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<blockquote data-quote="havenstone" data-source="post: 4483157" data-attributes="member: 61094"><p><strong>Better to be Feared</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>DURING THE FINAL </strong>dance of the Ball, Agerain claps a hand on Nina’s shoulder, a taut smile on his face. “Right, Anseron. Time to get our own back on any friend of the d’Loriads who was here tonight. Do you want to be with the group watching the way back to the d’Orbis keep, or the d’Syrnon?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Uh -- d’Orbis,” Nina says coolly. He heads off toward the portal where Meeshak has been standing, casually looks back to make sure the other d’Aramants are out of earshot, and whispers, “Agerain’s boys are going to be ambushing any friend of the d’Loriads they find.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Meeshak shows no sign that he’s heard Nina’s warning, but leaves a few moments later to pass the word on to Atrix and Alan. As Nina rejoins the d’Aramants and strides out the door, he glimpses Alan and Atrix heading toward Jaron d’Syrnon and Ontaya. Nina assumes correctly that they are quietly inviting them to spend the night in the safety of the adjacent d’Loriad keep.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The word doesn’t get out to all of their friends, however. Crouched in the shadows of the Patriarchs’ Gardens with eight other young d’Aramants, Nina sees Ontaya’s cousins <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4389283-post23.html" target="_blank">Ellikard and Emerath</a> walking back toward the d’Orbis keep. He tries to force a sneeze to warn them away, but they fail to hear him and walk straight into the trap. Within seconds, the two d’Orbis cousins have been grabbed, pinioned, and dragged off the main path into the bushes.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Agerain looms up out of the shadows. “You’ve been spending too much time with the d’Loriads and their friends, Ellikard. I thought you d’Orbis valued a balance between Families.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“You think you can treat us like this and not affect our stance?” Ellikard gasps. “Let my sister go, you bastard.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Oh, we won’t hurt her.” Agerain leans in to kiss Emerath; Nina, who’s got one of her arms, can feel her shudder. “That’s right, you prefer girls. Where’s that girl-kissing coward Ontaya when you need her?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“I hear someone coming,” Nina lies. “Finish teaching the boy his lesson and let’s move.” Agerain frowns, but leaves Emerath and beckons over two other d’Aramants to help him beat Ellikard bloody. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">After a moment, Nina lets go of Emerath, who twists away from her other captors and throws herself at Agerain with a howl of rage. The handsome lordling pushes her away, laughing, and gestures at his cousins to drop Ellikard. “Enough. We don’t want to kill anyone tonight. Not from a ‘neutral’ family.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Ontaya will have your throat for this,” Emerath spits.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">“Let her come,” Agerain says eagerly. “Let her come.”</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="havenstone, post: 4483157, member: 61094"] [b]Better to be Feared[/b] [SIZE=2][B]DURING THE FINAL [/B]dance of the Ball, Agerain claps a hand on Nina’s shoulder, a taut smile on his face. “Right, Anseron. Time to get our own back on any friend of the d’Loriads who was here tonight. Do you want to be with the group watching the way back to the d’Orbis keep, or the d’Syrnon?”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Uh -- d’Orbis,” Nina says coolly. He heads off toward the portal where Meeshak has been standing, casually looks back to make sure the other d’Aramants are out of earshot, and whispers, “Agerain’s boys are going to be ambushing any friend of the d’Loriads they find.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Meeshak shows no sign that he’s heard Nina’s warning, but leaves a few moments later to pass the word on to Atrix and Alan. As Nina rejoins the d’Aramants and strides out the door, he glimpses Alan and Atrix heading toward Jaron d’Syrnon and Ontaya. Nina assumes correctly that they are quietly inviting them to spend the night in the safety of the adjacent d’Loriad keep.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The word doesn’t get out to all of their friends, however. Crouched in the shadows of the Patriarchs’ Gardens with eight other young d’Aramants, Nina sees Ontaya’s cousins [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4389283-post23.html"]Ellikard and Emerath[/URL] walking back toward the d’Orbis keep. He tries to force a sneeze to warn them away, but they fail to hear him and walk straight into the trap. Within seconds, the two d’Orbis cousins have been grabbed, pinioned, and dragged off the main path into the bushes.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Agerain looms up out of the shadows. “You’ve been spending too much time with the d’Loriads and their friends, Ellikard. I thought you d’Orbis valued a balance between Families.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“You think you can treat us like this and not affect our stance?” Ellikard gasps. “Let my sister go, you bastard.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Oh, we won’t hurt her.” Agerain leans in to kiss Emerath; Nina, who’s got one of her arms, can feel her shudder. “That’s right, you prefer girls. Where’s that girl-kissing coward Ontaya when you need her?”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“I hear someone coming,” Nina lies. “Finish teaching the boy his lesson and let’s move.” Agerain frowns, but leaves Emerath and beckons over two other d’Aramants to help him beat Ellikard bloody. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]After a moment, Nina lets go of Emerath, who twists away from her other captors and throws herself at Agerain with a howl of rage. The handsome lordling pushes her away, laughing, and gestures at his cousins to drop Ellikard. “Enough. We don’t want to kill anyone tonight. Not from a ‘neutral’ family.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Ontaya will have your throat for this,” Emerath spits.[/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]“Let her come,” Agerain says eagerly. “Let her come.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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