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  1. The Ward's Guard
    "The world will steal you away, it always does."
  2. The Ward's Guard
    Caden lowered his head refusing to meet her eyes, "I can't loose someone again, I'm not strong enough for that. You say you're immortal, but . . ."
  3. The Ward's Guard
    Caden grabbed her shoulders, his arms trembling. "I can't loose someone else!"
  4. The Ward's Guard
    "No! I mean, that's not what I meant."
  5. The Ward's Guard
    "What? No it's-" He looked away, trying find a away to say what his gut desperately needed him to. "I'm just- I'm not strong enough."
  6. The Ward's Guard
    "It would be better than letting it grow," Caden stated his decision from earlier that day. "I-" He sighed, unsure how to explain it in any other way than he had done so before.
  7. The Ward's Guard
    "I can't do it, Riva. This whole relationship thing."
  8. The Ward's Guard
    Caden sighed, "I can't. What we did last night, that is. What I mean is-" A frustrated growl rumbled in his chest, as all of this had been far easier in his head.
  9. The Ward's Guard
    He followed her, but his steps were hesitant. "No, food won't do it." His stomach churned at the simple thought of eating, he needed to say something, he just didn't know what.
  10. The Ward's Guard
    Caden's tongued tied up as the moment's he spent preparing what he would say were forgotten the instant he looked into her eyes. With the guardsmen having left, Caden tried to clear his throat. "I can't go through it again, so I won't."
  11. The Ward's Guard
    Caden hesitantly let her come in, feeling a deep need for her to be close to him despite his mind trying to fight against it. "I- I can't do this," he stated.
  12. The Ward's Guard
    Caden lifted his hands to keep Riva at arms length, a terribly feeling yanking at him from his gut. "There is something . . . about last night."
  13. The Ward's Guard
    He turned to face her, nodding at his men who hesitantly stepped aside. "It can't be already."
  14. The Ward's Guard
    "Did you have something you wanted to discuss?" Caden asked without moving from his spot, but the Guard quickly placed themselves between the general and the former torturess, watching her with open suspicion, nearing hostility.
  15. The Ward's Guard
    The general's back snapped straight at the voice, he took a moment to even out his breathing as he closed his eyes. "How long have you been standing there."
  16. The Ward's Guard
    The four men regarded one another for what seemed like an eternity as sweat dripped down Caden's brow, he couldn't afford to watch every little detail of his three opponents' movements, so he sufficed for watching them as a group. The general recalled how he had them drilled endlessly on working as a single unit to overpower their enemies, so watched for tells that he would recognize. A twitch of the arm there, a shift of a stance there, the men revealing their first moves while still deciding on them. The men of the Praetorium Guard snapped forward, and their blades began to whistle through the air. Caden growled as he allowed himself to be pushed on the defensive, there being too many blades for him to defend against and attack. The men moved smoothly, one attacking the general directly, while the other two tried to get around his guard on either side. Caden shifted to his left quickly, advancing on that man and placing him between the general and the rest of the guardsmen as quickly as he could. He struck quickly and brutally, aiming to tear away the man's defenses before the other two could get in to help. The fight shifted as the man did everything he could to defend himself, waiting but a moment for the others to get around and flank Caden once more. They would continue this maneuver until they wore Caden down, knowing their numbers offered them an undeniable advantage. However, Caden knew this very tactic well. Just as the men were closing in on Caden's flanks, he performed a large sweeping motion with his blade to ward the men off, but instead they smelled vulnerability as the general lowered his guard. They moved in rapid succession to strike beneath Caden's blade, just as he nearly finished his sweep. However, instead of stopping, he let the momentum carry him forward as he lunged towards the man in the middle, catching him off-guard as Caden batted away the flat portion of the man's blade with his arm, tackling him to the ground. The second the man touch the ground, Caden knocked his head with his knee, and rolled to his feet, grinning at the two other men as they tried to strike as wolves fighting in a pack, defending their downed man. He shifted his stance to face off against the man on the right, lunging towards him and driving the two men apart. He cleanly deflected a blow from the left before shifting back to his right, committing himself to a brutal attack that left him open to the man to his left. He swung his blade to strike at the man at his right, but shifted his footing at the last moment when he heard the whistling of a blade to his left, redirecting the momentum to strike the man firmly on his padded blade arm while he was trying to recover from the heavy swing. He dropped to a knee, gasping in pain while the man to Caden's right suddenly started a desperate offensive to redirect the general's attention. Caden met the man blow for blow before easily overpowering the one man in a few moments, causing the third blade to drop to the ground. General Praetorium stood for a moment in his sweat, catching his breath while his men quickly got to their feet before saluting their commanding officer.
  17. The Ward's Guard
    "I . . ." Caden kissed her back, "I can tell." He pulled her close, taking her in his arms.
  18. The Ward's Guard
    Caden shrugged, "I guess . . ."
  19. The Ward's Guard
    Caden leaned backwards in shock at her enthusiasm and fell onto the floor. He pulled away from Riva for a moment, "what the blazes are we doing?"
  20. The Ward's Guard
    He leaned back slightly out of shock, but as warmth blossomed in Caden's chest, he leaned into Riva and kissed her back.
  21. The Ward's Guard
    "I want to, but . . ." He grimaced as his thoughts returned to the night before, "I . . . can't. Not again."
  22. The Ward's Guard
    Caden's breath caught in his throat, and he failed to meet Riva's eyes.
  23. The Ward's Guard
    A chill went up Caden's spine when the melody came back to him, "do you . . . love me?"
  24. The Ward's Guard
    An expression of understanding came across his face when he nodded grimly, but he paused. "You could have done that last night, couldn't you?"
  25. The Ward's Guard
    Caden opened his mouth to object, but he was suddenly hit with the memory of Riva laying at his feet, tossed aside by his own hand. He shuddered and tightened his grip," why did you come back?"
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