Kingdoms

the spot where she stood, before finally looking back to where he had laid several minutes ago, and that was when she noticed that both his sword and it's scabbard were gone too. But Where

like a desolate wife?" Her voice hitched and caught as it rose higher with each word, but she didn't care. She had been frightened by his sudden disappearance, and was angered at the sight of him, and he ws going to hear it from. Yes, he would. He turned around quickly, his eyes going wide, at the sight of her. Her hair was tossled, her fist cluctched at her sides. He thought she looked beautiful. Angry, sleepy and beautiful. The cold was doing a number obn him. "You're awake." He replied, at a loss of words. "Yes, i'm awake. And just

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want to be a better man. He wasn't a prince, or a Lord, but he would do his best by her, he would keep her safe, and if she let him, he would love her. "I want to bathe. Then I'll join you when i'm finished, then we could start today's journey." He simply nodded at that too and turned around, Leaving her there, her head and heart all a needy mess. She picked the soap from the heap, she'd left a little distance away, got closer to the stream, and took off all her clothes. She all but yelped when she got into the water. it was cold and the cold wasn't welcome, but she bathed. Albeit quickly, and ran out of the water when she was done. happy Jasper wasn't there to see, he would have thought her a wuss, and she did not need that. She put on her fresher clothes and gathered the others and made her way back to the clearing. Jasper had a tunic on now and had taken down the tent. "There is a tavern not so far from here where we can get breakfast." "I'm not supposed to be seen, remember?" He seemed to contemplate that for a moment. "You don't seem so much like a lady." She pursed her lips at his words, "Aw gee, Jasper! You really know what to say to a lady." She turned around and began to put her hair into pigtails. His words, had affected her, they had. But she wouldn't let him see just how much, she simply wouldn't. "What I mean is, you're in trousers and a tunic instead of skirts, no one would expect the princess of brone to be in trousers and a t

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ht down the tent. Dear diary, I kissed him, and he kissed me back. I kissed him a