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29 Rhoswen Solone

_Rhoswen Solone_

"For the last time, Rhoswen, NO." Lord solone said sternly, running a hand down his face in annoyance. His hand stayed there, to pinch the bridge of his nose in attempts to keep himself calm. It looked as though he was struggling.
"Please father, I have never known something so great in my life. I trust them! Isn't that something? I do not trust a great many of people." the girl begged.

"You do not even know these men! They are runaways! Deserters from a foreign country who had us sounding the alarms and preparing for invasion!" Her father told her, standing from his throne seat, not able to contain the pacing his legs were begging him to do.
"I know them better than anyone else does. I saw them in a vision! It is fate for them to come here. They said they would agree to be knighted!"

"Knights are of noble blood! These are two foreign peasant soldiers! I should have them executed so that the west does not come after us for harboring their fugitives!"

"You cannot do that! Please father, I could never ask anything else as great as this. They have to live- I- I do not know what would happen if they would die," She begged him more, tears clouding her vision. Why crying was a good persuasion tactic, these tears were real. Emotional tears that she could not keep from surfacing.

Lord Edwin Solone was a good father- he loved his children greatly and to see them cry always stung him in the heart. However, the man knew when to say no, and keep it firm. "I simply cannot do what you ask. In fact, a better thing to do would be to send them to the capital."

"Like you're sending Rosaline to do? Sending her away to never come back?" She said frustratedly. Rosaline was a mean sister, the two did not normally get along but she was still family. Rhoswen had not given the idea much thought but now that it had appeared to her, she realized she really didn't want the sibling to leave.

"How did you know I was considering sending Rosaline and Florian off to the capital?"

"Florien too? You can't do that! I will miss them too much!"

"It would be good for them to go and learn in the capital. They can be wards of the king if they must."

"Send me and Prim then," She offered.

"Prim would make too much of a fuss, and you are ill. Briar is the heir so he needs to stay and keep learning here."

"I am not ill!"

"I will not argue about that today, Rhoswen. Take your whining elsewhere. I have work to do, and as much as I would like to give you everything you could ever want- I simply cannot!" He told her with aggravated honesty.

As much as she wanted to detest the idea of illness, and the fact that two of her siblings would be leaving her, she had two other lives to keep alive. That was more important. "Forget about that then, its Ryus and Kehan- those are their names- they need to be spared. Please! I will do anything, anything it takes. It is likely one of the most important decisions I will ever make." She told him in total seriousness, but she could tell he was not buying it.

"I cannot-"

"You have to! Let them be my sworn servents. Slaves if you must- but I cannot let them die!"

"Why do you care so much about two men you don't even know?"

"Because of the visions!"

"Your visions aren't real!"

"I knew mother was going to get sick and die, and no one beleived me! I knew these men were coming! I knew the bells would ring! I knew Elizabeth tried to poison Briar and I stopped it! I saved his life! And I knew Rosaline was going to the capital!" She told him, her breath quickening as she placed her hands on her hips.