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Brishen was thrilled when he returned to the camp with Rhyldrin though he became easily annoyed when Rhyldrin wouldn't shut up. Rhyldrin was brought to a tent where he was retrained and checked once more for any hidden weapons. Uldric remained with him and Kane as well, though Brishen had dismissed Judith telling her to return to what she normally did. When Brishen's wound was stitched and bandaged he joined the other to men in the tent. He roared with laughter. His mind was clouded with ideas of what he would do to Rhyldrin. Uldric snorted and mumbled under his breath "Letting a mad man run the show." though only Kane had heard it and probably Rhyldrin as well.

Brishen spent hours bothering Rhyldrin for information though eventually he became tired of questioning the damn Dark Elf. No matter how much they hurt him, no matter what they did and no matter how much they asked Rhyldrin he refused to spit up any information that they could use. Though he seemed to have no problem with mocking them and being his usual self.

"We will have to do something about his wounds," Kane said to Brishen, his stomach felt knotted when Brishen gave him a look. Though Kane was right, if the wounds were not attended to then they could easily become infected. "They could become infected," Kane said quietly then he added. "He could die from the infections, you don't want that do you?" Uldric let out a heavy sigh then looked at Brishen. "He is right, we need this damn Dark Elf for much longer than a few days." if they didn't treat his wounds they would be lucky to have him for a few more days.

"Fine," Brishen spat though he didn't like the idea of tending to the Dark Elf that he hated so passionately. "Do what is needed to keep him alive." he looked down at Rhyldrin who had been forced to his knees. Kane held the back of his shirt tightly and Uldric had his weapon drawn to stop Rhyldrin from getting any ideas. He was restrained anyways and wouldn't be able to even stand without struggling. "I'm bored anyways... we can continue this tomorrow." Brishen looked up at the two men. "Uldric you can leave though Kane... since it was your idea you can tend to his wounds." he spat. Kane looked a bit surprised, though it wouldn't be a problem. He knew how to tend to wounds.

Uldric brought his weapon to rest by his side and walked towards the entrance where Brishen stood. They seemed hesitant to leave Kane in the tent with the Dark Elf alone though they left. Brishen barked at two men to guard outside of the tent, though when Brishen and Uldric left Kane went outside of the tent and told the guards to go for a walk. They didn't have to stand guard when he could handle the prisoner on his own. Though really that wasn't the reason why he had gotten rid of them.

It was late when Judith crept from her tent to go to Rhyldrin. It almost felt thrilling to think about what she was about to do since she was aware of the consequences if she were to be found. She had gone over the plan in her head since Rhyldrin had been brought back to the camp. She was going to go into the tent and slip him something to pick the locks with. She couldn't pick them herself knowing that someone could walk in at any time, including her brother or possibly worse Uldric. Even just going to see him shortly was a risk though she could say that she was checking on the prisoner if necessary. She cautiously walked to where Rhyldrin was being held, her heart was pounding in her chest and her body trembled. Her stomach felt knotted, Judith couldn't imagine any other time where she felt this nervous. She almost felt as if she was going to be sick.

It surprised her when she came to the tent and no guards stood by it. What was her brother thinking? Did he really think that what he had used to bound Rhyldrin was enough to keep him in the tent unguarded? Even she knew that Rhyldrin wasn't an idiot, he had his ways and could work himself out of any situation. Though perhaps they were inside and she would get a nasty surprise. She breathed out heavily as she walked towards the entrance. Judith looked over her shoulder and she lingered by the entrance for a moment. She didn't see anyone or hear anyone, most of the men had gone to bed by now and only a dozen or so men were up keeping watch over the camp. Then she entered the tent.

There was a surprise waiting for her though it was one that she had not expected. She felt as if she had lost the ability to speak or move or to do anything really. She stood still completely numb as her eyes landed on Kane who was holding what had been used to restrain Rhyldrin, then her eyes wandered over to Rhyldrin who was standing as a free man now. She swallowed, it didn't take much to see what was happening. Her nerves settled and she breathed out relieved. Kane didn't talk much, he was a quiet man who kept to himself. He was rather timid around women explaining why he had never held a conversation consisting of more than a handful of words with Judith. Though he didn't really like talking to men either, he was rather socially awkward. Judith didn't know him well, but just now he felt as if she knew everything about him. He obviously didn't see Rhyldrin as an enemy, why else would he had treated his wounds then release him from his restraints?

"Why are you here?" Judith was brought from her thoughts, the silence was broken and she was a little surprised. Kane was speaking to her though he stuttered a bit, his nerves getting to best of him as they always did around women. Judith smiled weakly at him, maybe she was mistaken. It would make sense that Rhyldrin behaved around Kane, he wielded magic and no one would cross someone who had such powers. Was she in trouble? "I was told to come check on the prisoner." her eyes remained on Kane, she was almost afraid to look away from him. Kane was reluctant to speak, it had to force the words out. "No you weren't," he said then looked Judith over. "I was told to do that and to treat his wounds. Why are you really here?" he smiled almost warmly at her.

She wondered what she should tell him, if she told him the truth and he opposed peace between the Dark and Light Elves then she would be in more trouble than she had ever been in as a child. She could even be branded as a traitor or if Kane really wanted to... he could black mail her. "I..." she was quiet, her mind raced over reasons of why she was here though she couldn't think of any good ones that could get her out of this situation. "I came to see him." she brought her eyes to Rhyldrin, had she just doomed herself? Then again most of the Light Elves here knew that Judith was kind maybe he would think nothing of it.

"Were you going to release him?" he stuttered the question, Judith was still surprised that he had been talking for so long. This was the most she had spoken to Kane and she wondered if it would be the last. She jumped a little when he approached her, he grabbed her wrist with his hand. Though he wasn't rough, he was gentle. He brought his other hand to her closed hand and pried it open. His eyes wandered over the lock pick. "Planned to slip him this? Let him pick the locks," he looked up at her still smiling though it was a nervous smile. Judith felt as if she was going to be sick, she could hear her heart pounding in her ears. "Let him go, your brother would be furious if he woke up to news that his new toy had escaped." he let go of her wrist, Judith brought it away from him and stepped back afraid of what he was thinking of doing.

"I'm not going to tell," he said softly. "I'm a lot like you though I try not to let the other Light Elves know that." his ears fell and he stepped away from Judith. Kane looked at Rhyldrin with a smile still on his face. He approached him and leaned close to him. "I see the way you look at her," he whispered to Rhyldrin then he turned to look at Judith. "If you cause her any trouble then I will have to pay you a visit in the future." he laughed nervously then brought himself away from Rhyldrin. Kane dropped the restraints allowing them to fall to the ground. "I'll leave you two then," he said quietly then brought himself to the entrance of the tent. "Don't stay too long, the guards went for a walk because they knew they could leave him alone with me but... they will be back soon. I told them I would take an hour so that he would have time to escape." he smiled nervously at them though he had nothing more to say, he left the tent.

Judith's eyes wandered over Rhyldrin, her heart throbbed painfully in her chest. He seemed to beat up though she knew that he was strong and would tell her not to worry so much about him. For a moment the tent was filled with silent then she finally spoke. "I suppose that I'm not needed anymore," she said quietly and laughed. Her ears dropped, she seemed a little sad. This was the first time that they had spoken since a month ago. She didn't know why Rhyldrin had stopped coming to see her though she wouldn't ask. He didn't have to see her, he had his own life and his own things to do. It was probably better than they didn't see each other after what had happened.

She brought herself to stand in front of him, her eyes went to the wound on his shoulder. "I'm sorry that I struck you," she whimpered, she felt terrible about it. "I..." she seemed a bit lost really, she didn't know what to say to him at all. Judith looked back up at him. "I should go, we can't be caught with each other like this." she forced herself away from him. Judith felt the overwhelming need to kiss him, she wanted to embrace him. Though she stopped herself from doing so. "If you're still worried about the dragon, I found him. He's alright and safe with me." she smiled at him nervously.