Chapter 10: Pendragon, Claudius
Faith yawned as she wrapped herself in a blanket and held a lantern in her hand. It was night so the palace was asleep.
She walked further down into the wine cellar and was looking in between the barrels until she found him.
A black-haired and grayed eyed youth looked straight at her before jumping up and putting a knife to her throat.
"If you want to blame anyone, then blame you- "
He passed out on her shoulder. Faith smiled as she carried him to her room. The young man was gravely injured. She dressed his bandages and feed him medicine.
Faith sat not too far from him in a nice chair and before long she dozed off.
When Faith woke up, she was on her bed, and the stranger was gone.
She knows full well who the stranger was she held her chest with a flushed face because Afterall she was still a woman and couldn't being attracted to him. The man was just her type, Arthur and Kai were handsome sure enough, but she was used to that kind of handsome.
"Such eye candy and I didn't even get a chance at all…" Faith whispered She stood up and stretched.
"Elfin"
And the world broke before her
She was placing her hand in the center of the book making it glow brightly. She was still sitting on the fountain a screened appeared in front of her and then a familiar image started playing.
Claudius was running desperately, as the forest was dark, and he was alone running from the assassins behind him. He knew he couldn't handle them as there was over 30 of them; his breathing became heavy as he continued to run. He has no idea where he and it started to make him panic. He has no idea why someone would go through so much trouble to kill him; he is the youngest of five princes to the king, a nobody. He saw fire up ahead and a camp as he got closer, he saw a someone there.
Claudius saw the young women about his age sitting snuggly by a log near the fire. She was wearing a strange outfit her face was covered, but he could see the scaring underneath it.
"You should run" Claudius broke out
"Why?" She responded
"Assassin, are coming," he said
"So"
Claudius didn't know how to respond until the women stood up and stretched. "A young lady in the middle of the woods" he started to say
"Never seen a woman out here alone" she mocked
"No, most women don't."
"And are you expecting me to be the same as every other woman."
"I…Umm"
"Well, I suppose you should be more worried about those assassins. They've surrounded us you know."
Claudius looked around as he saw the shadowy figures move in closer.
"Please get behind," he said
"By all means," The women said as she got behind him with a smile. Claudius saw the wicked smiles of his attackers as they got closer to him. Before they got close, the group of assailants fell, dead. Claudius was puzzled he didn't know what happened. He turned around to see that the young women were poking at the dead assailants with a stick. "looks like I'll have to move camp somewhere else."
The women had stood up and waved her hand, and the campsite disappeared and then she started to walk away.
"Hey, wait" Claudius chased after her. He followed her deep into the forest he lost her at first but then found her sitting by the cliffside.
"Following me."
"Did you take out those guys."
"Yes, Why?"
"Are you a witch?"
"Again, Yes. Are going to keep asking questions like this."
"No…I"
"What's your Name?"
"Claudius Constantine Pendragon," he said respectfully
"You could have just said your first name you know" she got from her spot and approached Claudius
"I'm Faith, Claud. A pleasure" She held out her hand to shake his.
"A pleasure" He responded. Rumble, the ground below them started to rumble "Woah."
"Just an earthquake" she smiled "Claud, are you going to follow me?"
"Yes"
"Why?"
"You saved my life, So, I owe you mine."
"Ha-ha, So, if I told you that you had to marry me to pay me back would you."
"Yes," he said determinedly while blushing.
Faith was silenced for a moment before she shrugged her shoulders and then walking away with Claudius tagging along behind her