Judith laughed quietly at Rhyldrin's reaction, she nipped at his ear once more before drawing her face away from his. "Why not?" she asked she tried to seem as if she didn't know it was getting to him. Though she could see the darkness in his cheeks despite his dark skin. Judith brought her hand from his hair to the side of his face, she ran her thumb over his cheek gently. "Don't worry about me so much," she brought her lips to his forehead planting a soft kiss on it. Judith then placed a kiss on his cheek once again. "I'm not pushing myself, if I were then you would know. I'm no good at hiding pain." she lifted her face away from his, she smiled weakly. It was true, she didn't have a high tolerance for pain at all. She had pushed herself to stay alive for all of those weeks.

"I think that that would be nice," she whispered to him with a smile on her face. "I would love to live with you though it won't be as easy as it seems." for a moment she chewed on her lower lip nervously as she thought about living with Rhyldrin. "It will be a difficult decision and long process, I don't know where we would live." she laughed a little, her eyes stayed on Rhyldrin. She thought that it was sweet that he wanted to live with her. "We can worry about such things later," she whispered softly to him. "All that matter right now is that I'm with you." her cheeks felt hot as she told him that, she had never said that to any other man before.

"I know that," she laughed a little then spoke again. "We can think about all of this stuff later, there's no need to worry about these things right now." she couldn't help but wonder what living with Rhyldrin would be like. Judith would feel guilty for leaving her father alone though she had her own life to live and couldn't stay behind for him. He would understand, maybe not understand why she was leaving to be with a Dark Elf but she was certain that as long as she was happy he would be as well. She laughed a little when he told her that they could live wherever she wanted to live. "It would be rather funny if we lived in the forest, imagine that?" she had said it as a joke though it was a possibility.

Judith's eyes fluttered close, her heart throbbed in her heart. The feeling of Rhyldrin's body against her own was overwhelming. Weeks ago she had feared that she would never be able to feel this again. Weeks ago she feared that she would not live to see him again. She pressed her lips against his own softly at first, then the kiss became rough. Judith pulled away slowly, she kept her lips still very close to his. She kissed him again, more passionately this time, her entire body trembled with pleasure.

She didn't know what it was about him that made her this way. His touch sent her over the edge, every time they were together like this it felt as if she had no control over herself. She loved it. Judith pulled away from the second kiss she breathed out a heavily. She couldn't bring herself to become calm, she didn't want to be calm. Before pulling her face away from his she ran her tongue playfully across his lips teasing him. Judith kissed down the side of his face, she brought her lips to his ear. She smiled knowing that he liked this, he couldn't hide that from her. She kissed his ear gently then nibbled on it playfully.

( hahahaha of course! )

Judith stirred from her sleep when Rhyldrin spoke her name, she jumped a little as she felt him brushing away her hair gently. "What time is it?" she asked him, though she mumbled her words because she had just woken up. Judith brought herself away from Rhyldrin's warmth. She stretched her arms above her head a yawn escaped from her lips. She sat up in the bed her eyes wandered over the room trying to find her lost dress. Judith let out a sigh as she spotted it though she really didn't want to get up from the bed yet. She fell back against the bed, she brought one hand up to her hair and ran her fingers through her now tangled hair. She closed her eyes for a moment trying to keep herself from wanting more from Rhyldrin, it was almost tempting seeing as neither of them were currently dressed. She opened her eyes then looked over at him with a tired gaze. "I think that you drained the last of my energy," she laughed a little though she really meant what she had said.

Judith turned to lay on her side facing Rhyldrin. A smile crept across her face as she brought herself back to him. Her hand danced up from his stomach to under his chin. "It's too bad that I can't stay with you longer," he said to him, she buried her face against his neck then breathed out a happy sigh. "Though that isn't possible, I can't afford to get in trouble." she kissed his neck softly then pulled herself away from him. She brought herself to the side of the bed then stood, Judith grabbed her dress then pulled it over her body. She grabbed her pair of boots while she was still standing then went to the end of the bed to sit down, she slipped them on and tired them quickly.

She fell back against the bed, her eyes looked at Rhyldrin. "When will I see you next?" she asked him, her smile disappeared. She knew that the last time they had spent the night together he had left her for a week. Judith knew that he was rather busy but hoped that Rhyldrin would stay out of work for a little bit. She wanted to spend some time with him before he disappeared again.

Judith closed her eyes as she listened to him speak, once he was done speaking she nodded a little. She knew that his work would take him away from her, she understood that he couldn't be here all the time for her. "I'm happy that you're not going to push yourself." it was good that Rhyldrin wasn't going off to work immediately. He needed the time to rest after what they had been through. She doubted that seeing him tonight helped much. "I understand that you can't always be here, Rhyldrin." she opened her eyes, she looked at him with a weak smile on her face. "If you want to work closer then I see no problem with it but only do what you want to do, alright?" Judith lifted herself, she brought herself to lay closely beside him. "I'm just happy that I get to spend nights like these with you, even if it may be rare."

"I have to go," she laughed a little then sat up. "If I stay for much longer then I might get too comfortable and fall back asleep." she brought her hands up to her face and rubbed her eyes for a moment. Judith stood from the bed, she walked to where she had tossed her coat and lifted it. "You know where I will be," she slipped into the coat then buttoned it up. She stood for a moment hesitating to bring herself over to Rhyldrin, though she did. Judith leaned down, she placed a kiss against his forehead gently. "Get some rest," she told him then smiled. She gave him a quick kiss on the lips then retreated to the door.

It was a bit awkward really, she didn't want to leave but she couldn't possibly stay. There was a certain thrill with being with Rhyldrin though there was also a certain annoyance. Judith opened the door, she stepped outside of the room then closed it behind her. She was quiet as she left the inn, she left quickly not wanting to be caught in a conversation with anyone. When Judith returned home her father was still in his room, she retreated to her room quickly not wanting him to wake up from her walking throughout the house. She undressed from her clothes then slipped a night gown over her head, Judith climbed into her bed and was greeted with a surprised chirp. Vrine crawled over to her and buried himself against her warmth, Judith let out a quiet sigh then buried her face against her pillow.

Judith was woken up by the sound of the front slamming shut, she jumped from it. It woke Vrine up when she jumped, his ears went back he let out a quiet whine. Judith looked down at the dragon, she brought a hand to him she began to gently pet him on his head. "Sorry about that," she mumbled quietly, she drew her hand away from him then brought it to her face. She brushed a few stray strands of hair from her face then sat up in her bed. "What time is it?" she wasn't expecting an answer to the question, there was light pouring into the room from her window. It was probably early in the morning, her eyes felt sore from lack of sleep.

She brought herself to the side of her bed, Vrine lifted himself from the bed and watched her curiously. Judith shivered as her feet touched the cold floor, she stood and grabbed her coat. "Don't worry about me, stay here." she told Vrine a she slipped into her coat. She left her room then went downstairs, Judith looked around for her father. She went to the front door then opened it, Judith stepped outside. She crossed her arms over her chest in an attempt to keep herself warm.

Geoffrey had been woken by the group of Dark Elves leaving, he stood not too far from his home watching them almost curiously. Despite Judith thinking that she had left the home without him noticing he had. The sound of her walking about the house in the middle of the night have woken him from his sleep, he had remained awake waiting to see when she would return as well. Though he had not confronted her or questioned what she was doing. He had an idea really. He watched the group for a moment, though his eyes were mostly on one Dark Elf, Rhyldrin. He turned as he heard the front door open, his eyes fell on Judith. "What are you doing up?" he asked her, his ears fell a little. Judith looked at her father, confusion washed over her face. He looked back over at the group then back at her, he brought himself to stand in front of her. "Get inside, it's cold and you're not wearing shoes." he scolded her with a weak smile. "I don't want you to get sick." he added, he pushed her into the house. She peered over at the group of Dark Elves. What was her father doing?

Judith had continued to sneak out to see Rhyldrin in the middle of the night. She waited for her father to fall asleep before quietly leaving her room to head over to the inn. Despite Judith being quiet as she left her father was woken up almost every time, though sometimes he had not even fallen asleep yet. Geoffrey had began to stay up waiting to see if Judith would leave again. He stayed up after she left the house to make sure that she got home safety. He didn't question his daughter or confront the Dark Elf he had thanked the other day for keeping her safe. Though he knew damn well what could possibly be going on.

The night before Rhyldrin left Judith saw him once last time. She had spent the night in his embrace, despite being sad that he was leaving they laughed and were happy. Before she left she told him to keep himself safe and out of trouble. He had laughed at her though she didn't leave the room until he promised that he would. The morning after she remained in her room not wanting to tempt herself to go with Rhyldrin, though she knew he would probably tell her to stay at the Capital anyways. When she woke up she was greeted by her father who had been cooking.

They spoke though there was something off about the conversation. Her father seemed a little tense, Judith knew that there wasn't really any reason for him to be so. She didn't ask him what was wrong, she kept to herself and tried her best to ignore his behaviour. Really he had been acting strangely for the past few days. It had crossed Judith's mind that perhaps he knew about her sneaking out of the house but she quickly pushed those thoughts out of her head. She stood from the kitchen table, she gathered the dishes then piled them on the counter.

Judith turned to leave though stopped, she looked up at her father who had brought himself to stand beside her. He watched her for a moment, a weak smile on his face. Judith's heart pounded in her chest so hard that she could hear it, her ears dropped. Why was he looking at her like that? She knew that he had something on his mind. "Have you met any men recently?" he asked her casually though the question stung a little. Judith's face felt hot, she looked away from him. Her eyes shifted around the room nervously seeking a reason to leave. "I-" she stuttered, she pushed pass him. "No, why would you ask that?" she laughed nervously. Judith slipped her feet into her shoes then grabbed her coat. "We're running low on food, I need to run out for a few things." she slipped into her coat quickly then left the house, she felt as if she was going to be sick.

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Judith's father didn't ask her any questions after that, he left her alone and minded his own business. Though he really didn't want to, he planned to speak to the Dark Elf if he saw him again in the Capital. He noticed that after the Dark Elf left Judith had stopped sneaking out at night and returning in the early hours of the morning. He really didn't know how to feel about this situation.

It was late at night when Judith retreated to her yard to read. It was a warmer Fall night and she planned to take advantage of it. She brought a blanket and laid it across the grass. Judith placed a few candles around her carefully so that she could see. She laid against the blanket on her stomach, she flipped through the pages until she reached the page she had bent.

Judith jumped as she suddenly heard someone speak, she held back a scream afraid that it would wake her father or anyone else. She recognized the voice and when she looked up she recognized the man's face as well. She looked back down at the book in her hands for a moment, she felt a little embarrassed from his comment. "Why would you do that to me?" she asked him, she was a little angry that he had startled her though she didn't plan to give him a good smack yet. Judith folded the corner of the page that she was on then closed the book. "Do you get something out of scaring me?" she asked teasing him, she looked back up at him with a smile on her face. "You're an ass, you go away then come back and the first thing you want to do is scare me?" Judith lifted the closed book from her lap, she smacked his leg with it though not hard enough to really hurt him.

She then placed the book beside her allowing it to rest there. "I don't think that you deserve a kiss for that!" of course she did want a kiss from him though she wanted to tease him for a bit. "Or anything else!" she added, a quiet laugh escaped from her lips, she raised one of her hands and brought it to one of his own. "How was your trip?" she asked him, she wrapped her fingers around his hand then squeezed it. "Oh and I don't fantasize about knights on white horses," her smile grew wide. "I fantasize about you only." she purred.

( this was bad D: )

Judith's brow wrinkled when Rhyldrin told her that he had been attacked, she had been terribly worried about such events happening. She lifted herself from the blanket, she crossed her arms over her chest and pouted slightly. "I was worried about that," she breathed out a sigh then looked up at him. "I was worried about you getting in trouble, about you getting hurt." it had crossed her mind many times while he was away, when he didn't return when he had said he would it made her worry even more. "Though I know that you can take care of yourself so I try to tell myself not to worry too much." she smiled weakly at him.

"I could convince you but," she went a little quiet then took a step towards him. Judith's ears fell, an almost wild smile crept across her face she kept her eyes on Rhyldrin. "I don't think it would be very appropriate if I tried to convince you considering where we are right now." she purred, she brought herself close to him though their bodies did not touch.

A sudden noise caught Judith's attention, she brought herself away from Rhyldrin and looked away from him. Her ears remained down, her face felt hot and her stomach felt knotted. "Oh..." was all she could manage to say. Her father stood by the back door, her arms crossed over his chest. Judith didn't know what to say to her father. She felt nervous, had he heard their entire conversation? "Get in the house!" he barked at her, Judith flinched when she heard him speak. She hesitated to listen to him for a moment though finally walked over to him. He didn't say anything to Judith again, she kept her eyes away from him afraid to look at him. She quickly opened the back door and fled into the house. Geoffrey watched Rhyldrin, he did not move from where he stood. He was clearly not amused by what he had seen and heard.

Despite her father possibly wanting her to go to her room Judith remained in the kitchen. She lingered by the back door quietly, her ears perked up as she tried to listen to their conversation. It felt as if her head was going to explode at any moment, what was going to happen now? Of course Judith knew of her father's dislike for Dark Elves more than any other person in the world. When she tried to imagine what he would say to her when he later confronted her it made her nervous. What would she say? What would she do? She would be a nervous wreck when he finally brought himself to speak to her. That was if he could even bare to look at her anymore after what he had seen, her being so close to Rhyldrin like that.

Judith pulled herself away from the back door as she heard someone approaching. Her eyes searched the kitchen for a reason to give for why she was still downstairs rather than up in her room hiding from everyone. She went to the kitchen table, perhaps she still had some time to retreat to her room upstairs. Though before she could find anything or retreat from the kitchen she heard the back door creak open, then someone stepped into the house and slammed it behind them. Judith jumped a little despite expecting it, she reluctantly looked towards the door. Her ears fell and a nervous smile crept across her face, she wanted to speak though she held back her words.

There was something odd about her father though she couldn't really understand why she even saw that. He didn't seem as upset as she had expected him to be. He didn't go straight to the alcohol to drown himself in because of what he had seen. He was not yelling at her or breaking things like he had done when she was a child. Judith tapped her fingers on the surface of the kitchen table as she watched her father, he stood by the kitchen door and looked right back at her. The fact that he was not speaking but was managing to look at her made her feel as if she could spit up what she had had for dinner.

"I'm a lot smarter than you think I am," Judith could hear her heart pounding in her ears, she continued to watch her father despite being so nervous. She would not look away from him. "I knew that you were sneaking out at night, I knew that you were seeing a man." he stepped away from the back door then slipped off his coat and hung it on a hook by the door. He looked over at Judith. "I also happened to notice that you stopped sneaking out once that Dark Elf left." though Judith was rather pale to begin with it looked as if any color she had had drained from her face.

Geoffrey cleared his throat, when he took a step towards Judith and brought himself to stand in front of her she flinched. "I'm not going to yell at you or scold you," he breathed out a sigh. "You're a damn woman now, not a child anymore." Judith wanted to speak though she hesitated to, her father was not done speaking and she was afraid to anger him if she interrupted him. "You're the only one I have left now, Judith." his voice cracked a little though he did not cry. "I know that you're grown but you will always be my little girl and all I want is for you to be happy." a weak smile grew on Geoffrey's face, he took a step away from Judith. "If this is what makes you happy then so be it." he mumbled quietly, he looked away from Judith for a moment then brought his eyes back to her. Her ears fell, Judith could feel her body shaking. What had her father just said to her?

Her father walked away from her, Judith wanted to grab his arm and ask him to repeat what he had said though she knew what he had said. "I'm going to bed now," he said to her before retreating upstairs to his room. Judith stood silently in the kitchen, she listened to him go to his room then close the door quietly behind him. Judith's eyes went to the back door and she went to it without hesitation. She opened the door then took a step outside. Her eyes fell on Rhyldrin who still remained in the back yard. She wanted to speak though she wasn't quite sure what to say.

Judith almost allowed laughter to escape from her though she held it back, she was still rather nervous and unsure of what to think. All of this time she doubted that her and Rhyldrin could ever grow to be more than just secret lovers. She never thought that her father could possibly approve of their relationship but he had and it would take a bit for her to grasp it. "That is a very good point, isn't it?" she managed a smile though it was weak and probably would not last very long. It was odd to think that she no longer had to sneak Rhyldrin into her room and that she no longer had to sneak out in the middle of the night to go see Rhyldrin when he stayed at the inn.

She walked over to Rhyldrin, she brought herself to stand in front of him. "I can't believe that this is happening," she said then looked up at Rhyldrin. Judith brought her hands to rest on his shoulders, she leaned against him. "I swear if this is a dream then I do not wish to wake up from it." she laughed quietly then breathed out a quiet sigh. Judith wondered what her father could be thinking right now considering what had just happened. She doubted that he agreed with it as much as it made it seem he did to her, she knew that he was probably the last person who would accept a Dark Elf in their household.

Geoffrey really did love his daughter, enough to put aside his dislike for Dark Elves because he simply wanted to see her happy. He saw the way she behaved when she had been seeing Rhyldrin. Geoffrey knew that she had been devastated by her mother's sudden death and it was good to see Judith happy once again. Though if the Dark Elf were to fail at making his daughter happy then there would certainly be conflict between the two like he had warned Rhyldrin just moments ago.

Judith desperately wanted to ask Rhyldrin what had been said between him and her father, though she hesitated to do so. She was also still rather shocked by her father's sudden behaviour. Judith had suspected him to yell at her, to scold her as if she was nothing but a child but he did not. Instead he had treated her like an adult and talked to her with respect. One thing that Judith knew was that Rhyldrin had told her father about their relationship. What he had said to her made that very clear. She wasn't angry that Rhyldrin had told him, she was thankful for it. It had saved her from telling him herself and she didn't even know how she would have told him.

Judith shot him a quick look as he said that if this was a dream then it was the worst one. Though when he spoke again she swallowed the words that she had wanted to say. "It's a good thing though, isn't it?" she asked with a weak smile on her face. "I was going to eventually tell him of course though I don't even know how I could have brought myself to do that." she breathed out a sigh then pried herself away from Rhyldrin. "He... seemed a little upset which I had expected but he did not yell at me or scold me as if I was a child." her eyes wandered over her house wondering if her father was listening. "He just wants me to be happy, he's going to accept this because I'm happy."

She looked back at Rhyldrin a laugh escaped from her though it was only brief. "I'm not going to try to get any information out of you, whatever you said made my father less upset it seems." she crossed her arms over her chest then slightly pouted. "Though I'm not going to lie at all, I am rather curious about the conversation that had happened out here." Judith brought herself back to Rhyldrin, she rested against him once again enjoying the warmth that she had missed. "You seem so tired," she mumbled quietly, her ears fell a little and she looked up at Rhyldrin. "You should go rest soon, I need some rest myself after all of this."

Judith flinched a little as his face became close to hers, when he kissed her she melted in his arms instantly. It had been so long since the last time she had seen Rhyldrin, his touch made her heart skip happily in her chest. Though she seemed a little bit more calm now she was still a little on edge from what had happened only moments ago. "You should go to the inn and rest then, you shouldn't be pushing yourself so much." Judith breathed out a sigh and brought a hand up to Rhyldrin's face, she placed it under his chin. "You're going to get sick if you don't rest or eat properly." she felt like his mother always telling him to rest enough and to eat enough. Despite trying very hard to not worry and to think positively Judith did worry a lot about Rhyldrin.

"I would invite you to stay in my home though I think that it is too soon to be doing such things," she laughed though it was a very weak laugh. "Perhaps in the future when the idea of us being together has settled a bit more with my father. I see no reason for you not to come over but I don't think that you sleeping in the same bed as me would really sit well with him at all." the last thing that Judith wanted to do was upset her father. Even having Rhyldrin in the home with him around would probably not be a good idea right now, though eventually it would happen with her father home.

Judith brought the hand from under Rhyldrin's chin to the back of his head, she twirled his hair around her fingers and played with it. "You can come see me tomorrow, I had not planned to do anything." she whispered quietly to him, despite her father knowing now she still felt as if she should keep their plans with each other as private as she possibly could. Though he probably couldn't hear them from his room if she was quiet, she was worrying too much as always.

( Sorry this post sucks. xD )

Judith shook her head a little when Rhyldrin told her that she should save all of her worrying for when she had children. She bit her tongue not wanting to tease Rhyldrin about his comment. The poor man was too tired anyways, she would leave him alone for now. Though it made her wonder if he was dropping a hint or if it was just simply a comment and that was all. Judith knew that she at least wanted to have one child though she had never really thought about having a child up until now. She wondered if Rhyldrin would even want to have a child.

Her eyes fluttered close as he brought his lips to her own once again, Judith released his hair from her grip and allowed him to pull away from herself. "If you still need to rest tomorrow then I will understand," she said aloud as he left her. "Take care of yourself!" she added then laughed quietly to herself. Judith turned towards her house, she quietly opened the door then shut it behind her. Judith paused for a moment to listen for her father, though no noise came from upstairs. She removed her coat, hung it then retreated upstairs to her bedroom.

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Surprisingly Judith had woken later than usual. She quickly dressed then went downstairs, she expected to see her father in the kitchen or the living room but he was no where to be found. He was not even in his own room or on their property. She assumed that he was out working despite. Judith made herself something to eat quickly then as usual she cleaned up the house as much as she could. Her father worked hard and she would feel guilty if the first thing he did was clean rather than rest.

Once she was done inside of the house she went outside to tend to the little garden that she had planted earlier in the Summer. Though due to the weather becoming colder she found that most of the plants were beginning to wither and die. She picked what was left and tossed the vegetables and fruits that were no good to the side for animals to take care of them.

Judith had noticed that Vrine had vanished from her room though she didn't think too much of it. The boy could take care of himself and she doubted that he would get himself into much trouble. Despite being much bigger than he once was he could still move throughout the Capital without being spotted. Judith had faith that he would not be caught though if he was then she didn't think it would cause too much trouble. Now with the peace between the Elves and the Dragonkin it seemed that things were settling down finally. The Dragonkin had provided Bryon with help because of the events in the past, in return Byron gave them help as well. They were being more friendly with each-other than they had ever been before.

She lifted herself from her garden and carried what she had picked to the house. Judith left the back door open allowing a chilly breeze to creep into the house. She filled a few bowls with what she had picked then returned outside to see what else could be done. She too felt that something was terribly wrong though she pushed those thoughts away. Judith knew that everything could only get better now, she had to stop worrying about every little thing. It was true, she worried too much and it would probably make her sick one day.

Though she couldn't help but notice a stronger presence of guards than there had been over the past weeks. She hoped that she was wrong, the last thing that she wanted to happen was something awful again. Everything seemed to be alright now, her father knew about her and Rhyldrin. It wasn't much though it was a start. The fact that her father was accepting their relationship was very good. She couldn't help but wonder when Rhyldrin would ask her to live with him, where would they live? She smiled to herself thinking about how wonderful it would be to wake up beside him every morning and to fall asleep in his arms.

Judith jumped a little as she was pulled from her thoughts, her ears fell and she gave Rhyldrin an unimpressed look. "We already talked about this, didn't we?" she asked then looked up at him. Her eyes fell from Rhyldrin when he mentioned that she had lost something. "I was wondering where you went," she said then shook her head a little. "You should at least tell me that you're going to wander off, I was a bit worried this morning when I woke up and you were nowhere to be found!" Vrine was nearly as tall as Judith, it was a bit odd to see that a child was about her height.

Judith breathed out a sigh then looked back up at Rhyldrin. "Did you notice anything?" she asked him suddenly, she crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't know how to explain it but something doesn't feel right." she added a worried expression washed over her face. "It doesn't help that there seems to be much more guards on patrol." for a moment she chewed on her lower lip nervously then stopped as she continued to speak. "We're not being told something though if there is something wrong I don't think that Bryon would keep it from us for too long. Something is wrong, everyone seems to be on edge."

"For a king Bryon is rather weak at keeping things to himself," Judith laughed quietly then looked up at Rhyldrin when she had her fill of watching the guards. "You might not even get to him before he spills what is wrong." Judith paused for a moment, she bit her tongue. Though it wasn't a bad thing to tell Rhyldrin these things unless of course he decided to take advantage of it. Then again everyone knew that lying or hiding things was not was Bryon did best. "He allows his nerves to get the best of him. You think that a king would be much stronger than he is, huh?"

"Then again he's no different than us so it isn't really surprising." she threw back her shoulders in a brief shrug, her eyes fell from Rhyldrin and went to Vrine. "Are you hungry?" she asked sweetly, a smile crept across her face and she reached out one hand for him to give her one of his. "I just picked some vegetables and fruits, you can have as many as you want to!"

"It's just surprising to see a king who even though he can't hold things in is so willing to let his people know everything, what I said came out wrong." Judith took Vrine's hand in her own, she looked up at Rhyldrin and smiled weakly. "It's good that he does not hide things or lie to us, he couldn't even if he wanted to anyways!" she laughed quietly then returned her eyes to the young boy beside her. "I have a few other things in the house if you don't want what I picked earlier, you can help yourself, alright?" Judith walked with the young boy to her back door, she looked up at Rhyldrin once more before retreating into her house.

It was true, Bryon had been alerted by an unexpected problem. Though after all that had happened it wasn't nearly as surprised or panicked as he really should be. Humans had become a problem now and not only where there humans to deal with, they seemed to had made new friends. Orks, creatures that Bryon had never seen since he was a small child. They were unheard of considering that they had been banished from nearly everywhere in the world for their violent behaviour and their unstoppable thirst to bring destruction to wherever they went. No wonder the humans had recruited them.

Bryon should have known better, only days ago he had planned to ask for peace between the humans and those that he currently called his allies. He was naive, wasn't he? He was an absolute fool who appeared to be easy to take advantage of. Bryon was nothing like his father, he felt as if he was too weak to rule of the Light Elves. Though he knew that if it wasn't for himself then the Light Elves would still be in an endless war with the Dark Elves.

( Meh, bad post! )

It was a good thing to have allies with such events unfolding now. Bryon knew that he many allies though he could not help but be nervous. It wasn't a surprise that he was overwhelmed by his nerves. It was odd that the stress he experienced each and every day did not cause him to become seriously ill. Bryon doubted that his luck would last any longer, if he didn't change something then he would certainly go before it was his time. He didn't like the thought of leaving his people without a heir. Bryon would marry soon, he could not escape the fact that he needed a son or daughter to take his place when he passed. There was a Light Elf who seemed to have interest in him, she had even spoken to him about marriage before. He would ask her, there was a woman who he wished that he could ask though he knew it would be best not to. It was better to be with someone who was also royalty.

Bryon had already sent a few knights to travel to the Dark Elf Capital to ask for their help, the knights were also told to inform the Dark Elf Queen everything. Though Bryon doubted that she had not heard of anything yet, it was impossible to miss such an unusually site. Humans and Orks working together. The size of the army was also hard to miss.

After Judith prepared Vrine something to eat she pulled out a chair at the kitchen table for him to sit. She wondered how hard it would be to explain to her father that she knew this Dragonkin if he happened to come home. Though maybe things would not surprise him as much as she thought they would. Considering what he had discovered last night after all. Judith cleaned as she waited for Rhyldrin to return, if he did return at all. She wouldn't be surprised if he had to go elsewhere. She was extremely worried about what she was going to be told. She hoped that she was simply being paranoid.

( I'm sorry it's so short. @__@ )

Judith jumped a little when Vrine suddenly spoke, she was not expecting him to say anything. For a moment she became nearly overwhelmed by her nerves, was her father home? She hoped that it was Rhyldrin though she was not too sure if it could be him. She had not been keeping track of time and was not too sure how long it had been since he had left to speak to Bryon. "How did you know that?" she raised an eyebrow, her eyes lingered on Vrine for a moment before she went to the back door.

Judith opened the back door when she heard someone stop in front of it. She looked up at Rhyldrin, her brow wrinkled as she noticed that he appeared to be tense. "What is it?" she asked, she bit her tongue. Perhaps it was not a good idea to ask. Did she really want to know? "Are you leaving again?" she blurted out the second question, she appeared to be upset. Judith's ears fell, her shoulders sagged and she felt her heart pounding in her chest.

( Time skip! I really failed with the fight between Judith and the Ork. )

A sound that was animal like escaped from the creatures lips as she swung a blade recklessly at it. Judith had had very little training with any other weapons before she was sent to the battlefield, though she had lost her daggers moments ago and knew that she was now too close to use her bow. The blade was not her own or one of her comrades. She had scavenged it from one of the dead who littered the battlefield now. The creature who stood in front of hovered over her with great height, Judith knew that the it underestimated her which she would take advantage of shortly. It let out a laugh as she attempted to strike it once again, it almost sounded human.

Her eyes studied her enemies weapon, it was a large, poorly made axe that was taller than Judith. It made her nervous, the last thing that she wanted to happen was to be struck by it. She knew that Orks were rather strong, this one seemed to be much larger than the others she had taken down in the past few months. Judith's eyes grew wide as the creature lifted it's weapon and swung it at her, she moved quickly despite the weight that her armour added. Before she had come out her she wore it quite a bit to get use to it.

It's weapon nearly hit her as it attempted to strike her once more, Judith ducked avoiding it's touch. She quickly lifted her foot kicking the creature in the stomach hard. It stumbled back though not as much as she had wanted it to. Judith's hands shook violently as she brought herself close to it. All it took was one mistake and she was a complete goner. The blade that she had taken dove into the Ork's stomach. Something warm splattered across her face, she closed her eyes for a moment trying to hold back to sudden urge to vomit. Despite the cry that it let out she drove the blade deeper into the creature. Judith let go of the blade, the creature fell backwards against the ground.

Judith's eyes opened, she watched the creature that she had struggled with not long ago slowly die. The blade must have struck something vital for there to be so much blood, the sight of it made her squirm. A heavy breath finally escaped from her as she confirmed that the creature was dead. Though she was weary to approach it to check for a pulse or to even retrieve the blade. Judith looked up from the Ork that she had just killed, they wandered around the area that surrounded her. There were so many bodies, yet there was still a vast number of enemies. No one that she saw was not fighting except for herself, she seemed to be in a daze.

Though a sudden noise from behind brought Judith back to reality. Her ears fell, a concerned expression washed over her face. Judith was afraid to turn around to see what or who was approaching her, she pried her eyes from the others then turned. It was a man, another enemy who was quickly approaching her. Though she did not react quick enough, she felt his hands press against her chest. Judith stumbled backwards, she attempted to remain standing though could not.

Air escaped from Judith's lungs as she was tossed to the ground. A sudden, throbbing pain from her back overcame for a moment before she finally brought her attention back to the man who had thrown her to the ground. The sound of weapons clashing together erupted around her, the man who now stood over her laughed as if he was mad. It seemed that it was just one enemy after another. She was becoming exhausted. He moved suddenly, Judith rolled to the right, away from him quickly avoiding his blade that he had intended to strike her with. Before she could stand he brought his blade down, it met her bow. A horrible noise was made, Judith's bow fell to the ground in two pieces. Fear grew in her eyes though she knew that she could not allow her life to be taken so easily.