New Winter

[Aleyna 1]

I do not own Wheel of Time, there, you made me say it. xD

 

 

 

Moiraine added a blanket to a pile already placed on her lap.Lan's tent made of strong waterproof leather was an excellent shield from the howling wind, but couldn't do much against the cruel reality of winter in the Borderlands.

I should have known, thought Moiraine bitterly, that if they called a hint of sunlight the New spring, the winter would be unbearable to say the least.

She couldn't remember the last time she felt this cold.Probably because she never did-her mind screamed at her, the annoyance the only thing, keeping it from freezing over.That, and the fact they still had no idea, where the Dragon Reborn was.She lacked the enthusiasm she felt five years ago, when alongside Siuan she started her desperate search.Light, how she missed her.Nights were the worst, silent loneliness creeping into her bed, instead of Siuan's loving arms.

Last time they talked in Chacin, they barely had time to say goodbye.With the chaos that the deaths of prince Bryce and the others caused, she and Lan were lucky to leave the town in the first place.They managed to do so, only because of Cal, Siuan's beloved footman, who escorted them through a small, barely guarded gate behind the royal stables.After When she finished kissing Cal-thoroughly, Siuan caught Moiraine's look, and even blushing managed to put on that unbearably stubborn expression claiming that She had no idea what she was missing.

Moiriane was pretty sure Cal laughed!Laughed! At her!?And Lan raised an eyebrow, burn him!

Hah, like she never kissed anyone before!She kissed Cormanes many times! She even kissed Ryne once!Not that she was proud of that, of course, but it still happened none the less.And men often glanced at her, alright, some more then glanced...honestly most stared!Until they saw Lan, and his sword anyway.

Burn him, and his raised eyebrow both!

In times like this she wondered how she could stand him in the same room, let alone the same mind.The man was arrogant, stubborn, secretive, bossy and intolerably calm.They were complete opposites!

-she was reminiscing as she heard footsteps pacing through the snow.She had known it was Lan, even before he entered the tent, completely wet and half-frozen.She jumped out of the blankets instantly, and started wrapping him in them,channeling air and fire simultaneously to warm him, and dry him, as much as possible.He looked better, but in obvious need of Healing.

She placed him on her pillow, clasping her hands around his head hen he started trembling violently.Grasping his head firmly she wondered, what, under the Light,happened to him.His shaking subsided, but he seemed even worse after the Healing.His dark heir only added to the contrast of his pale skin.Even his stabbing blue eyes now looked blurred and empty.She touched his forehead...cold.

Impossible, it couldn't be right, not after Healing!But it wasn't a wound that tortured him, it was this bloody cold, and after the energy the Healing has taken from him, no wonder his body couldn't recover.The blankets weren't enough, that much she knew, and while thinking a way to help him, she remembered the way Siuan had first entered her bed...The nights were long in the Tower, even more so due to the chill stalking it's wast empty corridors,and when she complained, to her, then roommate, Siuan told her a story about the way her father saved a small child they rescued from drowning.The best way to heat someone, she said, is to share your warmth with him.It worked for her, it will work for Lan.

Pity she also heard Siuan's foolish claims about not knowing what she was missing.The trouble was, she did, and it hit her the moment she lowered herself next to Lan and started pulling back the blankets.He seemed lost and unaware of his own presence.She, on the other hand, felt fully aware of it.Every sound he made, breathing heavily, and mumbling silently, every slight move he made...He even felt much warmer now that she was this close to him.Still, she cuddled closer.Just in case.She felt her own temperature rising, as he turned to face her.

His eyelids were barely open, but kept mumbling under his breath.Something about a lake and a smart trolock.Obviously he was delirious,a smart trolock?!Yet,Lan was pretty smart, and he was a man.

Stop it!-she ordered herself.She was acting like an Accepted, and a future Green too!It has been three years since she bedded her first man.He was a lord of a big Andoran house.Oh, all right, he was an actor who played an Andoran lord, but he was so charming!He had a perfect smile,and was not at all to tall, with amazing manners and a perfect stature.Unfortunately there was nothing perfect or amazing about that night. It was quite troublesome really, and she had no desire in doing it again...for some time at least.Alas, three years were indeed, long enough, and she felt urges, that, unlike Lan, she preferred not to satisfy in an average tavern.The shier thought of Lan fulfilling his urges made her blush.She knew it would be better with him, she remembered the claw-marks she saw on his back once.They never talked about it, naturally, but she did remember the one time they had that kind of talk.It was after a handsome Domani left their table, and he looked up at her, for permission, as it seemed. She told him then that Gaidin, meant brother in battles, and not even the Damodreds slept with their brothers.The problem was, he wasn't her brother, and there were timed he certainly didn't look at her like a sister either.She was pretty sure, that when she was in her bathrobe Lan looked like he was assuming ko'di, which she always found strangely amusing.

Moiraine.She heard Lan whisper.

 

 

Ok, I wanted to type the entire thing, but it is to big, and I am to tired...So let it be Chapter One...Chapter Two, tomorrow, or very soon anyway...Let me know what you think pls!

[Kesiera 0]

not even the Damodreds slept with their brothers

 

That is very true and I am glad you mentioned it!

 

I enjoy your stories about the woman Moiraine.

[jan 14]

I enjoy your stories about the woman Moiraine.

 

*cough* I'm sure you do.

Edited November 1, 2009 by jan

[Kaitlin 22]

I like that Moiraine was more experienced than Siuan thought she was.

 

Also, I like this story.

[Aleyna 1]

Thank you, oh, so much!

 

Now, I present you the next chapter of a story about a woman Moiraine! xD