Tangled Up In Blue

Zee might think she was dragging him away for the purpose of exploration and study, but the Warlord didn't see it that way. He would take any change to woo his Lady. Their love life had been rocky ever since her return, and he had a vision of them splashing and laughing in the hot springs. Perhaps a tender kiss or two... and the things those kisses led to.

They journey to the hot springs was spent with Zee craning her neck to tilt her little body towards the sky. So occupied was she, that at one point if their danger-frought journey she tripped over a knot of roots hidden in the grass. Crashing into her Warlords arms. Sirius caught her easily, stealing a hug and a kiss to her brow before he released her. Walking close to her in case she decided to take another tumble.

While she watched the sky, the Warlord watched the world around them. An itchy feeling under his skin warning him of danger. He could see no cause for the concern, but his senses were heightened, weary. Already fireflies were starting to spring to life around them. Appearing as if from the air itself as they winked into existence, sparkling like the stars.

They reached the hot springs and Zees eyes were already on the hot water. The Warlord pressed closer to her, eyes cast down at her throughh half lids, remembering the taste of her lips on his... and then Marshal gave a shrill cry of warning. Sirius was moving before his brain had a chance to fully register it, knocking Zee to the side as a black shape darted towards them. It's form trailing like smoke around them as it darted towards them, over the Warlord pressing down on his wife, and then away again. Gone as through it had never existed at all.