Elariel managed a small laugh at Tae'loren's comment before he captured her lips. After the passionate and surprising kiss he settled back to sleep and she quickly followed him into a meditative slumber.<br/><br/>~*~<br/><br/>As Elariel's mind struggled out of it's sleepy state, the first thing she noticed was the warmth of another naked body beside hers. The shock caused her eyes to fling open and her breath to catch in her throat. She looked around and in the dim light of pre-dawn her eyes fell upon the dusky skin of her Night Elf prisoner. Despite their tense introduction and the tenuous meeting with her colleagues after, they managed to reconcile their positions. The night before had been a shock and pleasure to Elariel unlike any other. Tae'loren had been an unbelievably wonderful lover, and as her eyes raked appreciatively over his body she felt the wetness of their encounter between her thighs. Her inner muscles clenched and she rubbed her thighs together,gasping at the way his seed had mixed with her own fluids to leave her smooth skin sticky. As she watched she wondered if he was alert or not. Her best guess was that he was. She didn't know much about him, but from what she did know he was nothing if not vigilant. She also had a feeling that she wouldn't truly be able to tell if he was awake unless he chose to make it obvious.<br/><br/>A gentle rapping at the door interrupted Elariel's thoughts (and stopped them from turning explicit). She got to her feet and looked around, nose scrunched in annoyance as she spotted her robes across the room. Luckily she was able to tip toe over and pull them on in next to no time. When she opened the door it was Neras. His eyebrows shot into his hair line when he looked at her, and she wondered for a moment if she was still naked.<br/><br/>"The others wish to meet before breakfast," Neras informed her, his voice as clear and alert as ever. "You look dishevelled."<br/><br/>Neras' eyes slipped over her shoulder and Elariel growled at him as she stepped out of the room and shut the door behind herself.<br/><br/>"Of course I do, I just woke up," Elariel snapped back. Her voice croaked halfway through the sentence as if to support her claim.<br/><br/>"Well, did you want time to make yourself presentable before we meet?"<br/><br/>"You've all seen be sleep-addled before. Don't be ridiculous."<br/><br/>After chastising Neras Elariel turned back to the door and pressed her hands against it. She uttered a couple of warding and locking spells (for Tae'loren's safety and confinement), before following Neras to the small sitting room in the cottage. The others were waiting for her, and only Aidyn bothered raising his eyebrows at her. It was more of a questioning look than one of acknowledgement, and it made Elariel's mind automatically stray to the dampness between her legs. She struggled to contain a blush as she sank down onto one of the rickety wooden seats.<br/><br/>"This couldn't have waited until breakfast?" Elariel asked, eyeing the males and making it clear that she was unhappy about having her rest interrupted.<br/><br/>~*~<br/><br/>The males had insisted that their conversation couldn't wait. Elariel wished that they had. It was nothing more than a reiteration of their concerns from the previous night; prejudice, distrust, disbelief and conceit. The only real positive was that they didn't mention killing Tae'loren (though it may have been implied once or twice). The biggest topic they wished to discuss was how to contain Tae'loren whilst they were out and about. The only thing that they all agreed on was that he did not wish to be captured by Illidan's forces any more than they did. It was the one assurance they had for his cooperation. Elariel thought she might have another, but she didn't dare share it with them.<br/><br/>When the sun had risen above the horizon Elariel was finally released from the circular conversation to return to her room and prepare for breakfast. Thankfully Teirn had been volunteered to prepare breakfast (something that he was much better at than dinner) and Elariel slipped away with a roll of her eyes. She removed the warding spells she had cast an hour earlier and slipped into the room, her eyes adjusting to the more muted light.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>