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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 20:57 Post #3301 |
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'Ah, but I thrive on danger, I thought you had that figured by now. So tell me his name anyway.' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 20:59 Post #3302 |
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She pressed her lips together. Her fingers were now too cramped to even try to spin the fleece. ‘When he speaks to me, he calls himself Udd Wyll.’ |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 21:04 Post #3303 |
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He nodded. So he had heard it correctly after all that night. The ambiguity of the meaning had him wondering whether or not he had. Rufus leaned back in the chair with a relaxed smile. 'What did he show you that disturbed you so?' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 21:07 Post #3304 |
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‘How close were you?’ she breathed. ‘How did you see…all of that?’ |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 21:15 Post #3305 |
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'Close enough,' he said with a straight face. 'Are you going to tell me?' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 21:16 Post #3306 |
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'I don't...really want to.' Had he given up on charming her? This was the side of him as he had showed to Morcant. |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 21:20 Post #3307 |
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He got up and walked towards Essylt, crouching down again in front of her. His arms rested on his knees. 'I'll refrase that. You will tell me what he showed you.' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 21:24 Post #3308 |
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She wanted to flee from the house, but it would mean getting past him. He wouldn’t hurt her, really – would he? ‘What does it matter to you?’ she whispered. |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 21:32 Post #3309 |
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'Maybe a lot; maybe nothing. I won't know until you tell me.' Rufus cocked his head, smiling his most unnerving smile. 'Go on then, dear Essylt, you're only biding for time with your questions. We both know Morcant won't be home until darkness sets in, and that is way too long for you to try and keep stalling.' His eyes started twinkling mischievously and he put one hand underneath her dress, on her calf. 'Though if you really want to stall that badly, I have a suggestion that would keep me from asking further questions for at least a couple of hours.' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 21:38 Post #3310 |
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The world shifted before her eyes for a heartbeat of a moment. She stared down. ‘Don’t – Fine. I don’t know what I saw. It had to do something to do with this hill, the stone. A girl with brown hair, I’ve never seen her. But Udd Wyll said that it was mostly about my own choice. And I don’t understand it at all. And I don’t want it.’ She pulled her leg underneath the stool. |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 21:45 Post #3311 |
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'There, it wasn't that difficult, was it?' he said, removing his hand as she pulled her leg back. A shame that she hadn't been so desperate to keep it a secret that he could have made use of it. Ah well. There were still other things he wanted to know, things that were perhaps of more importance. |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 21:47 Post #3312 |
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She said nothing, just looked at him as he sat squatted in front of her. |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 21:53 Post #3313 |
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Rufus got up and walked past her, brushing against her arm. He looked at the fireplace for a while, and it was at the flames he directed his next words: 'Since your meeting with this Udd Wyll was personal, I won't be asking more about it. Not now, at least. There's something else I want you to tell me, and you'd best be honest from the start.' He was now standing directly behind her and bent forward. It was perhaps a little over the top, but he'd found that dramatics were essential to effectively intimidate someone. 'What exactly is it that Morcant and Cuhelyn are contriving with their friends in the forest?' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 21:55 Post #3314 |
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‘Epona preserve me,’ she said, not moving at all. ‘I thought you were trying to befriend me.’ |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 21:58 Post #3315 |
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'I was, but I'm starting to run out of time. And you are stalling again,' he said and put his hands on her shoulders. 'My offer is still standing, you know.' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 22:01 Post #3316 |
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She flinched from his touch, forcing herself to keep breathing while inside, in her belly, a terrified feeling was spreading to her heart, making it beat so loudly that she wondered if he could hear it. There was no way she could speak about the brotherhood. ‘I don’t know what they are planning.’ It was true, to an extend. |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 22:07 Post #3317 |
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'Then tell me who they are, and how you've ended up in their company,' Rufus pressed on, his fingers starting to work the muscles in her neck, a little harder than he might have done under different circumstances. |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 22:09 Post #3318 |
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It was probably no good pretending that she didn’t know a thing. He was pressing his fingers in her shoulders and neck, but only made her tense, shying away though she didn’t leave the stool. ‘No.’ |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 22:12 Post #3319 |
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'Do you want me to start making educated guesses, then?' Rufus asked as one of his hands travelled down to cup one of her breasts. 'I already told you I was getting paranoid,' he said in her ear. 'And I do funny things when I'm paranoid.' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 22:15 Post #3320 |
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This was getting out of hand. He must feel her heart thundering now, if he wouldn’t be able to hear it. Oh, if she had only slammed the door in his face! ‘I nearly killed you,’ she managed after a while. ‘You promised me that you’d leave him alone. If you can’t keep that promise, I swear I will try again.’ |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 22:28 Post #3321 |
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'I didn't break that promise,' he said. Her heart was beating a steady, frightened rhythm he could feel even through her clothes. 'Incidentally, you don't really want to kill me. I've already made arrangements to make sure that should anything happen, your two friends will have to pay the price.' And, if she or either one of them managed to kill him, they'd also be charged with the other two murders on this premises. He'd almost start hoping for it. |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 22:33 Post #3322 |
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She bowed her head. He was still pressing his hand over her breast. It didn’t feel like the first time he’d done it, because that had been, perhaps not gentle but at least rather delicately. ‘I don’t want to kill you,’ she agreed. Of course she didn’t want to; not once had she enjoyed the idea. His words brought cold goose-bumps to her skin. What to say to this? What could possibly save her, or Morcant? ‘It’s cruel what you’re doing.’ |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 22:37 Post #3323 |
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'Thank you, I have my moments,' he answered lightly. 'I'll tell you what, Essylt. Answer my question, and I will not do anything that affects your two friends. That's a small price for their safety, isn't it?' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 22:40 Post #3324 |
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But impossible. What use would such information be if he couldn’t act upon it? She bit down hard on her lower lip. ‘I don’t believe you. I don’t trust you. You're terrifying me.' |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 22:45 Post #3325 |
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'I was trying to be gentle about it, you just made it hard on yourself.' Rufus let go of her breast and pulled up a chair, sitting so close to Essylt his knee was touching hers. 'You don't need to trust me. All you need to know is that I've enough authority here to make things really difficult for you, or really easy. It's your call.' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 22:50 Post #3326 |
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Essylt noticed how tight her hands were clenching. Her fingers dug into the palm of her hand so tightly that it hurt…it hurt, and they were cold. She looked down on them, seeing a fine cobweb of ice, that familiar but eldritch shimmering of cold tendrils, leak out over her skin. It doubled her fright, making her almost leap out of the house. Of course she couldn’t outrun him, but what if she tried? I must say something. She really had to, if she wanted to improve the situation for her now. It was just that she didn’t know what to do. ‘Please don’t go on with this.’ It sounded rather pathetic. |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 22:54 Post #3327 |
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'I don't really enjoy doing this,' he said and sounded genuinely regretful - after all, his chances of bedding her were diminishing rapidly with every word, 'but you will have to tell me some time.' Rufus leaned forward, his arms on his knees again. A look on her hands told him that she was starting to lose control. His muscles suddenly tensed, ready to jump away should she make a movement towards him. |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 23:00 Post #3328 |
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‘Do I have to?’ she asked, and was shocked at how dark her own voice sounded. Dark, but also fragile, ready to shatter. With every breath she had to struggle to keep that immense force back, because it wanted to burst out of her every fibre. Somehow, the tendrils on her hands melted on the warmth of her skin. Somehow they did not come back immediately. ‘I am not…going to tell you anything. At all. Unless you are prepared to listen to half-truths and lies.’ It was difficult to speak, she was feeling so breathless. ‘If you won’t go – I will.’ Perhaps he was scared enough for her power to let her go. She jumped off the stool. The door was only a few paces ahead after all. |
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| Sonja | 30 May 2010, 23:05 Post #3329 |
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Rufus cursed under his breath and leaped after her. She was halfway towards the door when he could get a hold of one wrist. He really did not like to get physical with a woman in this particular way, but he didn't really have a choice either. After a brief struggle he got a hold of her other arm too and held her arms far from his body. 'Where did you want to go?' he asked in a low voice. 'My legs are longer than yours; I can easily outrun you.' |
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| Marieke | 30 May 2010, 23:08 Post #3330 |
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Of course. She had not chance at all, unless she plunged her hands into his chest and made his heart stop with the ice. But she was still trying to get a grip on that. Was he really worth it? It was so tempting, so sweet to let go. Not even his hands holding her wrists would be able to stop her then. But it was Morcant of whom she thought, and Cuhelyn. Her arms weakened, she stood perfectly still. ‘I’ll do what you want. But I w-won’t talk.’ |
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