Ascending Legends

"No... you need rest. I don't want your wounds hurting you later, when they become scars...." Arryn paused, suddenly having realized something. "How... how can we explain this to your family...?"

Dayn groaned and laid his head against Arryn's. "I don't take my shirt around them, and we both wear long sleeves." It was a bad answer and he knew it, but it was just something to get his mind going. "I don't know. I really don't. It doesn't make our life any easier that is for certain. Now I have to explain to them why I am scarred and that I am a wolf." He wanted to disappear right now. "Do we tell them though? I love my family.....but.....we'd have to tell them about me being a wolf...and if that knowledge got out to the other nobles of the inquisitors. Arryn....I'm starting to think that the risk is just to high to bring my family into all of this."

Arryn listened silently while Dayn spoke, tryng to think of a good solution. "You wanted to tell them about the lycanthropy..... Maybe just your father? Or, mo chroi, we don't have to tell anyone. That's okay too. Remember, though, that nightmare that you had, it will never happen."

Dayn shivered at the memory. "I don't know Arryn. I don't know how things would work. Noble servants and house tenants are preview to a lot of chatter, and if one thing got out about a Braegland being a wolf before long we'd have unwanted attention at our door, possibly even hunters. I don't think it'd be safe to tell even Da about it." Dayn nuzzled against Arryn for a few quiet moments before saying, "Thank you, Arryn."

"You're welcome." Arryn closed her eyes but stayed awake. When is the next full moon?"

Dayn took in a quiet breath as he counted days since the last one. "It's been a week since the wedding so," Dayn let a heavy sigh escape his lips. "Middle of next week." His body hurt just thinking about it. "That isn't going to be fun at all."

Arryn closed her eyes and nuzzled against Dayn. "Don't think about it, mo chroi. We'll deal with it when the time comes. It'll be okay." Arryn pulled up the blankets which had slipped some, thankful for her artificial heat. She cuddled up to Dayn and closed her eyes. "Please rest, Dayn."

Dayn tucked his head down over Arryn's and nestled up against her before taking her hand and rubbing it with his thumb as he closed his eyes.

Arryn smiled and almost immediately fell asleep. Her dreams were odd, but I'll it seemed that the gap in her life force had been fixed, and her dreams evened lut, though she was still cold. Her dreams turned to a nightmare, though. Back in the church, it was dark, and she was entirely alone. She called out for Dayn, but heard no reply. As she realized where she was, she couldn't help but start crying, stopping when the back door opened so she could pull her sword. This banshee... she seemed... different. As she neared, Arryn's sword didn't even bother her as she walked through it. For a few moments, Arryn thought she could see a beautiful, ethereal young woman, stunning enough to take Arryn's breath away - what the banshee had once been. The banshee reached out and put her hand over Arryn's heart, and Arryn was too enraptured with the wavering, translucent visage to stop her. It was like a cold dagger had pierced her heart, and Arryn looked at the banshee almost in betrayal. As the searing cold spread through her body, she collapsed, unable to fight it. She thought she heard a beautiful voice say, "Forgive us, Eleran," But Arryn couldn't be sure as she passed out moments later, her body feeling like it had been frozen.


Arryn woke up with a soft gasp and reached out to Dayn and shakily wrapped her arms around his neck as she shivered. She needed him close for the moment, not just to warm herself, she needed him to tell her that it was okay and that he would love her no matter what... because she was still trying to interpret that dream, and it could have been nothing, or it could have meant changes were coming....

Dayn didn't even bother to open his eyes. Instead he wrapped Arryn in his arms and nuzzled against her, his body having been trained to respond to her almost on instinct in these moments (not that he didn't do it out of love). "Mm, hello fy rhosyn." He pulled away just enough to give her a kiss on the forehead. "You're cold my love. Here," Dayn warmed his body once more as he nuzzled against Arryn again. "This'll help."

Arryn nestled her head under his chin. "It was a banshee, but not a normal banshee, but she did something, and I'm scared, Dayn. I don't know what's real or not." She was trying to savor his warmth as much as she could, but she couldn't stop crying. What if... what if she became a banshee? Or what if she caused something that would hurt Dayn.

Arryn nodded a bit and focused on him, and slowly she calmed down, eventually falling back to sleep.

Dayn brushed some of Arryn's hair back before kissing her forehead again. He might have been more worried had they not just been through Hel and back. Sleep came easy to him, but the dreams made no sense. There was a dark forest on a full moon night. He could see the shapes of trees has he moved through the woods, but where was he heading? Suddenly he came upon a clearing, and in the midst of it stood a white figure, her dress flowing about her in an etherial breeze. He felt drawn to her, though it felt wrong. His eyes fell upon his body, seeming to be made of living shadows. "Dayn?", the figure called out in a familiar face. He stepped forward into the circle, his body a dark, amorphous shape in the visage of a wolf. The figure turned and Dayn saw that it was Arryn. She was wearing a white dress, and roses bloomed about her. She smiled as she knelt down, reaching her arms out to embrace him as he laid his head against her shoulder. "My Dayn."

Arryn's dreams were not quite as peaceful. She was in the church again, pressed into the corner with an incredibly deep cut on her hand and her vision fading. The banshees slowly approached her, and suddenly she heard a bang as the church doors swung open. A giant black wolf ran in and took out the banshees one by one. Finally it walked closer to her, and she could see Dayn's icy blue eyes. He walked over to her and sniffed her over, pausing at her hand. He gave a quiet whine and nuzzled against her neck as she wrapped her arms around him. Then the scene shifted, and Dayn wasn't a wolf, but hinself, fully dressed, kneeling in front of her and bandaging her hand as she blinked spots out of her eyes. They had done this before... when they had just gotten to know each other. He looked up at her with his dual colored eyes and she reached out, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him close. "I love you, mo chroi."

The rest of the night passed in peace. The morning brought with it renewed pain, but Dayn was thankful that there was no screaming or crying to start the day off. He slowly traced his finger over Arryn's cheek and along her jaw before leaning forward and kissing her lips as his hand moved down to caress her neck. He figured he would give her a pleasant waking this morning.

Arryn shivered a bit as she opened her eyes with a smile. When they finished their kiss Arryn stretched a bit and nuzzled against him. "Mm, morning mo chroi. How are you?"

Dayn kissed Arryn's ear slowly as he thought on how to answer. "I'm hurting, but I'll live." He kissed her jaw before continuing. "I had an interesting dream last night. You were in it, in a beautiful white dress by the way. You were absolutely gorgeous."

Arryn smiled. "Really? Well I had an odd dream that you were in too. I was in the church, huddled in the corner, and you ran in as a wolf and saved me. Then it went back to that time in the woods where I burnt my hand."

Dayn actually chuckled as he recalled that memory. "You were so embarrassed by that." Dayn nuzzled against Arryn's neck as he smiled. "It was kind of adorable, outside of you getting hurt and all."

Arryn giggled a bit. "Well I thought you'd think I was a terrible healer or just dead weight." She moved to nuzzle against him lightly. "I never expected this."

Dayn nuzzled Arryn in return. "Mm, neither did I. But I love it."

"Mhm. I just wish we were in a bit of a better condition."

Arryn sighed happily and closed her eyes as she pressed her head against his chest. She would have purred if she could have. "You always know how to render me useless."