Beautiful Warrior [Caspian X]

XI; beautiful warrior

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   Idalia's fingers worked swiftly on unstrapping her boots that for the fact she carried daggers in them, had many straps around them. Her bare feet stepped on the soft grass as she gently laid all her possessions in a small pile on the ground. She laid her eyes on the beautiful area she managed to find and smiled. Trees surrounded what seemed like a partly cut off area, that had a clear-water pond closed off on one side by a rock wall. Her hands reached behind to pull at the string of her green tunic as she manoeuvred her body out of it. All she left on was her undergarments before she slipped her foot into the water.

   She made a small hissing noise at the coldness of it but her mind slowly convinced her otherwise. She needed to get off all the dirt from the battle, from training, every crusty blood from a wound if there still was one. It still didn't make her stop gasping when she submerged whole into the pond. It was morning, the sun wasn't shining there and no wonder it felt particularly fresh. Originally she searched for any water source but she found made her even happier.

   An unusual stinging feeling shot up her right leg as she came in contact with water. Apparently, she had a cut there, not a big one since she didn't feel it before. Idalia hesitated a couple of seconds more before dipping her head in as well. Her dark hair was loose from the braid and in desperate need of washing. She didn't know how long she planned to stay but slowly she started to lose herself in her own thoughts. She was aware of what was coming at them, another brutal battle and she wanted to use this little time she had to relax. To free her mind so it would be then able to focus more on the task at hand.

   What she didn't really think through was that she wandered off alone and she was quite unprotected. Any Telmarine soldier could sneak up behind her and be successful at eliminating her too. She left all her weapons on the ground beside the pond. Idalia's eyes were closed and her head was tilted slightly upward.

   It made her completely unaware and unprepared when a loud noise had her open her eyes. She stared at the ripples of water where something big just hit the surface. She couldn't help but let out a shriek. As a reaction she tried to move away hastily, realising a person just jumped into the water in front of her. That person then resurfaced and pushing his hair away from his eyes.

   ''Caspian!'' Idalia shouted and pushed water in his face.

   His devilish smirk that he had previously plastered on disappeared as the water hit him. But after he couldn't help but laugh at Idalia's fuming face. She tried spraying more water onto him but he quickly got a hold of her wrists making her stop. Her eyes were narrowed at him but Caspian merely stared at her back, content he was able to get a reaction out of her. His eyes slowly darted from hers down to her lips and then even lower.

   Idalia noticed what he was doing and looked down as well. Then she emitted a gasp and quickly lowered her stance so only her head was above water. She wasn't nude but it still wasn't nice to look at a lady with barely any clothes on. Her cheeks flushed a rosy colour as she pulled her hands away from his grasp.