The war had moved further south and the saxons were pushing to the edges of the westworld (Spain) the army is camped outside a village with all the travelling accompanyments an army needs and the village is being overrun.
She stands working in her father's shop mending the uniforms of the army camped outside the town shying towards the back as the rowdy soldiers come and go. Her life has been sheltered for so long that she more fears men than the beasts of the wild. Most of them have had too much ale and a few too little but none with enough courage or might to challenge her father.
I watch as she turns and enters the tailor's shop. The jiggle of her breasts and the way her ass makes her skirt sway is all of the invitation I need.
Trampler is stopped next to the building in the shade from the next building. Bein war trained all I have to do is drop his reins to 'ground rein' him and he'll stay unless I whistle for him. Any bothering him or the things on the saddle had better be prepared to face an 1,800 pound steel shod fury with teeth strong enough to rip muscles from the the bone.
Morning star in my belt and axe in hand I enter the tailors looking for the wench I just saw.
Noticing a large barbaric looking man heading towards the shop she moves to the back room to work on her new dress for the spring festival leaving her father to deal with the new customer. She Sheds her clothes and takes her time to put on her corset and garters to get the perfect fit from her dress.
Seeing a man at the back of the shop, he approaches cautiously tightening the grip on the haft of the axe in his hand, "Where is she?
"Where's the wench who just came in here?"
I pitched my tent and wondered if I should go into the town, my last lover having died in battle a week ago...it seemed like forever as I found myself wandering into town my short hair and garb concealing my female form
Standing nearly as tall as the behemoth although smaller and wiry he stands firmly and gives no ground with his eyes. "That "wench" sir is my daughter. If you wish to adress her Ill know your name and you'll watch your tongue"
I walk threw the small town looking at the solders of the army that I joined recently harassing the women and bullying the men that tried to interfere. I just shake my head it was always the same no mater how disciplined the solder in combat they were always like this of dotty. I shrug and walk on past the tailor shop. I smile slightly as I see the black night walk in apparently after the girl. I respected the man and new I wouldn’t want to anger him for I would be hard purest to survive.
I continue on down the street ignoring the solders as the gosel by most avoiding me as they recognize me. I smile a cold smile knowing the reputation that I errand on the battlefield. I stop in front of a tavern smiling at the thought of a good mead. I walk in looking around taking a deep breath smelling the sent of sweety men alle and smock. I smile brodly as I move to a dark corner.
I look at a man sitting at the table I wanted. I gesger for him to move. He hesitates then getting a better look at my face and my cold eye’s he thinks better of protesting and gets up moving to anther table. I nod my thanks smile though the smile only seems to scare him more. I shrug and let with my back to the corner I set my long sword up agenst the table as I lean back on the back two legs of my chair. My eyes move over the patrons as the shadows caused by the lanterns and candies plays over my face.
I glanced over at the Tailor, I could certainly use some new clothing and he seemed like a big strong man. I bite the inside of my cheek trying to keep my lust in check. I felt the conflict there already as a large man evidently was after his daughter. I debated intervening and made a note to check the Tailor's store later. For now some mead would do. I went to the tavenr and picked a spot in a corner.
The older man smirks slightly fingering the magnificently jeweled hilt of his sword which bears the royal lion's head. "Sir I bid you hold your tongue when you speak you your elders and your betters." He wets his lips as his hand taps the hilt from the adrenaline rushing through his body. "If you wish to court my daughter speak your name and honors. If you wish to bed my daughter then bring the friar."
I sip my mead slowly my eye’s moving over the room chuckling softly at the occasional fist fights that brakes out. My eye’s move to the door just as Marc walks in walking to another corner of the tavern. I smile she was another one that I respected even if she was a women. She’s a superior in the army and has on a few occasions had to prove her worthiness of the position from men who disputed it.
I catch her eye breafly before taking another swig of my mead. She was a very attractive lady but not one to be mest with I new better then to make any move unless she signaled for me to. I saw what she did when her lover was killed she went berserk attacking as I do some times with out concern for her own safety.
The axe swings as the morning star (metal haft with metal chain attatched and a spiked ball on the other end) is pulled from my belt and swung on one motion.
The axe is heading to cleave his chest and the ball swings toward the shoulder of his sword arm. Which will he block?
The older man gracefully drops to the floor avoiding the entire blow pulling his sword at the same time and inadvertantly landing the tip under the giants breastplate in a teaching manner without pushing. "young man you have strength and skill but the years have not come to me without wisdom."
The sounds of men brought the battle back to my mind I saw him fall and then I was upon them killing not only he who slew my late lover but all who dared approach.
I had carried his body from the field and buried him myself. I knew better than to get attached. I had trained him as well as I could and he had lived and loved to the fullest. I was probably the most sorry that the poor fool had loved me. I was not about to make that mistake again. I would either find someone to bed with for the night or take a more accomplished fighter to my bed this time.
I cast my eye about the room thinking of those I trained with and who could approach my skill or at least my battle experience.
A mailed foot kicks and sweeps the sword away then stamps down on the flat of the blade as the morning star is whirled around and swung down at the supine man and the axe is raised above Rolf's shoulder prepared for a swing, parry or throw.
The older man adeptly rolls away from the morning star grabbing a manequin's wooden arm to defend himself. "I see you've learned as well on the field as you did in a training yard."
"And I see you're no novice to the field either.
"I'll give you two gold pieces for the wench. My only offer other than death and only because you're a good opponent and I'd prefer not to have to kill you because of that."
I stretch languidly as I put one of my feet up on the table in front of me. I look at Marc as she scans the room. I wonder what it would be like to bed her knowing that my chances for that would be slim of that ever happening. I was a mear mercenary nothing but a hired blade what would one of her rank want with one as me.
I wonder if she had evil seen me that day her lover was killed fighting of a group of solders that tried to com up on her from behind. I only cot one glance of her beheading one man before the confusion of the battle cosded me to loss sight of her.
I watch her trying not to be obvious about it not wanting anger her. I pull my lougsword out of its sheath and begin idly polishing it looking it over carefully for any sing of rust or imperfection that would need my attention. I pull out a wet stone and begin to carefully run it along the edge sharpening it concentrating on it so as not to star at Marc.
"Good luck. Ive been trying to reign her in for years." he eyes the gold for a moment then nods towards the back room. "She is in the back." as he turns to attend the soldier he had been working with he glances over his shoulder. "Well met boy if god is willing we wont meet on a field one day"
few in the bar would take me for a women as my strong cheekbones and intense eyes detered them from looking too closely, my full lips making me damn fine for any gender. My garb concealed my slender build and I had wrapped my breasts to conceal them. A smile flitted across my face as I recalled when Luc had first spied on me bathing. He had offered to help and in that moment I had let him inside my personal armor for a split second. I recalled his amazement at my breasts and how he said it was a shame I concealed them and then admitted that he really didn't want anyone else to have the privelege of seeing them either.
I glanced up and met the mercenaries prying eyes. I glared at him took a drink and wondered what the life expectancy of a mercenary was, after all he was used to being paid for his services and would certainly keep his trap shut. I finished off my drink and decided that he would do, for now, as I walked over to his table, not bothering to ask him as I was his superior and bought him another drink.
"Good day," my voice was gruff, I was not skilled in the art of seduction and even so would not have the townsfolks tongues waggging.
As the beginning of his Beserker rage subsided, Rolf bent and picked up the sword and returned it to the man hilt first Laughing and saying, "I trust not. I'd rather drink ale with you and swap stories than have to kill you."
Being warned the wench is a spitfire Rolf goes into the back room axe in one hand and ready to parry with the mailed glove on the other.
The whole thing in the front of the shop only took minutes so he was very pleasently surprised to find her only wearing a corset and held in her waist but didn't conceal her bountiful and firm breasts nor anything below the tops of her hips.
Two long strides and his hand was tangled in her hair bending her over backward so he could look down into her eyes as he said, "You're now mine wench. I've paid your father two gold pieces for you.
"Come without fighting and I won't have to hurt you."