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[Temptation Waits]

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Making her way to Castle Spawn after receiving the news of his passing and her orders to return to Hanse's, she felt to check on her old friend in the sorrowful time would be a good idea.

"Lady Tika."

Tika Skyfire turned and embraced her, "Tempt!"

She smiled at her and sold her, "It has been a long time. I am sorry for your loss but, I will be here a few days. The Queen told me when she dispatched me back here." Tika embraced her again before getting interrupted and having to speak with her other guests.

From behind Tika, a familiar face locked his gaze on her. The room spun for a moment, Gailan was here. He almost seemd to freeze but luckily the Pharoah came in to speak with Tika disrupting the scene. She quickly moved to his side removing her cloak, to get more comfortable.

After watching a few exchanged Gailan approached her, "Tempt?"

"Aye."

"A word if I may?"

She let out a sigh and and agreed to speak with him albeit a bit reluctantly. She was hoping not to run into him during her trip and now she could not avoid him. They both made there way outside to talk.

He looked at her for a moment and finally spoke, "I am sorry, what I did to you was wrong. I hope now we may become freinds again and I ask that you forgive me."

She glared at him with mixed emotion a man stood before her that she loved deeply and then betrayed her. She began to seethe and through gritted teeth asnwered him, " You are sorry."

"Tempt, please."

The exchange went back and forth for a while, at times heated. One statement he made infuriated her so much she took a swing at him but he caught her arm. When he was off guard she brought up her knee and made contact whith his abdomen." He instantly let go and hunched forward tooka few gulps of air to catch his breath. "That is a but a taste of the pain you caused me.", she spat at him.

"Tempt, please.", he said still trying to stand upright.

She seemed to soften a little regretting letting her anger take over her. In an odd way she felt relieved. He would not have made such an attempt if he still did not care for her. She was still extemely emotional, "I am nott he same person you knew."

"I can see that.", he slowly answered.

"You killed me the day you left.", he almost seemd shoked by her words and asked if she wished him dead and she told him she did not, "I think it best you stay alive so what you did haunts you."

"If you feel that way maybe it best we go part ways." But niether of them moved. The exchange continued. Her mind reeled through everyhting. The surroundings and their conversation became surreal. after talking a bit more she agreed to let him walk her to the Inn so she may procure her room and get rest for the evening. "Can we talk more." he asked after she received her key.

She paused and agreed but only if they sat down. After settling in he offerred to get her some wine. Through the conversation she polished off the bottle much to his amazement, it seemed then he started to see more of how she changed. She seemd to calm more during the second bottle that she drank and took off her gloves and in the candle light the emerald ring on her finger illuminated. He stared at it and asked, "Why have you not taken it off?"

"I still love you, why would I." he lowered his head at her answer and after a few more words and some other exchanges excused himself for the evening. He bid her a good night and then she walked into her room, and slumped on the lumpy bed still in her armor knowing sleep would elude her this night. Staring at the ceiling in an almost trancelike state time dragged on. The day ahead of her was going to be long and now she felt her mind would be clouded...
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"Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead."
Benjamin Franklin

[Gailan of Atlantic]

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Gailan had left the Royal Court of Light meeting to attend the viewing of a friend . Mallory was home in bed feeling under the weather. When Gailan came upon Spawns castles he notice Talon directing people upstairs. Gailan being as silent as always just followed the others up the stairs and into the main room.
Gailan stood back and was locked on the casket , set where Spawn seat would have been. Infront of the casket was a life like statue of him. Gailan heard Tika's voice and notice her standing to the right of the casket. She came over to Gailan and attempted a smile. Gailan hugged her and told her he was sorry. Tika just shook her head and said " Why Gailan, I need to know why " and then she started to cry once more. Gailan let go so that he could go over and say a few words over Spawn. He heard others coming in from the entrance, but payed them no mind. He could not walk all the way to the casket. He did not want to see his friend , he would remember him as he was.
Gailan started to turn when he heard a familiar voice behind him and he froze. It couldn't be. He had thought that he would never hear that voice again. He wished then that Mallory had been able to be with him. Shaking his head slowly and turning around to look at this voice from the past. Gailan looked up and his gave locked on Temptation. Gailan could not say nothing. It seemed a lump had formed in his throat that resisted every effort to speak. Temptation recovered much quicker than Gailan . He could see the hurt come back all at once in her eyes. Any chance of Gailan leaving without a word left at that moment. He new he would have to talk to her. To tell her what had happened. But most of all Gailan would have to come face to face with a wrong that he could not make right. Something Gailan had not had to do in a long time. He would have to explain why he had left a woman he had asked to be his wife and then left her with no more than toss of his hand.
Gailan and Temptation talked for what seemed hours. It started at the front of Spawns Castle and ended at Hanses. Temptation had knee'ed him in the gut so hard as to knock the air from him. Gailan tried to explain himself over and over with no avail.
As Gailan walked home he knew Temptation have forgiven him . But could he ever hope that she could call him a friend. He truly doubted it. Hopefully Mallory would be awake when he got home. He needed to talk to her about this. Maybe she could help. Things were changing in the realm . Everything was being tossed about . Gailan wondered if leaving the Kingdom of Sanctus was such a good idea. Thinking back he knew he had done the right thing in leaving. Gailan would just have to walk this new path. Stopping dead in his tracks Gailan knew he had come upon a cross road in his life. He had made mistakes in his past when coming upon these forks in the road. He would not make the same mistake twice. Looking up to the sky he noticed a star falling across the sky. Smiling he started again towards home. It had been a long night already . He hoped it would not become longer........