{Day 9 O Dark thirty T'rell's ledge}

With T'rell sitting on the ledge Pandora knew he couldn't escape her so
easily.  The dark-haired beauty was oblivious to everything around her
except the man next to her.  The pain killer only increased her natural
feelings as she pressed her lips to his feeling their soft warmth.
Pandora's  mind was lost in a swirl of sensation as T'rell hesitated
slightly then returned the kiss pulling her close.

She had wanted  the tall blonde from the first moment she laid eyes on
the him.  What it was that drew her she didn't know and right now she
was beyonding caring.  This was her first time, their first time and
Pandora didn't want it to be their last. Even in her drug induced state
her teachings came into play and Pandora used her hands and lips in ways
T'rell had never imagined. The woman smiled as his gentle caresses
increased in intensity becoming more forceful, more demanding increasing
her own desires.

With something akin to a growl T'rell jumped to his feet. His blue eyes
glowed like sapphires in the pale light of the moon.  Her eyes feasted
on the nude man and the flame of passion burned brightly as he reached
out his hand. Slipping her small hand into his Pandora felt herself
being scooped up into his arms his lips claiming hers as he carried her
back into the cave.

[..] a few hours later

Pandora felt herself wrapped in a cloak of warmth, snuggling closer to
the heat she rolled over and her nose hit something warm and firm. Her
eyes snapped open, where was she, then she realized her nose was
touching flesh, the woman gasped when she saw it was T'rell's chest.
*Oh my God! What have I done!*

Even though she was awake and halfway lucid Pandora was still feeling a
little of the affects of the pain killer and it took much restraint to
keep from snuggling closer to the man to begin the fire anew.  Her brain
over rode her body thankfully. *Oh lord I have to get out of here. I
can't believe I acted so badly. He probably thinks I'm nothing more then
a brazen hussy. I've got to get out of here before he wakes up.*

Pandora eased out of the warm bed inhaling sharply against the coolness
of the room. As she donned the white gown that had been thrown to the
floor Pandora watched the sleeping man.  Hazy images of the last few
hours seeped in and her cheeks reddened *Lord the things she had done.*
She headed for the cave entrance, stopping she turned back to the
sleeping man. Lightly kissing his cheek she smiled.  He moaned softly
then rolling over stretched out across the bed.

At the mouth of the cave her eyes widened when she realized how far up
she was.  Pandora gulped as she looked down *how on earth did I get up
here in the first place.*  Things were still pretty hazy and she didn't
remember much after the fire.  *The fire! Oh nooo, that's right.*  But
it didn't matter, broken door or not she needed to go somewhere anywhere
away from here.   But she still wasn't sure how she got up here let
alone how to get down.

As if on command a rush of wind hit her causing her to shiver and
Flerrion landed on the ledge.  She backed instantly away trying to quell
the rising fear.  The crimson dragon made know overt movements for
several minutes, seemingly content just to watch her.

"This is just great!" Pandora muttered to herself, "Now what?"  Looking
at Flerrion she sighed, "I wish you could understand me," she said
softly. "I know you dragons talk to each other, please don't tell
Samson, this was my idea and I don't want him mad at T'rell. The big guy
has just got to understand."  Covering her face with her hands she shook
her head, "I can't believe I'm talking to a strange dragon. I am so
embarrassed, I've got to get out of here before T'rell wakes up. The
things I did. I am never going to be able to face him again."  Sliding
down the wall Pandora put her head in her hands moaning softly, "What am
I going to do!"

Something touched her leg and she jumped, Flerrion had silently moved
closer and his big nose nuzzled her leg.  Her eyes widened as she
started to jerk away in panic when she saw the look in his huge eyes.
"You do understand me don't you?"  Closing her eyes for a moment the
dark-haired beauty took several took breaths then opened her eyes and
hesitantly reached out her hand to touch the large nose.  After a few
minutes she was rubbing his chin and his eye ridges and Flerrion seemed
to revel in the gentle attention.  Finally Pandora said, "Flerrion I
guess I have one of two choices either hopefully you will take me down
or I jump. Neither one is an exciting option at this point but I'm
desperate."

Rising she glanced towards the open mouth of the cave and as Pandora
started to walk to the ledge just to look down the crimson dragon moved
between her and the opening.  A several minutes passed as dragon and
woman stared at each other. "Ohhh," she groaned, "I hate to fly!"
Flerrion made himself as prone as possible and hearing the soft snores
coming from inside the cave Pandora took a deep breath and climbed up on
the big dragon. "I can do this!" she said softly closing her eyes and
holding on for dear life and could've sworn she heard the red dragon
snicker.

[..]

If Pandora didn't know better she would have to say Flerrion was
grinning at her as he flew upwards towards the cave.  Luckily she was
close to her apartment the last thing she needed was for anyone to see
her running around half naked. She had forgotten the coat in her rush to
leave and the white gown covered very little.

With only a curtain over the door it was chilly in the small apartment.
The small heater was working hard somewhat unsuccessfully to keep off
the chill. Starting a pot of coffee Pandora also turned on the other
burner on low then set a clay plant pot upside down on it.  Tying up her
long hair Pandora jumped in a warm shower.  She had gotten chilled
sitting in the cave talking to Flerrion.  Thinking of the crimson giant
she was amazed at how gentle he had been towards her, not that she
wasn't still afraid of him, but at least she wasn't quite as terrified
of him as she once was. Desperate times call for desperate measures and
Pandora knew she was really desperate to climb on a strange dragon.
After her shower she dressed in her warmest dress and wrapping a heavy
blanket around herself poured herself some coffee.  The heat radiated
from the little pot and between that and her small heating unit it
helped take some of the chill off the small apartment.  Having a solid
door did make a big difference.

Day 9 Mid Morning on the Caravan

Fortunately Pandora had slipped unseen into one of the wagons with all
the craziness going on. She'd had enough flying for one day with first
Flerrion and then Samson and despite the attack the caravan seemed a
more rational way to travel at least for her.

As the wagon rolled  along Pandora was lulled by the motion and drifted
into her thoughts. Her thoughts settled on Heron and her heart broke to
think of the terrible tragedy. He had been so kind to her in her short
time at Daere. He had often made her laugh teasing her when they talked
about the herbs.  Her understanding was that he was very close friend to
the Warrenlady and Pandora felt bad so for her.  It was a terrible loss
for all of the Warren and he would be missed immensely.

When Heron had sent for her in the wee hours she had been surprised.
Pandora could identify and grow herbs but she certainly was not a healer
by any means.  She couldn't help wonder why he wanted her along but she
went without question.  Thankfully she had awoken as early as she had
and come back to the apartment before the alarm had come.  Pandora was
embarrassed enough as it was there was no need to add  to it.  Last
thing she needed was for Samson to find out.  It was really bugging her
about how she actually got up to T'rell's apartment in the first place
but try as she may it was an elusive memory.  Shoving it from her mind
Pandora thought maybe it was better if she didn't remember considering
her actions. She had no idea what had come over her to just throw
herself at the man like that.  Not that she minded in fact she had been
hoping since that time in the training barracks that it would come to
this.  But she had envisioned it a lot differently than her literally
throwing herself at the man.  Her memories were getting clearer on that
subject and Pandora was horrified by her actions.  Horrified though she
was Pandora could feel a warmth spread through her body as visions of
their lovemaking came to mind.  Shaking her head to clear the visions
Pandora peeked out from behind the canvas.  The wagons had slowed as the
road had grown rougher and she was just staring out not really paying
much attention to the landscape when she noticed the bushes moving along
side the road.

Pandora saw a flash of red in the foliage then something large scurry
across the road behind the trailing wagon.  Tilting her head to the side
she didn't see it go completely across the road and wondered what it was
exactly. It had moved so fast she wasn't sure if it was an animal or
some kind of cloaked human. Leaning further out the back she looked up
to see if any of the dragonrider's were about and had seen anything.
She saw a couple dragons but they were over a different area at the
moment.  Leaning back against the inside she closed the canvas enough so
she could just watch the driver of the other wagon and he didn't seem to
act out of the ordinary so Pandora shrugged it off.

{Day 9 Early-Afternoon at the Warren}

As soon as the wagons stopped in the warren Pandora slipped away unseen.
Grabbing her garden tools and basket she went to the forest to work with
her plants managing to avoid T'rell the whole day. Not that, that was
really hard considering how busy he was the the current crisis.

{Day 10 Pre-Dawn-Pandora's apartment}

Pandora slipped out of her apartment just before dawn. She filled a
thermos with coffee then made another pot leaving it on warm on the
stove just in case the men stopped by. It was a beautiful crisp morning
and she decided a walk was in order.  She didn't know if T'rell would
stop as she had started doing, but she didn't want to take any chances
plus she didn't want to run into her brother either. She caught him
watching her yesterday with an odd look on his face.  Unfortunately
there was drawbacks to being twins.  They had always had that twin
closeness. Lexi knew something was up and it was only a matter of time
before he cornered her.  Her being missed was not something she overly
worried about as she had not really made to many friends and no one
really worried about her one way or another except for her brother and
Samson.

Sitting on a log she watched the sky come alive with colors.  Her
thoughts of course turned to the blonde wingleader.  She liked him well
enough and she certainly would love to.......the rush of air made her
look around.  Samson landed nearby and the big guy looked really
pissed.  Marching over to the woman he brought his face down to her
level and just glared at the young woman.

*Oh-Oh!* Pandora thought trying not to giggle at the big red dragon.


Respectfully submitted,
Pandora & Samson
aka
Tree Deutscher
treedr@yelmtel.com

"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons - you are crunchy and taste
good with ketchup!"