Delilah
Delilah was awake early in the morning. She got up gently so she didn't wake Desmond. She looked at him with a soft gaze before pulling a silk robe on and walking out of her room quietly. The castle was quiet, like it was every morning. She shook her head....a quick sound of feet came at a run down the hallway. Del looked behind herself and saw her sister Farin running down the hall, her face as pale as the snow that fell outside their windows in the winter.
"Rin? Sister what is wrong? You look as scared as a baby deer!" Lilah held out her arms for her sister to run into. Rin ran into them and Delilah felt the younger girl shaking. She looked around trying to find the cause of her sister's reaction. Finding none Delilah shook her head. If nothing in the immediate area had scared her then Rin must have been approached by a suspect.
Delilah led Farin into her room, forgetting that Desmond was in her bed sleeping. But when she looked he was gone and the bed had been made. Del sighed in relief but turned her attention back to her younger sister. Farin had started crying a little since Delilah had pulled her into an embrace.
"Bryn just scared me , I don't know if it's wise to continue with the marriage." Rin said. Del frowned, her sister loved her betrothed and she knew it just from Farin's actions recently, but something felt off. She sensed that her younger sister had reservations about what was about to happen. She smiled at her younger sister.
"Farin, mother wouldn't force us to marry these men if she thought it would cause us harm, and we're prime targets right now. Don't let Bryn scare you out of your commitment and don't be afraid of your betrothed. If you love him like I think you do then I don't see how he could hurt you"
"Lilah, what if Bryn is right though? What if all the plainsmen are wanting is our lands, what if they don't intend on stopping the fighting?"
Lilah shook her head at her sister's words.
"Rin, if there was a shred of thought that, that was their plan then we wouldn't be marrying the princes...we'd have a choice. But that's not what their plans are, which is why we don't get a choice in marriage"
Farin looked like she wanted to say more but she didn't she sat next to her sister in the chairs and looked at the fire that was blazing quietly in the corner, eventually being lulled to sleep. Del took a blanket from her bed and covered her younger sister with it before leaving, preferably to have a nice chat with Bryn.
How dare he scare her sister like that. How dare he even think it wise to talk to a royal the way he talked to Farin. Yes a few words would be spoken and all would be resolved. Delilah walked quickly in the direction of the office that Bryn was given, all the while aware of Desmond's faint footsteps hiding in the shadows.
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