Fae's Duty: An Agreement
"Why are you here?"
I pushed my way into the entryway and pulled the door shut behind me. Here goes nothing...
"Yero, the organization thinks we should stay in the same hideout. Zeb doesn't expect any large security issues with this. Apparently I was wrong about that before."
He looked at me for a moment with a strange look on his face. "Didn't he realize that there could be complications? I told him about us!"
Has he forgotten everything from the last year? We were getting on so well! "Look, I'm willing to make it work if you'll give it a try. Zeb said that he would find me a new den if it doesn't work out."
He looked pleadingly at me. "I will try. Can you forgive me for my actions? I was rash, I know, and I didn't consider all of the consequences. I hope we can make it work."
I nodded at him curtly and began pulling my bag up the stairs. He came up beside me, taking it out of my hand, and carried it the rest of the way up. He then turned to me and said, "I'm on assignment tonight, so I need to go. I will be back later, and maybe we can talk then."
I heard him close the door and suddenly felt my emotions catch up with me. I laid down on the bed and fought the urge to cry.
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I was in my nightgown, about to go to bed, when I heard Fiyero come in. He took one look at me, moaned, and started undressing. I climbed into bed and turned away from him.
He laid down beside me and began gently rubbing my back. I wasn't going to give in to this, but my hormones were stronger than my reasoning. I eased back into his touch as if nothing had ever happened between us.
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When I woke up, Fiyero was still deeply asleep with his hand resting on my side. I eased out from under his hand and got dressed. Just as he was beginning to stir, I slid out of the den.
I was about to turn the corner out of the alley when he opened the door behind me. "Fae! Wait! Where are you going? Can't we talk about this?"
He's going to wake everyone up with that shouting, and we'll be exposed! Why can't he understand that I don't want to talk about it? Oh well, here we go again.
I turned to him and gave him a sharp look. "Look, Fiyero, if this is going to work, you need to be as dedicated to the organization as you are to me. Otherwise, they'll find us. They'll capture us, and torture us, and it will all be for nothing."
He looked me straight in the eye and said, "I promise that I will be dedicated to the organization, and I will never betray you. In the event that I am captured, I will not give up any information about the organization. Is that good enough for you?"
I want to believe him, but he needs to prove it to me somehow. Maybe now would be a good time to mention the bit about superiority.
I sighed and paused, keeping him on tenterhooks as long as I could. "There is one more condition. Zeb told me that I ought to have a bit more power than you within the den. If you can deal with this as well, we should be fine. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a deadline to meet."
With this, I strode around the corner without looking back at Fiyero's pleading face.
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Elphie: Some things he just doesn't understand… It must be a male thing.
RS: Maybe. You might find out later.