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2021-05-05 08:00:50Pacing back and forth anxiously, Vaughan waited for Lynnette's return. He had readied one of his mellower horses, to make controlling it easier on Lynnette. However, he began to panic when it neared her turn for her jousting match, and there was still no sign of her. There was time enough yet, but it was cutting it close. He hoped nothing had happened to her at all and began to worry that perhaps one of the more stubborn nobles had done something to keep her from her match.
Just as he was about to search for her, he noticed her coming towards him. Vaughan closed his eyes and allowed himself to relax again. He breathed deeply, then opened his eyes again, and said to Lynnette as she walked up to him, “I began to think I needed to send a search party out for you.”
“Sorry,” Lynnette offered gently, “Sethis had gotten bored of stalking his Majesty, and had been bothering me. Then the Queen mother showed up...”
Vaughan's eyes widene
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As the morning sun began to inch its way up into the sky, Fenryn could make out the treeline of the Lightmist woods. It didn't take long for the Lightmist village to also come into view, and so far, things seemed peaceful. He couldn't see any bandits, but that didn't mean a thing.“Halt!” Vaughan called out to the army, and for a moment there was silence.Fenryn rode his horse over to the Captain and followed the man's gaze. “Is that one of our new scouts?” He asked as he saw one of the Malruthiia moving towards them.“Indeed. I'll go ahead and meet with her.” Vaughan replied, and then swiftly rode over to the woman. After a brief moment, he returned. His expression was not one of worry, and Fenryn gathered that this was a clear sign that they had gotten here in time, if not early.Vaughan confirmed the King's assumption by saying, “the bandits are not far, but the village is prepared to fight if it comes to that.
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The wooden stocks around Asher's wrists felt like they were cutting into his skin. He could feel it rubbing and with each movement, it sent a wave of sharp pain throughout his arms. He wasn't too impressed by being caught and locked up again and he gave the two men a smile that dripped with hatred. “Asher,” Fenryn said as he ignored the man's smile, “how nice of you to join us.” “Not by choice, but here I am,” Asher replied, he looked between the King and Vaughan for a moment. “I'm surprised you even found me. How was it that you did that, hmm?” He then asked. “Oh, my people get around,” Fenryn said with an air of politeness, “we wanted to ask you some more questions if that is fine with you?” “Do I have a choice?” Asher asked in return. The knight escorting him, forced Asher to his knees before Vaughan waved the man away. “You always have a choice,” Vaughan said as he waited for the three of them to be alone, “you could refuse and then I'd fi
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The morning sun had not yet disturbed Fenryn from his sleep. The little wolf was curled up next to him, her ears twitching every so often as a fly landed on them. The two seemed quite happy to stay asleep all day, but the unicorn had other ideas. He had woken up before dawn and for a time, he wandered about the area of the woods that they had stopped to rest in. He had taken the moment to feed himself and to watch a small family of foxes playing. Once they had returned to their den, the unicorn returned to his new companions. Lowering his head, the unicorn prodding Fenryn's cheek with his horn. The man grumbled something or other that included another human's name, then rolled over onto his other side. The unicorn made a disgruntled noise before it decided to 'walk' over Fenryn and 'accidentally' hit the King's head with his hooves. Fenryn woke with a start and sat straight up, startling the pup in the process. “What-what was that!?” He almost yelled as he looked aro
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Morning couldn't come quick enough for Vaughan. He had been up all night with worry. His bruise had healed well enough that the apprentice that Teo had ordered to tend to Vaughan's needs was happy enough to leave him alone now, but he had been given strict orders, not to overexert himself at all. That did not mean he had listened, of course. He paced the edge of the woods for the best part of the night, even though he knew Fenryn would not be likely to return so soon. The other half of the night he spent his time checking on Lynnette. She seemed to have lost quite a bit of colour in her cheeks since she first had been hit by the spell, but she was still alive and he had to be thankful to Teo's skill for that. Naturally, all this worry kept him from any real sleep and now he had less patience for those around him. Most of the Knights kept their distance from Vaughan, for fear that he would force them into some unreasonable training exercise. Only a few people braved g
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Moving once more through the wood with the wolf pup in hand, Fenryn wondered how Lynnette was doing. He hoped he could find her clan in time, and convince them to return to the village with him. He could only pray that they would trust his word and go with him. He tried to think of a compelling speech that would be enough to win over her people, but anything he thought of sounded forced. The pup in his arms had settled down to sleep, and he couldn't help but think that she was adorable. However, he knew that she wouldn't stay so small and cute for long, not if she grew to be as big as the rest of her pack. He wondered if there were others like her pack in the world. So much was unknown about the Lightmist woods, and he was unsure if anyone would ever know more about them. Shaking such thoughts free from his mind, Fenryn returned his thoughts to his mission. “Do you think the Fae are watching us?” He asked the pup but expected no response. “Lynnette said they helped p
