Chapter 4

(Your POV)

You gazed in shock to see the priest in just as a surprised state as you. As he saw it was you he immediately turned away so his back was to you.

"I am deeply and truly sorry My Lady. I asked where I could find you and I was told here, but they did not tell me what you were doing out here." he quickly apologized as you could not see the look on his face. You quickly swam over to where your clothes lay and pulled them over your still wet body without much time to dry yourself off. You took the cape and set it around your shoulders. So to cover yourself further. You looked back and saw the Priest still had his own back to you.

"You can turn to face me now Sir Seto.." you spoke as you finished clasping the cape around in front of your neck so to cover yourself. You turned to face him as he did as well...

(Seto's POV)

What did you just see? You had your back to the sorceries and found yourself apologizing for your intrusion. But what was most awkward was the feeling in your lower stomach as you thought of what you had just seen. She was perfect. Not a flaw in her according to your eye. You heard the water behind you telling you she was getting out of the solution. You fought back every urge you had to look at her perfect form once more. She was, dare you think it, more beautiful then Hora herself. So to calm yourself, you thought back to why you came here in the first place. You continued thinking to yourself not to look back, not knowing what would happen.

"You can turn to face me now Sir Seto.." came her soothed voice from behind you. You turned to see her fastening a cloak around her shoulders so to cover the clothing she now wore which was beginning to stick to her slender still damp body. Her long brown hair was still down dripping water droplets onto the ground below. You were speechless. Even now she mesmerized you with a sense of beauty.

"What is it that you wanted Sir Seto?" She questioned taking her hands and squeezing the water from the tips so she could place her locks on the top of her head fastening them in place with something like a comb. She seemed still somewhat shaken from the intrusion just as you were.

"I- I wanted to see how you were doing M-my Lady... I- I have not seen you since you wore yourself out..." you spoke up remembering when you sped back to the palace several days before with her in your arms and her soft warm breath teasing your neck as she breathed. She seemed somewhat confused then took to the matter.

"Oh yes, I am fine thank you. And I thank you for your assistance in the situation Sir Seto." She replied grasping the cloak around her shoulders. It now felt as if there was something logged in your throat so you could not speak. She only gazed at you with her soft brown eyes that seemed to glisten from the reflection of the water near by...

(Your POV)

"What is it Sir Seto?" you asked the brunette who only stared at you at this moment.

He had been silent for some time making you wonder about him. His Nile blue eyes fixed on your own at the sound of your voice. You couldn't quite read what he was thinking, which was a hard thing to do. You did have the ability to 'read' a person just by looking at them, but this man made it difficult. You were so deep in your own thought that you didn't notice him walk up to you.

"My lady.." came his voice that brought you back to your reality. It was once again like how it was out of the palace gates when he helped you to your feet after falling off the horse. His eyes glimmered with a small haze as they looked at you causing you to loose your senses looking into their perfect shade.

"What is it?" you asked in a daze as you continued to look at his Nile eyes. You had heard of a great body of water of that color. It was said to be far larger then the Nile and Red Sea and the water as blue as the most beautiful shade of Jade. But this trance caused you not to realize what was going on at the moment...

(Seto's POV)

She was so entrancing! You, by now, stood where Maza's back lay against the rock behind her and her intoxicating breath tickling the skin of your lips. This feeling was almost too much. You looked into the sorceries' sand colored eyes plunging you deeper into your fantasy.

"Priest! I plea thou not-" but her words were too late and fell of deaf ears as you brought her small frame against yours and enveloping her lips with your own. In those moments, it was as if you were no longer in the world of the living but that one only experienced by the gods themselves. A soft moan entered your pleased ears from the guardian just before those soft sweet lips became those of burning fire forcing you to bring distance between yourselves breaking the kiss. You brought your fingertips to your lips where a burning feeling sensation still remained.

"I tried to warn thee..." whispered the sorceries soft voice making you realize she had walked a few paces away. You looked at the sorceries with confusion. "Thou must NOT do again what thou just did for there lay worse consequences than my own barriers to one who tries to be involved with one whom has vowed a life of separation from love until much later..." She told you. You did not completely understand her.

"What riddles do you speak?" you asked.

"My life calls for me to live my life alone not allowed to love another until it is time..." she explained to you.

"When will this time come?" You asked with hope.

"For you Priest... never... for it is not just a vow that keeps you from me but law. We both are of high abilities and a union between two beings like ourselves becomes a threat to the security of this kingdom which even the Gods would not allow." She told you.

"What if I were to tell you that none of that matters to me.." you questioned going up to her once more for she was picking up her things as if getting ready to leave. She paused as if caught off guard. You took this chance and brought your hand under her chin lifting her face gently up where she looked at you...

"Priest Seto, don't do something thou whilst regret..." she murmured as there was a look of confusion in the young woman's eyes. You wanted to kiss her again. You didn't care how bad your lips would burn. You wanted to feel that sensation from before once more.

"Whatever it is that wants to keep you away from me, it does not matter to me.." You told her. What you said was true. You did not quite understand it yourself, but there was something with this young woman that made you lust for her. Something seemed to come to her mind as she pulled herself away from you with a jolt.

"I can't..." she spoke looking away from you. You did not know what to say. "I can't feed your hope Priest. I am sorry but there is no way. You may lust for me. I'm sure many do. It is nature for one to lust for something one can't have. I cannot love you, Priest Seto. Go back to your studies and don't further pursue me..." she spoke as you watched her walk leaving you alone in the oasis and a feeling of your heart being ripped from your chest...

(Your POV)

It had been several days since that time at the oasis. Since that day, you had done your best to avoid the young man completely. This distance was not just for his sake, but your own. You knew all too well that you could not afford to love another at this age. You were at your prime stage in learning and excelling in your abilities that you could not have any distractions. You had to become strong. You had to protect others, the opposite of what you did those many seasons ago...

Flash Back

Fire surrounded you in all directions no matter which way you went. You were only a seven year old child and your village was all in flame. The bandits had come through while everyone was sleeping and did this. You could hear screaming all around you as the entire village was now in chaos. There was then the sound of hoofs coming in your direction. You knew full well that it was one of the bandits looking for more of the villagers like yourself. You quickly ran as fast as your little legs would carry you and managed to duck under a pile of wood that had not been burned yet by the flames. That's when you saw her. She was a girl of pale skin and blue hair. You had never seen someone like her. You knew she was not of the village. Instead, she must have been the new comer that you had heard about. She was looking around as if confused and not sure what was going on.

"RUN!" you yelled. She stopped and looked in your direction, but that's when the man on horse back emerged from a wall of flame. The girl looked at the man in fear as he rode in her direction. The girl finally seemed to unfreeze and started to run in your direction.

"Help me!!" she cried. Fear took you. You didn't want that man to find you. You had only heard of bad things happening to those who were captured by bandits and you did not wish for that to happen to you. You cowered. You plunged yourself deeper into the safety of the wood pile as the girl tried to run in your direction, but the bandit on his steed caught up to her and seized her from the ground screaming for you to help her, but you were too afraid to fight..

After that you stayed under the wood until morning light came upon the burned down village. You crawled out from underneath the piled of wood into the desert sun. Looking around you did not see a single building or house left standing. All had been destroyed and no one was left, alive at least. You knew about death, due to your father and mother dying only a harvest ago in an accident in the fields leaving you to fend for yourself in the village. The bodies of your fellow villagers were lying on the ground burned or beaten to death. You walked around holding some hope keeping your hand over your mouth so to lessen the stench of the burnt carcasses. In your journey you could tell that most of those killed were the men of the village. Only every once in a while did you spot a mother and rarely the children you had grown up with. This told you that the women and other children must have been taken away to be sold in a distant land like the village story teller had told you in his many stories that included the bandits. You did not know that time of day but the sun was high in the sky and your stomach growled in hunger. That's when you heard the cracking of wood. You turned around quickly taking defensive so to see who was behind you. There, stood an older gentle man with black hair and violet eyes. You only knew him as a stranger and took a higher level of defense as your hands suddenly sparked with small balls of flame scaring you seeing that it had not happened before, but it seemed good to you at this moment.

"Don't come near me bandit!" you yelled at the stranger. The man held his arms up as if in surrender.

"Please my child I am not here to harm you.."

"Then who are you?" you demanded.

"I am merely a passing stranger. My name is Rubin. I saw the smoke from a far distance and came to investigate. What happened child?" the man asked of you in a soothing manor. You did not know what was happening, but it was as if everything was beginning to break as tears came to your small brown eyes.

"They came while everyone was sleeping. They burnet the houses and took all they didn't kill.." you told him as you tried your best to remain strong.

"Then what about you? You are here and not injured..." Rubin questioned you.

"I was hiding.. They did not see me." You told him as the emotions from last night began to hit you like one of the giant blocks you had heard was used in the pyramid tombs of the pharaohs.

"You are the only survivor then my child?" the man asked. You could not speak without crying so all you could do was nod your head. "You know you have special abilities my child. Do you mind if I teach you how to use them?" Rubin asked in a calm voice..

End Flashback

That day had been the darkest yet best day of your life so far. It was true you had lost all you had left in your life, but you began a new one that led you to where you were today. You never even dreamed of living in the palace of the Pharaoh and serving him in protecting others from the fate you had lived earlier in your life. You always would remember the girl with blue hair and how you might have helped her but chose not to due to your choice to cower. She was your reason for trying as best you could. You didn't want someone else to end how she most likely did.

"My lady?" came a voice that broke you from your thoughts. You turned to face the speaker knowing who it was.

"I thought I told you not to pursue me." You spoke smoothly to the young priest who served the pharaohs son. He seemed to look away from you remembering the conversation. You could not let him become close to you no matter if you wanted it yourself. Love is something you could not afford in your life. There was silence between the two of you for several drops of sand but he then became to one to speak.

"The Pharaoh told me he wished to see you My Lady.. He told me it was urgent." The young Priest told you, once again looking at you with his jade blue eyes. You remained in your unmoved state.

"Thank you Priest. I am on my way now." You told him as you then passed him in the doorway on your way to the Pharaoh. As you walked in a steady pace, you could sense him walking behind you.

"Don't you have studying to do with Guardian Auknadan?" you questioned the young man.

"Is it a crime for me to escort a lady such as you to The Pharaoh? Even the palace has its dangers My Lady." The Priest replied. You stopped turning to face the young man.

"It is not a crime Priest, but all in this palace know me well enough to know that I can handle myself on my own." You told him. He did not respond with words only a stare. His jade eyes were almost pleading to you for something, and you knew what it was he wanted. You could not give in. 'NO!' You screamed to yourself as you fought the urge to give him what it was he wished for, but it was too late yet again...

His lips took your own as they had done just days before. His lips were soft and tender, a sensation you had only felt once before those days ago. Quickly, he took advantaged of your stunned expression and brought one hand to the back of your neck lightly teasing the skin with his fingertips as his other arm pulled you against him. You knew full well this was not allowed, but it was pleasuring to you. Your eyes closed as your body just seemed to relax forgetting about fighting back against him with strength. His fingers left your neck and began to find themselves in the tips of your hair then the small of your back

"Priest.. Please" you managed to whisper in his kiss. You were about to fight back but you felt his lips leave your own. There was a sense of relief until you felt his lips again. This time, the sensation came to the skin on your neck. He took his hands and pulled you against him further where you could almost feel every part of his body against your own.

"Be with me My Lady... I plea" he whispered as you could feel his comforting breath caress the skin of your neck. You couldn't think. What could you say? Would you follow the law... or your own desires?