Chapter Six – Planning
"That was close" Janelle said and sat down on the bed.
"Yes it was. I'm so tired of lying but we have no other choice if we want to hide you and find your sister" Cairaeleen said and leaned against the wall as she looked at the human.
"Speaking of sisters. You haven't told me that you have a younger sister and I haven't spotted a single picture of her" Janelle said and looked at the blood elf.
"She doesn't like to be on pictures. It always takes a lot to convince her to take a picture with her or of her. I only have this picture of her" Cairaeleen responded and pulled a picture out of the second drawer of the smallest closet. She handed the picture to Janelle who regarded it. The picture showed all three sisters of the Somberflow family wearing beautiful and expensive dresses. Cairaeleen wore a red dress while her sisters wore a blue and a green dress. In the background were a few market stalls, which were decorated for a festival.
"This picture was taken during a summer festival years ago in Silvermoon City" Cairaeleen explained and sat next to Janelle.
"The red dress is so beautiful. It fits you very well. You look so gorgeous in it" Janelle said and smiled at the elf, who smiled back a bit shyly. "Thank you" Cairaeleen said and kept looking in Janelle's eyes.
Janelle hesitate to ask this questions at first but she was curious and wanted to know it so badly so she overcame her anxiety for the truth and asked. "You and this Lady Liadrin… Are you two in a relationship or something?" Janelle stared at her fingernails as soon as the question had slipped out of her mouth. Cairaeleen noticed that Janelle looked a bit hurt but she wasn't sure why.
Cairaeleen was silent for a moment and thought about what she should answer. She wasn't sure what Lady Liadrin was for her. A possible girlfriend? A friend with benefits? Or a way to reduce stress or have some fun? Cairaeleen looked at the human and then finally spoke "I'm not pretty sure. I don't see her as a possible girlfriend or partner she is just more like a… friend with benefits. You can call her fuck body. I don't have any romantic feelings for her"
Janelle exhaled relieved and looked back at Cairaeleen, who didn't miss the small smile on the human's lips. Cairaeleen smiled too and regarded the human beauty in front of her. Janelle did the same and the two women stared at each over for several minutes without saying anything.
Janelle broke the silence by asking, a worried tone was present in her voice "Your sister Nytalya… do you really think that she believes that I'm a double agent?"
"I know my sister pretty well and I'm sure that she had bought it and won't tell anyone" Cairaeleen responded, her smile drove all doubts and worries out of Janelle's mind.
"Did you get your vacation?" Janelle asked.
"Yes I did. I have a week off starting next Monday. We have enough time to prepare everything and think about where we will look for your sister first"
"That are some good news" Janelle replied happily, her beautiful smile became even wider.
"We could need three horses. Two horses for us and the other for your sister. If someone asks the third one is for carrying supplies. Then I need a helmet for you and typical clothes from Silvermoon. We could dress you as a warrior. I could buy a not-heavy armor, which doesn't limit you in fighting"
"That's a good idea. The helmet would prevent that anyone would know that I'm not a blood elf. Do we need something else? A permission to leave Quel'Thalas maybe?"
"No. If we would leave Quel'Thalas, we would come to neutral territory so we don't need the permission because we wouldn't enter an enemy territory" Cairaeleen explained.
"So what do we need then?" Janelle asked.
"Supplies like water and food. A tent, a few blanket or sleeping backs. Food for the horses, enough water for them, money of course and small things like toothbrushes"
"Some smaller or larger lamps could be useful too if we are searching in the dark or in dark places" Janelle added.
"You are right. Did we miss something else?"
"I don't know. We have a couple of days left I'm pretty sure that more stuff, which we need for our journey, will come in our minds.
"You are right. I will go tomorrow to Silvermoon City and try to get everything we will need"
"What will we do if we don't find my sister in that one week?" Janelle asked.
"I don't know… They have to find her in that week or we decide spontaneously what to do. I'm not sure" Cairaeleen responded and avoided Janelle's gaze by looking at her fingernails.
"I hope we will find her as soon as we can. I don't want to think what could happen to her alone outside in unknown territory. Not to mention that the other members of your race don't like humans and would kill her or throw her in a prison. I don't want to think about her being in a dirty cell and starving" Janelle said, her voice was filled with sadness.
She felt two arms sneak around her shoulders and a warm body pressed against her in a tight hug. Her body felt incredible good and she wished that the hug would never end but for her disappointment Cairaeleen pulled away after a few moments and said "Don't worry we will find her and save her. I promise" Janelle looked at her and smiled.
The two women talked for quite some time, none of them noticed how quick the time passed and the night fell. The two women had talked about hobbies and beautiful places in their homelands. Cairaeleen had prepared dinner which had consisted out of a vegetable soup and roasted meat. She had served some cheap wine and together they had emptied an entire bottle. They had shared some memories until both of them had started to yawn. The women had wished each other a good night and had fallen asleep in Cairaeleen's bed because Cairaeleen had been too tired to walk to the couch in the living room.
Janelle woke up the next morning, her head ached a bit because of the overdose of wine. She felt that her hand rested on something soft. She opened her eyes but the bright sunlight shined in her eyes and blinded her. She tried to find out on what her hand was resting by touching and feeling it. Her brain realized too late what it was and as her eyes get used to the sunlight, she noticed that she had pawed Cairaeleen's bosom. Janelle's cheeks turned red like a tomato, she blinked a few times and tested if the blood elf was still sleeping. She was. Janelle drew her hand away as soon as she could and she moved a few centimeters away from her hostess.
She regarded the sleeping beauty, who seemed to have a nightmare because she was shifting in her bed and muttered a few unrecognizable words. The blood elf started to move more in her sleep and continued speaking. Janelle couldn't understand much but she was sure that she had heard the words 'Vaero', 'betrayer' and 'hide'. Suddenly Cairaeleen woke up with a start. She had lifted her upper body and scanned her surroundings. She sighed as she recognized her bedroom. She looked at Janelle, who was looking at her with a worried expression on her face.
"You had a nightmare, am I right?" Janelle asked after a silence of half a minute.
"Yes I had"
"Do you want to tell me about it?" Janelle asked with a calm voice.
"Nah it's not important"
"Who is Vaero?" Janelle asked curious and kept staring at the scared blood elf.
Cairaeleen calmed down and answered "He is my ex-boyfriend who had cheated on me and now is trying to get me back"
"Have you told him that you don't want to be together with him?" Janelle asked curious.
"Yes I did but he doesn't give up and is getting on my nerves over and over again"
"Have you talked with somebody about it? Maybe with his employer or with a friend?"
"He is working for the military too and I don't want to have stress with his parents who have a high position in the Silvermoon army. Besides I'm not a little kid anymore. I have to solve my problems alone.
"I wish I could help you"
"You don't need to. I have to solve it alone"
"Then I wish you good luck with that"
"Thank you" Cairaeleen sat and got up.
"Where are you going?" Janelle asked. She was a bit sad that Cairaeleen left her already. She wanted to stay with her on the bed and talk or do something else. She would like to kiss her and cuddle with her but she was not sure if the blood elf had the same feelings for her. She really likes Cairaeleen but she was not sure if she should tell her how she feels or not.
There was also this Lady Liadrin who was a thorn in her flesh but she wouldn't matter at all because Janelle thought that a relationship between them wouldn't work because of the distance of their homes and the fact that they were members of enemy factions. Janelle wanted to have at least an unforgettable night with that sexy, brave and helpful blood elf. Janelle imagined doing naughty things with her but she was brought back out of her thoughts by this blood elf, who had cleared her throat.
Janelle blinked a few times and asked. "Sorry I was lost in thoughts. What did you say?" She looked like an innocent young girl at Cairaeleen and smiled. Cairaeleen stood in the door frame and said. "I was telling you that I'm making breakfast for us"
"That would be nice" Janelle responded and kept smiling. Cairaeleen smiled back and walked to the storage room. She took a large piece of bread, some eggs, various toppings and a few vegetable out of a shelf. She walked to her small kitchen and prepared some slices of bread smeared with cheese, sausage for spreading and butter. She walked back to her bedroom and sat next to Janelle. She gave her one of the two plates, on which were two slices of bread with cheese, one with liver sausage and two slices with salami.
"Thank you" Janelle said with a smile on her lips. She kept looking at Cairaeleen while she ate the slices with the cheese.
"I will buy some bread rolls for us on the way home after my duty today." Cairaeleen responded and took a large bite of a slice smeared with smoked sausage spread.
"You have to work today? How long?"
"About five hours. My shift starts 13 o'clock. Then I will look for the things we need for the journey and then I will meet with my best friend because I promised her that I hang out with her. I don't know when I will return home but you will be alone until afternoon"
"Being alone so long is not cool but I guess you have no other choice if you don't want that others get suspicious"
"I'm sorry but you have to stay here alone until I return. I hope you will find something to pass the time"
"Don't worry I will find something or I will read your books" Janelle asked and ate last bit of another slice of bread.
"We have a few hours left before I need to go" Cairaeleen responded and ate the last slice on her plate. It was a slice smeared with cream cheese and it was very delicious. She loved cream cheese especially the one with green herbs.
"So what do we do until you have to go?" Janelle asked.
Cairaeleen thought about it for a second then she answered. "Let's play a game"
"A game?" Janelle asked, an eyebrow rose in interest.
"Yes a game" Cairaeleen said and walked to one of her wardrobes.
Cairaeleen stood on a small hill and observed her surroundings. She was a walk of an hour away from Silvermoon City on a patrol with two other female blood elves. The patrol consisted out of five routes and they had completed the first route. One of the other females, who had short, green turned hair and wore a similar armor to Cairaeleen's, stepped next to her and followed her gaze which lasted on a lone standing small house.
"Did you spot something? Or why are you looking at this house?" the green haired woman with the name Fetia asked.
"I don't know. I walked along this route like twenty times and I have never seen this house before"
"Are you sure?" Fetia asked.
"Yes I'm pretty sure. Have you seen it before?" Cairaeleen asked and looked at Fetia.
"I never walked along this route before"
"And you?" Cairaeleen asked as she turned around and looked at the other blood elf, who had long blond hair. "Have you ever walked along this route before?"
The blond elf shook her head as a reply. She didn't say a word since their shift had started one hour ago. Cairaeleen looked at her for a small moment before she nodded her head slightly and turned back to the small wooden house.
"Should we investigate it lieutenant?" Fetia asked and looked at the taller blood elf.
"I think we should" Cairaeleen responded and walked towards the house. The two others followed her and together they arrived in front of the house, within a few minutes. Cairaeleen walked to one of the windows on the left side next to the main door. The window was very dirty so that it was hard to recognize anything through it. She spotted a chair and a table in the middle of the room after focusing two minutes on the inside of the house.
"It's hard to see anything" Cairaeleen said and looked at Fetia who had tried to recognize something through another window. Cairaeleen walked to the door and knocked on it. She shouted, "Hello is someone inside?" Can anyone hear us?", loud enough and waited for a reply but no one answered. She waited thirty seconds then she knocked and asked again. No reply.
"Should we kick the door open or should we try to open it with a picklock?
"Let's try it with a picklock"
"As you wish lieutenant" Fetia said and walked to the door. She took a picklock set out of a small bag which hung on her belt. She kneeled in front of the door and tried to open it without success. She stood up after five minutes and said "The door lock is too old and damaged, it's almost impossible to open it.
"Fine then we have to force it" Cairaeleen said and walked a few steps backwards. The wood, out of which the door was made, was rotten and had started to mould. Cairaeleen was pretty sure that the door wouldn't stand against a forceful kick, not in its condition. She took a run-up and kicked the wooden door out of its hinges. "C'mon ladies don't dawdle" Cairaeleen said and entered the house. She looked around and noticed that she was in a small room, which floor was covered by a large amount of dried blood. "Oh my god" she whispered and walked to the door on the left side of the room. She opened the door and her breath stopped as she spotted what was in the room.
