Telnor Warren #100
12/30/97

NRPG:
Just a side note to all...as this is an occasion for me... This being the
100th post I've written here in Telnor.... boy... where did the time go?

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Danielle then crumpled, her bravado disappearing, burying her head in her
friends shoulder. "Oh Tera, what if he doesn't come back? I couldn't bear to
lose him again."

Tera gathered her friend into her arms as she sobbed, and rocked her. "He
will be back. he loves you."

Danielle sobbed "He was so angry with me this morning, and I don't even know
why!"

Tera stroked Danielle's hair as her sobs softened. "He will be back and you
two can talk it out."

What ever had happened between the two of them, Tera was sure things could
be worked out. They had to, for she knew how deep they loved eachother.
Surely it couldn't be as bad as Danielle was making it out to be... could it?

Danielle looked at her friend with hope in her eyes "You think so?"

"I know so" Tera said firmly. Trap hadn't come back to the Warren after all
time and done everything he could to win her back, only to leave her at the
first sing of trouble. He just wasn't like that. "He just likely needs
sometime to think about it and then he'll be back. You'll see."

Danielle wiped the tears from her eyes and hugged Tera. "Thank you." She
said simply, then laughed softly as her stomach rumbled. "Would you come
with me to the dining hall to get something to eat? For some reason, I am
suddenly ravenous."

Tera nodded and the two girls stood. They got on their dragons and headed
down to the dining hall. Danielle linked her arm in Tera's and they headed
in when suddenly they were almost knocked over by a strange man, Danielle
had never seen before.

"Excuse me" Danielle said, looking at the man before her. "I wasn't watching
where I was going, I am sorry."

The man looked her over before saying anything then asked her "Are you
feeling better than last night?"

Tera didn't understand what the man was talking about. Last night? What
could he mean?

Danielle looked puzzled. "Last night? What do you mean?" She looked at the
man again, trying to remember if she had met him before now. "Do I know you?"

He'd laughed "Yeah, I suppose you wouldn't remember... You were
extraordinarily drunk..."

Danielle's eyes went wide, "Did I? I mean...You and I..." she stammered, as
Tera's grip tightened almost imperceptibly on Danielle's arm.

"You were quite the flirt...Plopping in my lap in front of your mate..." he
chuckled conspiratorially, and proceeded to relate the events of the
previous night in grand, and graphic detail.

Oh Gods, the blond thought. No wonder Trap had been angry. But surely it
couldn't have happened the way this man said it did. She thought she knew
her friend a little better then that and knew how much she loved Trap. They
were trying to have a baby for Gods sake. Danielle wouldn't do anything to
jeopardize that...

Danielle's mouth hung open, almost in shock, "Oh god...Trap..."

Tera glared briefly at Marcus and muttered, "Tact...No tact. Who are you?"

She'd never seen him around the Warren before now, and didn't really want to
see him right now. Not with what he was implying.

"Marcus...A wanderer of sorts, just arrived after an extended journey
through the Nomad Lands, and a few of the outer warrens." He grinned
rakishly, obviously enjoying the harmless annoyance he'd caused. 

He looked over the stricken Danielle and the more than a bit angry Tera, and
grinned, offering his arms, Breakfast?"

"I don't think so!" Tera snapped and then began to lead her friend away from
the man, but he followed.

"She didn't seem to mind my company to bad last night," he grinned upsetting
Tera all the more.

"Well that was last night," she snapped after seeing the younger girl's face
turn even whiter id that was possible. "Can't you see how much you're
upsetting her now?"

"Shouldn't we let her decide who she wants to eat with?" he asked, not at
all put out by the blondes anger. "Why if I'd taken her up on her offer last
night instead of letting her mate take her home... she's be with me right
now. and likely a little happier than she looks right now."

"Just go away...please..." Tera begged and was glad to see Kay coming up
behind the man.

*Is something wrong here?* he signed after seeing how upset Tera was and how
white Danielle's face had gone. 

"Oh Kay... This man just won't leave Danielle alone," Tera both signed and
said aloud for the other man to see how upset she was.

Kay turned and faced the man, he pointed to the door, motioning for the man
to go away. Then he moved to place himself between the stranger and Danielle
looking into her eyes, *Are you okay?*

"Is this a joke," the man asked after the younger man pointed towards the
door. "What's his problem anyway?" 

Tera noticed Kattibrie, who followed Kay over moved toward the man who was
glaring at Kay's back. The Queenrider's shoulders had straitened up a bit at
the man's words. 

"He's telling you to leave these women alone," the Queenrider replied. 

"Oh?" the man turned to look at her. "Then why doesn't he tell me that himself?"

"He did. You just weren't listening," she said pointedly, "He doesn't talk
.. he's deaf. So I'm telling you what he said just so there's no mistaking
his meaning," Kitty told him. "And as A Queenrider of this Warren I except
my orders to be obeyed if you don't want to be asked to leave."

The man looked to be about to say something, but instead bowed deeply before
the younger woman and smiled so charmingly that it might have fooled others
in the room. 

"But of course M'lady .. I wouldn't want it said that I refused to follow
the orders of one so beautiful as you."

He raised up and then turned to leave, but not before giving Danielle one
last going over... "It might have been good between us."

"You and every other male in the Warren," Kitty said snidely after the
retreating man's back.

"Kitty!! That wasn't a nice thing to say!" Tera said shocked. "Danielle
doesn't deserve that kind of talk from you. Can't you see how upset she is
right now?"

"Well it's the truth and you know it!" the girl said heatedly, then took a
quick glance at her mate who was kneeling beside the woman in question. She
saw him look back at her and turned so he couldn't read her face that well. 

Kay couldn't get much from Danielle who just sobbed. He turned to see Tera
frowning at Kattibrie and looked at the them questioningly.
  
*What's the matter?* he signed at them.

Tera didn't say anything, just stood there glaring at the younger woman. In
some ways she could understand the woman's fears. But she shouldn't be
behaving this way. She was Kay's mate after all and should have known if he
didn't love her he never would have asked her to be his mate.

If she kept on with these jealous comment's about Danielle then she could
stand a chance of losing him. Danielle was with Trap now... But there was
still a deep friendship between the two riders. Something that would always
be there, and she had better learn to accept that. 

*Kitty?* he signed, *What's wrong?* He was confused at the expression on the
two women's faces, and was getting frustrated that they didn't seem to want
to answer him.

"Do you want to tell him," Tera asked, her eyes never leaving the
Queenriders for a moment. 

"Calishandra told me what she did last night. Throwing herself at that man.
What did she expect."

"Neither of us know what happened last night or why... so I don't think you
should be making any accusations until you know for sure." Tera reminded her.

"Don't we," Kitty insisted. "She's always been this way, and just because
she let herself get mated to your brother don't think she'll change her
ways. Her kind will never change."

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Morgie I hope you don't mind what we did with Kitty,,,,
And thanks to Kris for plotting with me on this post :)

Next Traplin....

*****Submitted by: *******

Barbara (a.k.a.

Tera and Sundellath 
Telnor Warren