Lena shivered against the cold as she staggered up the mountain, the rain was beginning to change to ice and she had nothing beneath these robes, she shivered remembering once again the attempted rape which had made her leave her home and her disgusting uncle behind but now she needed sheleter and food badly, she carried on with a fortitude which was beyond her 18 years amd staggereed slowly up the mountain side, the dark rock cut through the soft fabric of her courtesans boots and into the flesh of her feet as she slowly made her way upwards.. she staggered on for what seemed like days before finally coming to shelter.
She pressed herself against the cold marble, relishing being out of both the rain and the wind at lest for a short while and slowly she allowed her self to relax, before she relised just exactly where she was. She was leaning against the side of a Castle! by her rank and her station she was entitled to both lodging and support from the lord of the castle, she could claim she was attacked by bandits and her escorts had been slain and captured, she tossed her light brown hair over her shoulder, its sodden lengths slapping against the expensive silk of her now tattered and ruined gown, even a fool would be able to see the material was more expensive than any mere peasent could afford, if she did not look the position at least her clothes would let the owner of this castle know she was no mere peasent to be scorned she slowly made her way around the castle searching for the door to enter the building, she stopped as she reached the entrance |