Everlong

The Margaster's Mansion

Olly felt the sunlight striking through the glass window against her skin, the snoring of Ed beside her not terribly annoying as she kept her eyes closed, enjoying the warmth and calm breathing of him beside her. It reminded her of when she used to sleep with Brienne and Atticus as a child, hearing her older siblings slumber and dream beside her while she remained half-awake at night.

"So, when you said you left Peren you really meant it huh?" she heard the twirl of Qila's voice in the room.

Olly shot up, her face red as she whipped her head around the room, her gray curls flying in the air wildly as she saw the bird figure sitting quietly in a armchair in the corner of the room. Olly looked down at her naked body wrapped in a short piece of towel cloth, and over at a shirtless Ed snoring deeply beside her.

"This is not what it looks like!" Olly hissed determinedly. She could not handle the teasing look she was getting from her friend across the room and a smile broke out on the edges of Qila's beak.

"I'm sure it isn't" Qila giggled which sounded like the chirping of a tiny bird "But what could the situation be where you are-"Qila started when Olly shot up and grabbed her, pulling her by her wing into the washroom that was thankfully dry.

"Last night" Olly said turning to make sure the door was shut.

"You had unbelievable sex with the human I get-" Qila squawked when suddenly Olly pulled down on the Aarakocra's tunic to quiet her from waking Ed in the next room.

"No!" Olly almost yelled before shushing the both of them, taking a moment before hearing the confirmation of Ed's snoring that he was indeed still asleep.

"It was nothing like that, nor will it ever be!" Olly whispered.

"Why not? It's not like you are married to the Elf, only spell bonded which isn't like permanent right? You deserve to be happy after all!" Qila tweeted in her best whisper "Besides he's not bad looking for a human."

"That isn't the point!" Olly's voice grew louder as Qila shushed her before Olly grunted in frustration that she couldn't get her friend to stop talking.

"The point is" she breathed out calmly "is that last night I had a vision. Not of me and Ed or anything, but a real vision. It was Nole, he was in danger Qila, some serious danger. I couldn't get to him because wherever he is it's too dark."

"Okay, a vision" Qila said getting serious "Not like your usual half-dreams that come true. A real in the moment vision. That means something big is happening to you Olly. Your power maybe growing, but Nole being in danger, is what I came here to tell you. There is news of what he's been up to, but I don't think you are going to like it. I was waiting on you to wake up and when you didn't like usual after dawn, I came in here to find you and-" she said wriggling her feathered eyebrows.

Olly rolled her eyes "Okay bad news. I'll wake up Ed and we will hear it; I just need to get dressed."

"What I said is true though" Qila said resting herself on the wall as Olly collected her clothes and darted back into the washroom with her friend "You deserve to be happy. Even if something did happen with the human, it wouldn't be the worst thing."

"Please Qila don't start. It's not that easy of a situation" Olly groaned as she pulled on her trousers and fastened her belt.

"Spell bonded isn't marriage" Qila twirled.

"But it is a contract" Olly corrected her putting on her tunic and her breastplate armor, touching the cord of ribbon tied around her neck "Peren has a power over me. When he wants to use it, which he will, there isn't anything I can do about it."