Eliona slumped in the chair, feeling exhausted just from calming Yaro's rather, energetic self. Will there come a day where he would calmly walk into a room, do a serious talk where not everything is so fast phased, and just sit, talk and listen for a certain amount of time?<br/><br/>"You look rather depleted my lady," said Jasper in a humorous tone. Eliona just eyed him furiously, and threw a quill at him, which he simply laughed at.<br/><br/>Rubbing her temples, Eliona sighed. "I swear, that man will be the death of me, he has so many thoughts in his head, he can't seem to comprehend them properly so he decides to just throw it at all once. He is like..."<br/><br/>"You, when you were new into the world of mercenaries?" Jasper cleared, pouring two glasses of wine and gave one to Eliona, which she gladly took and downed in a matter of seconds.<br/><br/>"I know, but this is the world of mercenaries anymore Jasper, it isn't just our lives on the line here, its the future of the kingdom and her security and well being. I promised Jasper, I gave my word to do all that I can to protect her. I will not break that word." She told him seriously, placing the empty cup on the table, and standing up once again. It was time to get back to work and finish the layout of the plans.<br/><br/>****************************<br/>Hours had passed when Eliona and Jasper emerged from the study and back into the fields. Everything was set in motion and after tonight's dinner, it was time for her, Jasper and Yaro, along with the other mercenary leaders to talk. She will have a final say in all this, whether Yaro likes it or not, but she needed assurance that other than the men she and Jasper had recruited, Yaro's man will follow her along with their leader.<br/><br/>The fields have been set and the men had started to make the large preparation of the meal, earlier in the afternoon. It was all coming from Eliona's personal purse, of course, they couldn't touch the gold under Yaro's title as Duke, and she can't access the treasury without due cause. It wasn't yet time.<br/><br/>"Yaro," Eliona, called to him, navigating her way into the crowd, as they all gathered to take portions of the meal of venison, wine, porridge, soup, bread, sweetmeats and many more. "How was today's training?" she asked.