Chapter 19

Groaning, he looked away from his prize and into the eyes of the intruder. He could see the sparks emitting from them as he made no move away from the girl.

"What's it look like I'm doing, Raz? Or at least was until ya came bargin in"

Grinning broadly he caressed the humans side, who still lay fast asleep. Raz slowly reached for the hilt of his mace, making sure the other Troll understood.

"Leave da girl alone Ayiz. She's ad enough trouble widout you adding extra"

Still not looking away from the shaman he sniffed the girls hair and laughed.

"I know."

Raz's eyes narrowed dangerously, his grip tightening on the mace. Violence was his last resort, but he didn't wish to be caught unaware. Not around Ayiz anyway.

"look mon…just leave da room and nobody gets hurt."

"I can' t do dat."

"Why not?"

"Ya be standin in de doorframe."

Slowly the shaman moved away, weary of any sudden movements the other one might make. Once the path was clear he quirked an eyebrow as Ayiz still made no move to leave. He tensed as the rogue stretched, earning a low chuckle.

"Relax mon, ya're too tense."

Very deliberately Ayiz moved away from the girl and out the cabin. Passing Raz he told him one thing.

"Dis ain't over yet."

And then he disappeared in the shadows. But Raz wasn't reassured of his departure. He did a few circles in the room, reaching out in thin air to make sure that Ayiz had truly left. After that he set to work.

The girl was still under the influence of the potion, but it would wear out soon. As soft and carefully as possible, the shaman started to redress the girl, cursing as his hands were to big to redo the buttons. Defeated he left most of them open, but covered the girl with a blanket. Just as he was about to leave her eyes fluttered open, still drowsy and confused, not aware yet of her surroundings.

He put his hand over her mouth, just in case she would scream. He might be there with good intentions, but the Alliance draws conclusions quickly. He put his other hand on top of her head, closing his eyes and focussing on what he was about to do.

"Nukkua, unohtaa."

As he opened his eyes the human was once again fast asleep, never to remember this day or the shaman again. Slowly he let go of her, casting her on last glance before leaving.

"You take care of yourself now, human."

He left the cabin, going against his instincts of watching over her the entire night. Feeling nearly paranoid he kept looking around, still not assured that Ayiz had really left. Reaching the deck he breathed a little easier, taking in the calming effect of the ocean. He was nearly at his cabin and soon he could sleep underneath the comforting wool.

"ya know raz, I thought ya knew better."

The voice was close to his ear. Much too close. Before he could even turn his head, there was nothing but pain in his mind. Eyes clenched shut he fell to his knees as he started feeling cold.

"Never turn yar back on a rogue."

It took a while, but in the end the shaman stopped moving. Surrounded by nothing but the dark night, Ayiz smiled. If the shaman hadn't intervened, he would have lived.

"It be yar own fault really, mon. De tribemaster always sed dat communing wid Alliance is bad for ya health. But ya never listened."

The rogue grunted as he heaved the body over the edge, sending it to its watery grave. Before returning to his own cabin he smiled at the sinking corpse.

"Told ya it wasn't over."

The next morning Ayiz searched the shamans cabin, in hopes of finding the sleeping potion. This boat was crowded with alliance, and even the slightest whimper would get half of them at his throat. But it was nowhere to be found, meaning there would be no chance to get the girl on the boat.

- E must've ad it on im wen I ditched im in de water.-

He banged his head on the wall for not checking the other Troll before getting rid of the body. It seemed like the human would escape his clutches again. At least for as long as they were on the boat. His mood changed quickly as he realised that eventually, the boat had to port somewhere. And that somewhere was Ratchet. In its own it was a neutral area, but it was small and if you set one foot outside you were in Horde country. His country. The goblins were very strict when it came to borders and they would not intervene, even if a person was being killed only 1 foot outside their village.

Clutching the bag of gold and other valuables he had found in the now deceased shamans bags he smiled devilishly

"Ya be mine soon little human. Very soon."

If it was up to him, as soon as she set foot on land again. But he needed to be patient. She would leave Ratchet sooner or later, even if it was to go to the next Alliance city. And then, she was his.

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Boy, this took longer for me to write than it was worth really. Short, I know, But between the getting my warlock to 70 and baptizing my nephew, my inspiration well was dry. The 'spell' Raz cast was in a northern language, finnish if I remember right (curse me for not remembering). Anyway, this was translated for me by a guilde and basically the words mean Sleep and Forget.

The troll speech might be a little off, but hey, different troll, different accent, right?

TheBlackMan: Wish granted :p. Nice that you noted the 'bad guy' being a rogue. Hope the confrontation wasn't too disappointing. But out of all the trials, this one seemed the best

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Wolfie: Thank you so much for your review. The gem part really made me smile the entire day, I'll try to remember the loose ends as well as possible.

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