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A Rose in the Snow - Chapter II

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[!] A portrait of Borris Iver Kortrevich

 

17th of Vzmey and Hyff, 414 E.S.

 

Chapter II

Having eaten to fill, Borgitta and Borin excused themselves. They moved to a narrow courtyard enveloped with bushes and vines and flowers of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Several feet above their heads, the bushesknotted together, forming a dense canopy of leaves and vine. It was so rampant, in fact, that lanterns had to be hung to provide enough light to move through the courtyard. 

 

"Ea have never seen so many flowers." Borin smiled, looking around in amazement as he stepped into the garden. 

 

"Et es quite something to behold," Borgitta replied, moving by his side as they began walking.

 

The courtyard was more like a hallway in actuality. While it did open up to the outside of the palace, the gnarled thickets and bushes formed impassable walls. The opening in the center was maintained by cutting back overgrown bushes a few times a month, as they barely fit them walking shoulder to shoulder. Lucky, neither of them had bulky frames.

 

"So vy came to see eam" Borigitta said, taking her time with each step.

 

"Ea did." He glanced down at her, keeping a slow pace as she did.

 

Borgitta stayed quiet, staring at the ground as she walked. Still, there was a pink hue beginning to surround her cheeks now. Borin smiled softly, then looked up and around. Then, she took his hand, a silent yet quick motion. Her hand was warm in contrast with his. Borin noticed her shiver some, but that didn't keep her from interlocking their fingers. 

 

"So vy didn't tell eam about all of… Well, this." He smiled, looking around the room and gesturing with his free hand.

 

"The garden of the palace?" He said, looking up to him for the first time.

 

"Well, the… both ea guess." He chuckled, looking down at her.

 

"Da…" She trailed off, looking back at the vibrant colors around her. "Ea didn't vish to scare vy off." 

 

Borin only responded to the comment by squeezing her hand lightly. They took small steps through this room. Every once in and awhile, she would pause, telling him about this particular type of flower or this unique type of plant. Borin just bobbed his head up and down, occasionally smiling as she talked. He had never been one for plants, but he didn't mind learning about them either. 

 

"Thes one es mea favorite." She said, gesturing to a small plant with a long drooping purple flower. It was wrapped around itself, forming an elongated bowl shape. In the center was a small yellow stem connected to the flower's middle. The tips of the pedals were flattened outward, forming a lip on the edge. At the base of the flower was a ring of leaves.

 

"What am it called?" He asked, his body twisting so that he could better view the flower. 

 

"It es called a 'Cup and Saucer" She smiled, touching the pedals gently. "Because et looks like a cup that es sitting on a plate."

 

Borin nodded, standing back up straight as he turned. They had been walking for a decent amount of time, and they were still only about halfway through the room. He found himself chuckling at the thought of spending so much time here.

 

"Do vy come here often?"


"Niet as often as ea would like to. But when ea let meaself forget all of the flowers en thes room… coming back and remembering es wonderful." 

 

"So what do vy do around here then… ea mean… what am it that a Prinzenas such as vyrself does around here.?" As he spoke, he turned from the flower towards her. 

 

"Mea mamej and papej keep mea very busy with many tasks as ea grow older." He readjusted herself, them looked up at Borin. "Talking vith subjects, vriting, learning, going to balls and vhatnot."

 

"Sounds exhausting." He exhaled, shaking his head back and forth.

 

"Et es." She simply stated, looking back to the flower. "Ea vish mea brother vas here… he vould know how to do all of thes."

 

Borin's lips stated together as he remained silent. His face excluded a slight frown from her comment. 

 

"Vell… ea should probably let vy get back to vyr home." She said suddenly, his head bobbing back and forth as she pivoted to greet his eyes again. 

"Ea could stay a bit longer." 

 

"Nie… nie… as vy said before, vy are a busy Duke, and vy mustn't stay gone for too long." A pep resounded in her voice as she started to move towards the entrance. "Besides, vy have to get ready for our next meeting." 

 

"Our next meeting?" He lifted a brow, a smirk finding a way onto his face. 

 

"Da. Yam throwing a ball in a few saint's days… and vy will be there." She smiled softly, a permanent pink remaining on her cheeks. 

 

"Oh? Perhaps ea will if vy say it so, vyr highness." He chuckled, moving towards the door.

 

"Don't call eam that." He pouted. “Borgitta es mea name… so use et.” 

 

"Fine fine, vyr highness Borgitta." 

 

She rolled her eyes, opening the wooden doors at the entrance of the garden and gesturing for him to follow. So he did.

 

Borin nodded to the man as he waited for the gate to open all the way before walking through. The guard yawned, looking back to the town square before leaning over. He stood, grasping the chain with both hands and pulling. The gate lifted, revealing the town square in all of its intricacies. He dipped his head to the man before moving through them. There would be a cough and some muttering before he heard the chains rattle again. The gate began to close. 

 

Borin turned, studying the massive palace before him. Pivoting back, he left, walking directly out of the square, through the streets of Yodengrad, and out of gates. It was not a terribly long walk back to the palace, but it did have times at which it felt endless. It was especially so in the vast snow-drenched forests surrounding the city. Frequently, he felt as if he had seen the same tree a thousand times in the same walk. 

 

Physically exhausted and out of breath, Borin stopped at the foot of a thickening forest before the duchy. The only thing that changed was that the forest began to get cluttered. The tree's canopy stretched out, choking out the already sparse sunlight. The blackness consumed the forest as the sun now only barely poked through the canopy. Borin looked around, looking for anything, but there was nothing, nothing they could see. It was all just a forest. 

 

The terrain shifted upward, rising higher on both sides of Borin now. This valley gave him a grave disadvantage. The parts of the forest seemed to be rather steep like the path Borin was following, which sloped downward before finally flattening and then beginning to decline upward on the other side.

 

As Borin came upon the main road that led to the Duchy of Crawnber, he noticed a gentleman waiting for him on horseback a couple hundred feet in front. He moved towards the man, greeting him with friendliness. Offering a hand, he made his way till he stood before him. 

 

"C…" He trailed off, his eyes going wide.

 

Borin felt frozen. In an instant, his entire body felt cold. His whole body felt numb as his mind attempted to pick him up and run. The man stalked towards him, securely shaking his hand. Then there was a jerking. It was quick, but Borin felt it. Sam saw his mouth moving, but he couldn't hear anything. Suddenly, Sam felt the sharp pain encapsulate his entire side. Now he felt like he was burning, a starch contract from seconds earlier. 

 

He glanced down, noticing the man's arm was extended to Borin. A dagger was plunged into his side, the shirt soaking up the blood as it slowly spread across the fabric. The pain engulfed him. He wanted to die. He felt like he was going to die. He slank down into the bush. He felt dead.

 

Signed,

Borris Iver Kortrevich.

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Freya Baruch pounded a harsh fist against her desk, whereupon she had just finished the next chapter of her friend's book. "Damn ye 'Ris fer yer cliff'aner endin'!" 

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I did no such thing, I don't associate with women. This false Borin does not represent me.

 

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