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his door the next morning. Setting aside the remnants of his breakfast, Rael wiped his mouth before rising and answering the knock, half expecting it to be Silmaria.
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Selm stood on the other side of the door instead. His Halfling advisor bowed low. \'93Apologies for disturbing your breakfast, Milord.\'94
\par \tab \'93It\rquote s all right, Selm. No harm done. How can I help you?\'94
\par \tab \'93Milord, I believe we\rquote ve found something that needs your attention.\'94
\par \tab Rael arched a curious brow. \'93What could need my attention this early in the morning?\'94
\par \tab \'93It\rquote s the corpses, Milord. The strangers, I mean.\'94
\par \tab Rael\rquote s face immediately shifted, deadly serious and all business. \'93Show me.\'94
\par \tab The sky was a dreary gray-white that promised a fairly gloomy sort of day. Snow was falling lightly and though the morning wasn\rquote t as cold as it had been the last few days before, the wind cut sharp and cold as a knife. 
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Selm led his Lord to where they had placed the bodies, up on a gentle rise about a hundred yards in front of the Manor. The bodies were arranged neatly under
 the towering old oak that capped the hillock. All of them were covered in plain white cotton shrouds and were dusted with the lightly falling snow.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 \tab \'93Well? What\rquote s the problem?\'94 Rael asked.

\par \tab \'93Here, Milord,\'94 Selm nodded. He grasped one of the shrouds and pulled it down to bare the corpse from the neck up.
\par \tab Rael crouched down for a closer look and his jaw set hard. The killer was as pale in death as he was in life. He appeared to be an ordinary man in his thirties like any other, his face plain and un-notewor
thy. Except that there was a very noteworthy rune carved deep into the man\rquote s forehead. The rune was distinct, the mark going down almost to the bone of the man\rquote 
s skull, the edges of the wound red but clean, showing the handiwork of a very sharp blade. 
\par \tab He had no notion of what the mark meant, but Rael was positive he\rquote d seen the rune before, etched into the shaft of a black arrow meant to end his life. 
\par \tab The nobleman pulled the shrouds back on each of the corpses to confirm with his own eyes that each one did, indeed, have a matching rune carved in their heads.
\par \tab With Selm\rquote s help, Rael covered the bodies back up, and then turned the intensity of his gaze to the Halfling. \'93Who else knows of this?\'94
\par \tab \'93Kel and Orlion. They helped move the bodies out here and get them prepared.\'94
\par \tab \'93Speak with them for me. Make sure no word of the mark leaves their lips,\'94 Rael instructed.
\par \tab \'93As Milord says,\'94 Selm agreed.
\par \tab \'93Good. Have a pyre set up. I want these bodies burned to dust, and their ashes scattered far from here.\'94
\par \tab Selm looked surprised at that, and a bit confused, but he voiced his agreement all the same.
\par \tab Rael turned and looked out across the rolling hills leading down to the fields to the south, before The Sliver, the great icy river cleaving through the Dale that fed into Lake Glasswater on the other side of Trelling\rquote s Rest. He didn\rquote 
t know just what this meant, but the connections of the strange sorcery, the runes, and the group of men trying to kill him left him with a deep sense of unease he couldn\rquote t ignore.
\par \tab \'93I want the House guard tripled. Do whatever must be done to make it happen,\'94 he said quietly.
\par \tab Selm stared at him for a moment with worry creasing his brow. \'93It will be done, Milord.\'94
\par \tab \'93Very good. That is all. For now.\'94
\par \tab \'93Milord?\'94
\par \tab Rael turned to face his advisor. \'93Yes, Selm?\'94
\par \tab The Halfling didn\rquote t try to hide the fear in his eyes. \'93They\rquote re going to come back for you, aren\rquote t they?\'94
\par \tab Rael\rquote s handsome face twisted with anger and determination. \'93Not if I come for them first.\'94
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\par ***
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 \'93Sil,\'94
 Cook said loudly, and snapped her fingers just below Silmaria\rquote s nose.
\par Silmaria flinched and shook herself from her distracted revelry. \'93Sorry, Cookie. I was worlds away.\'94
\par \'93You don\rquote t say?\'94 Cook returned sarcastically, eyeing her friend dubiously. \'93Dinner\rquote s been done, I\rquote ve finished setting up for tomorrow morning, the other help have gone to bed, and you\rquote 
re standing there stirring the soup to death.\'94
\par Silmaria looked down at the very-well-stirred soup and shook her head. She was too
 distracted and melancholy even to laugh. She sighed softly, tapped the ladle on the side of the hefty black kettle, and hung the utensil on the rack to her left. She wiped her hands on a nearby cloth, then reached up to undo the pins holding her hair up 
i
n a bundle atop her head. The thick black curls fell in a tumble of silken darkness down her shoulders and her back. The Gnari girl ran her fingers in frustration through her hair, not caring that it was slightly damp with sweat from the heat of the kitch
en.
\par \'93I haven\rquote t been very good company today,\'94 she admitted softly.
\par \'93No shit! You\rquote ve been about as cheerful as a boil on my arse,\'94 Cook returned, but her tone was teasingly jovial. Silmaria tried to smile, and failed miserably.
\par Cooks look changed briefly to a look of genuine concern before settling on a stern, no-nonsense matronly expression. She crossed her arms over her hefty bosom and fixed Silmaria with her look. \'93Alright, out with it, Sil. You\rquote 
ve been moping around like a wounded thing for three days now. The girls that share your quarters say you\rquote ve been crying at night. All your fire\rquote s gone out. By the Twelve, what is wrong with you?\'94 
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Briefly, Silmaria considered insisting nothing was wrong, then quickly discarded the notion. Cook knew her too well, and she would poke and prod and wheedle her until she inevitably gave in and opened up. 
\par \tab \'93I\rquote m really confused, and sad, and angry, and\'85gods, Cook, I don\rquote t know. I\rquote m going through just about every emotion I can think of lately, and most of them aren\rquote t good ones.\'94
\par \tab \'93Uh-huh. And this is about\'85?\'94 Cook ventured, letting Silmaria fill in.
\par \tab Silmaria looked away and swallowed softly. She leaned against the counter and her tail beat softly against the wood. \'93You know I didn\rquote t\'85don\rquote t\'85like Lord Rael.\'94
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 \'93Well, you didn\rquote t
 exactly make much secret about it. Hell, I\rquote d be surprised if the man himself didn\rquote t know it by now. Everyone else does. And that, by the way, is not earning you any friends, and has probably cost you some besides.\'94
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 \tab \'93I don\rquote t care about having any friends,\'94
 Silmaria said distractedly, just because she always said as much. \'93And he does know already.\'94
\par \tab \'93Does he, now?\'94 Cook said as her brows raised.
\par \tab \'93Yes. I told him as much.\'94
\par \tab \'93Silmaria!\'94 Cook practically screamed in outrage.
\par \tab \'93He asked!\'94 Silmaria protested. \'93He did. He asked me outright if I didn\rquote t like him. What was I to do? Lie?\'94
\par \tab \'93Of course you were supposed to lie, you idiot!\'94
\par \tab \'93Lying to a Noble is a punishable offense,\'94 Silmaria reminded her friend.
\par \tab \'93So\rquote s not groveling or licking their boots properly, but I don\rquote t see you doing that!\'94
\par \tab \'93It doesn\rquote t matter,\'94 Silmaria insisted. \'93He asked, and I told him the truth.\'94
\par \tab Cook let out a heavy sigh. \'93How deep in shit are you?\'94
\par \tab \'93It\rquote s not like that,\'94 the Gnari girl shook her head, sending her dark locks swishing. \'93I\rquote m not being punished or reprimanded. He asked me why I disliked him. I told him that, too. And now\'85\'94
\par \tab \'93Now? Now what?\'94 Cook pressed curiously.
\par \tab Silmaria rubbed her face tiredly, trying to hide the confliction warring inside her. Now what, indeed?
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 She told
 Cook everything. Her anger and distrust of the young Nobleman and just how deeps the roots of those feelings went. How her anger and outrage and heartbreak and rage had all comingled and festered until she\rquote 
d been nearly unable to even think reasonably where Lord Rael was concerned. How she\rquote d wished he would just disappear, no matter how much good he was doing for her and her fellows. And then their talk last night, and the letter from Master Edwin.

\par At last, she was faced with proof that much of the wrong she\rquote d blamed him for was unfounded. His callous and insensitive absence from the House when Master Edwin was sick and dying, missing his own father\rquote 
s funeral and burial, the long delay in his returning home\'85it all made so much more sense now after reading that letter. And now she didn\rquote t know how to cling to her anger anymore. And without anger, that left her with\'85what?
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 \tab \'93I don\rquote t even know how to feel anymore,\'94
 Silmaria ended lamely, tossing her hands in frustration.
\par \tab \'93Wrong, maybe?\'94 
\par \tab \'93Cook!\'94 Silmaria complained.
\par \tab \'93Well it\rquote s the truth!\'94 Cook laughed, smiling. \'93You\rquote re struggling with this so heavily because, underneath all the other emotional muck I\rquote m sure you\rquote re feeling\'85
the rub of it remains, you were wrong. You piled all these bad feelings and pain at Lord Rael\rquote s feet, because you needed him for that. You were hurt when we lost Lord Edwin. Probably more than any of us. I get that, Silmaria. I don\rquote 
t know why it hurt you so bad, and I don\rquote t need to. But it did. And you didn\rquote t know how to cope. So you took a lot
 of the bad feelings and issues wrapped up in all that, and saw Lord Rael, not there loving his Da the way you did, and you put it on him because it was easier. How\rquote m I doing so far?\'94
\par \tab Silmaria opened her mouth, then shut it, and opened and shut it again. Why the hell was Cook saying all this? It was mortifying, and worse, she realized, it was damned right. Unable to find the words, Silmaria finally gave a curt nod.
\par \tab \'93Thought so,\'94 Cook nodded in a way that was more sympathetic than smug.
\par \tab Silmaria took a deep breath and gave her friend a plaintive look. \'93So what do I do? It\rquote 
s too much. I was so wrong about him. I thought he was the lowest bastard to walk the earth, and really, he loved Master Edwin. In his way. A way Master Edwin understood, even. He\rquote s\'85a good man. I judged him wrongly. I don\rquote 
t know how to face him after all this.\'94
\par \tab The older Human woman smiled and crossed the distance to give her young friend a hug, because the Gnari girl looked like she desperately needed one right then. \'93Oh, come on, it\rquote s not so bad. It\rquote 
s not like you spit in his tea or anything.\'94 
\par \tab Cook then pushed her back, holding her at arm\rquote s length as she looked at Silmaria with a suspicious expression. \'93You didn\rquote t spit in his tea, did you?\'94
\par \tab \'93No!\'94 Silmaria said vehemently, then, despite the jumble going on in her heart and her head, she gave a small, begrudging smile.
\par \tab \'93Then Elard\rquote s sack, girl, just apologize to the man! Tell him you were wrong and you\rquote re sorry! He\rquote s been a reasonable and good sort so far, and seems to have taken a shining to you. He\rquote ll understand, I\rquote 
d bet my ovens on it.\'94
\par \tab \'93You think so?\'94 Silmaria ventured after a few moments of thought.
\par \tab \'93Now I wouldn\rquote t be jesting about my ovens if I didn\rquote t, would I?\'94 Cook asked in a serious tone.
\par \tab Silmaria laughed at last, and when she smiled again it was a sincere and full smile. She hugged the bigger woman tightly and when she hopped back, she felt lighter. She still had some murky feelings to deal with; clearly, she\rquote 
d never quite gotten over Master Edwin\rquote s death. She also had to finish sorting out the blame and guilt she\rquote 
d piled onto Lord Rael, and see how she truly felt about the man when all that was cleared away. But, for all that, she felt worlds better. Cook gave her a bit of direction and clarity, if nothing else. The rest she could work through herself.
\par \tab \'93I think you should be a counselor instead of a Cook, you know,\'94 Silmaria jested with a smile. \'93You always know how to figure things out.\'94
\par \tab Cook snorted and rolled her eyes. \'93To the hells with that. It\rquote s enough making sure there\rquote s food in a Lord\rquote s belly and his people are fed. Having to poke around in a Noble\rquote s head, and speak politely about it while I
\rquote m at it? Like sorting out }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 your}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120  head without cursing you up one end and down the other isn\rquote t hard enough! I\rquote 
d be lynched my first week on the job!\'94
\par \tab \'93A week is a little generous, don\rquote t you think?\'94
\par \tab Cook poked her finger at her laughing friend\rquote s face. \'93Hush your loose lips!\'94
\par \tab \'93Loose? I\rquote ve always been told my lips feel quite tight, all of them in fact,\'94 Silmaria returned saucily.
\par \tab \'93Slut!\'94
\par \tab \'93Whore!\'94 
\par \tab Silmaria burst from the kitchen and bolted down the hall on quick, padding feet, laughing all the way as Cook half-heartedly threw kitchenware after her.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120\charrsid11148296 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 ***
\par 
\par \tab It was three days after the attack before Rael was able to safely slip away from the Manor. It was a risky move, for him and his people both, but he had to have answers. He wouldn\rquote 
t sit and wait quietly for the bastards to come for him in his home. Not again. If he was ever going to find out who these assassins were, the runes were his only hope. 
\par \tab And he had one lead on where he could find out what those runes meant.
\par \tab He raced through the back streets and byways in Trelling\rquote s Rest, ignoring the peasants and paupers he nearly tripped on and bowled over. He had no time or p
atience left; every moment could be vital, every second a second closer to another assault on his home. All the Nobleman\rquote s attention was bent on reaching Mithayu\rquote s shop and pressing the old man for every scrap of information he knew.
\par \tab His haste was for naught.
\par \tab Rael barreled into the shop in a rush. There was no Mithayu. There was no shop.
\par \tab The room was utterly empty. Not a shelf, or a sheet of parchment, or a single oddity or trinket or charm remained. Nothing but four plain walls and open, uncluttered space.
\par \tab Every last sign of the Sorcerer had been erased as if he\rquote d never been.
\par 
\par ***
\par 
\par \tab The better part of three weeks had passed since the attack on the manor, and life at House IronWing was at last returning to some semblance of normal. The serving folk had f
inally started to feel comfortable again and stopped looking over their shoulder as if doom would descend on them all at any moment. Security was tighter around the Manor now with the new guards, but after the violence they\rquote 
d seen, no one seemed to mind overmuch. 
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For his part, Lord Rael had become something of a recluse. He emerged from his chambers, or the study, to attend to his official duties, conversing and planning with Selm and checking on the state of his holdings, the guard, and any other matters 
that required his attention. Then he would quickly spirit away to be alone. He left strict orders not to be disturbed unless in case of dire emergency.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 \tab 
Which left Silmaria frustrated and impatient. It had taken her a few days after her enlightening talk with Cook, but finally she\rquote 
d gotten her feelings sorted out and gathered her courage. And just as she decided to seek Lord Rael out to speak with him, he\rquote d ordered everyone away.
\par \tab It was a break in the man\rquote s character and habit, to be sure; always before, Lord Rael had welcomed audiences and discussion with his serving folk and staff and made it plain that he was approachable. He\rquote 
d been a man of bustle and activity, seeming to enjoy his people, his House, and his lands. He put sincere effort into making his House prosper once more. He\rquote 
d been an encouraging, steadying force, his serious but open face seen everywhere his people went. These days, he was hardly glimpsed at all.
\par \tab The Gnari girl swallowed her disappointment. The time would come, or it wouldn\rquote t. There was nothing she could do but wait.
\par \tab In the meanwhile, her duties continued as usual. She found herself one day in the rooms Lirena had converted to a makeshift infirmary. It was a fine day, the sun shining outside and the air cold and crisp and fr
esh, a rare bright winter day. Silmaria threw open the shutters on the single window to the room, letting in the sunshine and cool air to chase away some of the closed stuffiness of the room. The shift in the room was immediate and refreshing.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 Lirena was t
ending to other duties, of what nature Silmaria wasn\rquote t sure, so the Gnari girl had come down to the infirmary to oversee and tend to Tomas.
\par Three weeks under Lirena\rquote s careful tending had done Tomas a world of good. The man was still weak, spending the vast majority of his time in bed, but he could rise and walk a short way with some guidance and assistance to be sure he didn\rquote 
t have a dizzy spell and fall. He\rquote d lost a good deal of weight after a heavy fever in the first week.
\par But he would live. He\rquote d started 
to slowly put weight back on, and in time he may even be strong again. His right arm would never be fully whole; the damage had been too great. It would retain rudimental function, but it would never have the range or strength of his left arm. He would be
ar the scars for his brush with death for the rest of his days, the one to his scalp and face especially. It ran from his forehead down the right side of his face to the middle of his cheek, just missing his eye. 
\par Aside from some self-depreciation, Tomas was handling his injury and subsequent recovery well enough. He had an occasional bleak moment, but they passed, and he was overall an easy and cooperative patient, who was more than anything starved for news.

\par \'93I hear Lord Rael has increased the guard. Has a bunch of sell swords and old soldiering types keeping us safe.\'94
\par Silmaria looked up at him from where she was removing the dressing on his chest, and shrugged. \'93So it seems. I don\rquote t really pay too close an attention to the ins and outs of the guards. It\rquote s a bit over my head.\'94
\par \'93Seems like since the attack, everyone\rquote s pretty concerned with exactly what\rquote s going on with the guard these days,\'94 Tomas grunted.
\par \'93I suppose,\'94 Silmaria muttered. She used a clean cloth and brushed some of the salve Lirena had been applying to the wound onto Tomas\rquote s chest. The tissue there was healing nicely, a good scar already forming. \'93
Some of the girls were talking about it the other day. Seems like one of the new men got a bit roudy. They said Lord Rael straightened him out. Everything\rquote s been smooth since then.\'94
\par Tomas chuckled softly. Silmaria decided to leave his chest open to air for awhile, and busied herself putting away various supplies. Tomas stretched, winced slightly, and laid back. \'93Lirena told me the same. I don\rquote t much like
 new guardsmen, especially if they\rquote re causing a stir already. But if anyone will keep a garrison in line, it\rquote d be Lord Rael.\'94
\par \'93Yeah,\'94 Silmaria nodded with a rueful smile. \'93Especially if they know what he can do to a man. I\rquote d hate to be the one to set him off.\'94
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 \tab Tomas grinned lightly and nodded. \'93Damnedest thing I
\rquote ve ever seen. He fought like a force of nature. I\rquote d heard the stories, mind you\'85 but I figured, with his leg and all, his war waging days were over.\'94
\par \tab Silmaria frowned and her brows furrowed pensively. \'93I\rquote d wondered myself what that was about. He hasn\rquote 
t used his walking stick since then. He walks completely normally. No limp or anything. I doubt the gods suddenly touched him and made his leg whole in our hour of need. He must have been faking the whole time. I just haven\rquote t figured out why.\'94

\par \tab Tomas shrugged. His injured shoulder didn\rquote t move quite as well as the other. \'93Who can say? I can only think he had a good reason for it. I\rquote ve only known him about as well as you, but Lord Rael is a good man. And 
an honest one too, for the most part. If he was pretending to have a bum leg, he had a purpose behind it.\'94
\par \tab \'93I guess,\'94 Silmaria nodded. She pulled up a stool and sat beside Tomas\rquote s bed, crossed her slender legs, and smoothed her skirts down. \'93I\rquote ve already judged him harshly, and for no reason it turns out. So now I\rquote 
m trying very hard to give him the benefit of the doubt.\'94
\par \tab Tomas\rquote s look turned thoughtful. \'93How is he? I\rquote ve not heard much word on our Lord since the attack, and I know he took some injury.\'94
\par \tab \'93He\rquote s fine as far as the injury stands. I think,\'94 Silmaria added. \'93I tended his wounds after the battle. They seemed to be in good shape and I did my best to mend him right. I haven\rquote t seen him since that night\'85but from all I
\rquote ve heard, he\rquote s healthy and well. But not very sociable, apparently.\'94
\par \tab \'93What do you mean?\'94 
\par \tab Silmaria held up a hand in a gesture of helplessness. \'93For the past few weeks he\rquote s shut himself away. I\rquote ve wanted to see him, to speak with him about\'85something he told me. But he\rquote s left orders not t
o be disturbed and locked himself away in his room, or in the study. He attends official business with Selm and makes sure the guard are doing their business properly, and that\rquote s it.\'94
\par \tab \'93Strange,\'94 Tomas muttered. \'93Do you think maybe his injuries are effecting him worse than he\rquote s letting on?\'94
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16266752 \tab \'93How so}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 ?\'94 Silmaria asked, confused.
\par \tab \'93I mean,\'94 Tomas explained, \'93He\rquote s a Lord, a Knight, a leader of men, and a bloody fine warrior besides. A man like that has his pride. And he\rquote d not want to acknowledge hurt and pain and injury to others. He wouldn\rquote 
t want to let others see him as weak.\'94
\par \tab \'93Men,\'94 Silmaria rolled her eyes. \'93You\rquote re right, I could see something like that happening. He didn\rquote t want me to even treat his wounds to begin with. But\'85I don\rquote t know. I feel something deeper at work. Something\rquote 
s got him awful preoccupied.\'94
\par \tab \'93I\rquote m sure he has much to worry about,\'94 Tomas nodded. 
\par \tab \'93Undoubtedly,\'94 Silmaria agreed. She yawned, then arched her back and reached over her head in a cat-like stretch.
\par \tab Tomas eyed her for a moment, then gave a wry smirk. \'93Well, I think I\rquote ll be fine here. I\rquote m sure old Lirena will be back in a few hours. You\rquote ve seen to me, so there\rquote s no worry, I won\rquote 
t be killing over in my sleep. You can run along now.\'94
\par \tab Silmaria\rquote s brows rose slightly. \'93I\rquote m perfectly happy to stay here and keep you company for awhile. Unless you don\rquote t want me here?\'94
\par \tab Tomas shook his head. A pinched, bitter expression passed over his face. Silmaria had seen it before, when he came out of his fever and realized the extent of his injuries and scarring. Then he flashed his self-depreciating smile. \'93
Nothing like that, I just figured you had better things to be doing than playing nursemaid to an ugly old guard.\'94
\par \tab The Gnari woman stared at him frankly for a moment. The man was neit
her ugly nor old, really, even with the scarring. Oh, it would deter the shallow lasses not worth their salt, but anyone with sense would be able to see the worth and character of the man beneath the scar.
\par \tab \'93Nothing at all in the world I\rquote d rather be doing right now, actually,\'94 she said with a nod, and a slowly spreading smile. \'93What can I do to make you more comfortable, at least?\'94
\par \tab Tomas rubbed the short golden stubble on his chin, looking a touch perplexed. \'93I\rquote m fine, really. I\rquote m mostly healed past hurting now, and what little pain I have Lirena keeps at bay with her tonics and medicines. I\rquote 
m about as comfortable as a bedridden guard can be in an infirmary. I don\rquote t think you can do much more for me.\'94
\par \tab \'93I could suck your cock,\'94 Silmaria offer nonchalantly.
\par \tab If Tomas had the strength to spring up out of his bed, she had a good feeling he would have done just that. As it was, the guardsman looked at her incredulously with his mouth agape.
\par \tab Silmaria gave him a cat-ate-the-canary smile. She leaned closer, bending forward and meeting his eyes in such a way that let the front of her dress scoop forward to offer a tantalizing and quite purposeful look at her deep, plentiful cleavage. \'93
Don\rquote t look so surprised, Tomas. I know I have a reputation around the house, and I\rquote m sure it\rquote s even more well known in the barracks. I don\rquote t mind. Especially since it happens to be true.\'94
\par \tab \'93I\rquote m almost twice your age,\'94 Tomas protested, though his eyes were quite plainly feasting upon the view she so boldly offered.
\par \tab \'93You exaggerate,\'94 she countered with a grin. \'93You haven\rquote t even started going gray yet. And even if you had, I\rquote ve happily fucked men twice my age, more than a few times. It doesn\rquote t matter.\'94
\par \tab Tomas swallowed heavily. She was effecting him, she knew. She reached a hand out, and laid her palm just below his chest. The guard\rquote s expression shifted, then, and he gave her a look of suspicious apprehension. \'93I don\rquote 
t want pity. I don\rquote t need it.\'94
\par \tab Silmaria\rquote s face softened, then she let her hand slide lower, under the sheets of his bed, and
 her slender, skilled fingers wrapped around the length of him and began to caress and stroke languidly. Tomas tensed, his eyes flickering, and he couldn\rquote t help but immediately respond to her intimate touch.
\par \tab \'93This isn\rquote t about pity, Tomas, or even sympathy. My reputation is well deserved. I like sex. And I\rquote m not shy about it. I don\rquote 
t want to pleasure you because I pity you. I want to pleasure you because I would enjoy it. And, even more important, because you deserve it. You are a good, decent, brave man. T
he sort of man who risks his life to protect his people and his House and his holdings. A man like that is rare, and should receive whatever comfort he can have, carnal or otherwise. I\rquote m more than happy to give it, if you\rquote ll let me.\'94

\par \tab \'93This is\'85I don\rquote t know,\'94 Tomas said, but his protests were weak and fading fast.
\par \tab \'93This is what?\'94 Silmaria said with a smile, running her hand up and down the length of Tomas\rquote s shaft, caressing and stroking before her thumb brushed along the sensitive, swollen head, where she f
ound droplets of his precum. She swirled the precum around the crown of his cock, then raised her thumb up to her mouth to suck the sweet stickiness off. Her smile was inviting and mischievous. \'93Good, I hope?\'94
\par \tab \'93Gods yes,\'94 Tomas breathed, and then smiled nervously at her as he began to relax at last. \'93Sorry. I\rquote m just not usually one to\'85er\'85\'94
\par \tab \'93Go whoring?\'94 Silmaria suggested, then laughed at his panicked reaction. \'93I know, Tomas. Like I said, you\rquote re a good man. And that\rquote s why I want to do this.\'94
\par \tab Without another word, Silmaria scooted her stool closer to the side of Tomas\rquote 
s bed, and tugged his sheet back enough to expose his cock. The Gnari leaned in, cradling his cock, which was pleasantly impressive, and dipped her head down to the guardsman\rquote s lap.
\par \tab Tomas let out a soft groan as Silmaria ran her talented pink tongue along his dick in a long, wet drag from his base to his head, bathing his length in saliva. She swirled her tongue along his bulbous head, tasting the precum she\rquote 
d smeared all over his glans. Her tongue flipped across the crown of his cockhead, that flared, sensitive rim, and then along the underside of it where head met shaft. Then she kissed her way to the tip of Tomas\rquote 
s cock, before she slid her full, plump lips down around his cock, enveloping him inch after inch into the wet, supple heat of her hungry mouth.
\par \tab Silmaria mewled softly with pleasure as her mouth filled with the taste of his swollen meat. He was clean and tasting of sex and male. It was delicious. She took him deeper, much to Tomas\rquote 
s shuddering enjoyment, her tongue slipping and swirling along his thick shaft all the way.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 She loved every moment; she wasn\rquote 
t in the grip of her Stirring, but Silmaria had always enjoyed the taste and smell and feel of a man filling her mouth and throat,
 and even without the stirring ravaging her body and driving her out of her mind and senses, Silmaria was a highly sexual creature and reveled in it. Now, she was simply enjoying the mutual pleasure of servicing a man who deserved some kindness and warmth
.
\par Tomas shuddered, his cock throbbing with pleasure as Silmaria bobbed her head up and down his length, her thick, dark hair spilling in a curtain of curls framing her exotic face. She stared up at him, her slitted eyes green and alive with mischief and sat
isfaction as she took the man\rquote s cock deeper with each bobbing downstroke. 
\par Soon, Silmaria had the guard\rquote s thick cock buried down her throat, and the tight muscles there milked and gripped his shaft. She gagged softly as she buried her nose in his pubic hai
r, the full length of his meat stuffed down her throat and weighing heavy and warm along her flicking tongue. She looked into the man\rquote 
s eyes, slurping wetly, and finally drew back. She sucked in a deep lungful of air through her nose, refusing to release that warm, hard cock from her wetly sucking mouth.
\par Silmaria put full effort into pleasuring him, giving Tomas an enthusiastic, sloppy blowjob, sucking and slurping, her lips supple and silken as they glided along Tomas\rquote s slick shaft. Her saliva spilled in g
listening little ropes from the corners of her mouth, running down her chin and his cock as she stuffed his meat into her throat over and again. The guard\rquote 
s hands rose to slide into her hair, not pushing her head down or showing much force, but giving her encouragement and letting her feel his pleasure through his hands. 
\par With a purr, Silmaria buried his cock down her contracting, gripping throat, her moaning and purring vibrating around his shaft to drive his pleasure even higher as her saliva spilled wet and warm to cover his aching balls.
\par \'93Sil, I\rquote m going to cum, I\rquote m gonna,\'94 Tomas groaned out his warning, panting.
\par The Gnari girl slipped his cock from the hot confines of his throat, but only enough to keep his head in her mouth, under the deliciously tormen
ting circle and swirl of her tongue. She stared up into his eyes as she gripped his swelling shaft, running her fingers up and down the saliva coated length of his dick as she waited to get her reward.
\par Tomas\rquote 
s hips lifted weakly from the bed and he gasped as he came. His seed released in a wet rush, thick ropes of sticky cum spurting thick and warm to coat her tongue and splatter all over the inside of her mouth. He came again, and again, and Silmaria happily
 
swallowed him down, her tongue swirling and lapping at his cock and tasting his creamy release. She slurped on his seed, swallowing, letting the warmth coat her throat and experiencing the full pleasure of his orgasm, the taste, the heat, the thick coatin
g in her belly. She stared up at him through it all, basking in the pleasure of service and a job wonderfully done.
\par When at last his orgasm was at an end, Tomas sagged back into his bed, breathing heavily. He looked supremely spent, and his smile was one of satisfied exhaustion.
\par \'93You\rquote re an angel,\'94 he stated.
\par Silmaria allowed herself to giggle. She wiped the corners of her mouth, then covered him back up with his sheet and an extra blanket. \'93No, I\rquote m a whore, remember?\'94
\par \'93Same thing, this time,\'94 Tomas said sleepily. He pulled the blankets in closer and shut his eyes, relaxed and content. \'93Thank you.\'94
\par \'93You deserved it,\'94 Silmaria smiled, and meant it.
\par She placed a kindly, innocent little kiss to the top of his head, not caring that her lips brushed his scar.
\par Tomas was snoring softly before she could even quietly leave the room.
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\par ***
\par 
\par \tab House IronWing was settling down for the night\rquote s rest. The servants were making their way to their pallets, ready for sleep after a long day\rquote s work. The sun had set long ago and the 
moon was up, full and round and heavy in the night sky, its radiant silver light comingling with the stars sprinkled about the heavens like so many brilliant gems. The night was cold, but not oppressively so. It was a good night for sleep.
\par \tab But sleep eluded Silmaria. She tried sitting on her pallet for a time, waiting to get tired. After a day\rquote 
s labor, sleep was rarely a problem for her, but tonight she just could not seem to be still. Her thoughts raced each other in her head, yet she couldn\rquote t really seem 
to pin any of them down to concrete notions. They were flitting, fickle things, her thoughts tonight.
\par \tab Finally, Silmaria rose and slipped into her warmest dress. She tossed on her cloak, the simple wool one that had been given to all the servants about a month ago to ensure everyone stayed warm and well as winter\rquote 
s grip hardened on the land. Bundled thusly, the Gnari girl slipped out of her chambers, made her way on silent feet along the Manor halls, and out one of the back doors into the cold of the night.
\par \tab Most people would have thought her foolish, walking out into the winter night. The freshly fallen snow crunched softly under her slippered feet. But she was able to keep warmer than most, thanks to her pelt, and she\rquote 
d never much minded the cold. 
\par \tab The Gn
ari woman wandered through the gardens at the back of the Manor, stepping around the rows of sleeping flowers buried under snow that would bloom with color and vibrancy when winter fled. The evergreens reached far overhead, their boughs sheltering and bro
ad, letting the occasional dusting of snow slip down from their branches to tickle her face. She drew in a deep breath, the cold shocking her lungs as she let the smell of pine and fresh snow and clean, crisp air soak into her.
\par \tab On the far side of the snowe
d in garden, in a small clearing ringed by ancient pines whose boughs reached longingly toward one another, sat two grave stones marking the resting place of the Lord and Lady Edwin IronWing. Lord Edwin had chosen to break tradition and not be entombed wi
th his forefathers in the House IronWing burial hall set in the stones beneath IronWing Manor. Lady IronWing couldn\rquote 
t stomach the thought of being buried in that dark, cold place, Master Edwin had told Silmaria, and requested to be buried someplace under th
e sun and stars, where there was beauty and green things that grew. Master Edwin had chosen to be buried beside his wife instead of with his fathers.
\par \tab Silmaria couldn\rquote t say for sure what drew her here tonight. Perhaps she was lonely. Perhaps she just needed to feel close to Master Edwin and his House and his study just was not offering her that solace anymore. 
\par \tab Perhaps she was coming to finally make her peace with the man, the father, and the lover she\rquote d loved so dearly.
\par \tab Whatever the case, she wasn\rquote t alone. 
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He was crouched down in the snow, his back turned to her, one big hand resting on Master Edwin\rquote s gravestone, but there was no mistaking the broad, strong shape of Lord Rael. He didn\rquote 
t speak; whatever thoughts or words he had for his father were kept si
lent and between the two of them. The Gnari girl could read the depth of feeling in the man in that moment just from the set of his body. Feeling suddenly like an outsider watching something deeply personal, Silmaria turned to go.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\sl480\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4482120 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4482120 \tab \'93I would give much for his guidance right now,\'94
 Rael said, almost whistfully.
\par \tab Silmaria turned to face her Lord once more. Rael stared at his father\rquote s resting place still, not acknowledging her, and almost she could believe he\rquote d just spoken aloud and not to her at all. But she kn
ew. He rose slowly to his feet and simply stood there, staring down at his parents, quiet and somber.
\par \tab Steeling herself, Silmaria stepped up to his side, and stood with him. For a time, they shared a silent vigil together. Finally Master Edwin was no longe
r an unbridgeable divide stretching between them. They stood together at last, with the man before them, loved and respected by them both.
\par \tab Lord Rael reached out and took her small hand into his large one, his fingers wrapping around hers, full of warmth and strength. Silmaria didn\rquote 
t even question it; in that moment, it seemed the most natural thing in the world, as if it would have been strange if he hadn\rquote t done so.
\par \tab That was the first time Silmaria had felt truly connected to someone, sharing something so
 deep and heartfelt with another, in what seemed like a very long time. They needed no words, no explanation to one another. Lord Rael felt it, too, she was sure of it, sure of it in her bones. It was simple, and it was clean.
\par \tab It was good.
\par \tab \'93I\rquote m lost, Silmaria,\'94 he said after what seemed a lifetime, and far too soon.
\par \tab The serving girl looked up at him at last, craning her head back to stare up into his face, the moonlight showing him perfectly clear to her acute night-eyes. She was surprised to 
see his handsome visage transformed by exhaustion, his face haggard and worn. There were dark circles under his eyes. His face had a pinched, worried look, his cheeks seeming sharp angled and severe. His beard was grown shaggy and thick and obviously hadn
\rquote t been groomed in a few days, and he looked as if he hadn\rquote t eaten a proper meal in as long.
\par \tab \'93My Lord, what\rquote s wrong? You look horrible.\'94
\par \tab \'93I need answers, Silmaria. Answers to a very important question. A life changing question. I must find answers, or I\rquote m lost. I don\rquote t know if I can find them anymore. I\rquote ve looked so hard, and just when I thought I\rquote 
d come upon something, it vanished in smoke. I\rquote m tired. So tired.\'94
\par \tab Silmaria\rquote s face twisted with worry. She\rquote d never seen him this way; always before, Lord Rael h
ad seemed unshakably steady and sure. An endless fount of strength and valiancy. She sensed a desperate exhaustion in him now, and it was unsettling. She twined her fingers more firmly around his and squeezed his big hand.
\par \tab \'93What do you need answers to?\'94
\par \tab Rael was quiet for several moments, and she wondered if he\rquote d even heard her. \'93It doesn\rquote t matter,\'94 he said at last. \'93I\rquote 
ve searched every tome and book and scrap of lore and knowledge I safely can. All other sources are full of risk and danger.\'94
\par \tab \'93So be dangerous,\'94 Silmaria suggested.
\par \tab That brought his attention around. He stared down at her, his brows furrowed thoughtfully. \'93Be dangerous?\'94
\par \tab \'93Be dangerous,\'94 Silmaria repeated, looking up at him, and shrugged. \'93You said you have to find these answers. That you\rquote re lost without them. The only answers left will be dangerous and risky. But you\rquote 
ve never struck me as a man to fear danger, my Lord.\'94
\par \tab He stared at her for a time longer, then turned his eyes back to the gravestones. \'93Perhaps not.\'94
\par \tab Silmaria stood there beside him, letting him mull that over. She let her eyes slip over his face, severe and somber. She couldn\rquote t imagine the weight he bore on those broad shoulders. Almost, she\rquote 
d thought before, he bore it without feeling. But now she saw the truth of how heavy it weighed on him.
\par \tab The realization only made her respect him more.
\par \tab She knew then, that her animosity had fully died. She had finally separated the pain and lost she\rquote d held onto for so long from him, and could fully admit that he was a good Lord, a good man, and a good son. 
\par \tab \'93My Lord. I want you to know, I was wrong. I\'85\'94
\par \tab Her words fell off unsaid as she noted a strange flicker of light dancing along Lord Rael\rquote s face. An orange glow was cast along his tall, powerful form and the countryside surrounding 
them, glittering on the powdery snow. It was cast from behind them. 
\par \tab Silmaria turned. Rael looked down at her, seeing the Gnari girl\rquote s face frozen in an expression of disbelief, those big emerald feline eyes wide with horror. Finally he noted the intensif
ying orange light casting its flickering, glowing light around them, and he turned.
\par \tab He went as still and as captivated as she.
\par \tab \'93No,\'94 he whispered with disbelief.
\par \tab IronWing Manor, the seat of power to the Nobles of House IronWing, home to them both, had stood unchanged for more than three hundred years.
\par \tab And now it was burning to the ground.
\par 
\par ***
\par 
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