<div class="floatleft">(http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m543/jakendy/Kadence1.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Kadence Hewitt<br/><strong>Title:</strong>Historian / Fledgling Adventurer<br/><strong>Species:</strong>Human<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Outside the tavern<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Tiberius, Shenovi, Antonius, Famine<hr/><br/>Kade watched Tiberius as he seemed to gather himself, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath as though she were the one exasperating him! She had half a mind to attempt to run away then and there but he finally opened his eyes, pinning her with his gaze. She was suddenly reminded again that he was very fair of face. Kadence was not so terribly experienced with men but this one... boy did he make her wish he wasn't stark raving mad.<br/><br/><em>"Alright, Kade, was it?  Alright, Kade, I have no idea what is going through your head right now, but I'm coming with you back to your house."</em><br/><br/>Her eyes went wide at the all out absurdity of that statement. He most certainly was NOT coming to her house! Her home was her sanctuary, a place set apart from all the rest of the world where she could let her guard down. While it was large and well tended, Kade's home was modest in her opinion. It was a testament to comfort rather than style and it did not attempt to live up to anyone's expectations but her own. More than that, her place held treasures she would not trust to chance... or a crazy man. Not to mention a lady did not just take strange men back to her house upon first meeting.<br/><br/><em>"I mean to say, you're not safe alone..." </em><br/><br/>And she was safe with him? She actually scoffed aloud and turned her gaze away from him. The nerve!<strong>”I have been perectly safe alone all these years. Suddenly you show up and now I am no longer safe. How exactly am I supposed to take that, Mr. Warrior, Sir?”</strong>The question was rhetorical. She neither expected, nor wanted an actual answer though he seemed determined to press on.<br/><br/><em>"Look, I apologize for everything that has happened so far.  I'm not asking you to like me, or to even trust me.  But so far, I have done nothing to harm you.  Please, allow me to accompany you and act as your bodyguard.  Evil things are afoot in Krum, and you are not safe; no matter how competent you think you are at self-defense, I can assure you there are things you will need me for." </em><br/><br/>That certainly got her attention albeit reluctantly. It was technically true he had yet to do anything that actually caused her harm—if one didn't count the suspicion of drugging—and the pink-eyed man certainly did make every instinct she had scream in alarm. Still, it was his seeming confirmation that evil was afoot in Krum that shook her to her very core. She did not wish to believe the scene still ongoing mere feet from them. That the silver haired... being was indeed a divine figure was just out of the question. Thoughts along those lines would only open up far too many questions and Kade was sure that any answers she received would not be pleasant.<br/><br/>If only for the fact that they would get moving away from the unreal nature of the two behind them, Kade decided to allow Tiberius to accompany her. She truly got the sense that he had no desire to hurt her for in all that he had said, that alone had stuck out to her.<br/><br/>Her hand slipped into the pocket of her skirt and caressed the edge of her book in a way that brought some comfort. Boy did she prefer books to people sometimes.<strong>“Fine. Whatever. I just want to go home.”</strong>She threw up her hands and turned away, not even waiting to hear what he'd said to the glowing man.<br/><br/>Even more relieved to find that he'd put away that sword of his, Kade glanced his way in time to catch part of the look he gave her. Heat flashed through her and she turned away quickly, stalking off at his gesture to move out of the alley. She did not want him in her house! If she were to be completely honest it wasn't merely the though that he might be some deranged psycho since she did not believe he meant her harm. In the space of mere moments she was no longer sure what she believed and didn't anymore. No, mostly Kade was afraid now that the threat he posed had more to do with things she should not be feeling rather than thinking him crazy.<br/><br/>That thought was only reaffirmed at the appearance of some drunken strumpet. The way she staggered into him and ended up pressing her lips to Tiberius irked Kade on a level she did not wish to acknowledge. She watched the way her so called “protector” threw the trollop off of him and wiped his mouth and merely quirked an eyebrow.<strong>“Seems you have an admirer. Why not escort her home and 'protect' her? Surely she would be more receptive.”</strong>The way she'd said “protect” made it clear that was not at all what she meant by the word.<br/><br/>Huffing, more at herself than him but he didn't need to know that, Kadence turned and stalked out of the alley.<strong>“Unless you are in possession of a horse or perhaps some blessed transport from the heavens we shall have to make the trek on foot, oh holy one.”</strong>She knew she probably should not continue to mock him but she couldn't help it. This whole night had been one big fiasco from start to finish and she was beyond irritated with it all.