From alt.pub.dragons-inn Tue Aug 22 23:50:59 1995 Xref: netcom.com alt.pub.dragons-inn:8649 Path: netcom.com!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!maniac.deathstar.org!gemini From: Phaedra Whitlock Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: [Montfort] - Niki - Lance waking up Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 18:38:49 -0400 Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 39 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: maniac.deathstar.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <418nsm$elq@athena.ulaval.ca> > Lance awoke heavily, feeling nothing but pain exploding in his > head. He started up, thinking, "My sword!" But he found himself being > gently but firmly held back. > > "Don't move yet, you fell hard and something might have broken." > said the soft voice that came with the hands. Lance realized his head > was cushioned on something soft and the scent of violets drifted across > his nostrils as the woman bent forward to run her hands competently down > his ribcage. > > Lance was disoriented, to say the least. Gathering up the meager > strength he had left after his ordeal, he spoke. > > "Wh... who are you?" > > Niki smiled and breathed a sigh of relief. In her dark leathers she was nearly invisible in the night. In the light from the open Inn door she was no more than a silhouette to him at best, but his eyes were focusing properly and he could see her easily enough. "My name is Niki..." She swallowed, suddenly blushing with embaressment as she realized his head was still in her lap. "I was in the inn and saw you chasing someone. He hit you and you fell off your horse. That's when I came out to see if you were okay." A glance around showed the man's horse cropping grass growing beside the inn. It saw her look and nickered slightly before wandering over. "Nothing's broken I think", she said looking back at her charge. "Do you feel like sitting up yet?" The man simply looked at her upside down for a moment, taking her in. Off-black leather armor fitted what he could see of her lush curves like a second skin. Young. Very young, but not so young as to be innocent of her looks and their effect on men. Niki flushed again as he stared, then laughed and jerked forward as his horse nuzzled her hair. Twisting at the waist she smiled and raised a slender arm to stroke the horse looming above her. "Hello to you too. I'm Niki..."