<<Day 17 Early Morning>>

Delilah stepped outside, her greens eyes squinting against the brightness of the new day. The air was crisp and clean finally devoid of the horrible smells of battle. People were chatting and laughing already, preparing for their day.

The dark-haired woman received appreciative stares from passing males as she reached skyward stretching in feline fashion. Looking at the bright blue cloudless sky she smiled, it was going to be a beautiful day.

She had woken early and was in the shower when Sutek had surprised her and what a pleasant surprise it was. There was something to be said for showers and sex first thing in the morning. It just had a way of starting the day out right. The dark-haired stranger had been everything and more in a lover and she really hoped he and his companions planned on staying in Norwall for awhile. 

Delilah found the blue-eyed Travelers oddly compelling, even the snooty woman Imani. Delilah liked intelligence and she liked power and this group exuded both, they were definitely worth investigating further.

"Delilah, goodness where have you been?" Daisy exclaimed running up to her. "Uncle was beginning to worry about you!" The blondes eyes grew calculating, "I saw you with one of the strangers, he is handsome!" 

Delilah just smiled, silently twisting the small silver hoop in her ear. Daisy's eyes grew huge, "Nooo, you haven't been....."

"Daisy, grow up! My private life is none of your concern!"

The serving girl wrinkled her nose, "Well you don't have to be nasty!"

Delilah sighed, "I'm not being nasty, I'm just telling you I'm a big girl and my business is my own! I don't spread things around about you, how you drool all over yourself everytime a certain rider walks into the dining hall!"

A wariness came into Daisy's eyes, "But we were only together.......!" then added indignantly, "and I don't drool!"

Delilah stared at the blonde with *the look* and Daisy groaned, "Oh alright! I'll keep my mouth shut!" 

The two woman walked along, then Daisy broke the silence, "You won't say anything about..about..."

"Mentorn!" Delilah answered flatly finishing the serving girls sentence. "Of course not!" Of course she wasn't going to mention to the girl that everyone already knew. Very little went unnoticed in the warren it was just done more discreetly than with the landbound.

Daisy let out a sigh of relief and Delilah almost laughed. It amazed her that even here, people still had prudish ways.

Staring at the stables, a happy smile came to the dark-haired woman's face, "Daisy, tell my Uncle that you saw me, I'm fine and will be in to help shortly. I'm going for a ride at the moment!"

Running back to her apartment she found that Sutek had dressed and left. Changing into her riding clothes and after adding a few essential ornaments, she headed to the stable.

Passing an open doorway, a flash of color caught her eye and at first she thought she was imagining things. Backing up Delilah stopped in front of the open door and noticed an interesting looking man standing in the center of the room. Well interesting was not exactly the word she would use, noticable might be more like it as he had bright purple hair. 

Delilah saw him stiffen then turn and look at her. Putting on a captivating smile she said, "Hi, you must be new here. Umm, I was just on my way to the stable and noticed your...well I noticed your door was open!My name's Delilah!"

{Tag: Josh - is the quiet one at least going to say hi!}

After arriving at the stable and a few minutes of flirting with the young man in attendence, a shiny black gelding was brought out. It was a beautiful animal, filled with spirit and pride. Delilah grabbed a brush and began grooming the prancing horse, talking soothingly to it. She loved horses and had been riding since she could walk and brushed the silky coat till it shined. 

The stable hand looked more than a little worried as the black pranced and pawed the ground, he explained to Delilah that the horse had been too spirited and had been recently gelded, hoping this would calm it down. So Minacious as the stab lad had called him, was still pretty fiesty at the moment.

"What a shame!" she answered sadly, stroking the horse's muscular neck, "I wonder how men would feel if we did that to them when they got too fiesty!  What do you think Minacious, who would we start with?" The horse knickered in reply, nuzzling the woman's arm. Delilah chuckled in amusement as she petted the large animal.

The young man's eyes widened, gulping loadly he said, "Let me get the gear!"

The horse calmed down under Delilah's tender ministrations, slipping on the bridle the horse accepted it easily. Delilah waved the young man off when he brought the saddle, gracefully she pulled herself up onto the horse bareback. Her muscles were slightly sore from her tryst with Sutek and carefully placed bracelets covered the bruises on her wrists but it didn't matter. The day called to her and the euphoria she got from riding blotted out everything else.

"But...but Miss Delilah!" the stable man stuttered.

"We'll be fine!" the dark-haired beauty said firmly, trotting out of the stable. The guards at the gate balked at first about letting her go alone, fearing there still might be some dark riders lurking about. Delilah promised to be careful and let them know she wasn't unarmed revealing her throwing knives. The men were still debating about an escort as the dark-haired woman and horse disappeared into the tunnel. A bit frustrated the Head guard sent word for the aerial patrol to keep an eye out for the young woman.

Emerging on the outside of the crater Delilah's green eyes glowed in contentment. Taking a deep breath of the fresh morning air she leaned forward on the huge animals neck. She spoke soft words to Minacious encouraging his wild spirit. The woman could feel his muscles tense and the raw power of the mighty animal rippled through her own body.

It was an intoxicating feeling of freedom and Delilah laughed loudly, the tinkling happy sound of her laughter rolled across the farmlands. Loosening the reins she gave Minacious his head. Needing no futher encouragement the large black reared pawing the air, leaping forward he broke into a gallop and the two disappeared into a cloud of dust.

{Nrpg: if anyone wants to tag along they are more than welcome but Delilah will just be out for a ride}

<<Day 17 Early to Mid Afternnoon>>

Delilah grinned, seeing the two young men come into the dining hall. Her morning ride had left her invigorated and the day had been extremely pleasant so far. As she walked to their table she noticed the one was, or at least was trying to give the impression that he was the bad boy type, with his swagger and long leather coat. She had seen him with the girl called Cat. Uncle Jeryn was very fond of the girl because she was good at keeping the kitchen rodent free for him. Delilah shuddered slightly, not an occupation that appealed to her much, but everyone had their niche in life. Rat catcher or not the girl had good taste, the young man was rather cute.

The other young man she recognized immediately, she had been meaning to pay him a visit. From what she could tell he had been the topic of conversation among the serving girls since his arrival. He definitely piqued her interest, not so much because he was a handsome young man, but because he grew flowers. And flowers is what she needed for her perfumes and scented oils.

Delilah felt good, so knew she looked good too. Attitude was everything when it came to life she thought to herself. Leaning between Kaymann and Dargis, showing just the right amount of cleavage, the green-eyed beauty purred, her voice silky smooth, "And how may I serve you handsome gentleman today!"

{Tag: Chris and Wil and possibly Carina (don't know for sure where Cat is at this point}

Respectfully submitted by,

Delilah

aka

Tree Deutscher

treedr@yelmtel.com

~"Don't frown, because you never know who's falling in love with your smile!"~







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