"Absolutely not." Fleety said with resolute firmness.
"You just can't go about hunting a dragon without support." Myrlene said in defiance.
Fleety looked up from a small back pack shi'd been packing with enough rope, chain and a myriad of shackles that would imprison half an army. Shi lifted the vials of Dragons Bane essence and unstopped each one sniffing out their potency. Shi stared at Myrlene with eyes that glowed like smoldering embers.
"You will not go anywhere near that dragon Myrlene. It was bad enough that he abused you and my grandson in the privacy of your home. I will not allow that to happen to you in public nor will I put you at risk with dealing with him." Shi snapped at her.
Myrlene approached Fleety and pulled at hir elbows. "Please father, listen to me. Just let him be. We are divorced and I haven't seen him in a year. Is this really needed?" She waved a hand to all the hunting gear her father had on the table.
Fleety moved hir elbows out of Myrlene's grasp. "You were subjugated to harm and depravity. I will not allow atrocities put upon my family to go unpunished. I will exact a price out of his hide." Shi said.
The small back pack was soon synched tight and slung over hir shoulders. Shi wore simple tan leather armor under hir red tunic and hakemah. With a practiced motion shi began fastening on hir sword belt. Myrlene made an exasperated sigh and moved to the doorway of hir fathers study. She crossed her arms and blocked the opening. Sword adjusted for fast running Fleety moved to the door and stopped to stare down at her daughter.
"Myrlene move out of the way." Fleety said. Alpha power poured into hir words.
Myrlene gave a slight tremble as that power filled Fleety's words but she ground her teeth and frost sheathed the threshold and door frame. She had dug in with her powers and stared up at her father.
"Listen to me." She said. Deity aura filled her words with vibrant power and they impacted with the Alpha power of Fleety. "I forgave Moonshine for what he's done to me and Calcifer. Leave the dragon be. There is no point in starting a war with the other dragon kin by hunting him down."
Fleety's ears had twitched at the abrupt defiance of hir command and status. Shi schooled hir expression to calmness and willed hir hands to remain relaxed against their want to backhand Myrlene. The power struggle between them was palpable.
"A war with the dragon kin would only happen should I hunt more than Moonshine. I have obtained permission from Icer herself to make Moonshine pay for what he did. I have also promised not to kill him, though death is what he deserves to spare others his selfish and arrogant ways. Now move aside. I have traps to set for him." Fleety said.
"No father. I will not let you through. Without someone else there, you'll lose yourself. You may have good intentions over something stupid as my honor but can you really control yourself? How easy will it be to fall into the fervor of combat and kill him with ease? Let me come with you and ensure he is not unjustly punished." She pleaded.
Fleety's ears flattened now in annoyance. "Why do you still care for him? He was someone you were thrust together with and bound by the soul because of stupidity on his part. You should be asking for him to be beaten as he beat you. Why are you pleading his case?"
"You forget that his stupidity kept me alive that night after Mogriil tried murdering me. I am returning the favor now and sparing him." Myrlene said with a small tremble in her voice.
Fleety gave a small sigh, leaned in and put a strong hand on her small shoulders. "Lene..." Shi took a knee to stare at hir daughter on an equal level. "If it was some stranger that beat you or any of your own children, what would you do?"
"He's not a stranger father. He was my husband for three years." She said with a firm set of her jaw.
"Yes, he was your husband. That closeness is blinding you Myrlene. Think about the fights you and I have had. It's hurt us both often to the point of avoiding each other in the past. Yet I am sure you won't beat me as punishment nor would I attack you for disrespect. We often sooth our tempers with love when action should be the course. I am not supporting that we stop caring for each other as father and daughter; having at each other with claw and sword. I just want you to look at yourself and your son seriously. When you two separated, how long did it take us to get you to be social again? To trust any male strange or familiar? How many nights did we hold you as you cried and cried from the pent up abuse breaking out?" Fleety's words were gentle, yet heavy with truth.
Myrlene stood there, her eyes darting away from Fleety's stare. She was swallowing nervously as the words drug up the still sore and wounded heart she had.
"What good will violence do for this situation?" She said in soft resignation.
"Not a whole lot in all reality, but I don't plan on using too much violence. I simply want to demonstrate that our family will no longer be messed with and the perpetrators walk away with no consequence. I am not only doing this for you as a caring father should, but I am also doing this for him. He needs to be aware that his actions and current mindset are not something pleasant to continue. Would you rather see him abusing future mates?" Fleety said.
She shook her head no to the asked question. Fleety's reasoning was loosening her hold on opposing this plan of action.
"I don't want to see anyone get hurt like that again." She said.
"Then let me through. Let me set the traps. Capture him and bring him here to face his crimes before us all as a family." Fleety said.
With tense hesitation, Myrlene moved from the doorway, the ice around the frame melting away. Fleety leaned over and gave her a hug and a kiss on the forehead then stood. Shi strolled out of the room.
"I'll be back in a couple hours. Don't fret your mothers over this. I am setting traps then coming home." Fleety said.
Myrlene watched hir leave the house and she never left the front window. She stood vigil, watching and waiting for hir return.
"You just can't go about hunting a dragon without support." Myrlene said in defiance.
Fleety looked up from a small back pack shi'd been packing with enough rope, chain and a myriad of shackles that would imprison half an army. Shi lifted the vials of Dragons Bane essence and unstopped each one sniffing out their potency. Shi stared at Myrlene with eyes that glowed like smoldering embers.
"You will not go anywhere near that dragon Myrlene. It was bad enough that he abused you and my grandson in the privacy of your home. I will not allow that to happen to you in public nor will I put you at risk with dealing with him." Shi snapped at her.
Myrlene approached Fleety and pulled at hir elbows. "Please father, listen to me. Just let him be. We are divorced and I haven't seen him in a year. Is this really needed?" She waved a hand to all the hunting gear her father had on the table.
Fleety moved hir elbows out of Myrlene's grasp. "You were subjugated to harm and depravity. I will not allow atrocities put upon my family to go unpunished. I will exact a price out of his hide." Shi said.
The small back pack was soon synched tight and slung over hir shoulders. Shi wore simple tan leather armor under hir red tunic and hakemah. With a practiced motion shi began fastening on hir sword belt. Myrlene made an exasperated sigh and moved to the doorway of hir fathers study. She crossed her arms and blocked the opening. Sword adjusted for fast running Fleety moved to the door and stopped to stare down at her daughter.
"Myrlene move out of the way." Fleety said. Alpha power poured into hir words.
Myrlene gave a slight tremble as that power filled Fleety's words but she ground her teeth and frost sheathed the threshold and door frame. She had dug in with her powers and stared up at her father.
"Listen to me." She said. Deity aura filled her words with vibrant power and they impacted with the Alpha power of Fleety. "I forgave Moonshine for what he's done to me and Calcifer. Leave the dragon be. There is no point in starting a war with the other dragon kin by hunting him down."
Fleety's ears had twitched at the abrupt defiance of hir command and status. Shi schooled hir expression to calmness and willed hir hands to remain relaxed against their want to backhand Myrlene. The power struggle between them was palpable.
"A war with the dragon kin would only happen should I hunt more than Moonshine. I have obtained permission from Icer herself to make Moonshine pay for what he did. I have also promised not to kill him, though death is what he deserves to spare others his selfish and arrogant ways. Now move aside. I have traps to set for him." Fleety said.
"No father. I will not let you through. Without someone else there, you'll lose yourself. You may have good intentions over something stupid as my honor but can you really control yourself? How easy will it be to fall into the fervor of combat and kill him with ease? Let me come with you and ensure he is not unjustly punished." She pleaded.
Fleety's ears flattened now in annoyance. "Why do you still care for him? He was someone you were thrust together with and bound by the soul because of stupidity on his part. You should be asking for him to be beaten as he beat you. Why are you pleading his case?"
"You forget that his stupidity kept me alive that night after Mogriil tried murdering me. I am returning the favor now and sparing him." Myrlene said with a small tremble in her voice.
Fleety gave a small sigh, leaned in and put a strong hand on her small shoulders. "Lene..." Shi took a knee to stare at hir daughter on an equal level. "If it was some stranger that beat you or any of your own children, what would you do?"
"He's not a stranger father. He was my husband for three years." She said with a firm set of her jaw.
"Yes, he was your husband. That closeness is blinding you Myrlene. Think about the fights you and I have had. It's hurt us both often to the point of avoiding each other in the past. Yet I am sure you won't beat me as punishment nor would I attack you for disrespect. We often sooth our tempers with love when action should be the course. I am not supporting that we stop caring for each other as father and daughter; having at each other with claw and sword. I just want you to look at yourself and your son seriously. When you two separated, how long did it take us to get you to be social again? To trust any male strange or familiar? How many nights did we hold you as you cried and cried from the pent up abuse breaking out?" Fleety's words were gentle, yet heavy with truth.
Myrlene stood there, her eyes darting away from Fleety's stare. She was swallowing nervously as the words drug up the still sore and wounded heart she had.
"What good will violence do for this situation?" She said in soft resignation.
"Not a whole lot in all reality, but I don't plan on using too much violence. I simply want to demonstrate that our family will no longer be messed with and the perpetrators walk away with no consequence. I am not only doing this for you as a caring father should, but I am also doing this for him. He needs to be aware that his actions and current mindset are not something pleasant to continue. Would you rather see him abusing future mates?" Fleety said.
She shook her head no to the asked question. Fleety's reasoning was loosening her hold on opposing this plan of action.
"I don't want to see anyone get hurt like that again." She said.
"Then let me through. Let me set the traps. Capture him and bring him here to face his crimes before us all as a family." Fleety said.
With tense hesitation, Myrlene moved from the doorway, the ice around the frame melting away. Fleety leaned over and gave her a hug and a kiss on the forehead then stood. Shi strolled out of the room.
"I'll be back in a couple hours. Don't fret your mothers over this. I am setting traps then coming home." Fleety said.
Myrlene watched hir leave the house and she never left the front window. She stood vigil, watching and waiting for hir return.