A/N-Thanks to my reviewers! I'm at 83 I think!
Disclaimer-Tamora Pierce thought of the characters before me. Darn.
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Kaddar had been told as a child by his mother that whenever faced with a problem, go to the source of it.
The source of his problem was Kalasin.
Since Kalasin was…unavailable, he had to go to the next 'source'. It was Lukiem, the one who told Kaddar about Kalasin.
Kaddar knew that Lukiem hated Tortall with all of his guts, although he still had yet to know why.
Kaddar paced the massive chambers, not knowing what to do. He refused to marry the Copper Isles princess, even though it had been two weeks since Kalasin had last been seen.
And then, at that exact moment when a bug had gotten past the cloth covering the window and bit him, he put it all together.
Lukiem hated Tortall. Kalasin was Tortallan. Kalasin was to be the new Empress. Lukiem hated Kalasin. Lukiem was the last to see Kalasin.
Lukiem had done something to Kalasin.
Now all Kaddar had to do was find out where Kalasin was, find out where Lukiem was, prevent whatever Lukiem was doing and finally, the most important thing, give Lukiem a very, very painful death.
Kaddar had always been protective of ones he loved.
So does that mean I love her? He thought.
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Daine was of course not in the best of moods. Unlike Kalasin, they had experienced long, rough passage over The Inland Sea.
The silk trading ship she was on had been in better shape, but due to the ever-increasing Scanra War ships were becoming more and more rare.
And when the captain became drunk, that didn't help Daine's mood either.
"Well ur a purty lass!" he staggered up to her. She was leaning over the railing, concentrating on nearby whales.
"Excuse me?"
"Yeh heard meh. Will yeh be me wife?"
Daine looked at the captain's left hand.
"Your already married."
He looked at his hand.
"Will yeh lookit that."
And then, when a strong wind suddenly blew, the captain, having no balance whatsoever, fell overboard.
Daine sighed.
"Man overboard!" she shouted.
Drunken shouts and quarrels met her ears.
Am I the only sober one on this ship? She thought.
She dived in the icy cold water. The captain was sinking, but she had no problem. When she returned to the surface, captain in arm, the ship was quickly sailing away.
Daine wanted to shout out in frustration.
She quickly changed into a sea lion, maneuvered the captain onto her back, and sped towards the ship. When she reached it, she changed back into human form. Luckily, the slightly sober first-mate threw rope down. She and the captain (on her back) climbed up.
When she dumped the captain onto the deck and stood up, she heard only wolf whistles.
She was standing naked in front of an entire crew of sailors.
Daine wanted to cry and laugh at the same time.
Luckily for her, at that moment Carthak came into view.
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A/N-Poor Daine. Now both her and Kalasin have been standing naked in front of men in this story. Either way, please review!