Princess Sophiana de Phantrile, sole daughter of King Argan of Yanith, yawned as she pushed aside the bed’s canopy and walked to the window. From it..., she could see the whole of the city stretched out below her. Ursport was the capital of Yanith, and it was built on a high hill. The palace, where Sophiana had lived all her life, was built on top of the hill, and the city stretched around it, down to the coast on one side and the wide plains on the other. In the distance, she could see the. She clung to me suddenly, but I didn’t let myself get overwhelmed by how amazing it felt to have her in my arms. Right now, she needed comfort. ‘It’s not your fault… I’m just glad I’m with you now, and not with him…’ She spent several minutes seeking comfort that I gladly gave, til she managed to calm down and she pulled back from me a little bit. ‘I brought the wine,’ she offered a soft smile, and that brought a huge dorky grin to my face. ‘I brought sort of a picnic setup,’ I set her on her. Lexi giggled as her Uncle Joe started to point out all his ill’s, giving her a dramatic cough, Lexi tapped the glass of port sitting by his hand “it might help if you didn’t drink so much of that” Joe rolled his eye’s “sound just your Grandmother, she’s been telling me that for year’s” Lexi grinned giving him a, you know it’s true look.By the time Lexi got to the first book store on her list she was about to jump out of her skin, the noise and constant activity around her as she rode in the. With a dangerous attack, Marcus ran his sword through the other man. Without a word, the other man pulled out a dagger, thrust it into Marcus' shoulder, and died. --- A deep sense of well-being filled Marcus as he moved with the woman on his lap. He loved the moment that her motive changed. She had come to distract him with pleasure, to ease his tension. He had accepted the distraction, but had turned it against her. With two kisses, he had turned her to lustfully and greedily seeking her own.