Moonlight+Rituals...+reunited+with+Shri.

The day after the convocation had been very low key... he had received the invitation to dinner with Lord Azarius Chaat who had suddenly taken an interest in Erevin sense his family name had come to light at the convocation. Erevin had turned his back on politics long ago and declined the invitation citing that he was still quite tired from the previous days events. Other then that he and Shri spent the day together lounging about the embassy, taking time to visit the gardens and some near by restaurants. They played the day away enjoying the chance to simply be in each others company once again.

The moon would be at its fullest tonight and the clear skies of the day made promise of a beautiful night to come. Erevin could feel it coming... even if no one had mentioned that tonight would be a full moon, he felt it in the back of his mind... from deep within he could hear her call. That evening the pair made plans to find a proper place to celebrate the rituals of Eilistraee. Shri had selected a spot outside of the city she had seen on their return from her rescue. Together they made their way up the roadway hand in hand as the sun began to set. Erevin turned to Shri " Its so good to have you back again... we had to find people who knew of the ships ability and how to use it. We had to find a number of books with information on the planar travel. Its been almost 3 months for us... I'm glad it wasn't that long for you. I'm sorry we couldn't get to you sooner. We found Kale first... for him it had been almost 3 years."

"So I have heard...to be separated from your lover for so long, for so many years...It must have been...difficult for Wren..." Shri spoke softly as she walked....leading the young ranger deeper into the forest. It was not so deep as the forest of Myth Coramanth...or at least.. the smaller trees didn't make it feel as old. The drow priestess smiled "I'm certain...at least...if they were not lovers then, they certainly are now. Who would have thought...I thought witches only took men for sport." Her eyes sparkled merrily...teasing Erevin, it had been that way among her people in the old days as well.

"But...when you got everything that you needed...and figured out...how this.. ship worked...I was the first.. you came and rescued." Shri squeezed his hand a little tighter "That...means a lot to me...**//Abbil//**. That you came for me." The dark skinned beauty watched...as the moon slowly rose above the treetops, sitting with Erevin in silence. watching his face as the moonlight illuminated it in it's silvery glow...like a lover's caress.

"It is time...my ranger...time to give...thanks to the goddess...." She stood and unbraided her pale white hair, now almost glowing in the moonlight, letting it fall free over her shoulders. Slowly, reverently she removed her fine drow elven chain, setting it neatly on a nearby log before slowly...removing the rest of her leathers. Her dusky skin almost making her blend into...the darkness. She stepped away from Erevin now...slowly...beginning the dance. Stepping into the moonlight she pirouetted gracefully, and with a single hand...beckoned for him to join her...

Transfixed by her beauty and grace... Erevin watched as she slowly moved into the Moonlight. Her smooth dusky skin touched by the light of the moon... there was no woman more beautiful then this. Shri pirouetted... silent foot falls... effortless grace... her finger calling him to join her.

Erevin's heart pounded in his chest, he was almost afraid she could hear it. Slowly he stood letting his cloak roll off his shoulders and silently unfastened his sword belt... laying it neatly beside his cloak. He untied the laces on his Mythril armor and its leather covers. These too he laid neatly beside Winter's Star.

He stood and rose to meet Shri's gaze... and walked out into the Moonlight to join her. His well muscled form illuminated by Eilistraee's grace. He took her offered hands in his own and pulled her close... dropping his face to her neck to breath in her scent. He lifted his head letting her hair brush over his face and whispered into her ear... " **//Abbil//**... it seems like so long since I've heard you call me that..." He extended his arms to hold her at arms length before bringing her back to him with a gentle tug. " Sport... huh" he gave her a playful grin.

He let loose her hands and lifted her into the air about her waist. He slowly began to turn letting her body slowly slide down between his hands. "It has been to long... since we've danced. I've so much to share with you... much has happened in your absence. But here... now... none of it seems to matter. Only you and I."

"Yes...finally...alone...my **//darthiir//** ranger.." Shri almost purred, pulling Erevin closer into the circle of her dusky arms, pressing her lithe body against him. She laughed "You seem to travel with...quite a crowd these days...it must be difficult for you, so used to solitude..." She whirled away from him.. following a path of sparkling moonbeams as they vanished and reappeared with the leafy branches of the trees swaying softly with the wind. He could feel the memory of the warmth of her skin slowly cooling as she danced around him.

"Are you terribly disappointed then...**//abbil//**...that your mother revealed your true identity? And that you'll be caught up in...new games which are unfamiliar...yet no less deadly than an evening in an orc-infested wood?" She slipped around behind him, draping her arms around his shoulders, her smooth dark skin contrasting so starkly with his own...

" I knew the truth of my name would eventually come about, so no... I'm not disappointed. " he leaned back into her letting her support his weight before turning and striding through several beams of moonlight only to turn and beckon her to follow. " I am disappointed that my fears were not justified. People of the world put to much value on 'Nobility' ... too much self entitlement... so called birthrights..."

He slowly took her hands in his again and wrapped his arms around her.. " in The Wood a man's name doesn't matter... who his/her parents are doesn't matter... all that matters is what that man brings to the circle." He lifts her arms over her head and slowly sinks to his knees placing small kisses and nibbles on her stomach and hips, before sitting back and look up at her... " ... no... I have no desire for these new games you speak of... I prefer an enemy I can hunt. This 'forest' is to unfamiliar to me. Unfortunately this new game makes enemies even of friends... and I haven't the stomach for it. I am as you say a simple ranger... a man of the wood. I live for The People... the grace of Eilistraee and for you.." his eyes meet hers as he whispers "**//Ussta che//**."

Shri laughed delightedly, shivering each time Erevin's lips touched her dark skin "Ah.. my **//Abbil//**...you WERE paying attention when I was trying to instruct you in some of our language. And I thought you were merely fantasizing about your teacher." She didn't pull away this time, merely nestling more comfortably in his embrace, as they now rested for a moment beneath one of the larger trees, it's leaves rustling in the soft breeze.

"I think you...sell yourself short...my ranger. You could be every bit the diplomat your sister is...and every bit the heroine your mother is, should you decide it." She slides her dusky hand down his side to where the moonblade would normally be. "After all, weren't you crazy enough to bond to a blade you really had no idea about? You have a very strong will...**//Abbil//**."

"But...." She smiles "If you are not interest in that game...then we shall just have to find other...more important things to do. There are many.. many mysterious...rituals of the dancing lady of the moon that I haven't taught you yet." She grazed his lips with her own...her breath warm. "And they may...call you away from the city at the most opportune of times. Would that be...agreeable?"

" ahh... my teacher IS well worth fantasizing about." He watched her move like a cat over him... her body back lit by the moon had a white glowing edge tracing her every detail. Her hair moving in the breeze like white fire. He maneuvered around to a better spot to make room for her beneath the large oak. "Besides you were very adamant about me learning the language."

Erevin brushed the hair from her shoulder, taking the moment to look into Shri's eyes... like violet gems ... "I didn't say I wouldn't accept these new challenges just that... I didn't prefer... these games. I will serve The People however I can... If it falls to me to be their representative then so be it. I shall be their voice if needs be. ... I hope you understand... its not that I am not proud to be my mothers son... I am very proud to be the son of Lady Lionspaw... she is a great servant of the people and servant of the Queen of Evermeet. She is Lady Myth Coramanth.... Rallying Cry of Corellian... Lady of The Wood. ... Its just that it changes peoples view of you.... for instance... Lord Azarius has traveled with us for months now... I see him as a good person and trusted companion.... but last month there was a ball held in honor of the victory over Zath Thoms force that had invaded Lyrabar. Azarius offered a carriage ride to the event for all but me... not that I needed one... but that is beside the point. Now that he has learned that I am Erevin Lionspaw I get invited to a private dinner at the estate he is staying at. " he shrugs...

" I will accept these new challenges like any other adversary I've look down an arrow at. My way." he sighed and let her hands caress his brow. " I do however think that I would find your timely lessons would be most agreeable... most agreeable." as he let his cheek slide along the length of her face.

"Well good!" Shri laughed huskily "I am glad that my **//Abbil//** will stay as he is...whatever that may come. But you know that you will have to up with a fair amount of teasing from your companions! It's not every day that you learn that you've been travelling with a prince." She leaned against his lean body as he caressed her, brushing her lips against his own, caught up in the rapture of the dance, and his embrace, before pulling away slightly, a fierce look in her eye.

"I will only ask you this once...my Erevin...and never again. I'm not some weak willed simpering human girl. But tonight...I am feeling...defenseless. Are you sure about this...about us? It will cause all kinds of talk...among your companions...among your people. I am drow.. and you are **//darthir//**...you are a prince of your people, and I a simple priestess of the Dancing Lady." She held unto him tightly "I want this...you...and once I have it I will not let it go..."

He pauses... letting her words and all their meaning sink in, never taking his eyes from hers. " this ... is truly all I have ever... wanted. You and I... " His lips press to hers... " my friends will be happy for us... " he kisses her again... " my people will indeed talk.... many of the old prejudices still run very deep on both sides of that line... this will not be an easy path ... though I'm not afraid... even my mother will see what happiness we share together ". he pulls her in tight wrapping his arms around her... as a warm gust of wind pushes all the leaves out of the way and they are bathed in moonlight... " I am yours **//ussta che//**, now and forever if you will have me".

//**Bold Italic words are in Drow...**// //**Abbil** -// Very Good Friend //**Darthir**// - Surface Elf or / Silver/Gold Elf //**Ussta Che**// -Literally translates " my love "