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 Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:54 am
Keelthy Post 4
"Fleade, it was something in your past, you don't have to feel that bad about it, you apologized and it was during a war for god's sake. Things happen during a war but you didn't abuse your power, the Princess was not hurt. Varinia has very powerful protective instincts and to boot she is rather stubborn. She fits right in with us would you not say. Besides Reill is going to have a fun time trying to calm her down, I've never seen her this feisty and from that eyebrow waggle he is actually enjoying it."
Keel knelt beside her chair and gathered her hands in his, they seemed so small and cold next to his hot skin. "Do not fear, I will let nothing happen to you."
What he wished he could help with was the mental strain she was under. He wanted to just enfold her in his arms and protect her from the world forever.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:56 am
Varinia post 5
"Don't you 'Var' me." She said as he took her into his arms. Varinia beat on his chest angrily before settling, her palms rested just below his collarbone and her face buried in his chest. A few tears began to fall and she rubbed them away quickly. "Reil...you can't trust her. She's just going to play you. That's exactly how she got Naevius. You and Elthy are putting yourselves at risk. I know she might be pretty and exotic but please listen to me..." Her head tucked tighter against him. Vari didn't want anything to happen to the two best guys in her life. "Don't be stupid...please...just tell Elthy to send her out, or better yet, see if the king will offer a reward. It's what's best..." She smacked his chest a few more times in her little temper tantrum. "And don't YOU EVER stop me again." She said harshly.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:58 am
Reillan Post 5
He "Var"ed her often didn't he? He bit his lip so he didn't smile, he had never seen her so feisty. He rubbed her back soothingly. "Can't people change? She owes Keelthy her life, she would be dead if he hadn't cleaned her up off that cliff the Oban's drove her off, vulture bait you know." He hunched his back and hopped around like the great vulture beasts they both knew roamed Oba. "Ooooh a nice stinky carcass? What not dead? Pah."
He was not calling the King and neither was she. He knelt before her. "Keelthy loves her, and she is close to it to him. She thought I was him once so I know, I hope he knows. I've never seen him look at another woman like that...besides you."
He tugged her closer to him by her ankle and rose up to her, kissing her collarbone and her hard mouth which usually softened for him. "Var."
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:00 am
Ethelfleade post 5
She took a deep breath, only slightly comforted by keelthy’s words. "Maybe. I...I don't know. Maybe I've felt like I don't deserve forgiveness. I did the same thing to that girl that Saraf did to me, taking her captive and all."
She rubbed her eyes preemptively and took another deep breath and exhaled. "It's not me that I worry about. I've done enough in my life that I'll have to lay in the bed I've made. But you...you're special....for an oban. " She smiled slightly with her jest. "But really....you've become someone I can't live without."
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:01 am
Keelthy Post 5
His entire world froze at that moment, her words of the past hardly mattered, but the ones she had just uttered now, sent something straight to his heart. "Oh Fleade," he took her into his arms then, vowing to never let her go. "I am yours, for now and for always, nothing will stop us, we are together, one."
Tears creeped out of his eyes and he hoped she did not see them. This was a woman he could love fully with all his heart, with flaws and a mind of her own, shadows that he could chase away from her, fears that he could face with her. This was where he belonged...finally.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:03 am
Varinia post 6
Although she listened, she didn't really care that much. Why should she care about the we being of the stupid ice woman who took Naevius at knife point. She owed the woman nothing so why did it matter if she was at the bottom of a cliff, Vari had no compassion where the Tendajian was concerned. Keelthy, however, she did care about. She paused as he told her about Elthy's feelings towards the woman and she felt her heart drop and her gut twist. Nothing like realizing feelings you had were more than just normal feelings.
Reil though, sly devil he was, knew exactly what he needed to do. His kiss worked it's magic and even after the kiss she stayed content in his arms if only a few moments longer.
Back to her very unhappy self, she punched his arm. "Don't 'Var' me, Reil, I'm serious about her. She's dangerous. And Elthy having feelings for her just makes it that much more dangerous." Varinia stopped to hold herself against him for another few minutes trying to absorb his calm. "I don't want either of you to get hurt." She said sadly. "Because in all reality, people don't really change. At least not that much.”
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:04 am
Reillan Post 6
If he had his way they would not be going back down to join the others yet, he finally had Varinia the Stubborn in his room, all to himself. And while he really really wanted to listen to her, his feelings had been so pent up for so long with her that he refused to hold them back any longer. At the risk of getting punched harder perhaps to the head, he growled out her name. "Varinia," The base rumble even he could feel in his bones. He pulled her close and picked her up burying his face in her hair and purred. This was where he had wanted to be all along, but he had been too stubborn just to go for it. They all had a complicated past but if Keelthy was going after the ice woman, then Reillan need no longer feel qualms about claiming what was his.
He resisted the urge to repeat the shortened form of her name over and over again, that would come later. Right now he was busy holding her up with one arm and using the other to thread though her hair, massaging her scalp as he did so.
"Have I mentioned... how much I love you, how long I have wanted you, how I think about you every night before I go to bed, have I Var? I'm doing it now. I have wanted you for years but things have been in the way, now I am done waiting."
He was somewhat worried about the iceling how could he not be with someone he respected so much all but tossing her out on her butt. However He could not stop what he had started now. The baring of his soul to the woman he loved, the woman he wanted above ALL OTHER THINGS.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:05 am
Ethelfleade post 6
In all honesty, Fleade had no clue how to react. So she decided to do nothing and instead stayed in his embrace for as long as she could. But there was a question she had to ask, something she wasn't sure if she was just imagining or what.
The ice woman pulled away, a shy smile and blush across her cheeks as she sat back in her chair. "I'm really not sure how to respond....I'm sorry. I've never felt this way about anyway but Keelthy? I have a question...." Fleade paused, biting a lip as she picked her words. "Was it her? This Varinia woman?" Sure her question was sort of cryptic but she was confident he would understand what she meant.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:06 am
Keelthy Post 6
His heart learched to a stop. It hurt, it showed in his face, but he would be brave for her. "Y-yes, it was Varinia. But she has always had eyes for Reillan, he likes her back. And now I have someone better, someone who can understand me as she never would be able to." He never wanted to let her go. His Fleade. His wild warrior ice princess. Reillan could keep the fire, Keelthy would hold the ice.
Noticing her bite her lip, Keelthy could not help himself. He kissed her lips, "Stop that, you're torturing me." Once he started though he couldn't stop. She felt like the finest honey. He kissed her again, giving her all the tenderness that he could through his touch.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:07 am
Varinia post 7
To say that she was unprepared was an enormous understatement. She knew the kind of attitude he was in though she'd only really seen it a few times. It caused her to pull back with wide eyes. "No I...I wasn't really aware. I mean yes I was but at the same time no. Like, I was pretty sure you're feelings were the same as mine but I just didn't know what to do about it. But now I know for sure."
Now that she knew it was time for her to take action as well. A few gentle kisses of her own before forcing her way out of his embrace. With a smirk, she crossed the distance to the door and made sure the door was locked before taking his hand to lead him away for exactly what he expected. "I suppose if Elthy trusts her we can leave them be for a little 'us' time."
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:08 am
Reillan Post 7
Reill really couldn't have been happier, or more feral on the inside, he had waited years and he had not been wrong. He loved it when she stuttered. Then she looked like she was trying to run away and his heart just about broke..until she locked the door. Well things just got down right interesting didn't they. She was strong for someone so tiny. Fierce like a great Jauharan jungle cat. And too boot she was forgetting about he alleged ice snake for which he was so grateful. He finally had her, his Varinia.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:09 am
Ethelfleade post 7
"Sorry..." Fleade said honestly. She hadn't meant to torture him at all, but at least it was her actions that did so and not her question. She had been correct in guessing that Varinia had been the object of his affection and couldn't help wonder if there was still something there, especially seeing his former crush with his brother. It brought a blush to her face, which was thankfully hidden by the kiss, thinking about her conversation with Reil where she had mistaken him for Keel. He would feel betrayed if he knew she got butterflies when Reil was around as well. The two brothers were alike but so incredibly different at the same time.
Fleade pushed any thought of Reillan from her mind. He was apparently claimed by the oban woman and that wasn't somewhere she needed to go...at the moment. Instead, she leaned into Keelthy's kiss. His actions were soft and tender but deep down if he really was anything like her there was something that was being held back. She didn't think it was a bad thing for their current circumstance, it would probably be better if they knew each other for a greater period of time before making such a commitment.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:12 am
Keelthy Post 7
He might not have known her long but he knew she was thinking hard about something so he smoothed his thumbs between her eyes and kissed her there. "Don't fret Fleade." He admonished gently smoothing her hair. "I'm here." He wanted to soothe all her worries. He banished all thoughts of his brother and the other woman from his mind and lived in the moment for the first time in his life.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:14 am
Varinia post 8:
After what seemed like hours to the young oban woman, she groaned as she threw the sheets over her head. "We have to go back don't we?" She asked. No matter her feelings, she'd have to face the ice woman again. This wasn't her house and although she felt at home there among the brothers, it wasn't. So, with the distraction and time giving her a chance to calm herself, Varinia sighed. "I won't forgive her, Reil. And I don't believe she's changed. But, for Elthy, and you, I'll try not to strangle her." She left small kisses from his shoulder to his mouth as she left the comfort and safety of his bed and collected her clothes. Seeing him there, and the recollection of how they had just spent the prior time brought a slight blush to her face as she crawled back under the covers. "I'll go down when you're ready." She pouted.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:15 am
Reillan Post 8
"Not necessarily but we might get hungry." He chuckled at her comment. "That is really all I ask." Not.strangling the guest that was. Then he was distracted by her tenderness. How sweet she was to him. So dear to his heart this woman that it was hard to describe.
She was so adorable like this. So feminine his minx could be in the quiet moments when she didn't have the world to run. Nae might be a princess but Var had helped her rule.
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