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"Do you like my horse Nora?" asked Wura as she smiled and Liam handed her Ayo's reins.

"Yes, you have a very pretty horse my Queen" said Nora as she smiled.

"Thank you Nora" said Wura as she smiled and she patted her horse on his snout, he looked rather calm today, like he always was, and that gave Wura reassurance that he would not try to throw her off him this time… or so she hoped.

Liam could not help but chuckle, Wura was such a child that she brought her personal maid all the way here to the stables just to show Nora her horse, he wondered what sort of logic that was, but then again, she was free to do whatever made her happy.

"What Is so funny?" asked Wura as she looked at Liam, she wondered what made him chuckle so.

"Well nothing, it just surprises me that you adore your horse so much" said Liam as he laughed.

"Well yes, of course I adore my horse Liam, he Is my horse, and a very good boy as well" said Wura as she smiled.

"Well I think Nolan might be jealous that you give your horse so much affection" said Liam as he smiled.

"I doubt it is Nolan that is jealous Liam" said Wura as she scoffed at him, there he went again, making her annoyed, it was like he enjoyed annoying her, well she did not enjoy it at all.

"Oh?? Then who do you think is jealous?" asked Liam.

"The person knows himself, and needs no introduction" said Wura as she replied rudely as she looked at Liam, and Liam was left amused by her.

Nora was wondering what she was doing here, Liam and Wura were in their own world, and well the both of them obviously had some private matters between them that needed to be solved, that was evident from the way they spoke, and looked at each other.

"What if he does need an introduction?" asked Liam as he smiled and Wura scoffed at him as she turned away from him and she looked at Nora.

"Nora, do you want to pet my horse?" asked Wura as she smiled and she looked at Nora, who was now her escape for not having to deal with Liam at all.

"Can I?" asked Nora.

"Of course you can Nora, he will not bite, well because he is a horse" said Wura as she laughed.

"Come on" said Wura as she smiled and she took Nora's hand as she could see that Nora was hesitant, so Wura placed Nora's hand on Ayo's snout.

"There" said Wura as she smiled and she let go of Nora's hand.

"It is so soft" said Nora.

"I know right? Very, very soft" said Wura as she laughed.

Liam felt as if he was a big brother who was watching his little sister show off her new horse, this was not what he had in mind at all, he wanted to spend more time alone with Wura, but that would not be possible now that Wura had brought Nora here.

"His name is Ayo" said Wura as she smiled.

"Ayo?" asked Nora as she looked at Wura in surprise, that was quite an odd name, Nora had never heard such a name before.

"Yes it means Joy" said Wura as she smiled.

"Ahh… I see my Queen" said Nora as she nodded her head and Wura went on talking.

Liam wondered just how long this would take, he never knew that Wura could talk so much, but he guessed that this was how she truly was when she was with people whom she felt comfortable with, she did not carefully weigh her words before she spoke, neither did she think on them, she only said what was on her mind, and on her heart in the moment.

"Good Morrow Liam" came Mero's voice as he walked from the stables, he had come here to get his horse, and he had heard voices coming from this direction, he thought that he was mistaken to have heard Wura's voice, but his guess was wrong, because he saw Wura right there with her horse, and Liam with his horse as she spoke.

"Good Morrow Mero" said Liam as he smiled, he was surprised to see Mero here, he wondered what he was doing here.

"Good Morrow My Queen" said Mero as he looked at Wura and he bowed his head.

"Good Morrow Mero, what a surprise" said Wura as she smiled, she did not expect to see him here.

"Good Morrow Sir Mero" said Nora as she saw Mero and she bowed her head.

"Good Morrow" said Mero as he wondered what Nora was doing here.

"What brings you here Mero?" asked Liam as he smiled, it would seem that his wish had been granted, he was getting tired of standing here while Nora and Wura spoke, and well now that Mero was here, he had his own partner to be with.

"I was on my way to get my horse…" said Mero as his voice trailed off, he wondered if Liam had orchestrated this whole thing, after all he did not know, not with the way Liam had been so irrational as of late.

"I see" said Liam as he smiled.

"Oh Mero, you have not met my horse yet, this is Ayo" said Wura as she smiled and she introduced her horse to Mero.

"It is a pleasure to finally meet your horse" said Mero as he gave a slight smile.

"Thank you" said Wura as she smiled.

"You named him Ayo?" asked Mero as he was surprised.

"Yes I did" said Wura as she smiled.

"You speak the language of the east?" asked Mero in surprise.

"Yes I do" said Wura as she smiled.

"Liam told me that your mother was from the land of Eru" said Wura.

"Well yes… she was" said Mero as he turned to look at Liam, he wondered when he had become such a talkative, he was sure that it was only when it came to Wura that he spoke so much, he wondered if Liam could keep a secret from Wura at this point.

"I guess we are similar then, my mother is also from there" said Wura as she smiled.

"Is that so my Queen?" asked Mero as he was surprised, it was such a small world then, people who you least expected to be close to you were actually the ones who were.

"Yes, although she spent most of her life in the plains, her younger years were spent in the east" said Wura as she smiled.

"Well that is a surprise, I guess that we are similar than we think my Queen" said Mero as he smiled.

"I guess that we are" said Wura as she smiled, she was so happy, she had never met anyone who was from the land of Eru before, well because she had never been there, but she has always been curious about her mother's people, even though her mother did not really like speaking about the matter, that could not stop Wura from being curious.

Liam and Nora just stood there, watching the two speak about all their similarities, Nora had to say that she was surprised, she did not know that Sir Mero's mother was from the east.

"Although I do have a question Mero" said Wura.

"Ask as you wish my Queen" said Mero.

"I do not mean to sound offensive, but you do not look like someone from the east" said Wura as that surprised her.

"I take no offense to that my Queen" said Mero as he smiled.

"I receive that a lot" said Mero.

"My Father was a Wyverdanian, and well I look more like him than like my mother…sadly enough" said Mero as he smiled but he kept that last part to himself, he always wished that he did not look like his unfortunate father who mistreated his mother.

"Ahh I see" said Wura as now that made sense, she had to agree with Mero, he looked more like a Wyverdanian, while she… well she was a mix of both sides, or so she had been told by her Aunt Tessa.

"Yes my Queen" said Mero as he smiled.

"Well while you are here Mero, how about we all take a stroll?" asked Liam as he smiled, he did not want to sound or look jealous, but it annoyed him just how comfortable and calm Wura was with Mero, she could ask him many personal questions with ease, but when it came to him, she refused to ask him questions that would reveal how he truly felt for her.

Not like he was jealous of Mero, no not at all, it only meant that Wura saw him in a different light, he was just annoyed that she would rather speak to Mero than to him.

"We can all ride our horses, after all it would be a calm way for us to continue speaking" said Liam as he smiled.

Nora held her breath, this was horrible, if Mero agreed then they would all have to ride horses, and as the personal maid of her lady, of course she would have to follow along with her, but she was scared of riding on horses, but she did not want to be embarrassed by saying that she was.

"I would have loved to, but not right now, the troops are waiting for me" said Mero as he looked at Liam, he wondered just what he was trying to do here?

"Well alright then Mero" said Liam as he smiled.

Wura looked at Nora, she could tell that she was nervous, and Wura happened to know why, she did not want to ride on a horse because she was scared, and she could not blame her, riding on horses was scary.

"Nora, you can go, I know that you have some important things to do, I will see you later" said Wura as she smiled and she looked at Nora.

"Oh Thank you my Queen" said Nora as she breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are welcome" said Wura as she smiled.

"Thank you my Queen" said Nora as she bowed her head once again.

"Goodbye your Majesty, Goodbye Sir Mero" said Nora as she bowed her head and she walked away, not wasting a second.

Wura just smiled, she wondered why Nora was always so quiet, if there was something bothering her, or making her uncomfortable, she could always tell her.

"Well I will taking my leave now as well" said Mero.

"Goodbye my Queen" said Mero as he turned to look at Wura and he bowed his head.

"Oh Goodbye Mero" said Wura as she smiled.

"I will see you later Liam" said Mero as he turned to look at Liam.

"Alright then, see you later Mero" said Liam as he smiled and Mero walked away, leaving Wura and Liam alone.

Wura sighed internally, she was now alone with Liam… once again, she only hoped that he would just do what he needed to do and not annoy her.

"Ayo seems calm now, so I believe that you can ride him" said Liam.

"Alright" said Wura as she mounted on Ayo easily, she was getting very good at this, she was proud of herself.

Wura's heart was pounding, she could not lie that she was not scared at all, there was still a little ounce of fear in her as she was on Ayo once again, but as she stayed on him for a few seconds, her fear began to subside little by little, Ayo did not move, not at all, which was a huge relief to her as she was worried that just like last time, he might take off with her still on him.

"Are you alright Wura?" asked Liam as he noticed that Wura was very quiet.

"I am alright" said Wura as she smiled, she was relieved that she was still in one spot.

"Alright then, let's walk slowly from here, to the gate and back" said Liam, he had taken many precautions this time, he did not leave the stable gate open, just in case something went wrong again.

"Alright" said Wura as she braced herself and she started to move on Ayo slowly as he obeyed her and they moved steadily to the stable gate, and then they turned around and walked back to where Liam was.

"You did it" said Liam as he smiled.

"I did it?" said Wura to herself as she could not believe it, not that she had no confidence in herself, but she was actually scared, and nothing happened.

"Yes, you did" said Liam as he smiled at her, he knew that she was still a little bit scared, so he wanted her to be more confident, after all riding a horse was mostly confidence, because your horse reacted to your emotions and body language, so if you were scared, it would not move.

"Just walk around like that for a while with Ayo, let him get used to him, and you get used to him" said Liam.

"And then I am an expert?" asked Wura.

"Not quite Wura, but if you can beat me in a race, maybe you might be" said Liam as he laughed and Wura laughed, there was no way that she was racing, not at all, she would not go too fast, she was not ready for that yet.

"You walk up and down, round and round, until you get comfortable enough, I am going to feed Nolan, if you feel or hear something weird, call me immediately alright?" asked Liam as he smiled.

"Okay" said Wura as she smiled and she nodded her head.

"Well then, enjoy yourself" said Liam as he smiled.

"I will, thank you Liam" said Wura as she smiled at him, he was being very nice to her again, she wished that it would last.

Liam just smiled at her as he turned around and he walked away.

…

Wura shivered it was so cold early this morning, even though she was wearing her coat, she wondered how Liam woke up several times to go on a morning stroll in this sort of weather, the sun had not even risen yet.

"It is so early" said Wura as she yawned, she had woken up early this morning so she could join Liam for his morning stroll, he always made it seem like it was something great that you had to try, and Wura was left curious, so she wanted to join him.

"I think that is the point of an early morning stroll Wura" said Liam as his voice came from the right as he laughed and Wura turned to look at him.

"I do not think it is an early morning stroll Liam, the sun has not even risen yet" said Wura as she rubbed her eyes and she was still feeling the cold, she saw that Liam was not even wearing coat, just what sort of a human being was he?

"That is the point, it is the time when the land is most quiet" said Liam as he smiled.

"Do you not feel the cold Liam?" asked Wura as she looked at him.

"Well no, I guess that I am used to it by now, but if you feel cold, I can give you my coat" said Liam.

"No, I am alright, there is no need for that" said Wura as she smiled, she appreciated his gesture, but it was not necessary at all.

"Alright then, if you say so" said Liam as he smiled.

"Thank you" said Wura as she smiled at him.