> "NO!" Tarv'renon said looking at Saul pleadingly, "Don't take her away."
> 
> "What is your problem, man! Can't you see she's upset!" The bearded rider
> asked looking at the younger man.

Xanthia flinched as Tarv'renon moved over to her and put his arm about her
restraining her where she was. She felt panicked and suffocated by the
touch.
 
> "Saul?" A voice called from the entrance of the apartment.

Xanthia whimpered as Tarv'renon's grip on her tightened at the sound of the
warrenlady's voice. Terror wracked through her small body. She wanted so
desperately to flee, but there was no where to run to and she was certain
he'd kill her if she tried.
 
> Saul immediately recognized the voice, "In here, Trinale."
> 
> The tiny red-headed warrenlady walked in looking very composed despite
> obviously having been wakened in the middle of the night but this ruckus.
> She spotted Xanthia, and her face flooded with relief, "Thank the gods!
> We've been so worried about you."
 
"I want to leave .." Xanthia begged again, her voice trembling weakly. She
the thought occurred to her that maybe if she killed the man holding her
that maybe she could escape, She glanced down at the dagger strapped to her
belt. So near... She'd never used it to defend herself, and she wondered if
she could take a human life.

<You can't kill him, he's a dragonrider!> Maxima told her.

Xanthia began to cry as utter, hopeless despair descended on her.
 
> "We'll get you out of here soon. But first I want to know what is going on
> here."
>
>"He...." Xanthia couldn't come up with the words to describe the kiss the
>man had given her, and what had happened afterwards. Suddenly she heard
>Trinale's voice in her mind.
>
>(Calm down and explain to me slowly.)
>
>Xanthia explained to Trianle with pictures and words everything that had
>happened up to the point she had blacked out and couldn't remember.
>
>Trinale turned to Tarv'renon. "why didn't you take her to the med center?"

"I... I couldn't risk it!" Tarv'renon stammered. "They would have sent me
away, never let me see her again. I couldn't lose her, I already lost
Aradia."

"Aradia?" Trinale asked, and then for the first time since she'd been in
the apartment she noticed the pictures littering the walls of the
apartment, pictures of Aradia and Xanthia, and all done in the same style
as the one that Xanthia had shown her that day. It was as if the room were
a shrine to the two sisters.

"You???" Trinale said, "You were the one who left that picture on Xanthia's
bed?"

"Yes," he confessed, not a hint of regret in his voice.

"Tarv'renon," Saul spoke up, "Let Xanthia go. The longer this takes, the
worse it will be for you."

"NO! I love her! We are meant to be together!" Tarv'renon exclaimed, and
planted his mouth over Xanthia's once more. 

But this time, there was nothing she could do, no way to move away or
retaliate. Tears streamed from her crystal blue eyes as she cried pitifully
at the violation trembled with fear in his grasp,

**********

NRPG: Over to you Kris and Kat and Bridget! Oh, there isn't anything that
he won't do to keep Xanthia.


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