Yet he does not demand anything
Elan sees him go to other women. She sees him do this each stop they make. It is at villages they stop by to trade at. He never touches her, he only protects her from the others. Yet Raoul keeps her nearby and makes sure to keep one eye always on her; he keeps watch of her and as he goes behind the doorway with the kind who give their bodies for something he sells
he says,
“stanna här,” and points for her to sit at the bench of the proprietor’s stall
she hears them through the doorway as she waits.... hears the sounds the women make and sees the way they look at him after
She always averts her eyes when he steps out
It is one of many times that he sees her washing by some fresh water and stays concealed behind trees
The perplexity of his face as he watches the girl. The way his eyes stare
The early days they kept a respectful distance of each other as they traveled or when side by side having a meal that sometimes she asks if she can prepare because it is something she would always do for her father. The first time she asked this he gave her something that had been hers from her father’s trunk. A leather bag of herbs
When she looked up at him for this he smiled
and then very slowly.... she smiled back
That was the first time
Something kept her in his stare and she stared back. It was a look she had never known before but it was mixed with a look she had known all too well
But she did not pull back
After that, each time she waited outside a proprietor of that kind she felt a feeling that she did not fully understand
It made her angry at him and she didn’t understand why
He noticed it though the first time when he motioned and told her to put on the cloak which she did with a cold look ....and it made him smile
She was angry all the way back to the boat and all through the voyage to their next stop and each time it happened hence
“stanna här,” and points for her to sit at the bench of the proprietor’s stall
she hears them through the doorway as she waits.... hears the sounds the women make and sees the way they look at him after
She always averts her eyes when he steps out
It is one of many times that he sees her washing by some fresh water and stays concealed behind trees
The perplexity of his face as he watches the girl. The way his eyes stare
The early days they kept a respectful distance of each other as they traveled or when side by side having a meal that sometimes she asks if she can prepare because it is something she would always do for her father. The first time she asked this he gave her something that had been hers from her father’s trunk. A leather bag of herbs
When she looked up at him for this he smiled
and then very slowly.... she smiled back
That was the first time
Something kept her in his stare and she stared back. It was a look she had never known before but it was mixed with a look she had known all too well
But she did not pull back
After that, each time she waited outside a proprietor of that kind she felt a feeling that she did not fully understand
It made her angry at him and she didn’t understand why
He noticed it though the first time when he motioned and told her to put on the cloak which she did with a cold look ....and it made him smile
She was angry all the way back to the boat and all through the voyage to their next stop and each time it happened hence
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