Beastly

Pointy ears

Trice stretched in her sleep, rubbing her eyes multiple times before she sat up on the bed, she had the strangest dream,she saw Darion and he had finally agreed to take her away with him,she looked to her side and didn't find Tina then she looked around the room, this was definitely not her room but it was really breathtaking, like it just jumped right out of a story book,it was a white coloured room with painted creeping branches and stem with evergreen leaves all over the walls and furniture of brown colour ,there were pots of different varieties of plants and leaves by the sides of the room,on the window and a beautiful bonsai on the table and as she was still trying to take in the sight of the room the door cracked open and Darion walked in, then she realized that this was definitely not a dream,it was either that she hit her head really hard and now she was imagining things or maybe she was still dreaming, it was most likely the first one, he sat by the edge of the bed while she just stared at him.

"You have to take a bath and eat something, you look so pale."he said searching her face and she smiled, this was definitely her Darion,she wasn't imagining it.

"And slim, you didn't starve yourself, did you?"he asked already knowing the answer to that question.

He looked different, something was so off about him and she was yet to put her finger to it, and he was dressed different too.

"I would always come back for you,no matter what-"he stopped when he saw her raise her hand and it moved slowly towards him,then she touched his ear, lining it from the bottom to the very tip and just as she made to continue,he held her wrist and she looked at his face in wonderment,his eyes were closed and his breathing unsteady.

"Your ears."she said oblivious of what her little action had stirred up and he opened his eyes to look at her surprised ones.

"We'll talk about this when you have had a bath and a proper meal."he said standing from the bed and walking out the door to be replaced by maidservants.

"Pointy ears."she muttered looking at the maids, weren't they a little too long?,she thought tilting her head to the side as they prepared her bath.

And wasn't he supposed to be a gardener or something?,she was so confused and Darion had a lot of explaining to do, and she meant alot.

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Her hand went back and forth in the water as Rose poured in some rose water and scented soap for her bath.

He kissed her,why?,she should be angry ,probably furious or something,he had done it without her consent,but for an almost uncertain reason she liked it,she couldn't stop thinking about it,she raised her hand and touched her lips and shivered at the thought of his lips on her's again, p*****t!,she thought slapping her cheek and Rose looked at her alarmed.

"Is there something you want ,milady?"she asked a bit concerned and she waved her head,all she needed was to clear her head, today she had planned to go sparing, and these were the times she wished she hadn't chosen to leave her family, she would have practiced with her sister, Tina, she wondered how they were doing back at home, maybe she would consider writing to them,it would be nice if they also wrote to her too, but first she wanted to try out the library again, she wanted to know if she could find anything related to the journal.

She searched the lower shelves for any clues on the journal,now she wished the library wasn't so huge,it would have been easier to search for things in it,it looked like she hadn't done anything at all, maybe she'll just come back later,it was late afternoon and she hadn't seen any signs of ivor, she didn't know why she even thought of him, she waved her head to rid herself of the thought of an overbearing, arrogant, opportunistic lord who she still had to figure out what exactly he was,she didn't forget the way his eyes had switched it's colour in the most menacing way, not just the grey of his pupils but it kept spreading and the thought of it only made her shiver and all that blood...blood!,he was injured,his hands were injured she could remember quite clearly but then she didn't see any sign of a cut or jab or something even the slightest unease when he held her,there was absolutely no sign of an injury,she shook her head again, maybe she was just too occupied with the thought of the kiss , that's why she didn't notice but that was most unlikely,she'll just have to check later, and the guards by the gate,she couldn't stop thinking about them either,if Ivor knew of her escape plan then he would have done something to them, maybe punish them terribly, she had to check on them to see if they were alright, maybe after she found someone to spar with for the afternoon,she'ld check on them by the time of evening.

"Thank you, Roman."Thrianna said grabbing the sword he offered her,he had volunteered to practice with her and she was very grateful, not that she had expected him to,he was the general of the army ,she thought he had other useful things to do than spar with her.

"Don't go easy."she told him as they got into position.

"But you-"he made to speak but she cut in.

"I'm stronger than I look, now don't go easy."she said very sternly.

"What ever you say your highness."he said very calmly and before he could blink twice she charged toward him and he raised his sword to defend himself and quite effortlessly knocked her away but she charged towards him again and again,she furrowed her brows as she noticed he wasn't taking her seriously,she stroke down horizontally then diagonally up to the right then down again knocking away his sword.

He smiled as she pointed her sword to his neck.

"I said don't go easy!"she said with a loured and he raised his hand in helpless surrender.

Picking up his sword they stood in position and she charged towards him again and this time he was a little more than she could handle and within seconds she was on her back, she stood again and charged towards him only to return back to the ground, maybe she was a little rusty from days of not training,she thought standing up again,it went on and on for hours until she was drooping and she decided she'd had enough, she would take a hot bath to ease the tension in her muscles,she felt so tired and with that she left the training grounds and stalked back into the manor.