Chapter 226: Loraven (3)
Loraven’s attention flicked to the sudden movement behind the King of the Flori, and her instinct kicked in immediately after seeing the human man sneaking behind him. With a speed only Lyvarian elves had, the she-elf pulled Thalinal behind her, leapt and kneed the human in the chest, her sword at his throat as they collapsed to the hard snowy ground.
"Loraven!" The sharpness of Thalinal’s voice stopped her from instantly slitting the man’s throat beneath her.
Water droplets from her face started dripping onto his, some already freezing and cutting his chiselled cheeks. Loraven kept her blade to his skin, eyes still locked with the man’s whose bright blue eyes were wide, his lips slightly ajar. His brown hair was cropped, short, and, before she attacked him, seemed to have been neatly slicked to the side. Now it was dishevelled and much better.
There was something noble and commanding about this man. Like his presence alone would command a room without needing to raise his voice. A born leader. Yet, there was also something kind and gentle about him. It was something about his eyes that told her so.
It intrigued her, even with the sword pressed against his throat. As though this man knew she had been gazing at his looks, a small smile formed on his lips from where they had once been open in slight shock or possibly horror. Without her friend’s command, he was guaranteed dead.
A sword was placed under her throat, and she sighed, glancing at the knight trying to protect the man beneath her. "Remove your sword, or I’ll remove your head," a young knight, not much older than eighteen who looked similar to the man she was threatening, hissed.
Loraven smirked, "hmmm, I wonder who will die first. Your man or me?"
"*Loraven, remove yourself now. This is my.. guest,*" Thalinal spoke from behind her. The word ’guest’ was strained and forceful.
Loraven tilted her head to the side, ignoring the cut forming at her throat. It barely stung. "*Thalinal, why have you brought humans to my lands?*" She asked icily.