Posted by Lady Rose on December 09, 1998 at 12:05:48:
It is the early evening, and soon I must go and prepare for the feast, but for now, I am walking in solitude beside the lake. The sun will soon set, coloring the sky, and I am pondering, absorbing the events of the day. A little sad for Santiago's impending departure, but warmed by his love, and by the friendly welcome I have received from everyone here at the castle.
There ahead of me, I spy Lady Kara and Lady Cinnamon, standing by the lake, just beyond that small stand of oaks and evergreens. What delightful lasses. Kara the wee mischievous, and Cinnamon the... what?... ah, Cinnamon the Spicy *chuckle*. Perhaps I shall go and visit with them for a few moments, before I must go to dress for the feast.
As I approach them I notice that they are looking intently in the other direction. The breeze is blowing, rustling the brown leaves still clinging to the oaks, and they do not hear my approach. I follow their gaze and see a small group of men, standing a ways beyond them. Oh, there is my Lord Santiago. A warm smile rises to my lips, a warmth to my heart. And there is that legion guard Kara is so smitten with, and Lord Centurion, and that must be Lord Ronin in the kilt.
Now I am close enough to hear what the ladies are saying.
"Yes Kara, he looks a pretty tasty morsel, but not as to compare with that Lord Santiago." It wasn't only what she said, but the way Lady Cinny said this that made me pause, still shadowed by the trees.
"But Cinny, he belongs to Lady Rose" insists Kara. Lady Cinny dismisses this with a gesture.
"It does not signify, Kara, when the man be needing some younger blood"
*Younger blood, huh,* I'm thinking takes a woman, not a girl, to satisfy my Lord. Then I see the men turn their gaze toward these lasses, and the ladies assume slightly exaggerated stances. I am thinking the men see through this. Then I see my Santiago warmly smiling at Lady Cinnamon. Hhmmm, I've seen that look before.
"See, I told you Kara," Cinny says, in a voice of smug satisfaction. "I'll be enjoying him in a dark alcove ere he leaves on that quest of his"
That was enough! "You dare!" I cried, moving from the shadows. Startled, Kara and Cinnamon turn to see me, just as I give Cinnamon a well-deserved push, unbalancing her, whereupon she tumbles into the lake.....
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