Lucy Wickshire 91 Chapter Twelve 2

"The Ancients like the Ligrel clan don't interfere with these small wars between the kingdoms, so they ignored it and did not take sides. My father saved my mother and returned her to my uncle who had just taken the throne from his father, and left a while. It was said that he secretly came to see her for a while before asking for her hand in marriage. All I heard was that the Ligrel clan chief did not approve. My mother was not from one of the great powers, so she was not a good match for my father. My mother raised me in Juhntt while my father never stayed one place. I barely even saw him as a child. I only remember that one night, my mother disappeared and my father returned quite angry. He told my uncle to take care of me and left in anger. I'm not sure how they died, but I never saw him again. Later, one night, my uncle Kleinn arrived and said he was one of the five protectors of the Ligrel clan. He was not really my blood uncle, but he took care of me. He took me back to the clan to meet my grandparents, but they did not approve. I was not allowed to enter, as I was to them, not truly blood.

"I stayed in one of the sects run by the clan where my uncle kleinn was a guardian for a few years. As at then, I had forgotten them and them, I. Then the time for choosing the next sect head came and my great grand father returned from seclusion and said I must be the one as I was the only one from a direct line. He had never seen me before, so he asked that I return to see him. On my way to the clan some a.s.sa.s.sins from the clan attacked my uncle Kleinn from all sides and wounded him heavily, leaving him for dead. He gave me to his friend and asked he send me back to Juhntt and hand me to my uncle. My uncle was informed to hide me. The only way I could be left alone, was to commit a taboo; which was marrying an outsider below my status without consent. Usually it would be overlooked and that man would be killed so that I may marry another of their choosing, but my father had done the exact same thing and they were not going to forgive it again. That's why they stopped hunting me. I'm no more eligible for the t.i.tle of family head.

"My uncle Kleinn had returned later to see how I was doing. He was the one that told me the one who ordered for my death, was the main house; the direct line. Those who are direct blood to my father, my uncles. I'm no more one of them and I don't care about such things. That is why I don't want to talk about it. That bloodline is of no importance to me any more." Walter listened to her tell her story and sighed within; It is still of importance to someone.

He had entered a trap. One laid out well by Lady Wicks.h.i.+re. He had suspected that she had a hand in making sure he and Helen end up together. But was it really a trap if she was the one who set it? She said she wanted to reward him and next thing he knew, he was married and had a t.i.tle. Was this a reward for a work done before, or a work he had not yet done?

Seeing him lost in thought, Helen was worried.

"Are you still angry?" she asked him.

"Come here." hhe ordered and she scooted closer. Before she could say a word, he covered her lips with his. His hand found her nipple and pinched softly causing her to moan. She pushed him away for a second to catch her breath.

"You did not even say anything after I had told you all that." she said and he got up. He brought the lantern close to the bed so he could see her well.

"Isn't this why you were crying? You wanted me to touch you and I didn't." he said, returning to the bed and grabbing one of her b.r.e.a.s.t.s. He could see her flush a shade of red.

"When did I say that?" she asked indignantly.

"It's your wedding night and your husband does not want to touch you. Isn't that what upset you?" he asked as he slowly took off her dress. Soon she was stark naked before him.