A court of love and secrets

6

The dragon walked out of the house, she kept her eyes on the floor. She hated looking people in the eye, unless she knew them. She hated it. She felt as if she was dying on the floor. The heiress of the Night Court was following close behind, her hair blowing in the soft wind. The darkness called to her, as did the flowers in the meadow below. It had been only a few hundred years since she had been to this court, her birthplace, not counting this past spring.
Five hundred years of her asking questions no one knew the answer to, who truly was she. Who her parents where. Margarita, her caretaker, always claimed that she found her in the very meadow she was currently walking through. Eve followed close behind, that female was smaller then the elder.

"What should I suspect in Scalswind." Asked Rhysands daughter.

The dragon had walked out the moment she spotted Eve. Not speaking to anyone. Lilith had only followed, with Eve whispering her condolences to the High Lady as well as saying that she would pray for her unborn child.

"Wind and mountains." The dragon replied to her question.

"Why is Nicole called the daughter of wind and not the mother?"

"Because Inky was mother. All others our sons or daughter." Eve said.

The dragon sniffed. She wanted the conversation to me small and meek. Then she would be back in her warm bed, petting Nicole's dogs and eating cake while reading a book. The afternoon sounded perfect in her head.

"Do you know why I must go to—"

"To find Savanna. Keeper of books." The dragon said.

"Only in those is the Night Court—"

"My mistress, Marchioness Margarita and your father, the High Lord of the Night Court have been friends since the Great War seven hundred years ago. I-I am the little thorn in Rhysands side and I like it that way." The dragon said smiling. "Anyhow, your father is easy to piss off and he has proven himself a 'worth my time' sort of friend."

"Your only friends to the people who have infomasion for you?"

"What other short of friend is there?" The dragon asked.

Eve only sighed a little before she nodded at the dragon. Eve then walked them to a near by tree that was covered in moss and mud. Her dark brown hair was in a braid over her left shoulder. Her clothes where lose and if different make, a simple crop top and trousers. Yet Lilith was not stupid, she knew this girl could rip her in half if Lilith so much as gave her a wrong look. Her dark brown eyes silted.
Theodora stood by the tree, waiting. The daughter of day, wearing a soft yellow gown.

"This is Eve." The dragon said. "Eve is Nicole's step-daughter. And the Dune of Scalswind's half sister. Her title is Flcma. It means Madam."

"It's nice to meet you, Miss Lilith." Eve said smiling. She seemed sweet, perhaps only a few years younger then Feyre. Making her at least over two hundred and twenty-five years old. "I'm sure the Dragon was answering all your questions."

"She answered a few." Lilith replied.

"Ah good." Eve said in her Re'en ascent. Not quite an Scalswind one however, Lilith did not know where the girl came from. "Well now that we have Theodora, I think it's time that we should head back home.

"Indeed." The dragon answered. "This court makes my nose itch and everyone here is so stupid!"

"For someone born in this court, you do complain a lot out it." Eve smirked as she gave Theodora her hand. Theodora gave her a soft smile and thanked her as the dragon then took Lilith's. Her hand where soft and dry. "To Scalswind."

***

The air left Theodora's body. She hated windowing, hated it more then she hated getting interrupted when she was in a nice hot bath. Which was just what this Eve girl did. She was about to kill the female, that was until her cousin came in and looked shocked to see the girl before her.

'Be thankful I'm not the dragon' the girl had said. 'Otherwise, I would have pulled you out of this bath by your hair'

And now Theodora was looking at the Dragon as their feet hit soft grass, she could see that Eve was right. The dragon did indeed have resting bitch face. Seeing her looking, the dragon smiled softly before walking down a half muddy road. Theo herself had been to Scalswind once before, but she never meet the dragon until this morning, nor had she meet the Lord of Scalswind nor her Dune. Heir. The dragon waved for them to follow.

"Don't mind Frey." The girl—Eve said. "She means well. . .it's just she can't understand peoples emotions sometimes. Nor her own. One second she could be happy, the next she is trying to kill you. Besides, at least you already know that, Miss Lilith, so she will not hurt you."

"What makes you say that?" The heiress of the Night Court said.

"Your Rhysands daughter. And Freya and Rhysand are friends, short off. She won't hurt." Eve said but Theodora still heard the next word as she walked off. "Badly."

The three females followed the dragon down the mud road until the sound of people could be heard. People and fire. Up above the sky went dark, which should be impossible, they only left before lunch. Around five people where standing around, some in armed to their teeth. Samurai. Those who guarded the royal families of this island. Others had normal clothes on, regular people, some stood over a pot other where cleaning what must of been lunch.

"Time difference." Eve whispered. "It might be noon for you, but for us it's the middle of the night. And it's not safe to travel at night. Even more so for four young ladies, two being the. . .well you two. One being the half sister of a Dune and the other being the Dragon herself. Not Safe."

"We understand. When shall we expect to arrive in Scalswind?" Theo asked.

"Some time tomorrow morning. We shall camp until first light." The dragon said up above. "Pythianisns you take that tent. Supper will be in an hour."

"Of course," Lilith said.