Recent content by Lale Carvyre

"Remember your promise, Auderic." Lale reminded the elf as they continued. Some faces now watched her, keeping an eye on their every move. "Honour it, and you will be rewarded." "Even more than you already gave?" "Yes." She cut the taller male a look. "Keep them away from me, but let them...

The Shallows was no place for someone of her station, but someone had to make sure no mistake was to be made. Lale had been here before, not every trip went smoothly as she had hoped, but she also knew the risks and disdain the people had here. And so she swayed them to expect her presence, to...

Lale knew what her hatred felt like. Something more all consuming than the pittance of love. She grew up with hate, learned to be strong of her own volition because that was the only way her family would see her for who she truly was. She was no soft thing like her sister Liya. She was no...

Lale stiffened as he came closer than he had ever been before. His grasp on her wrist was not enough to hurt her, and the gentle exploration of her neck had her holding a shaky breath. Given her hatred she felt now, her own hand still around the hilt tightened as he was free with his intentions...

Now that his attention was upon her, Lale felt sickened. There was a churning in her stomach, that he now placed a hand on her like he had when she met him earlier that day. He was the type that liked getting what he wanted, and Lale felt inclined to teach him not to be so liberal with his...

No matter the steps she took to put distance between herself and the mercenary, he was very much like a predator on the prowl and scenting her. He was a wolf as she was the rabbit, and he was used to catching his meal. "The payment is as it were last time. To be collected from the docks." She...

The outrage was quick to flood over her face. "Leave them be!" Her words were more an order than a protest. Either side of her felt too cold now with the sudden extraction of her two alibis. She left the wall she had been leaning against, standing in the middle of the drawing room as her...

At first, she thought her brother would be the one to enter the room. Perhaps to tell her to get up, they were to leave as a body had been found. No such luck. Instead, the hulking shadow in the doorframe was not the familiar silhouette of any Carvyre son. Tall and lean, but this body filled...

Her presence here was not of her desire, but her brothers gave her consent to appear part of the fray. They had attended parties like this before, a night of all out debauchery that will never be spoken about nor ever found out by anyone that had never received an invitation. Lale herself had...

She had not finished her glass, nor was it proper for her to finish it in the same fashion as he had. And so Lale left it on the table even if he deserved it thrown into his face for handling her like he had. There was of course no other reason than him being a beast of a mercenary and...

With a grace awarded to her by her lessons and upbringing on etiquette, and without spilling her glass, her hand shot out to wrap around his wrist. Her fingers barely wrapped around, but her grip was taut. Her eyes were storms waging above. "Clearly." Was all she said before pushing his hand...

"If the gods will not cull the idiots from this world, then someone must take up the mantle." And yet she needed her hands clean. She needed to play the angel heralded by chorus and heavens. Reputation was fickle, and her own family's state may have been forgotten for now, but with this death...

It was on the tip of her tongue to explain to him her family's reasons, but it was not something he needed to know in order to do the job. She liked his services because he did not ask questions. Taking her glass once more, she chose to resume her place by the window in which the sad...

"If my name stays out of the game, it keeps you in it too. And with payment." Her experience with him told her he was not shy with stating his price, that his confidence and admittedly efficient work deserved the higher amount he asked. If she were to settle for cheaper means, who was to say the...

She did not look his way as he surveyed her, for her attention was still fixed on the view. It was quaint, yes, but there was a tranquility about it that kept her fixed in place. Once he offered her a glass, she turned to pierce him with her gaze. "Yes, anyone can do what you do, but I pay you...