The Bounty of Love

Chapter 6

Love woke up first. He was careful not to move to much lest he disturbed her. They had shifted to there sides in their sleep, and she was curled up in his arms. He smiled and kissed her forehead as he slowly got up to start the day. She opened her eyes slowly and noticed him going to wash up. He didn’t notice her though, as a grin crossed her face. She chose to attempt to sneak up on him this morning. He sat down slowly in the bath, his head back, eyes closed, relaxed. She crept up soundless in her steps. Just as she was about to reach out to him, caught.
“Good morning my little Fox.” He smirked eyes still closed.

She pouted. Caught again. Damn. Well why ruin the opportunity she thought. She climbed in the bath with him. Her knees straddled his hips. His eyes shot open, but before he could say anything she took his face in her hands and kissed him deeply. His hands naturally made their way to her hips as she wasted no time in riding him happily.

“Ya know you could have food for breakfast?” he chuckled as he finished putting on his boots.

She smiled wide as she hopped up in his lap. She tossed an arm over his shoulders. “But your my favorite breakfast Love!” She licked his cheek with a giggle as she attempted to jump down.

He caught her, wrapped his arms around her from behind. “And your my favorite part of everyday.” He nuzzled in her neck causing her to giggle more.

They finally made there way downstairs for breakfast. Taking a seat at their usual table, the waitress just brought the same as she always had. As she sat on the table she dancing slightly as she ate. He smiled at her, enjoying the moment before he requested her little leather book. She handed it to him without question. He flipped through the pages quickly till he found the name Thorn.
“Next one on the list. This one I think would be better for me to do.”

She pouted again as she sipped her coffee. “But..”

He lifted his hand before she could finish. “He is a brawler dear. You’re not, and we need him alive remember?”
She nodded still pouting.

 “That doesn’t mean you can’t be my backup plan.”

She smiled and perked up. “So what’s the plan, Love?”

He nodded and sipped his coffee as he spoke, “Thorn has a love for showing off his strength. He was actually easy to track down, and he’s gonna show his ugly green face tonight.” He pulled out a poster and handed it to her.

She tilted her head looking at it. It was an advertisement for the festival going on locally. They never really attended due to work. As she read the listed events she saw; COME ONE COME ALL TAKE ON THE FEAT OF STRENGTH! FIGHT YOUR WAY TO THE TOP IN THE BRAWLERS BALL! CAN YOU TAKE ON THE CHAMP? PRIZE: 1000 GOLD.
“Who’s the ‘champ',” she asked, as she handed him the poster back.

He smiled at her, “Thorn. The Brawlers Ball is a traveling show. They don’t come through here often from what I found out, but when I got us this job I did some quick research on him since he was the wild card out of the three since we knew the other two. That’s why I asked you to meet me here again. The plus is this just happens to be your favorite town.”

“It’s the only tavern that remembers me.” She smiled wagging her tail.

“Probably because of all the property ‘returned’ for the reward money.” He laughed as she pouted.

“Hey I haven’t returned anybody’s nothing since we got the free room!” She joined him in laughter.

He finished his coffee. “Well, I’m going to ‘take on the champ’ as it where. Your job is to keep an eye out for any interference. Then once he’s down, bag him, back to the inn. I’ve already given the barkeep a heads up.”

She nodded as he continued. 

“Now we have time before we have to work.” He tossed a few gold coins on the table as he stood up, “Would you like to walk round the festival my little Fox?”
She squealed happily as she jumped on his back. He chuckled piggybacking her out the door.