<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/fd/Valdar.jpg)</div><strong>Character name:</strong>Galvren Valynar (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=234819.msg11585469#msg11585469)<br/><strong>Position:</strong>Valdar (Newly Risen to Gaidin)<br/><strong>Bondmate:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Tag:</strong>Suana Bemesta.<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Evening, Saven 7th, 990NE.<br/><strong>Place:</strong>The Grounds, Secluded Corner Of The Garden.<br/><strong>Warning:</strong>N/A<br/><hr/><br/>Oddly enough, Suana Sedai's relief is palpable and obvious as soon as he nods his head and accepts her offer. Oh, it isn't odd that she's relieved - offering to Bond somebody is always a personal thing to do, and after the amount of time and effort she'd invested in his training it had to be reassuring to know that it wasn't all for nothing and that it was going to pay off somehow - just that he noticed it without yet being in possession of the Warder Bond; Aes Sedai were trained to retain their aloof persona's no matter what and always maintain an air of mystery and control, and yet Suana Sedai's relieved joy at his acceptance is immediately obvious to him and probably to anybody else who would have been watching, were anybody present in the garden at that moment. Of course, he didn't doubt that it was entirely intentional; she wouldn't lose control as easily as that, and why shouldn't she show some happiness if she was feeling joyous or pleased or relieved? He was soon to be her Warder, after all, a thought that still had him slightly dizzy with anticipation, and he was soon going to have an insight into her head whether she wanted him to or not at times...so why bother hiding things from him any more? He stared as she smiled at him, soon finding that it was infectious as what he just agreed to actually finally sank in; he allowed his lips to pull into a small grin at first, then a broad one as he leans in a little, edging just a bit closer to<em>his</em>Aes Sedai. You weren't supposed to think of them that way, of course, but every Warder got a little possessive of his Aes Sedai - understandably so; if something happened to them, you would go off on a roaring rampage of revenge that would end in your death - and he was already feeling somewhat attached to Suana Sedai.<br/><br/>He did jump just a little as he felt her hand on his thigh - higher and further inwards than perhaps was appropriate - causing his skin to heat up a little both in sudden anticipatory anxiety over the contact and in slight embarrassment at the brazen nature of the contact, though he didn't move away, or move to remove the hand. It was fairly obvious what she was interested in besides Bonding him as a Warder - she<em>had</em>outright told him, more or less, that she wanted to take him as a lover as well as a Warder, so unless that was just her teasing him or lying to him to try and convince him to be her Warder the contact was likely meant to do exactly what it had done; provoke his body into a warm, agitated reaction - and in some case, he may even have returned the gesture. If it had been a barmaid down in Tar Valon, or an Accepted who had decided to take an interest in him, he might had slipped his own hand onto her thigh in return to express his interest...but this was an Aes Sedai, and a Sitter for the Green...and he knew from experience, a woman used to being in control. He didn't want to risk anything that might come across as presumptuous or too forward, so he kept his hands to himself...though he did place his opposite hand over hers lightly, edging himself closer (inadvertently inching her hand further up his leg, a fact he became aware of<em>very</em>acutely a moment later) slightly. She was offering a wait in terms of Bonding for his own benefit, he knew, but she needn't have bothered; he had been preparing to be taken as a Warder for eight years at that point, and there was no way he was waiting even a second longer than he had to. His heart was beating at a million miles a minute; he had aspired to this moment for almost a third of his life...and it was finally happening. He swallowed a little, and smiled a little wider, eyes dancing with excitement, hunger temporarily forgotten in the light of this new opportunity.<br/><br/>"There's no time like the present, Suana Sedai," he said quietly, "and I cannot imagine enjoying a delay. I've worked for almost a decade for this moment, and it is an honour to be Bonded by one such as you. I'm ready to receive the Bond now if you are comfortable bestowing it, Aes Sedai." He looked at her carefully, his body warming with excitement and - he wasn't about to lie - desire. The hand on his thigh had a lot to do with that last one; he'd been attracted to her for a while - she was a strong-willed, beautiful woman; why wouldn't he be "interested?" - and now that he knew it was reciprocated...well, he wasn't holding himself in check any more. And neither, it seemed was she.