The city

As Alanna walked down the street she thought about what she'd just done. She'd just slept with a married man when she was married to another man, the fact that George was into Thayet didn't help the matter either. This was too much to think about at the moment, so she pushed open the door to the dress makers and walked in. "It's a bit last minute," the dress maker said. "But I think I can do it. If you give me about six hours then I should have it ready for you."

"Thank you," she said. "I'll send someone down to fetch it when it's ready."

Six hours later: Alanna and George's Room

Knock, knock… "Yes," Alanna said answering the door. "It's from the dress maker," the somewhat nervous looking page replied. "Thank you," Alanna said taking the package from him and watching till he was completely gone. After closing the door, she promptly ripped open the package, revealing the dress. Yes she thought, this will make a nice change.

The ball

The ball was held to welcome Lady Helen to court, many young men had come to see her, and to be chosen as a possible suitor. "So," Gary said walking up to Jon a patting him on the back. "Have you met the young lady?"

"As a matter of fact I haven't," Jon replied some what testily, where was Alanna he thought, and he hadn't seen George, and Thayet had disappeared. It made him feel in a way isolated, even though Gary, Raoul and Buri were there. Sensing his cousin's mood, Gary looked around the room to find a distraction. That was when he saw her.

"Great Mithros," he said eyes glued to her.

"Whaa…" said Jon turning around to see what had caught his attention, it was not what he had expected. Alanna was in a dress, but it wasn't quite like anything he had ever seen. It was a floor length turquoise dress with gold edging, but what shocked him the most was that it was sleeveless. No one had ever worn something like that! Her corset was done tight, showing off her figure, and her hair was done up with a few tendrils of hair sitting gently, framing her face. Generally, Alanna preferred to go by unnoticed, but tonight she seemed to command everyman's gaze, as she walked through the room. It was kind of a turn on, Jon thought.

"Hey, 'lanna," Gary said rather sheepishly as she joined them.

"You look amazing," Jon said.

"Oh, thanks Jon," Alanna said blushing slightly.

Gary grinned at the two of them, they really did look good together, it was a shame they broke up all those years ago. Alanna flicked her eyes towards him, wow he thought Alanna could look really good if she wanted to, even sexy, and he was a married man!

"Well Alanna, you seem to have the attention of everyman here tonight," Raoul said winking at her. "But I've observed the lack of a certain husband, where is he?"

Jon noticed a slight frown crease her feature.

"Um.. I'm not sure actually Raoul, but I'm sure he's around somewhere." She replied

Jon whispered something in her ear, causing her to look around the room. It was true, neither George or Thayet were present at the ball.

Author's Note

Da-da-daaaaa!

And it ends there. It's alright though, I'll keep writing

But it might take me a while, so stay tuned folks and tell me what you think.