouldn't be stop counting at all.
It was a few hours before nightfall, when two big walking piles of rock stepped in their way and the both men and beast stepped between the mother and the children ready to fight and protect.
"Last words I before you eat by us?", one of the things spoke with a gravely voice.
What the- speaking rocks- why am I even surprised anymore?
"Milli-", Lambert began, but she interrupted him at once.
"I know. I will stay back and make sure Lili and Kili don't hear or see anything. If you hurry they won´t even wake up.", she answered and turned in a way to bring her body between her son and daughter and the attackers.
Together, the team of three Witchers of the School of the wolf made a quick ending to the things and within ten minutes or so, they were on their way again. Eskel staying behind to get anything from the corpses they could use for their profession.
Sitting at the fire of the camp they had made for the night, Milli caught the father of her children staring at her.
"What? Do I have something on my face?"
"no. But do you remember the question you asked me back at the first village. After the incident with the Witchhunters?"
"I guess, why?", she asked, knowing exactly what he meant.
"Those two walking piles of rock back there? Those were Trolls.", he grinned, when the realisation hit her.
"Were they? Well, then you were right- I don't look like them at all. But you know- the one that spoke and shit when you beheaded it- that one looked a bit like Leon, same eye colour and nose.", she laughed.
"That is the second time you mentioned a guy named Leon. Who is it- and why do you hate him so much?", Eskel asked, like the noisy Witcher he is and so Milli told them her story.
"If he ever crosses our path- I will have to thank him before scaring the living shit out of him. He sounds like an asshole."
"He does, but- without him, I wouldn't have met the wolf or Lambert, so-", she shrugged, an evil glimmer in her eyes, "maybe I will not send the big one after him- only Fili."
Skellige! The family will go to the all loved Viking country. What will they encounter there? Will they stay there or will they return back to Kear Morhen?
Let me know what you think and until next time :)
~MaggY