With Lynnette moved into another room, and her socalled 'brother' placed in the villages stocks; Fenryn moved swiftly to the edge of the village. He watched the last of the battles take place before the bandits finally retreated or surrendered. He was glad that the scroll he had sent to the Guild had brought the mages to the battle in time, but had wished they had gotten here faster. Either way, he was pleased that his side had won. He could see Vaughan returning to the village now and Asher was being pulled along by an escort of Knights. Fenryn was relieved to see Vaughan was alive and well. He met the man halfway and tried to fuss over the Knight Captain. He wanted to make sure the man had not been hurt at all. “I am fine, your Majesty,” Vaughan said as he tried to hide the pain he was in. He offered the King a small smile, then turned to face Asher and the Knights, “take him to the stocks. He shouldn't cause any further problems, now that I have stripped him of a

Only an hour had passed before Teo and Vaughan joined Fenryn in Lynnette's room. She seemed to be in a deep sleep, nothing more. However, Teo's look was enough to tell Fenryn that it wasn't good news. She sat on the edge of the bed and ran a gentle hand along the sleeping woman's forehead. “I can only delay the venom without further damaging her. We need to lift the spell before we can remove it completely.” She offered softly. “So Asher really did tell the truth about this,” Vaughan said with a sigh. “And the only cure is in the Lightmist woods, in the hands of a clan of Enerawyn that will not be easy to find.” He glanced to Fenryn. He was glad that the King hadn't shunned away from him at all. However, Vaughan noticed that Fenryn hadn't said much to either of them. He wondered if it was out of worry for Lynnette or something more recent the King was thinking of. “I can give you three days.” Teo was now saying, “any more than that, and the venom within Lynnette will

Morning couldn't come quick enough for Vaughan. He had been up all night with worry. His bruise had healed well enough that the apprentice that Teo had ordered to tend to Vaughan's needs was happy enough to leave him alone now, but he had been given strict orders, not to overexert himself at all. That did not mean he had listened, of course. He paced the edge of the woods for the best part of the night, even though he knew Fenryn would not be likely to return so soon. The other half of the night he spent his time checking on Lynnette. She seemed to have lost quite a bit of colour in her cheeks since she first had been hit by the spell, but she was still alive and he had to be thankful to Teo's skill for that. Naturally, all this worry kept him from any real sleep and now he had less patience for those around him. Most of the Knights kept their distance from Vaughan, for fear that he would force them into some unreasonable training exercise. Only a few people braved g

Another whole day passed by before Fenryn saw the familiar shapes of human buildings. The mist had almost lifted entirely during the journey back to the village, though he never once saw another Fae during that time. He was curious about it, but the clan leader named Athera gave no explanation on the matter and merely smiled at him. Fenryn wondered if the Fae merely knew without communication, but he could tell that he would get no answers. At least not from Athera. He wondered if Lynnette would explain it more to him later.If she survived...The clan seemed overly nervous when they reached the edge of the woods and Fenryn could tell that they very rarely came this close to human civilisation. Some of them seemed less afraid, but not by much. He wondered if those had a little more experience than the others when dealing with humans, but it couldn't have been much, especially when comparing them to the Malruthiia.He attempted to calm them down, but no matter wh

An hour passed by before Fenryn sent a few people to 'search' for Asher. He wanted to give the illusion that the man had escaped, and that he wanted to re-capture him. He knew the man would be long gone by now, and with Vaughan's spies keeping track of the man, he wasn't too worried that someone would find him. Fenryn wasn't sure if he wanted to re-capture Asher for real just yet, and Vaughan had said that it might prove beneficial to allow the man to go if only to find out what his next plans were.Athera gave the news that Lynnette had finally awakened, and seemed to be doing well. Though Fenryn could tell that his friend was not her usual self. She seemed to be unable to move much and some parts of her seemed unable to move at all. Sometimes Lynnette's hand movements would be fine, but now and then she would lose the ability to grip anything.It was obvious that she would not be able to continue her Knight duties if she ever was able to function properly as a person