Narissa, Sister Of Sinbad
Chapter 2
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Narissa finished putting up her walnut-colored hair with a comb which had sharp points that could be used as a weapon. "What's going on with you, bro?" She said to Sinbad, who wouldn't stop straightening his shirt and messing with his hair. "Nothing's wrong with me, alright? Why do you always have to be so worried about me anyway?" He replied sharply. "Because I'm the older one, that's why. And don't you start that attitude with me little brother. I used to kick your butt in knife fights and I still can." She replied, fixing his hair with a comb as he pouted. "Nari, we're ready!" Kale said, poking his head in. "Alright, let's go." She said and as she passed him, "Ignore the little bro, he's just pouting because he has to be among the well to do's in society again." Behind her, she heard him laugh and smirked, her green eyes sparkling.
"I'll bet you 10 crowns your about to put away those swords." Sinbad told one of the guards and Narissa smirked. No one had ever won a bet against her brother. "I'll take that bet!" The guard growled and she clapped a hand to her mouth to hold in a laugh. Kale, Rat, and Jed roared in laughter as Proteus came up and told the guards to put away their swords. "I haven't seen you two in 10 years and now twice in one day! Pfft, you're smothering me!" Proteus said and Narissa felt her heart skip just like when they were kids. "We knew you'd want to thank us for saving your life, again." She said, and Proteus threw his arms over hers and Sinbad's shoulders. "You probably just heard we had free food and wine." He said and Sinbad turned back to the crewmembers and yelled "Hey boys, did you hear that? Dinner and drink are on the prince." And they cheered. "Rissa, patrol the area. Get to work." He said to them while Proteus was distracted. "Sinbad, Riss, there's someone I want you to meet. I've told her all about you two. I would like to introduce you to my fiancée, the Lady Marina, ambassador from Thrace." He said, oblivious to Narissa's narrowed eyes and how she set her jaw. Sinbad glanced at her and raised an eyebrow and she shook her head. She would tell him later. A beautiful woman with dark brown hair and blue eyes wearing a dark blue dress wrapped her hands around Proteus' arms. Next to her, Narissa felt incredibly common and inferior. "So these are the infamous Riss and Sinbad I heard all about this morning. First you try to rob Proteus and then you save his life. So which are you, thieves or heroes?" She said, frowning delicately in puzzlement. She elbowed Sinbad who was gazing at Marina in an "I'm sooo in love with you" look.
She barely refrained from rolling her eyes. The evening had taken a miserable turn and she looked down at her emerald green tunic and black boots and knew she would never have a chance against Marina of Thrace. "Let's go.", Sinbad said tersely to her and turned to look at Marina and looked at the ground and started walking back to the crew. "He's in love with her just like I am with Proty." She thought sadly and noticed as Marina and Proteus went over to the balcony. She watched and felt her heart break a little as Proteus went down on knee and turned to go. If the crewmates saw the tear slide down her cheek, they didn't say anything but looked over at Sinbad and then at Marina and Proteus, and looked at her in sympathy and shock. They had only seen her cry twice before, once when Proteus had announced his engagement with Marina and the other was when Sinbad had been in a coma for 3 days after he had gotten hit in the head in a raid.
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