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Twenty five
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2024-10-29 19:42:56I woke up in a mood worst that the one I went to bed with. I was angry and cranky although I suspect that the crankiness was as a result of not sleeping well which was as a result of Orel not being closed to me, two nights in a row and I am already feeling as if someone is going to attack me in my sleep and nobody will protect me. I know that I should at least try and put everything behind me and get Orel to sleep in his side of the bed this night but my pride would not allow it, if it means that I have to bring up the issue to Orel then I rather have sleepless nights until whenever he deems is right to return to his bed.
My mood was rubbing off on Dyane who came to help me get dressed, today I wore one of my finer gowns which not only send across the message that I didn’t want to train today but also sent across the message of my rank which meant that I could order people around which is nice because that is what I plan on doing today.
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Two weeks later and so much work that I could choke on it, no talking to Orel and training on my own, I broke down into tears again as I tried to understand what was in front of me, there was nobody to ask for help, normally I would ask my husband but I have barely seen him in two weeks which was mostly my fault since I avoided him like he had the plague. I normally ignored any thought that I have of him but I am weak.“This has gone on for too long.” I said as I stood up, maybe he would be more amendable to treating me as an equal now. I stopped being angry about a week ago when my dreams showed me and Gwenn being close friends even though we didn’t see often, she was married, a queen to an empire and happy in her marriage too, I had a feeling that the marriage will soon occur which was strange since but relaxing, the dream showed me that Gwenn no longer had any designs for my husband. She was just being spiteful at first and she mellowed down
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I walked into Gwenn room to see her pouring her annoyance on her possessions by throwing them around. “What is going on here?” I asked her.Gwenn twirled in surprise but when she saw that it was me, a frown was on her face. “None of your business.”I took a deep breathe to calm myself because I wanted to try and make peace with this woman even if it is just for Orel sake. “I might not be able to fight you again and win or to bet you into a pulp but I am the warlord wife and you are a warrior, I can order to have you beaten for disrespect, please lets respect our boundaries.”Gwenn froze at my words before she calmed down. “What I do to my possessions is none of your business.”“True, it isn’t. What is my business is you being remorseful for goading me with your words.” I said.“Are you remorseful for goading me with your words?” Gwenn asked in return as my hands clenched
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I watched the last of the warriors that would leave, matched out of the camp, that was the Group that Boan was in, unlike their counterparts that had left, this group had it easy for them, they were going to the capital where some of them will wait for us to arrive before riding out to meet the main army wherever Elison will guide them to. Tomorrow at dawn, Orel, Dyane, Gwenn and me will leave the camp on our own journey along with ten best warriors who will act as guards for us too… well guards for me since I knew that Orel doesn’t need a guard, but we need the numbers. If we were just four traipsing through towns and hamlets, people will be getting the wrong idea that we would be easy to take down and I know that if skirmishes do happen, Orel will not allow any of the offenders to live on.Most times it is easy to forget that I am joined to the warlord, he hasn’t killed anyone in my presence, and he has been nice and caring even though
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At Dawn, we left the camp with few people watching us go. The few people were mainly the commanders, I petted Tyra flank and avoided the gust of air that Stormpacer breathed my way. That horse was trying my patience and he is aware of it. It is like our own special game, just as I started to believe in the good of that horse when he helped me out on the first day at the camp. “The horse is trying my patience.” I tell my husband who was watching me with his eyes lazy yet alert eyes.“Hmm.” Was all he replied with and when I growled at his lack of an answer, he grinned at me.“Is that all you are going to say.”“Yes, I know better than to get in between you and Stormpacer bonding.” Orel said as he advanced towards me, I knew that he was coming to help me up my horse so that our journey could start, we have wasted enough time with dallying about.&nb
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I thought that Gwenn was joking when she said that we have to reach Rockton, we were with tents and it was late but Gwenn had no plans of stopping, when Dyane pointed out the tents, she laughed and said those were brought along for emergency resting and that this was our first day, we can ride through the night if we must.She seems that she was putting her threats to work. When Dyane fell off her saddle twice, she was put in one of our escort horse with him as she slept on him, my legs were numb and no doubt in pain but although I held out longer than Dyane did but when my eyes started to droop with sleep, Orel plucked me off Tyra and settled me in his front. Riding with Orel is nice, especially when Stormpacer was not running as if he was trying to race against time, but it would be too tiring for Stormpacer to carry double wait and as much as the horse annoy me, I didn’t like to make the horse carry extra weight.“We are clo
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Dyane was scared of me, my display of ruthlessness was enough to scare anybody from me but still, it hurts when she flinch away from me, or when she refused to meet my gaze or when I look at her and all I see in her eyes is fear, fear of me and what I am capable of.“She will come around.” Orel said as I glanced at him.“How come you always know when I am worried and the reason by just looking at me?” I complained as Orel laughs.“I told you all your tells, didn’t I?” Orel said with his eyes shining, he was happy. I made him happy.And in return he being happy makes me happy, knowing that I am responsible for his happiness makes me ecstatic. I love him.“You might have but I refused to believe, I am not that obvious.” I whined as Orel laughs.“We are in Northshore lands now.” Gwenn called as we all stopped our horses.“What is going on?” Dyane
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It’s been two weeks since I killed the king of Erisea, two weeks of Orel taking control of the empire and putting Dariths in top positions, now it is time to go home… it would not be long before I would welcome my son into the world, I want to do that in the capital even with Estrid there, it was still the second place I know as home and more convenient than the warrior plains of Dar where Orel mainly spend his time, it was also close to winter.According to Orel, we will spend winter in the capital as the wild fields of Dar was not the best place to raise a new born child. This he told me when he started to talk to me again, after shaking me so hard that my teeth clattered together and then refusing to talk to me. He and Gwenn spent many last night together sharing each other pain and grief. I hoped that it made them feel better but I wasn’t too sure if anybody would ever feel better after losing their friend who was a part of their soul.
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ELISON POVMistress of the whip, Gwenn is called, I am called something more practical, something which might not be related to torture techniques or brilliant fighting skills just like Gwenn and Orel dubbed titles but it was still important, it was still enough to be seen as special. The master huntsman is my title. Nothing can out run me, nothing can escape my clutches once I start my hunt.And now, this hunt has started, to save my sister life, a race against time… I pray to the gods, please don’t let anything happen to her, I am on my way…I am coming to take the death that is rightfully mine.********************************************DYANE POVHe left, even with knowledge that he would die, all to save those he considered as family, all to save his honorary sister. I might have just seen Elison alive for the last time. I quickly send a prayer to the gods, please prote
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GWENN POV“Why are you all doing this to me?” I scream as soon as I entered the camp where my so called warriors erected for themselves. Bodyguards, that’s what they are, they protect me among my friends but the moment when I step into the battle field they withdraw from me.“My Queen.” Sorens appears next to me. I would have been shocked about this before I left to help my husband but not anymore, not when I am just as fast as him and just as inhuman too, the speed which leave me the moment I also enter the battle field.“If I was your Queen you will obey my orders to help in the war.” I yelled at them not willing to let the tears pour from my eyes although it was getting hard.“You know that we cannot.” Sorens replies nervously… he was the most humane among them all, the rest were slowly appearing and looking on with me discussing with their commander with no expressio
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“What do you mean that we are leaving?” I asked her husband sitting up from the bed where I was lying down since I woke up and had been feeling fatigued so I still laid down. Why on earth did I think that I could close my eyes to rest when I just finished telling Orel what has been going on? Of course I should have expected this, I should have expected to wake up to see that Orel has stirred the camp into a flurry of activities.“I mean exactly that Doe. We have to go after the Erisean but we would not use their route, we will take another.”“Does this mean that you have an idea where they are heading to?” I asks my husband as my cover cloth dipped down exposing my body to Orel who stopped in the middle of raising his shirt to stare at the skin I exposed not on purpose. “Orel, answer me.”My voice seemed to snap Orel out of whatever trance he was in. “Of course. I know where they are going, i
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OREL POVThemis never left my side, all through my healing process she has been always near me, and whenever I was awake she always sang to me. I never had any doubt that she loves but if I did, they have been put to rest. I have been hearing tidbits about what went on during my captivity but nobody will tell me anything even when I threatened to have them whipped, Dyane’s answer to that particular threat of mine was to laugh and say that Themis will do something worse if she did tell me, according to what has been going on, Themis refused to tell me the state of the camp or things that happened in my absence because she wanted me to be well rested before I learnt of anything that happened. She told me this five days after I have arrived at the camp and for the next two weeks after, it was what was repeated to me by the maids who helped Dyane with healing, those that brought food even my commanders repeated the same thing to me when I asked them, it feels
