NRPG: I thought Barb was going to send this part out with her's.. but she
didn't.. so here it is :)

Kris
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Meena
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After leaving Naomi to herself, Meena collected Demee from Uncle and his
large collection of sweets. "Let's go check on Grampa," was what she urged
him away with. Taking one last sweet treat, the boy finally relented and
skipped on to find Hered.

Meena took in a deep breath, smelling the fresh air. It didn't smell like
death and destruction .. Odd, considering everything that had happened. In
fact if she closed her eyes, she could almost imagine that it had not
happened .. Almost.

The trip to Cleft had been a rewarding break .. particularly after losing
Greta. She wondered briefly if her heart would ache forever. She'd once
thought it always would for Devon. But now .. she wished it would ache
again .. rather then to have had him come back and change everything.

She hurried to keep up with the skipping child as he rounded the bend and
raced into their apartment calling, "Grampa ..!"

***

The rest of the afternoon had gone quietly. Demee was still subdued, and
for a change not wreaking havoc every few minutes. She looked at him,
wondering at the fact that H'tor's death had hit him like this. For a
moment she felt guilt at the way she'd treated the man. But he'd scared her
.. particularly with the interest he and Demee had taken with each other.

And that sword.. the one he'd left for Demee .. she couldn't allow that ..
could she. Well she'd returned it . There was no way she'd be teaching her
son that the way to survive was to fight!

<Harkon is here.> Vonn grumbled.

Meena groaned, <Come to gloat with his new son, has he?> Well she supposed
she shouldn't really mind. Now that Megandra had given her father a son, he
would leave Demee alone.

<Amethyst says he's come for my Demee!> Vonn sat up suddenly her pink eye
turning a flaming red in anger.

<What? Why?>

<His wife was killed .. maybe the hatchling too. Now he wants Demee as a
blood debt.>

<I don't understand.. Megandra's  .. dead..>

<He's claiming Malachite's rider is responsible!>

<No .. T'grat would never ..> Suddenly she stopped remembering the dark
look that had been in his eyes since Greta's death .. and remembering that
he blamed Megandra. <Oh Gods!>

"Meena?" Hered called to her as he walked in the room and saw the woman,
white as a ghost, clutching the arm of the couch tightly as if holding on
for dear life.

"I knew it .." she gasped, suddenly finding both air and voice. "I knew
he'd never give up .. I knew it."

"What?"

"Harkon .." she said looking at him with wild eyes. "He wants Demee .."

Hered stared at her in confusion, but Meena knew what she had to do as
suddenly she stood and ran into the bedroom. Hered followed her. She spun
on him, "Get Demee .. get him! We're getting out of here!"
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                      Kalewyn & Sabbith, Telnor Warren, Dragonrider
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                      Merybelle Barmen, City of Ralengarde, Innkeeper
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