Eskra was cold.
Julianna was having trouble sleeping. Yes, because of the cold, which she was wholly unaccustomed to, but there were other reasons. All of the noises outside were unfamiliar to her. The autumn wind howling through trees she didn’t know the names of. Night creatures scurrying to and fro in the underbrush, each with a distinct chatter she couldn’t place. She was in the bed of a man she didn’t know. Had been sleeping (or trying to sleep) in it for the last four nights.
Even though the bed was warm and cosy, piled high with furs with a dreamy fire crackling in the hearth, she was left comforted by the obvious scent of another person that permeated the bed dressings.
Pulling the hooded drape she had been using to hide her cat-like ears tighter over her head, she rolled over, as if finding a new position would make the sleep that eluded her easier to find. Her long, silver-furred tail curled around her, as she tried to comfort herself.
An assassination attempt had driven her from her home. Julianna was the princess of an archipelago to the south. Veridian. They had shared their ports with Eskran ships for as long as she could remember. Tradings good, and mingling peacefully for decades. So, of course, in Veridian’s time of need, Eskra welcomed her with open arms. Knowing that the favor would be returned.
The Jarl of secluded village she had been spirited away to, Darcy Weatherfare, was a large man with stern features and a commanding tone, but he was kind. His wife, Ishara, was even more so. Warm and matronly. So fierce and doting that she could have been mistaken for Julianna’s own mother.
Julianna felt safe, and she felt welcomed, but she was also scared. Someone, somewhere was trying to kill her. And perhaps, not only her, her family as well. Even if she were safe in Eskra, her mother and father were still back in Veridian, vulnerable to attack. It was those thoughts that kept her awake at night. More than the cold, and the noises, and the stranger’s scent combined.
Naturally, she had taken measures to assure her own safety. Not wholly reliant on the vigilance of strangers. Julianna was skilled with a blade, and had hidden daggers throughout the home so one always in reach. Besides the ones she always kept on her person. Burrowing further beneath the pile of furs and quilts, she made an attempt to will herself to sleep, but then there as...something. Some new noise. Some new...thing, outside the cabin. She could only imagine what nature of creature could be grazing, or stalking, in the nearby forest.
Julianna was having trouble sleeping. Yes, because of the cold, which she was wholly unaccustomed to, but there were other reasons. All of the noises outside were unfamiliar to her. The autumn wind howling through trees she didn’t know the names of. Night creatures scurrying to and fro in the underbrush, each with a distinct chatter she couldn’t place. She was in the bed of a man she didn’t know. Had been sleeping (or trying to sleep) in it for the last four nights.
Even though the bed was warm and cosy, piled high with furs with a dreamy fire crackling in the hearth, she was left comforted by the obvious scent of another person that permeated the bed dressings.
Pulling the hooded drape she had been using to hide her cat-like ears tighter over her head, she rolled over, as if finding a new position would make the sleep that eluded her easier to find. Her long, silver-furred tail curled around her, as she tried to comfort herself.
An assassination attempt had driven her from her home. Julianna was the princess of an archipelago to the south. Veridian. They had shared their ports with Eskran ships for as long as she could remember. Tradings good, and mingling peacefully for decades. So, of course, in Veridian’s time of need, Eskra welcomed her with open arms. Knowing that the favor would be returned.
The Jarl of secluded village she had been spirited away to, Darcy Weatherfare, was a large man with stern features and a commanding tone, but he was kind. His wife, Ishara, was even more so. Warm and matronly. So fierce and doting that she could have been mistaken for Julianna’s own mother.
Julianna felt safe, and she felt welcomed, but she was also scared. Someone, somewhere was trying to kill her. And perhaps, not only her, her family as well. Even if she were safe in Eskra, her mother and father were still back in Veridian, vulnerable to attack. It was those thoughts that kept her awake at night. More than the cold, and the noises, and the stranger’s scent combined.
Naturally, she had taken measures to assure her own safety. Not wholly reliant on the vigilance of strangers. Julianna was skilled with a blade, and had hidden daggers throughout the home so one always in reach. Besides the ones she always kept on her person. Burrowing further beneath the pile of furs and quilts, she made an attempt to will herself to sleep, but then there as...something. Some new noise. Some new...thing, outside the cabin. She could only imagine what nature of creature could be grazing, or stalking, in the nearby forest.
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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