“A-ah, Elyn? Hindi sex …” he asked softly, looking up at her and she smirked a little, eyes inviting. Offering his hand he helped her stand, moving quickly to cast the thick leathery sheet that had been thrown over the bed to avoid her from ruining her sheets with blood when she had been laid out on it before being seen to by the priest. She wasn’t sure how long has passed, seconds, minutes, hours, but suddenly her mind was snapped back to the here and now, hands were on her head, moving her, she felt pain, feared death and saw light…
She blinked her one good eye as cold air swept over her wet face, the only warmth that of her own blood, her long blonde hair falling free, matted with blood and lank with sweat, she could see at least three of everything as her vision swam, she reached for a sword she’d forgotten she’d lost until




















