Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-29461586-20150312021943/@comment-5583506-20150314235416

Valkyrie began to reach out for him, but only got halfway before she realised that he had already spurred his horse and headed up the path without her.

His choice of wording had hurt though. She didn't intend for him to feel used. She was just confused about her own feelings. She had never been in love before, and she constantly asking herself whether these sudden feelings she had for this man was in fact what people would call love or whether it was all just a matter of lust awakened by her realisation that she was years past the usual age of marriage and parenting in the tradition of the clans.

"Perdix..." she mumbled quietly as she watched him ride off.

"I saw that", said a voice from behind.

Valkyrie flicnhed and assumed her normal stoic appearance as if there wasn't a single thing in the world bothering her, yet the expression of longing for the man who had just been seen riding away from her was hard to get rid off.

"Saw... saw what?" she asked.

Juliana rode up beside Valkyrie with a suspicious smirk on her lips. "So soon?" she asked.

"I have no idea what you are implying, Ghost-Wolf?" said Valkyrie.

"Yes, you do, but the word stick in your mouth and it's not an easy thing to say. But let's face it. You fancy this man, even though he has only been with us for a couple of days? Don't lie. It's unbecoming of you, Matriarch."

Valkyrie sighed. "So, what if I do? Would that be a problem?"

"Not really", shrugged Juliana. "Stranger things have happened than a clanleader getting their things together with a newcomer. Just... make sure that you knight him first if you mean serious business. You still hold my respect, Valkyrie, and you always will, but if you marry an outsider... a lowborn without a title, you will lose respect. The other clans will look down upon you and your kin."

"I know", murmured Valkyrie. "But... would it be too sudden for me to knight him?"

"Why would it?" asked Juliana and began to ride ahead. "He saved your life, didn't he?"