DarkWarrioress
~ An Amethyst Mist ~
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The dryad made good her escape. Myria remained stoic for the most part. She was feeling guilty for seemingly “ordering” her master around. She hadn’t meant to. He was under the dryad’s spell, such as that may have been and apparently, to her, unwilling to leave the fae and seek furthering their own survival. The emotion to do away with the dryad had rode Myria hard and without thought given to repercussions that would have surely prevailed. Myria’s feelings were what bothered her the most. The simple idea of him bedding the fae had felt like a boulder in the pit of her stomach. That idea had not settled well with her at all. She had reined it in tightly. Buried it. He meant to take others. Ones that would bear him children, something she, herself was unwilling to do. The emotion was a strange one for her. She would study it more minutely when she had time to herself, for now, his stomach growled. She needed to hunt. They needed shelter of some sort. Her eyes turned up to the darkening skies. It would be nightfall before too long.
"A dryad. I never thought in all my days I'd see one.”
There had been a note of awe in his voice. She flinched away from the immediate emotion that rose up in her.
“Thank you, by the way. For helping me keep a level head back there. I've no doubt I could have never been seen again if it were just me."
Her reply was only a soft grunt as she trudged along.
"Moreover, we'll need to figure it out soon. Winter's going to set in any day, and I'll be damned if I have you standing watch over a damned cave."
“A cave would be welcome if naught else can be found or created.”
Her soft words were accompanied by a shudder of revulsion. Images of the mine and the haggard beings forced to work it rose up in her mind like a specter. He would not disregard any half bred children he sired, she was almost sure of it, if his reaction to his clan’s mine was anything to go by. He wouldn’t look upon those children as something beneath him, something… less than what he was.
What of the females he claimed? Were they merely to be a tool of use? Like she herself was?
She glanced in his direction.
“I need to hunt. You hunger.”
Myria veered from their current path and headed for the woods. She paused on the edge of them to look back at him.
“Do not worry, Master. I will find you. You are easy for me to track.”
With that, she turned and let the woods swallow her up from view.
Sylvannia had taken only one warrior with her. It was all she felt she could lay claim to. Their people were busy. Everyone had tasks to see to before winter set in for the betterment of those who resided within the fortress walls. If it was not hunting for food to store, it was gathering food or preserving it or seeing to the fortress itself to withstand the harsh rigors of the winters that engulfed them. There was wood to be gathered and distributed. The Elders to see to. No, Sylvannia would only take one companion on the search for her sister.
Wearing warm clothing, swathed in a thick fur cape, they had ridden for days before they came upon the remnants of a fight. Decaying corpses of Orcs, sealed in the cold rigors of weather, were found. Sylvannia dismounted as did her companion. Together they sought amongst the dead, searching for clues, in any were to be found, of Myria. Was it even possible that her sister had been here? It was quite possible that Myria could have easily created this carnage. Her sister was renowned for her prowess with sword as well as the bow. They two elves met somewhere in the middle.
“No hint of her, Milady Sylvannia.”
There was a soft sigh of resignation.
“I did not think there would be, Renalta. Come. Let us search for shelter. Night is coming soon. We should get out of the weather.”
Together, they both mounted up and rode onward. There was the soft sound of the horses’ hooves to accompany them. They rode for a distance when they spied the outline of a building. As they drew closer, they saw it was little more than a shack. Decrepit. They pulled up their horses in front of it, looking at each other a moment before they simultaneously dismounted.
“It is better than nothing, Milady.”
“It will do for the night.”
“Milady Sylvannia, allow me to hobble the horses and go hunt for food. You go inside and find us someplace to bed down.”
Sylvannia nodded, handing over the reins to her horse before she gingerly made her way inside the shack. Stepping through the threshold, a hand lifted, pushing back the fur-lined hood of her thick cloak. Picking her way cautiously through the room, she spied a bed in a far corner. Well, that was something at least. They wouldn’t have to sleep on the bare floor. Crossing to the bed, she kicked it lightly. Something red caught her eye. Moving toward it, she leaned over to examine it. Picking up a stick from the floor, she used it to pick up the scrap of material that obviously, Sylvannia could now perceive, was soaked in old blood. Someone had been here. It hadn’t been all that long ago. The cloth was not disintegrating. For a brief moment, Sylvannia wondered if it could have been Myria’s blood. Setting the stick with the cloth on it aside, she bent to retrieve pieces of wood. It wasn’t enough, but it was a start. They would have a fire and hot food for their bellies tonight.
The rabbit’s meager fat was dripping into the small fire they had built. The smell of roasting meat made Sylvannia’s stomach growl alarmingly. Renalta was examining the scrap of bloody cloth.
“I do not know, Milady Sylvannia. It is quite possibly Milady’s Myria’s. We simply have no way of knowing. “
“I know, Renalta. I just like thinking that is. It means she has been this way. While I do not like the idea of her being injured, at least we know she still lives since we are not graced with her corpse. For now, let us eat and sleep.”
Sylvannia reached for the makeshift spit, taking the browned, crisply carcass from the fire.
~~
~~
“I told you, I would find you.”
Myria grinned at Bjorn as she walked in closer, holding up the two small rabbits she had killed by their ears.
“We will feast tonight, Master. The forest gods were good to me. Not only do I have the rabbits but I found some tubers to roast as well. “
She didn’t mention that she had found the second herb she needed for the potion she wanted to concoct. Myria wasn’t so sure he would approve of what she had was of mind to do but the heat inside her body was gnawing away at her so much so, it was beginning to become more than an ache, it was becoming painful. The need to feel him spearing forcefully into her body, filling her repeatedly, was becoming consuming. She didn’t understand this need, just knew it was there. Knew, that he was responsible for putting it there. Two more. She needed two more herbs to insure he would not impregnate her. She wanted his body but not his child growing in her belly.
"A dryad. I never thought in all my days I'd see one.”
There had been a note of awe in his voice. She flinched away from the immediate emotion that rose up in her.
“Thank you, by the way. For helping me keep a level head back there. I've no doubt I could have never been seen again if it were just me."
Her reply was only a soft grunt as she trudged along.
"Moreover, we'll need to figure it out soon. Winter's going to set in any day, and I'll be damned if I have you standing watch over a damned cave."
“A cave would be welcome if naught else can be found or created.”
Her soft words were accompanied by a shudder of revulsion. Images of the mine and the haggard beings forced to work it rose up in her mind like a specter. He would not disregard any half bred children he sired, she was almost sure of it, if his reaction to his clan’s mine was anything to go by. He wouldn’t look upon those children as something beneath him, something… less than what he was.
What of the females he claimed? Were they merely to be a tool of use? Like she herself was?
She glanced in his direction.
“I need to hunt. You hunger.”
Myria veered from their current path and headed for the woods. She paused on the edge of them to look back at him.
“Do not worry, Master. I will find you. You are easy for me to track.”
With that, she turned and let the woods swallow her up from view.
~~
~~
~~Sylvannia had taken only one warrior with her. It was all she felt she could lay claim to. Their people were busy. Everyone had tasks to see to before winter set in for the betterment of those who resided within the fortress walls. If it was not hunting for food to store, it was gathering food or preserving it or seeing to the fortress itself to withstand the harsh rigors of the winters that engulfed them. There was wood to be gathered and distributed. The Elders to see to. No, Sylvannia would only take one companion on the search for her sister.
Wearing warm clothing, swathed in a thick fur cape, they had ridden for days before they came upon the remnants of a fight. Decaying corpses of Orcs, sealed in the cold rigors of weather, were found. Sylvannia dismounted as did her companion. Together they sought amongst the dead, searching for clues, in any were to be found, of Myria. Was it even possible that her sister had been here? It was quite possible that Myria could have easily created this carnage. Her sister was renowned for her prowess with sword as well as the bow. They two elves met somewhere in the middle.
“No hint of her, Milady Sylvannia.”
There was a soft sigh of resignation.
“I did not think there would be, Renalta. Come. Let us search for shelter. Night is coming soon. We should get out of the weather.”
Together, they both mounted up and rode onward. There was the soft sound of the horses’ hooves to accompany them. They rode for a distance when they spied the outline of a building. As they drew closer, they saw it was little more than a shack. Decrepit. They pulled up their horses in front of it, looking at each other a moment before they simultaneously dismounted.
“It is better than nothing, Milady.”
“It will do for the night.”
“Milady Sylvannia, allow me to hobble the horses and go hunt for food. You go inside and find us someplace to bed down.”
Sylvannia nodded, handing over the reins to her horse before she gingerly made her way inside the shack. Stepping through the threshold, a hand lifted, pushing back the fur-lined hood of her thick cloak. Picking her way cautiously through the room, she spied a bed in a far corner. Well, that was something at least. They wouldn’t have to sleep on the bare floor. Crossing to the bed, she kicked it lightly. Something red caught her eye. Moving toward it, she leaned over to examine it. Picking up a stick from the floor, she used it to pick up the scrap of material that obviously, Sylvannia could now perceive, was soaked in old blood. Someone had been here. It hadn’t been all that long ago. The cloth was not disintegrating. For a brief moment, Sylvannia wondered if it could have been Myria’s blood. Setting the stick with the cloth on it aside, she bent to retrieve pieces of wood. It wasn’t enough, but it was a start. They would have a fire and hot food for their bellies tonight.
The rabbit’s meager fat was dripping into the small fire they had built. The smell of roasting meat made Sylvannia’s stomach growl alarmingly. Renalta was examining the scrap of bloody cloth.
“I do not know, Milady Sylvannia. It is quite possibly Milady’s Myria’s. We simply have no way of knowing. “
“I know, Renalta. I just like thinking that is. It means she has been this way. While I do not like the idea of her being injured, at least we know she still lives since we are not graced with her corpse. For now, let us eat and sleep.”
Sylvannia reached for the makeshift spit, taking the browned, crisply carcass from the fire.
~~
~~“I told you, I would find you.”
Myria grinned at Bjorn as she walked in closer, holding up the two small rabbits she had killed by their ears.
“We will feast tonight, Master. The forest gods were good to me. Not only do I have the rabbits but I found some tubers to roast as well. “
She didn’t mention that she had found the second herb she needed for the potion she wanted to concoct. Myria wasn’t so sure he would approve of what she had was of mind to do but the heat inside her body was gnawing away at her so much so, it was beginning to become more than an ache, it was becoming painful. The need to feel him spearing forcefully into her body, filling her repeatedly, was becoming consuming. She didn’t understand this need, just knew it was there. Knew, that he was responsible for putting it there. Two more. She needed two more herbs to insure he would not impregnate her. She wanted his body but not his child growing in her belly.
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