Later in the evening, after Brian and Jenai had it out inside the RDI
She was still a ?woman treading water and her thoughts were a storm at sea, in which she?d been cast overboard from all reason. All plots, all planning... gone. How could he possibly have turned her world upside down AGAIN!
First meeting the swearing loud... monster, that the whole world hated. She fell in love with him... Had children with with... him.
Taking the steps, each one at a time, she soon found herself at HER Temple and springs.
She lied to him...
She would not be there at the little corner of the garden. That special place where they swung in a hammock, ate watermelon and watched fireworks when the sun went down. She was tired of being hurt. She should have stuck with her first thought since leaving the Isles.?
That all men were bad distractions, and would only get you killed.
Nothing could have been closer to the truth than that, especially when it came to... him.
The sun had set, she?d used darkness and sent Allegria one way while she?d waited and gone another. She?d stopped in the little, okay large, restaurant the Lotus owned and ate a meal alone, drank alone, and now walked back with a very nice bottle of Plum Wine, to enjoy, alone.
One of the Older newer temple girls was closing up when she saw Jenai walking past the front doors, One of the much older widows Jenai had helped, ... how many years ago was it now... she wondered... whispered something to the young girl who quickly scampered off.
?Greetings your Grace?
?Widow Loris. How are you??
?Relieved, it has been some time since you came to pay us a visit.?
?I know, For that I am sorry.?
?Ah don?t fret, We know you are helping the Valley, ? Loris patted Jenai?s hand and gave her a wrinkled smile.
?Are the springs empty??
?Hours ago my dear. We were just about to lock them up. I sent Tamara to fetch you some milk and towels,? Loris eyed the bottle and sadness Jenai carried.
?I sure could use them right now.? She took in a breath as the walked near the heated waters.
?Say no more.?
Tamara could be seen near the waters edge laying fresh linens a cold bucket on the rocks and disappearing from sight. It was late and the temple would be falling asleep soon.
Jenai had planned it just right. She was NOT in the mood for company.
?He refuses to let my heart mend.? to no one as she shed her clothing, stepping from the pile where they dropped and down the warm rocks and into the steamed waters. ?Submerging and resurfacing into the spring air, as swirls of breath had risen into dark sky.
She looked around, remembering that Dark had helped her plant so many of the exotic trees and bushes around the garden... Brian was gone then too. ?While the warmth and humidity of the springs helped keep them alive and blooming no matter the weather outside the walls... it was just another chisel in the heartache.
She swam over to where the towels waited and rested against the edge, pouring herself a cool glass of wine. Her eyes closing, as as she sipped heavily. She?d be staying the night here, probably take one of the beds they used in the infirmary and enjoy the silence. The girls were probably still up with the Twins from her private guard learning some kind of new flip or something.
That thought, as she turned her back to the rocks, her girls with their red maned heads blessed her mood and made her smile as she closed her eyes once more, allowing the water ease her worries.
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How long he had been there, he couldn't say... The truth was, time had no meaning when it came to her.
It never had, and it never would. That's just the way it was, when it came to her...
As it stood, time had ended the day he had been taken away from her. Time had been meaningless, when he had been fighting his way back to her, from Darkenwood. When he had finally been returned to her, time stood still once more, much to the disappointment of he, as well as she. And yet again, he had been taken, and then yet again. How many times had it been? How long had it been? How long had she waited, and how much longer had he fought his way to finally return to her once and for all?
It had been too long of a time, that's how long...
A day away from her, was a day too long... He knew it then, but recently--- he felt it more so than ever.
He told her once, there was nothing he would not do for her and that was not a lie.
He told her, he would always return to her and that was not a lie.
He told her, he loved her above all else in this world, and the next... Gods help him, he did not lie.
He told her, he would not be taken away again--- that was a lie...
A cruel lie, it was... A lie that cut so deeply, that-- he did not know, if the damage could ever be repaired. Especially given--- what he had done lately, upon the death of Jacyn.
His 'resurgence' so to speak, much in the limelight and quite against his will. Still, more than enough to warrant her anger, and then some.
He watched her more so, from the cover of darkness...
He was no fool, and as he stated before--'Nothing was ever that simple'...
His heart raced, as he watched her... The fear ever so tangible, as he felt himself come undone in a series of soft tremors. And after what felt like yet another lifetime away from her, he stepped from those shadows towards her,
?Jenai...?
She was still a ?woman treading water and her thoughts were a storm at sea, in which she?d been cast overboard from all reason. All plots, all planning... gone. How could he possibly have turned her world upside down AGAIN!
First meeting the swearing loud... monster, that the whole world hated. She fell in love with him... Had children with with... him.
Taking the steps, each one at a time, she soon found herself at HER Temple and springs.
She lied to him...
She would not be there at the little corner of the garden. That special place where they swung in a hammock, ate watermelon and watched fireworks when the sun went down. She was tired of being hurt. She should have stuck with her first thought since leaving the Isles.?
That all men were bad distractions, and would only get you killed.
Nothing could have been closer to the truth than that, especially when it came to... him.
The sun had set, she?d used darkness and sent Allegria one way while she?d waited and gone another. She?d stopped in the little, okay large, restaurant the Lotus owned and ate a meal alone, drank alone, and now walked back with a very nice bottle of Plum Wine, to enjoy, alone.
One of the Older newer temple girls was closing up when she saw Jenai walking past the front doors, One of the much older widows Jenai had helped, ... how many years ago was it now... she wondered... whispered something to the young girl who quickly scampered off.
?Greetings your Grace?
?Widow Loris. How are you??
?Relieved, it has been some time since you came to pay us a visit.?
?I know, For that I am sorry.?
?Ah don?t fret, We know you are helping the Valley, ? Loris patted Jenai?s hand and gave her a wrinkled smile.
?Are the springs empty??
?Hours ago my dear. We were just about to lock them up. I sent Tamara to fetch you some milk and towels,? Loris eyed the bottle and sadness Jenai carried.
?I sure could use them right now.? She took in a breath as the walked near the heated waters.
?Say no more.?
Tamara could be seen near the waters edge laying fresh linens a cold bucket on the rocks and disappearing from sight. It was late and the temple would be falling asleep soon.
Jenai had planned it just right. She was NOT in the mood for company.
?He refuses to let my heart mend.? to no one as she shed her clothing, stepping from the pile where they dropped and down the warm rocks and into the steamed waters. ?Submerging and resurfacing into the spring air, as swirls of breath had risen into dark sky.
She looked around, remembering that Dark had helped her plant so many of the exotic trees and bushes around the garden... Brian was gone then too. ?While the warmth and humidity of the springs helped keep them alive and blooming no matter the weather outside the walls... it was just another chisel in the heartache.
She swam over to where the towels waited and rested against the edge, pouring herself a cool glass of wine. Her eyes closing, as as she sipped heavily. She?d be staying the night here, probably take one of the beds they used in the infirmary and enjoy the silence. The girls were probably still up with the Twins from her private guard learning some kind of new flip or something.
That thought, as she turned her back to the rocks, her girls with their red maned heads blessed her mood and made her smile as she closed her eyes once more, allowing the water ease her worries.
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How long he had been there, he couldn't say... The truth was, time had no meaning when it came to her.
It never had, and it never would. That's just the way it was, when it came to her...
As it stood, time had ended the day he had been taken away from her. Time had been meaningless, when he had been fighting his way back to her, from Darkenwood. When he had finally been returned to her, time stood still once more, much to the disappointment of he, as well as she. And yet again, he had been taken, and then yet again. How many times had it been? How long had it been? How long had she waited, and how much longer had he fought his way to finally return to her once and for all?
It had been too long of a time, that's how long...
A day away from her, was a day too long... He knew it then, but recently--- he felt it more so than ever.
He told her once, there was nothing he would not do for her and that was not a lie.
He told her, he would always return to her and that was not a lie.
He told her, he loved her above all else in this world, and the next... Gods help him, he did not lie.
He told her, he would not be taken away again--- that was a lie...
A cruel lie, it was... A lie that cut so deeply, that-- he did not know, if the damage could ever be repaired. Especially given--- what he had done lately, upon the death of Jacyn.
His 'resurgence' so to speak, much in the limelight and quite against his will. Still, more than enough to warrant her anger, and then some.
He watched her more so, from the cover of darkness...
He was no fool, and as he stated before--'Nothing was ever that simple'...
His heart raced, as he watched her... The fear ever so tangible, as he felt himself come undone in a series of soft tremors. And after what felt like yet another lifetime away from her, he stepped from those shadows towards her,
?Jenai...?