<b>Allassiel heard Thorgan behind her even before she felt his hand on her shoulder. She wanted – needed – to get away, to think over what she'd learned though. </b><i><b>No, the normal strategies won't work with him</b></i><b>. Despite his twisted, maligned form, he still retained all of his knowledge. If he even knew she was behind the defenses against his attacks … She tensed at Thorgan's questions, unsure how to answer his innocent questions – or indeed, if she should answer them at all. Would he not find her, in part, accountable for his people's troubles as she did now? She didn't know why it should matter, yet it did. <br/>
</b><br/>“<b>I … Rakothûrz is --”</b><br/><br/><b>Just then Timberlane entered, the dwarf Flagdon at his side. The news he bore was even worse than that of Thorgan's. If Rakothûrz was on the move with his armies, working under a new lord, he'd not rest until his mission was complete. And should he find the elves of Greendale, there would be nothing stopping him from the bloodbath he would certainly visit upon them. <br/>
</b><br/>“<b>No,” she stated flatly, an urgency in her voice. “Is not safe wait and risk the elves here. The longer we wait, gives his scouts time to find us … find …” </b><i><b>Me. </b></i><b>“I should leave now, draw their eyes from here. Then others can join me after.” She gently moved Thorgan's hand from her shoulder to duck past Timberlane and out the door. She knew, if the scouts had already made it this far, the sight of her would get to him. They'd have a new mission. <br/>
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And she would just have to be faster than them.</b><br/><br/><br/><b>Pegawen clung to Lotharn, his thrusts becoming faster and more intense. The heat that a spread throughout her body now pooled at her core, the pleasure almost painfully sweet as her body clenched around his. Gasping out his name, she shook with her release and heard him growl in pleasure. <br/>
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Opening her eyes, she gazed up at him, her body flushed with the exertion of their joining. Even as she tried to catch his breath, his lips came down and claimed hers. She returned his kiss, wrapping her arms around him and drawing him closer. She didn't think about anything else, save a random fleeting musing of what it would be like to fall asleep and awaken with him next to her. <br/>
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As they broke the kiss off and he lifted his head, she reached up and pulled a strand of his hair off his forehead and behind his ear. “Melamin,” she whispered. “We should rest, it will be a long trip.</b>