Danielle smiled up at the man whos lap she was in.

"How much?" he asked.

Danielle laughed a silvery laugh and stroked the mans cheek. "If I was
charging, you couldn't afford me, but all I want is to have fun." She
started to pull his head down for a kiss when suddenly she felt herself
being pulled from the mans lap.

"Danielle! What the hell do you think you are doing?"Trap pulled at her,
trying to free her from the mans grasp, but he held onto her.

"I think she is with me" Marcus said calmly, standing up and pushing
Danielle behind him.

"Shes my mate!" Trap roared, focused only on reaching for Danielle he
charged towards them.

Marcus easily stepped out of the way and as Trap went by he raised both
hands above his head and brought them down across the back of his neck.
Trap fell to the floor. He lay there for a moment, stunned, then slowly
got to his feet.

Danielle laughed. "Two men fighting over me! This is fun!"

Trap looked at her furiously, but the hurt showing in his eyes. "Whats
going on, Dallie?"

"Nothing....its just been so boring lately, and I want to have fun. You
know how I am." Danielle looked at Trap and then at Marcus. "And right
now, he looks like more fun than you."

Trap charged towards Marcus again who stepped to the side. Suddenly a
chair came crashing down over Traps head as blaze stepped into the fight.
Trap fell to the floor unconscious.

"Damn!" I meant to hit him!" pointing to Marcus as he looked at his
partner laying unconscious on the floor.

Danielle looked down at Trap on the floor then over at Marcus. "Looks like
you win." She smiled at him. "Care to collect your prize?"

Marcus sighed and looked over Danielle wistfully, then stepped away and
leaned down to help Trap up to a seat.

	"Not really, you should tend to your MATE." he scowled darkly at
the young woman as he dumped the contents of his mug of ale over Trap's
head, bringing him around.

	"You should take your mate home dragon rider, before you get hurt
over her. Next time...Monitor her drinking. I would not have liked
killing you over a bit of fluff."  he spoke quietly to the dazed Trap,
helping him to his feet as the puzzled Blaze collected the overly
affectionate, and obviously intoxicated, Danielle.

	He collected his pack and threadbare cloak and moved away quietly,
finding another seat in the Inn, trying to duck away from the stares that
followed him.

 As Marcus tried to disappear into the crowd, he was approached by the
other young woman from the riding group.

"My name is Lyonnia. Please forgive Danielle. She can be that way
sometimes. I thought she'd gotten over it when she became mates with Trap,
but I can see she is up to her old ways." Lyonnia smiled at the man across
the table from her. "As you can see, she has passed out now and Trap will
deal with her back at home."

As Marcus looked over at them he saw danielle being carried out by Trap,
slung over his shoulder, with Blaze following behind. Blaze called back to
Lyonnia "Coming?"

She nodded and started after them, but turned as if with a second thought.
"Would you care to come back to the warren? I mean, I think you should
talk to Danielle and Trap in the morning after everyone has calmed down. I
can give you a lift."

He chuckled as he looked over the woman "You probably have a mate too and
I got over fighting over married women in Jasra. Err, and Xylain, err,
hell never mind."

She looked over him and smiled "No...No mate..."

He grinned  quietly, "Okay, I'll go, but do we have to go straight back?"
he winked and reached over to pat her hand.

She smiled. "Another time. After all, I did come with Blaze."

Marcus nodded and again picked up his pack and cloak. He grinned at her.
"I'll hold you to that." And he followed her out the door.

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NRPG: This post was cowritten by Rob and myself....and Barb contributed
the idea of how Trap got knocked out.

Sarah: hope you don't mind us borrowing Lyonnia.

Everyone: Danielle will not remember ANYTHING that happened the next
morning. She won't even remember meeting Marcus let alone all that
followed.


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