Rings like a bell through the night, part 2

Posted on 31 Dec 2023 @ 6:29pm by Mage Kalian Winter & Warrior Rhiannon Cadash

1,030 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Summer Nights in Jader
Location: Jader Waterfront
Timeline: Bloomingtide 11th, evening

OOC: Continued from "Rings like a bell through the night, part 1"
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Rhi gave Kalian a warm smile. "Do not worry love, you will learn dwarf soon enough." There was a bit of devilish fire in her crimson eyes. "For now I will tell you what it means. (Her tone becomes more serious yet still held the passion and love) It means, My love. My heart rooted in stone cast forth the embers of my forge for you." She looks him in his eyes. "Now you must ask my mother what it really means." With that she jumps down and starts to pull him along the way they had been walking. "Alright, you promised me a wonderful night. Not sure how you are going top this so far, but I am looking forward to seeing you try,"

It took Kalian a moment to collect himself as Rhiannon pulled him before he was once again in sync. He wasn't sure why, but the thought of asking Jessamir was scarier than facing a demon. Not that he would ever compare Jessamir with a demon.

Putting all thought of her mother firmly out of his mind, Kalian leveled his full attention on Rhiannon herself. They approached the northwest part of Hightown, where manor houses perched, with balcony views of the harbor and a pleasant sea breeze. Kalian stopped at one such manor house that was indistinguishable from the others except for a red front door. "This is it." He knocked on the door.

A human man in butler attire answered the door. Inside they could see a formal reception area, a stairway leading upstairs, a hallway into the main house, and an open doorway leading to an unoccupied sitting room. "Ah. You must be Kalian Winter and Rhiannon Cadash, our guests for the evening." Without waiting for a response, the butler started to walk up the carpeted stairs to one side. "Follow me."

The butler opened a door at the top of the stairs and gestured grandly for them to enter the suite's main room. In the center was a table set to accommodate dinner for two. Large doors across the room led to an open balcony. To one side was another door that led to a bedroom and bathroom. "Please, make yourselves at home," said the butler as he left, "I will return shortly with the first course of your meal."

Rhi followed the butler and Kalian. The mansion was beautiful. Kalin had done very well. When the doors were open to the suite Rhi stooped for a brief moment. She had never seen such beauty. Feeling Kalian's hand start to pull her she moved to stand next to Kalian. She barely heard the butler say that he would be back soon with the first course of the meal. Turning to look at Kalian, Rhi smiled her eyes bright with love and excitement. "You my love, have started to impress me." She moved closer looking up at Kalian. "Let's see how the rest of the evening goes." As she stands on her toes.......

Kalian leaned down and kissed her, though this time he managed not to get carried away. "I'm so pleased you like it. Did you know, there's a rumor going around that Lady Randel, the noblewoman who owns this house, started the Randy Dowager Quarterly. I don't know if it's true-"

Just then, the butler reappeared, holding a covered tray. Kalian took a step back from Rhiannon, but kept hold of her hand.

Without comment or expression, the butler placed two bowls of soup on the table, opened a bottle of wine, and poured two glasses, then looked at Kalian, expectantly.

After a moment of confusion, Kalian pulled one of the chairs away from the table and held it for Rhiannon. "My lady, will you be so kind as to join me at table?"

Rhi had not wanted Kalian to stop kissing her but the food would be coming soon. He knew how to get her forge warmed up and he really knew how to stoke her fire. So when he started to talk, it took a few second for her to pay attention. She had about to respond when the butler came in.

Rhi watched as he placed the food on the table poured the wine then stood looking at Kalian. When Kalian moved and pulled out the chair, Rhi gave him a warm smile and made her way over, giving a bit of leg as she did. Once in the chair, "Thank you dear." This said with that bedroom voice. Once the butler was gone, Rhi raised the glass of wine. "To my nogazen. my amoruk. You have given me more than I have ever had. You have brought out feelings in me that I had no idea that I could have ever felt. My forge is yours amoruk."

The way she spoke those dwarven words made Kalian's heart race and his body respond in other distracting ways, but that would have to wait until after their meal. Oh yes, he definitely needed to learn dwarven as soon as possible. And yet, she'd just explained that 'my nogazen' meant 'my love' and 'my amoruk' meant 'my heart.' But by the way she said her forge was his, Kalian suspected a dwarven euphemism. He took the other chair and lifted his glass. "Rhiannon, you are my love, and my heart. It is my great honor to be permitted to... stoke... the fires of your forge." Kalian waggled his eyebrows and drank to their toasts.

Rhi raised her glass towards Kalian then drank hers down. Her eyes seemed to glow with the fire of her forge that Kalian stoked. Putting her glass down she smiled, warm, passionate. "Well my amoruk, if you plan on stoking my forge, then let us eat so we will both have the strength for tonight." Her tone held the love and passion of what was to come that night."

"Your desire is my command, my love," said Kalian, his voice thick with emotion. "Dinner first. We have all night for dessert."

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