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During breakfast, Fenryn continued to talk with Elena. He asked the usual questions, such as; 'how have you been?' and 'was the trip here pleasant?' He also complimented how she had grown into such a lovely young woman. Most of it was small-talk and nothing of any real importance.
Lynnette noticed how pleasant Fenryn acted towards her, a stark difference to how he acted usually. Not that he was ever unpleasant towards anyone directly, but his mannerisms were very different. He was not tense, nor did he seem to be holding back any anger or frustration.
After eating, Fenryn gave Elena a polite kiss on the hand, “I am sorry that I cannot spend more time with you currently. Your father has requested my attention, but I would be honoured to catch up later. In the meantime, miss Lynnette here will be happy to show you around.” He said with a gentle smile.
“Oh, I understand...” Elena said shyly, though she seemed disappointed. She glanced at Lyn
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With Vaughan's cousins standing either side of Fenryn and Elena, the two sat within the viewing stand, away from the large gathering of people below them. Elena seemed about as nervous as Fenryn felt, though he masked his own feelings far better. Truthfully, he wished he could be down there with all the other knights, participating in the tournament, or at the very least helping to run it like he once did before he became King.He could feel the burning gaze of Sethis upon him from somewhere nearby. Fenryn was at least thankful, that only a few select groups of people could sit up there with him. There had been placed a third chair beside his own, one reserved for the Queen mother. He had yet to see her but knew she had been fit enough to visit Sethis at some point or other. Vaughan had told him, that she had planned to join him, but so far there had been no sign of her.His attempts to shift his mind from Sethis only served to make Fenryn's anxiety stronger, however.
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After a while, the archery contest was finished with, and those who progressed to the next challenges were told the next competition. This next one, for Lynnette, was to be another simple one for her. Apparently, it was a new trial made for this year's tournament. A long, wooden log had been placed over a large muddy area, and the contestants merely had to balance themselves while reaching from one end to the next. What made it trickier was the fact that everyone had to be blindfolded. Evidently, the log was to be used later, as two warriors fought one another. The one who fell off first was the loser. Lynnette wondered how many would make it that far. According to Vaughan, only the first few easier tests would end up with the weaker squires going home. Which at first, Lynnette wondered if that would still end up with a lot of people left over. However, after easily passing her own trial, and watching many of the others; she soon realised that this was not the case. So many
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As Fenryn and Vaughan moved closer to the tent, a cloaked person greeted them, “ah hullo there, your Majesty. We have been expecting you.” They said with gentle words, but a strangely unisex voice. Neither of them could tell if they were in the presence of a man, or a woman. “Of course you were.” Grunted Vaughan. He had no belief in fortune-tellers and even less tolerance for them. To him, they were simply hoaxes, using people's desires to know the future for profit. However, if Fenryn wanted to play along for now, then he would allow it. “How much is it?” Fenryn asked, curiously. He ignored Vaughan's scepticism for the moment. The cloaked person chuckled softly, “for you, your Majesty? No charge at all, and neither for you, my Lord.” “How kind.” Vaughan scoffed. He peered intently at the cloaked person. They were quite small in stature, but he couldn't make out any other details. Usually, he could at least tell the race of a person, even if they atte
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Pacing back and forth anxiously, Vaughan waited for Lynnette's return. He had readied one of his mellower horses, to make controlling it easier on Lynnette. However, he began to panic when it neared her turn for her jousting match, and there was still no sign of her. There was time enough yet, but it was cutting it close. He hoped nothing had happened to her at all and began to worry that perhaps one of the more stubborn nobles had done something to keep her from her match.Just as he was about to search for her, he noticed her coming towards him. Vaughan closed his eyes and allowed himself to relax again. He breathed deeply, then opened his eyes again, and said to Lynnette as she walked up to him, “I began to think I needed to send a search party out for you.”“Sorry,” Lynnette offered gently, “Sethis had gotten bored of stalking his Majesty, and had been bothering me. Then the Queen mother showed up...”Vaughan's eyes widene
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