So Gav comes into the Arena just as Skyler is leaving and he hears Vanion and this new threat and is not happy to say the least. Things get very heated very fast especially when he finds out it was Vanion that spit in my face. Just not pretty at all tonight. Nope! Not at all. I?m thinking is it is time to go upstairs where I can hopefully find my Boy Toy and sic him on these new threats because I am tired and want them to go away and he did promise me his protection any time.

We get upstairs finally and no Brian but that is okay because who should arrive but Talomar, another of my protectors, had Skyler but known this which of course he couldn?t have known because as far as I know no one but Gav and Talomar knows this up to now that is unless Tara already knew but I don?t know if she did or not either. After tonight anyone that was in the Inn and anyone that hears about it from someone else that was there will also know this fact.

I go over to Talomar and ask for his help in taking care of the threats from Skyler. I just asked him to let him know somehow that bullying people isn?t nice in whatever way he wants to but I did NOT ask him to kill him. That taken care of I go back over and then here comes my Boy Toy at last striding into the Inn.

I rush over to him and get his attention and explain what is going on but then here comes that voice again of the new friend of the lyin? pyro making more threats and I point this out to Brian and of course Gav was there and he had already been warning me before Brian ever got there that I was going to start a war at the rate I was going. I figure because of WHO I was getting involved in this but really Skyler needs to know that he can?t just run around spouting off threats like that to women.

I even pointed out to Skyler that Jewell and I are friends and he said that didn?t matter. If this seems a little harsh then I guess it is harsh but sheesh that threat was very harsh. Not to mention I have already been shoved around by that boss, Tommy, of his once and I don?t want a repeat of that experience so I need something done about this boy and I need it done now.

Anyway I am over there with a person that I trust and know will protect and help me no matter what and have explained to him the who, where, what, and why fores and what does he do? Tells me about charms that I can use and turns around and walks away just like that. This is the same man that will take up anyone?s cause at any point in time. I do mean anyone. If you need help everyone knows you can go to Brian and he will help you.

But did he help me? Nope, he went over to talk to Tasha instead. This whole thing with his wife has done something terrible to him is all I can figure out and if I ever catch sight of her I think I may rip her to shreds with my bare hands if I have to. Never, ever in all my born days did I ever once think that he would not help me.

She must have warped him something fierce is all I can figure out has happened. I don?t know for sure if that is what has happened or not because I will tell you true it really hurt my feelings last night and those tears came when he turned away like that so I had to hide my face and have Gav bring me home. I couldn?t talk to him or stay and find out then. I won?t let no one see me crying like that. It doesn?t do anyone any good for me to be crying in the common room.

If I am going to cry I would much rather do it in private than out in public where people might make fun of me for having a soft heart like Skyler did when I admitted his returning the wedding favor hurt my feelings. He made fun of me cause it hurt my feelings. I regret admitting that I actually do have any feelings that are real at all to anyone other than my husband. And people wonder why I did not grieve for Jean in public. Sheesh!

I do not know that I will not verbally attack Skyler in front of Jewell. I should add unless he starts it. That just would not be fair to her. She really does like him and she is a friend of mine and I would not want to put her in a bad position. What he does has nothing to do with her and she has no control over him or his actions and the things that he says. She would probably be horrified if she found out.

He is so not worth risking my friendship with my Keg Sister. But if he brings it up then I will tell her the truth about what he has threatened me with because I will not lie to her IF she asks me.

But that leads me to wonder if she really knows what she would be dealing with because there are many sides to my beloved that just like myself he very rarely shows in public. We are both very private people in reality and seldom show the world more than our smiles, warmth, and of course the love that we feel for each other.

Just a couple of weeks ago I saw for the first time in person his anger. We had talked about him being angry about this or that thing but I had never actually seen him angry until I had gone to the jailhouse to meet with Knight Detective Curian about my friend Dimitri.

Now you have to understand I did not know who this person was I was going to see but they had left a note at my desk at The Oracle office to see Mrs. Starfare. Well that is the Queen of Westridge in my book so I went home and got all gussied up, gathered up my royal bodyguards, because I had all them jewels and my crown and the ?Queen? was out and about, and headed to the jail.

As soon as I saw who had left the notes I knew there just might be some trouble because this here person that had been leaving notes about Dimitri?s trial was none other than the strange guy that had stolen, and I do mean STOLEN a kiss from me one night in the common room and I had bit his lip for doing it!

He had also stolen a hug and I had elbowed him for that but that wasn?t nearly as bad as him having stolen that kiss. Well you see Art had given Gav and I this wedding gift that links us magically so that what one is feeling and knows the other does too at the same time. Curian tried to get me to come into his office alone and I refused as soon as I recognized him as a male that had taken unwanted liberties with me in the past.

Gav being linked with me as he is knew as soon as I did that this was the guy that had kissed me in the common room. I would have to say don?t tick off a High Elven King unless you have a death wish. He showed up and he was mad to put it mildly. He did not even give me a hug and kiss hello and that is something that in all the time I have known him he has not once failed to do.

Instead he turned immediately to Curian and his office and proceeded to give him a piece of his mind then turned loose his Elven magic and splintered the Detective?s desk, which I am thinking the guy is lucky that is the worst my beloved husband did, told him if he had anything further to speak with me about he would be doing it through him, then Gav escorted me out of the jail.

I have not seen or heard from that one since and don?t expect to

Oh but then there is Cory. My friend who I have been at WAR with these past few days. I had gone to the Great Hall to see what the news was there for The Oracle. I like to go there because I can usually get a good story for the paper but this night there wasn?t much happening. But I stayed and was having a really good time visiting.

We got to talking about fighting and I was telling them about what had happened with me tackling Cory and almost breaking his ribs and all for calling me that name that I abhor. Well now I do not know how but them walls do have ears as I should have remembered.

He caught wind of it and showed up waving this big old foam finger at me and poked me with it and yelled in my face that we were at WAR! I am not one to back down so I yelled back at him WAR! And it was on.

He has thrown peanuts at me by the handfuls every chance he has had. I have thrown bowls of chips at him at every opportunity. We have yelled WAR at each other every time we see each other. However when I am tending bar and he comes in I always greet him kindly and serve him a beer just like everyone else after I throw the bowl of chips at him.

I even succeeded one night in stealing his prized Stetson and holding it hostage for an hour or so. But then he vaulted the bar in an attempt to recapture his hat. Luckily Wyh was helping me out behind the bar and she caught him in the middle of the attempted rescue and sent it over to me because I had tripped over a box trying to get back to it.

He gave up trying to get his hat back and headed out the door yelling something about free beer and refusing to pay for his drinks that night. Poor Cory because it just so happened that Kitty was coming in and nabbed him by the ear proceeding to drag him right back into the common room! I had Allies that night and he was all alone!!!

She made him say he was sorry and I gave him back his hat and he paid for the drinks. I had won that battle but the WAR was still on. He had won a battle the night before by beating me in a duel so we were dead even in the WAR 1 - All.

Then comes The Arena and my dread new mortal enemy and I meet once more on the field of battle, Cory. All is well for the moment though as I am waiting for duelists to want to bleed in the rings for the BLOOD GUTS and GLORY of the Duel of Swords. But then there is Xenograg who wants to make peace between Cory and I.

All seems to be going well for Xeno and his attempts to make peace between us as I make my apology for almost breaking Cory?s ribs sincerely as I am truly tired of salt getting in very uncomfortable places on a regular basis now days. His turn to apologize and what does he do? He calls me by that hated name!

It is all over but the crying as I throw my mug of coffee at him then head to the bar for more ammunition. A bowl of peanuts, a bottle of Tass? favorite well-aged scotch, and one kitchen knife ready to be thrown later and Cory is hiding behind Xeno for cover. Xeno now washes his hands of the entire matter as he figures out Cory has called me that name to provoke me once more in his apology.

I of course drop the kitchen knife as I would never harm Xeno. He is a close friend of both Gav and myself and I would not risk my aim although I am quite proficient with knives and daggers having practiced for years with them.

Cory and I attempt the apologies again and this time we get them right as in comes Tele who I have not seen in months. The staff cleans up the mess I have made and all is well once more.