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<blockquote data-quote="havenstone" data-source="post: 4514585" data-attributes="member: 61094"><p><strong>Avric’s Dilemma</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>SHORTLY BEFORE SUNSET</strong>, Nina heads up to Avric’s quarters with a phial of odorless poison. Through the door, he sees the blond d’Aramant swordsman, clad in the short, sweat-stained tunic he wears to his training sessions in the city. Nina knocks on the doorframe. “Evening, Avric. You’ve been out practicing for tomorrow’s duel?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Avric is staring out the window. “You’ve had Swordsmark training too, haven’t you, Anseron?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“You’ve seen me fight,” says Nina simply. He’d expected Avric to ask him about his training sooner or later.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Did you ever meet a Swordsmark named <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4330843-post5.html" target="_blank">Shect</a>?” Avric turns his ashen, taut face toward Nina.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Nina manages to hide his shock. “The name doesn’t sound familiar.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“At practice today my mentor Zaganin wasn’t alone. There was a scar-faced man with him, who wore the torc. They’d heard about my duel.” Avric swallows hard. “This Shect told me that if I actually kill the d’Loriad, he’ll take my head. He wants him alive – him, and two of his common-born friends.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Nina nods with false calm, his heart racing. “So you have to beat Atrix d’Loriad without killing him. I can recommend something that might help...”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Without killing him?” Avric interrupts thickly. “Without killing him, after what he did to me and Herena at the Ball?” He brings his knotted fists down on the table, which cracks deafeningly. “She’ll be limping for weeks, and will hardly speak to me for shame. Anseron, my own life is less important to me than killing that arrogant little bastard.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“All right, all right.” Nina revises his plan of convincing Avric to poison his own sword. “We’ll find a way to fend off this Shect. You just focus on the task at hand.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>KYLA AND GARETH </strong>catch up with Adgar and the guards at the inn of The Last Day’s Stretch in the little town of Medvare. Gareth brandishes the letter from Sarquin urgently recalling Adgar to Lynar. The guards glance at the seal, shrug, and accept the quiet young d’Loriad as a replacement. Adgar tries to hide his elation as he embraces his cousin. Gareth gives Kyla a quick kiss, ignoring the contemptuous looks between the guards. “Make sure my luckless cousin gets back in one piece, milady. I’ll see you on the Arawai road.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Take care of yourself,” Kyla says quietly, feeling a twinge of fear as she wheels her horse around. <em>I don’t want to lose you to this stupid war.</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="havenstone, post: 4514585, member: 61094"] [b]Avric’s Dilemma[/b] [SIZE=2][B]SHORTLY BEFORE SUNSET[/B], Nina heads up to Avric’s quarters with a phial of odorless poison. Through the door, he sees the blond d’Aramant swordsman, clad in the short, sweat-stained tunic he wears to his training sessions in the city. Nina knocks on the doorframe. “Evening, Avric. You’ve been out practicing for tomorrow’s duel?”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Avric is staring out the window. “You’ve had Swordsmark training too, haven’t you, Anseron?”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“You’ve seen me fight,” says Nina simply. He’d expected Avric to ask him about his training sooner or later.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Did you ever meet a Swordsmark named [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4330843-post5.html"]Shect[/URL]?” Avric turns his ashen, taut face toward Nina.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Nina manages to hide his shock. “The name doesn’t sound familiar.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“At practice today my mentor Zaganin wasn’t alone. There was a scar-faced man with him, who wore the torc. They’d heard about my duel.” Avric swallows hard. “This Shect told me that if I actually kill the d’Loriad, he’ll take my head. He wants him alive – him, and two of his common-born friends.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Nina nods with false calm, his heart racing. “So you have to beat Atrix d’Loriad without killing him. I can recommend something that might help...”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Without killing him?” Avric interrupts thickly. “Without killing him, after what he did to me and Herena at the Ball?” He brings his knotted fists down on the table, which cracks deafeningly. “She’ll be limping for weeks, and will hardly speak to me for shame. Anseron, my own life is less important to me than killing that arrogant little bastard.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“All right, all right.” Nina revises his plan of convincing Avric to poison his own sword. “We’ll find a way to fend off this Shect. You just focus on the task at hand.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][B]KYLA AND GARETH [/B]catch up with Adgar and the guards at the inn of The Last Day’s Stretch in the little town of Medvare. Gareth brandishes the letter from Sarquin urgently recalling Adgar to Lynar. The guards glance at the seal, shrug, and accept the quiet young d’Loriad as a replacement. Adgar tries to hide his elation as he embraces his cousin. Gareth gives Kyla a quick kiss, ignoring the contemptuous looks between the guards. “Make sure my luckless cousin gets back in one piece, milady. I’ll see you on the Arawai road.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Take care of yourself,” Kyla says quietly, feeling a twinge of fear as she wheels her horse around. [I]I don’t want to lose you to this stupid war.[/I][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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