The Duke's Bride

[Hanza koshack]

"And she would not forgive me if I let you go into such a dangerous place without her! Think! she raised an army of the heveans to rescue her because she believed that Eliana would not be enough to save her! That should tell you about how serious this is! Let me save my daughter" I shout shaking her "I can't do that if you're going to fight that man."

[Wylde]

"I can take care of myself," she snarls, but it's sulkier, less snarly. 

[Hanza koshack]

"We will kill him later." I say letting her go and returning to Tova. I beguin to pray and she begins to glow. Healing from the inside out. As I pray another of our caravan joins me and then another. Spreading the cost amongst three people.

[Wylde]

Wylde finishes her transformation, the large canine stretching out beside her and licking her face. She doesn't stop growling, but at least she's down. 

[Hanza koshack]

It takes time but by the time we reach Elianas palace Tova is held and sleeping peacefully. I yawn and stretch and wonder for a moment what it is with my daughter and wolfs before the wagon stops and get out to brief my friends on tovas condition.

[Lance Roidmet]

Lance heads right for the lodging, dismounting as close to the door as he can so he can rush inside. "Elaina?"

[Countess Elaina Moorwood]

I woke in lances bed this morning and finding everyone gone began to panic. I hear him calling now and rush to him "Lance! What's happened where did you go? Hanza? Where Tova? How is she how did you get her back? You're covered in blood what's happened!" I cry wrapping lance in a tight hug

[Lance Roidmet]

Lance embraces his fiance for the first time, his arms rough but his touch gentle. "I told you I'd fix it. I brought her back."

[Countess Elaina Moorwood]

"Thank you." I murmur tears springing to my eyes before I can stop myself I kiss lance quickly face burning brightly as I pull away

[Lance Roidmet]

Oddly enough, Lance blushes too, becoming as red as his hair. "Uh. You're welcome," he stammers. "We should get a doctor for Tova."

[Countess Elaina Moorwood]

I nod pulling away from him and rushing out the door to find Wild carrying Tova. She's been through hell but she's alive. Thank gods she alive.

It's late in the evening when the doctor leaves. It took several hours to calm my nerves and get the full story from Tova and lance. It's taken even longer to calm hanza and wild after Tova recounts her side of things.

"I'm so sorry." I polities for the hundredth time "if I had known..." I sigh as Tova gleams at me "what now?" I ask my friends and allies.

[Carver Amell]

"Um," says quiet, sweet Carol. "I think we need to keep running..."

[Wylde]

"We fight," growls Wylde. "We can't lose territory to a monster like that. We fight, we take their home, we rip them to shreds!" 

[Tova koshack]

"We move forward. We had a plan. Gain allies gain ground. Win the crown this is just part of that. We knew we'd have to kill a few flakeys and nobles to get it done right. We planned for this. Build your forces. Get married become queen. Focuse on that. Let my people take care of harod. The angels tell me gam lion is dead. Their unstable now and the only living airs are here. With harod out of the way they could rule Albany and have a safe stable future."

[Bethany]

Bethany spent the entire ride here and then much of midday simply trying to figure out what's going on; who everyone is, what they want, what they're doing, what they claim to be doing, why they say they're doing things (and what they don't say), and any other scrap of information she can ferret out. By now, however, she's gotten as much as she can without 

"I think it's well past time you gave the complicated-- and detailed-- explanation you promised earlier."