Hello Old Friend

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Alexandria d'Auvergne walked back up to Gisborne's chambers. "Guy? What is wrong?"

He spun around with his eyes narrowed. "What have you done Alexandria?"

"You mean in speaking with Marian?"

"OF COURSE!" He roared.

Alex mirrored his stance, her own eyes narrowed down on him. She tracked his movements like a predator would. "I spoke only the truth to her. She may go or stay but if she betrays you I will slit her throat myself."

"Foolish woman. " Gisborne bull rushed Alex, pinning her to the wall with his hand around her throat.

"You shouldn't have done that Alex." The words were like a snakes hiss and she was in danger of the venom.

"What is WRONG with you Guy?!"

"Do you have any idea what you have done? ANY?" He stroked her knuckles down her cheek. "Let me fill you in. Marian was to become my wife. What lands, coin, and property she has will be mine. The elevated status would insure that my heirs had everything they ever wished for. And so would I. You would live well my beautiful Alexandria, I promise you."

"Ah. So it is true. You do wish to keep us both." She felt sick.

A smile so sly was what Gisborne gave to her. "You are God's own fool Alexandria d'Auvergne. You really thought I would have married you? You can give me absolutely nothing. Well, except in bed. There you can give me bastards and decent roll in the hay."

"You are too lovely to pass up." He kissed the shell of her ear and squeezed at her throat harder. "Those cold winter nights when my frigid wife won't keep me warm, you will have the pleasure of doing so Alexandria. Because it was truly a pleasure last night, watching you beg like a bitch in heat. Oh and pretty girl you did beg."

"You bastard!"

"No, no, no my darling. They will be your bastards to care for."

Her back hard against the wall, Gisborne ran his hand up her thigh, raising the hem of the skirt of her dress with his touch. He ground against her in a macabre version of their love making. Forcing a kiss on Alex, she bit his lip in return, Gisborne laughed in her face. He started to loosen the laces on his breeches with one hand, the other dug painfully into the wound on Alex's arm.

She screamed a blood curdling scream. He kept digging his fingers into the wound, making it bleed once again. A swift turn of her head, she bit his hand that was causing the worst of the pain. It just made him grind harder against her.

Fighting back once more, Alex tried to get him off of her, to no avail.

"Fight me Alex, go ahead and fight me. I will take you as I wish and when I wish. You no longer have a say at all."

Alexandria started to speak, and changed her mind. She boxed Gisborne's ears with a mighty clap of her hands on either side of his head.

Gisborne howled in pain. It gave her enough time to push him away. He latched on to her quickly and threw her to the floor. He was stronger but Alex was far more flexible. Bending, she was able to land a strike to his sternum with an elbow.

Pulling Alex back he pressed his weight on top of her. Flexible as she was, she drew her knees back and was able to land a kick to Gisborne's shoulders. They both scrambled to their feet. Alex wiped the blood away from her nose and lip, and smiled a bloody smile. Gisborne launched himself at her once more.

She didn't bother with a knee to the groin, Alex dropped to the floor and punched him there instead. Rolling, she grabbed her satchel of leather wear. Boots and weapons found her hand and before Gisborne could say another word, she was out the window and running.