Chapter 3

Savannah was awake by the time it was one thirty in the morning and was awoken by the sound of heavy boots walking down the hall toward her room. She noticed that the shadow stood at her door and didn't move for a minute before her door opened and a Daedra walked in holding his blade at the ready. What it didn't expect was Justin to sneak up behind it and be killed in an assassin like manor. Savannah's heart was pounding in fear as Prince Darkheart walked in to the room to see a Daedra lie on the floor with its throat slit.

"How did it get in to the house and where is the guard," Lord Starbright said as he walked in to the room and saw Justin cleaning his blade on the Daedra's cloth shirt.

"I was awake by the time I heard a scream then the sound of heavy boots passed my door and I slowly got up and went to see who it was. Luckily I've dealt with Daedra before this and I studied their armor for points that can be punctured to kill the beasts," Justin said as he sheathed his sword.

"A Daedra killed my best guard and snuck into my estate and tried to kill my daughter. What kind of problem have you gotten yourselves into," Lord Starbright said as he held out a nimble finger.

"We got out of the Imperial City after an oblivion gate opened and Daedra poured into the city killing everyone who tried to run away. Since my life was as a street orphan I constantly relied on the sewers as my only route of escape and I also relied on the spell on night eye to navigate my way through. When oblivion attacked the Imperial City since I've used it as a way of transportation I was able to tell if something was not right or wasn't there before. When Savannah and I got out we made our way here and were going to go to Chorral to see my older brother Inglor Everheart," Justin said as he looked at Lord Starbright in the door way, "I swear I didn't think that the Daedra would come after us."

"Father at least he saved us from a Daedric assassin am I not correct," Savannah said as she stood up and walked up to Justin wrapping her arms around his chest.

"Savannah you're correct as usual but you also were the assassin's target," Lord Starbright said as he gave a small sigh.

"First let's get to Chorral I'm pretty sure if there is one there is no doubt more," Prince Darkheart said as he grabbed a sword from a closet in the hallway and lifted it out of the scabbard. When Justin turned to give savannah one of his swords he saw that she was already wielding the dagger she got off of one of the assassins from earlier.

As Justin turned around he saw a daedric figure standing behind Lord Starbright.

"Lord Starbright look out," Justin said as he saw that the daedric figure had a slight smirk on its face.

"Savannah I'm sorry," he said as the Daedra forced its sword into Lord Starbright's chest.

Taylor was already in action as he began to fight the assassin. Savannah was holding her father as he began to bleed to death on the floor.

"Krista hurry up get in here we need you," Taylor said as a young Imperial woman walked in wearing a mages robe. As she saw what the problem was she hurried into the room and began reciting restoration spells.

"He is severely injured and I don't think I can heal his wounds. But I'll try the best I can," Krista said as she held her hands out and asked Taylor to go get the bandages from her room. As he hurried to the room you could hear the sound of objects moving and a bottle of wine shatter on the floor and him rushing into the room hold an arm full of bandages and bottles of potions.

"Here you go please don't give up father," Taylor said as he handed Krista the bandages and potions.

"Thank you Master Darkheart," Krista said as she wrapped Lord Starbright's wounds. As Justin stood up Savannah kept on crying and Taylor went with Justin to leave the girls by themselves.

"So do you think that my father will live to see the light of tomorrow," Taylor asked as he turned toward Justin.

"I'm not sure I've never meet him I married his daughter when I thought I was ready to, but I never went to see Lord Starbright even after I married her on the coast line of Gernifel years ago," Justin said as he leaned against the wall with his hand on the hilt of his daedric sword, "but who was that girl that is in there with savannah?"

"She is Krista Danielle Hensley. She joined the house as a mage, a healer, and my future wife," Taylor said as he looked at me, "why do you ask?"

"I know her I was in school with her a few years ago when I was in the Arcane University," Justin said as he lit a small blue flame in the palm of his hand, "she taught me how to change the colors of flame to match my mood. Can you keep a secret?"

"Yes I can but it depends from whom," Taylor asked as he looked at Justin.

"Savannah. When I was in the Arcane University I dated Krista before I was signed into the Imperial Knights Faction and shipped to Valenwood to hold a fort from getting over run by the Valenwood Army. I was going to marry her but I met Savannah at the market in Gernifel and I asked her if she need someone to help her carry her thing back to her house and would like to go get something to eat. She gladly accepted the offer and we began dating for a year. Then I proposed to her and she said yes, when we got married on the coast of Gernifel we headed to the mountain city of Helsin and had our honey moon there. After that we moved to the Imperial city and live there ever since," Justin said as he hung his head in shame in just giving his darkest secret to someone he barely knew and finally meeting the one woman that he loved years ago.

"HELP," the girls yelled as Justin and Taylor burst thought the door to see a Daedra holding Savannah in the air by her throat.

"Savannah use the dagger," Justin said with a cruel hatred in his voice.