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Vale of the White Horse
Topic Started: 5 Jan 2010, 13:03 (19,363 Views)
Marieke
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'Of course,' she said, raising from her seat. 'I will see you out.'
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Sonja
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'Oh please, I wouldn't dare to hold you up any longer. I can find my own way,' he said with a bow, catching her hand just as he had done to Gwenllian's, but merely lifting it up instead of brushing his lips against her skin. Though the gods knew he would like to. You just had to be a little more careful when dealing with married women, he knew from experience.
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Marieke
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She stood motionless as he caught her hand and held it just a bit longer than she'd have liked to. 'Lord Iulius said I would like you,' she said then. It was bold move to make. 'Do you have an idea why he would say such a thing?'
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Sonja
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'That scoundrel,' Rufus laughed and took a step away from Briallen. He didn't want to seem forward. 'Envy, I assume. I'm a much more lovable person than he is.' He said it with just the right amount of self-deprecation to not sound incredibly arrogant.
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Marieke
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'I see. I found it intriguing.' Once again she ignored his protests; she did not feel like having him walk around alone in her house. 'Let me see you to the courtyard, lord Lentulus.'
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Sonja
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'Rufus, if you please. I have no official rank in your beautiful country, my lady, I dislike to champion myself on my title in Rome.' He folded his hands behind his back and followed Briallen through the hallways, paying close attention to where they were going.
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Marieke
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She didn't offer him her first name. When they had reached the courtyard, she simply nodded at him. 'I imagine we will see you soon then. Let me invite you for the evening meal on an occasion that it fits you.'
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Sonja
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'Oh! I would most certainly enjoy that,' he said with a broad smile. 'Hmm. Tomorrow would suit me, I have some matters to attend to today. My thanks for your generous reception, my lady.'
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Marieke
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'Then we will meet tomorrow.' She nodded again, then waited for him to leave.
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Sonja
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Rufus bowed once more and stepped out into the open. As soon as the doors closed behind him, the jovial smile slid of his face, replaced by a shrewd look. That went about as well as he could hope. Now, if he could get a couple of servants to talk about the ins and outs of the caer, everything would be perfect. Perhaps he could even get that girl Gwenllian to talk.
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Marieke
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As soon as he was out of sight, Briallen heaved a sigh of relief. Her shoulders relaxed - she had been tensing them all along. Her heart was beating a tad too fast for her own comfort. What was is with this man? He was a child, then a man, then a polician, then the child again. And always she thought there was a glance of something deeper behind those eyes. It scared her, and she couldn't even tell why. Perhaps she was simply being too guarded. Marcus Iulius was the one that really scared her. Maybe this man - Rufus, though she had no intentions to call him that - was right, maybe the older Roman simply was jealous. She turned around on her heels to find Gwenllian.
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Sonja
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'Yes, I am being serious. We don't have to worry any more about our rations than we are now.' Gwenllian smiled at the cook.
'So it's all settled with them Romans?'
'It's all taken care of. They won't bother us for any more food.'
The man gave a grunt which she assumed was one of relief and turned around, getting back to his work. Gwenllian turned away also, walking out of the kitchen. Most of the chores that had been left when lord Rufus had arrived, were done. She didn't know if Briallen was free, so she simply walked in the direction of the courtyard. She wondered where Rhywallon was, and if he'd already... uh, 'done' something about that Roman he had been talking about a couple of days ago.
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Marieke
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'Gwenllian.' She found the girl quickly enough. 'Well. What do you say?'
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Sonja
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She turned around and smiled at Briallen. 'Of lord Lentulus? He's quite a charmer,' she said with a little shrug. 'I can't say I like him, but I can't say I dislike him either.'
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Marieke
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Well, if he was just a charmer, she had nothing to fear from him. 'I suppose, yes.'
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Sonja
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'The gods know I prefer him over Marcus Iulius,' she murmured, looking over her shoulders for any Romans that might overhear them. 'Is there anything else that needs to be done around the caer?'
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Marieke
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'It's almost time for dinner,' she said. 'I think we can allow ourselves to rest. Oh. I invited the man back for dinner tomorrow. I thought you should know.' She ought to tell Tudwrig too, in case he would feel well enough to join.
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Sonja
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'All right,' Gwenllian said. She didn't mind being busy, it kept her mind off other things. 'Is it just him you invited, or others, too?'
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Marieke
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'Just him.' She went back to the great hall. Was it just her imagination, or had Marcus Lentulus left his subtle impression on the place? 'I want to find out a bit more about him. What he wants. How he intends to treat us. His temper.'
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Sonja
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'If he's always as talkative as he was just now, I think it may not been that difficult to find out,' Gwenllian said, tapping her lips lightly with her fingers.
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Marieke
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'Then I wonder how he became lord Iulius' superior,' Briallen muttered darkly. 'He is certainly not as old.'
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Sonja
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With a little shrug of her shoulders, Gwenllian started towards the hall. 'With a bit of general small-talk you might coax it out of him. He does seem like the type that enjoys talking about himself.'

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A couple of days later Gwyddien called another meeting to convey his decision regarding Essylt. Morcant had a fair hunch what it would be, and he didn't yet know whether he was happy or unhappy with it. He went to where Essylt sat and touched her shoulder. 'Gwyddien wants to see us,' he said.
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Marieke
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Her heart suddenly shot up, beating inside her chest like a drum. The past few days he had asked her more questions, though he had always remained gentle. Would he tell her now that her information was not enough? Or perhaps he had decided to keep her somewhere else until he needed more of her. If that were the case...what could she do? Beg him, maybe, to send her home? Or was there nothing, was she forced to submit to the will of these rebels? Essylt followed Morcant, wondering what he was thinking now. His face was completely closed.
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Sonja
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He led Essylt to Gwyddien's tent and entered in her wake. Elgued was already there, which Morcant didn't really care for. The man hadn't exactly hidden the fact that he would really like to have some alone-time with Essylt.
'Finally!' Cuhelyn was there too, grinning broadly. 'You're awfully tardy, old boy.'
Morcant just rolled his eyes and sat down, positioning himself in such a way that Essylt would be sitting next to Cuhelyn instead of Elgued. He grabbed the bottle of drink that stood in the middle of the table and poured both him and Essylt a cup.
Gwyddien smiled at the girl. 'I'm sorry to have kept you in suspense for so long.'
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Marieke
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She glanced at Elgued. Why was he always present? She had not heard that he was blood kin to Gwyddien at all, and she felt uncomfortable around him. She was glad that Morcant seemed a bit sensitive about this. 'Do you want to ask me more questions again?'
He smiled. 'No child. I think you have given us all that you could. It was a mistake of Morcant to bring you here. Yes Morcant, it must be said.'
Essylt glanced at Morcant, afraid this would not improve his mood.
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Sonja
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Morcant shrugged his shoulders. 'Think before you act, you always tell me. I keep forgetting it.' He even managed a grin.
If Gwyddien was surprised to hear him make light of it in this way, he didn't show (Cuhelyn, on the other hand, was staring at him with a suspicious look on his face). 'Very well. Morcant and Cuhelyn will bring you back home, then.'
Cuhelyn was coming? That was a bit of a surprise, and maybe a little inconvenient too. Morcant knew his friend and he probably wouldn't like what he was planning. He wasn't even sure if he liked it himself, but this was a war and in war, victims fell.
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Marieke
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She had been sitting crosslegged, now she shot up to her knees. 'They will?' Then she could be home within a week! If she had wings like the owl, Essylt thought she might start to soar now. 'Thank you, Gwyddien!'
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Sonja
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'It's nothing,' the older man said with a smile. 'The least I can do after all the information you've so kindly provided us with.'
'I'll be sad to see you go, sweetcheeks,' Elgued grinned.
Morcant got to his feet. 'Then why don't you go drown yourself out of sorrow,' he growled. 'If that's all, we've got some preparing to do. Coming?' he said with a look on Essylt and Cuhelyn.
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Marieke
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'Yes...I'll come soon,' she said while getting on her feet. Essylt lingered as the other two men left the tent. She wished that Elgued would go too, even if that meant that he would probably brush past her like there was no space to pass her easily. But the man remained in the tent. 'Gwyddien, um...my father's probably going to ask a lot of questions.'
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Sonja
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Gwyddien nodded solemnly. 'And you want to know what you must tell him?'
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