[gremlin]

Judith had continued to sneak out to see Rhyldrin in the middle of the night. She waited for her father to fall asleep before quietly leaving her room to head over to the inn. Despite Judith being quiet as she left her father was woken up almost every time, though sometimes he had not even fallen asleep yet. Geoffrey had began to stay up waiting to see if Judith would leave again. He stayed up after she left the house to make sure that she got home safety. He didn't question his daughter or confront the Dark Elf he had thanked the other day for keeping her safe. Though he knew damn well what could possibly be going on.

The night before Rhyldrin left Judith saw him once last time. She had spent the night in his embrace, despite being sad that he was leaving they laughed and were happy. Before she left she told him to keep himself safe and out of trouble. He had laughed at her though she didn't leave the room until he promised that he would. The morning after she remained in her room not wanting to tempt herself to go with Rhyldrin, though she knew he would probably tell her to stay at the Capital anyways. When she woke up she was greeted by her father who had been cooking.

They spoke though there was something off about the conversation. Her father seemed a little tense, Judith knew that there wasn't really any reason for him to be so. She didn't ask him what was wrong, she kept to herself and tried her best to ignore his behaviour. Really he had been acting strangely for the past few days. It had crossed Judith's mind that perhaps he knew about her sneaking out of the house but she quickly pushed those thoughts out of her head. She stood from the kitchen table, she gathered the dishes then piled them on the counter.

Judith turned to leave though stopped, she looked up at her father who had brought himself to stand beside her. He watched her for a moment, a weak smile on his face. Judith's heart pounded in her chest so hard that she could hear it, her ears dropped. Why was he looking at her like that? She knew that he had something on his mind. "Have you met any men recently?" he asked her casually though the question stung a little. Judith's face felt hot, she looked away from him. Her eyes shifted around the room nervously seeking a reason to leave. "I-" she stuttered, she pushed pass him. "No, why would you ask that?" she laughed nervously. Judith slipped her feet into her shoes then grabbed her coat. "We're running low on food, I need to run out for a few things." she slipped into her coat quickly then left the house, she felt as if she was going to be sick.

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Judith's father didn't ask her any questions after that, he left her alone and minded his own business. Though he really didn't want to, he planned to speak to the Dark Elf if he saw him again in the Capital. He noticed that after the Dark Elf left Judith had stopped sneaking out at night and returning in the early hours of the morning. He really didn't know how to feel about this situation.

It was late at night when Judith retreated to her yard to read. It was a warmer Fall night and she planned to take advantage of it. She brought a blanket and laid it across the grass. Judith placed a few candles around her carefully so that she could see. She laid against the blanket on her stomach, she flipped through the pages until she reached the page she had bent.