Saul
***

Saul slept soundly for the first time in far to long. After a passionate
night of making love to the woman he loved .. or was that vise versa .. he
had quickly fallen asleep in her arms and not moved until the sun had risen
and was shining in the small window.

He was depressed to find he was the only one in their bed however. So
standing and grabbing the well worn robe hanging on the bathroom door he
slipped down the hall to find his mate.

On the way he peered into Shaulyn's room and smiled to see her sleeping
peacefully. Had she done that all night? He certainly didn't remember
hearing her wake at all.

Moving on he  heard Shawnee humming softy in the kitchen. He stepped in to
see her beating batter in a bowl as she hummed. Her hair was combed and she
was dressed. He frowned wondering if he could talk her out of that ..

She looked at him as he stepped in, "Good morning, love."

"Ah, sweet Shawnee .. light of my life .." he slipped around behind her.
Even dressed she was beautiful. And once again, she was his. He moved his
hands toward the buttons on her shirt, "You are wearing far to many clothes
right now .."

She chuckled, and leaned back into him allowing him to slip his hand in her
shirt and gently fondle one breast. The softness of her skin excited him ..
his touch excited her. "I'm about to start baking .." she said her breath
catching in her throat.

He paused, "Baking?"

She nodded, "It's Ojean's birthday. I'm having him and Fawna and Barry up
after school to celebrate."

He shrugged and moved into nuzzle her neck, "That's a long way off .." he
didn't want to think about later. He only wanted to think about right this
moment and how much he wanted her again.

"Just let me finish this," she whispered, but make no move to stop his
hands and they slowly began to remove her clothing, and exploring her body.

"In a minute," He whispered, turning her to face him, even as he shrugged
off his own robe.

Their lips met as he crushed her to him. She was breathless when the kiss
broke off, "Saul .." she breathed heavily, ".. my cake .."

"In a minute," he breathed still intent on removing every article of
clothing that stood between him and her incredible body.

Once she was naked, he pushed her back against the table, causing the bowl
she'd been mixing to fall to floor .. but neither of them were paying any
attention, as their bodies joined.

***

"I think I like you with flour in your hair," she teased as he helped her
clean up the spilled batter and broken crockery on the floor a short time
later.

He chuckled, "Well, I'm sorry about your cake .."

"No your not," she laughed, and kissed him, "And neither am I .."

"I've missed you, Sweet Shawnee .." he said looking deeply into her aqua eyes.

"And I you," she agreed.

"I'll never do anything to jeopardize us again .."

"Good!" she said with grin. "Now go take shower and let me make this cake
for my brother."

He sighed contentedly. "Oh, all right .. for now I'll leave you alone ..
but don't expect me to wait for you to ask ever again .."

Th'rin
***

The young healer found it really strange to be working in the day. It was
much noisier. And he found people came to him, sometimes with frustratingly
simple requests.  He found there was no time to go and hide in his lab as
he did often on night shifts.

Though since falling in love with Merissa and since joining with Areena..
he found the quiet time he'd spend in the lab was not nearly as fulfilling
as it had once been.

He looked up as a tall red-head walked up to him grinning, "Hi Thorin!"

His mouth dropped, "Tev? When did you get here!" Boy had he changed!

"Last night. Saul came and got me. How's my dad?"

Th'rin shrugged, "The same. I wish I could tell you more."

Tevel nodded, "It's okay. Clarissa told me last night it might take some
time. He woke up for a short time last night .. he smiled at me."

"That's a good sign." Th'rin nodded. The young healer had spent a little
bit of time with T'jellan's son when he had come to visit in past years.
But, he realized, it had been a long time ..

"So what have you been up to?"

"Well, I'm a full-time healer now .."Th'rin frowned, "I normally work
nights, but.. B'ril was killed."

Tev nodded, "I heard. But I only vaguely remember him."

"Yeah, it's been a long time since you were here last."

"Almost 6 years. I try and keep up on some of the gossip when Dad would
come to Killaglen. But it'd been over a year since he'd come to visit."
Tevel shrugged, "He was busy with the wing and all."

Th'rin nodded.

"So can I go sit with him?"

Th'rin nodded, "Go ahead."

It wasn't long before T'jellan had another visitor. The dark-haired young
woman stepped up to him with pleading eyes, "Please, Th'rin. Please let me
see him today."

"He's got another visitor right now. But if you give them some time, I'll
let you sit with him in a few hours. Go  get something to eat while you
wait."

The girl frowned fighting back tears, "I haven't gotten to see him at all yet."

"Ashelle .." Th'rin began.

She shook her head, "No, it's okay. I know you're just doing what you think
is best. I'll come back in a few hours. But you promise .. You promise this
time I'll get to see him."

Th'rin nodded, "I do. After lunch, he's all yours."

Tevel
***

As the morning wore on into afternoon, Tevel felt his stomach start to
growl. T'jellan had been mostly incoherent while he'd been there .. but
still he'd stayed.

Th'rin came in, "I've gotta take a few blood samples, so why don't you head
out and get some lunch."

"He's not really waking up, Th'rin."

"He will." The healer assured him. "He's pretty drugged up. Those burns are
really painful .. and he's got a lot of them."

"Thorin .." Tevel said softly, "Is he really gonna be okay."

Th'rin shrugged slightly, "I don't know. All we can do is wait. But I do
know that your being here, is probably the best thing for him."

"Thanks." Tevel stood stretching his stiff muscles, "I'll be in the dining
hall for a while .. if anything comes up."

***

A grin found it's way onto Tev's face as he stepped into the dining hall
and saw the pretty dark-haired girl he'd met briefly the night before. She
was still looking a bit down, so he moved over to sit across from her.

As he did, he took note of Moira sitting with some people he didn't know.
Well he was glad she seemed to be getting along ..

"Hi .. Ashelle?"

She looked up and smiled at the red-head, "Tevel, right?"

He nodded, "You remembered. You still look a little down .."

Regards,
Saul & Fayloth
Th'rin and Areena
***
NRPG: Part two later today .. I hope ...

Jeanette, have fun :)

Kris




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