Danielle watched as Dameon was carried out towards the med center. She 
started to follow, very worried, then stopped. She had to stop doing 
this. She was beginning to care too much. What if he died....then she 
would fall to pieces because she cared too much, just like.....
Danielle shook her head, she wasn't going to think about that.

As Danielle left the dining hall, headed away from the med center, she 
heard someone call her name.

"Danni!" she heard.

Danielle froze. Only Tes called her that, then her brain registered that 
it was a females voice. She turned to look to see who it was.

It was one of the new riders....Tahlaya.

Danielle stopped and waited for Tahlaya to catch up with her.

"How is Dameon? The girls seemed upset. I told them he must be fine,
otherwise you would be with him."

"Dirk and Thomas have taken him to the Med Centre,"  Danielle tried to 
act unconcerned, all the while she ached to go running to the med center 
to be by his side. "I think it's his heart again."

"Danielle, how can you be so detached? You mate with him for goodness
sakes. You should be with him." Tahlaya was amazed by Danielle's
coolness towards the man she had spent the last week with.

"I have other things to do besides clutter up the Med Centre, " she
was walking away from 'Laya, when the older woman, caught hold of her
arm.

"Now just wait a minute. Dameon is my partner. I haven't bedded him,
but at least I'm concerned for his well being. I thought that being
lovers meant that you stuck by each other when things go wrong. You
don't just walk away from them."

Danielle looked at 'Laya, her blue eyes angry.

"I don't expect you to understand. You are Landborn, what can you
possibley know about warrenlife? You haven't even been out on patrol
yet."

Danielle had to get this girl away from her. Every moment she was being 
questioned by Dameon's partner made it that much harder not to admit her 
feelings. She knew she had to make her angry.

It was Tahlaya's turn to be angry.

"At least I'm willing to learn. I have to rely on Dameon when we are
on patrol, as he does me. If his mind is occupied elsewhere  when we
are in a dangerous situation, it could cause serious damage. Not only
to me, him, the dragons, but the whole warren would be effected. At
least I know where my loyalties lay. At least I'm worried for him and
his safety, which is more than you appear to be."

Before the blond girl could reply, 'Laya ran off towards the Med
Centre.

Danielle stared after her, tears beginning to form in her eyes. She 
angrily brushed them away. No, she had done the right thing. She wouldn't 
let herself hurt like that again.

She stiffened her back and began to think about the events that had 
happened when they were out on patrol. That man still bothered her. The 
one who called himself the Shadow....She knew she had seen him before, 
but she couldn't figure out where. Danielle strolled out into the woods 
thinking.

She tried to concentrate but her thoughts kept drifting back to Dameon.

(Violet, can you ask Themis how Dameon is doing?)

(Themis is too busy being comforted by a bunch of other dragons)

Danielle sighed. She got up. She had to know.

She headed for the med center and there found R'chien.

"How is Dameon?" Danielle asked.

"He seems stable right now, but his heart could be damaged." He replied.

Danielle breathed a sigh of relief. So far it seemed like he was alright.

"When will you know?" she asked.

"It might be a day or two, I am not sure." R'chien replied.
"I would let you go sit with him, but his partner is with him and I think 
only one person should be there."

At this moment, Tahayla walked out of a room and Danielle's eyes met hers.

Danielle looked away and back at R'chien.

"No, I am sure his partner can take care of him" she said bitterly "He 
doesn't need me."

Danielle turned and started for the door, as she felt the tears begin to 
rise. She be damned if she let any of them see she cared!
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NRPG: Tag, Lea!

Btw, all, just so you know...the loss Danielle is referring to in the 
first part of this post is not Tes...its someone she lost that she cared 
a lot for a while ago.

Kris: will write more with Danielle & Kay, but wasn't sure how long & 
when he was going on his picnic.


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