Grayson stood over her as her eyes fluttered open. She moaned her head hurt like it had never hurt before.
“What happened. You killed me.”
“Yes but people like us are hard to kill for good. There are ways though so remember that next time you decide to cross me." He yanked her to her feet and started to drag her back to his tent. Before they could enter it though her head started to pound again and Darius came over to them.
“Grayson what is going on here?”
“She killed me Darius so I taught her a lesson.”
“Grayson I told you not to kill her till she was older she’s just a girl and not worth anything to my army right now except for her body and she didn’t need to be immortal for that.”
“I wasn’t going to just stand there and let her get away with killing me Darius.”
“Well what is done is done. We'll just have to teach her about what she maybe this will work out for the better.”
“Come with me child.”
“I’m not a child.”
Grayson slapped her across the face" Do not speak to Darius like that girl.”
“Grayson.” Darius said warningly
Grayson just looked at Darius then stormed into his tent.
“Come here.” Darius said to Charmaine. Glaring at him she walked over to him.
“What is an Immortal?" she asked.
“We are." he said walking to the fire
“And what exactly does that mean?”
“That my child is a long story. But one I can’t talk about now. The city of Paris is only a day from here. I plan to conquer it and then I will teach you all you need know about your immortality.”
He went on to tell her of his dream to put together an army of Immortals but that dream was not to come true. The next day at the gates of Paris Darius took the holy man’s head and started to teach peace not war. Charmaine remained with him to learn of Immortals.

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Charmaine woke with a start. At first she didn’t know where she was but then the familiar surroundings of her room in the church came into focus. She sat up and stretched her stomach growled and she realized shehadn’t eaten since yesterday morning. She went out into the main part of the church and wondered if she could risk going out and finding something to eat. Just then another Immortal came to the door. She tensed until Methos stepped in. He smiled and held up two bags of fast food
“How’s a biscuit with sausage sound?”
“Sounds deliosous.” she said accepting the bag." As long as you didn’t cook it.”
He pouted" I don’t know what you mean. I've been that I was the best cook in years to work in the kitchens of Louis the sixteenth.”
She sat down and started to eat her sanwich” Well that explains it. You must have learned to cook since you left me. Maybe you’ll have to cook me something sometime." She smiled but he didn’t smile back “What’s wrong Methos?”
“I’m sorry.”
“For what?”
“For leaving you like I did. I shouldn’t have left in the middle of the night without telling you, but I couldn’t bear to see the hurt in your face.”
“Methos that was a long time ago and I got over it and forgave you a long time ago.”
He smiled “I loved you more than any other women before then and even since but I just couldn’t commit my self to fifty tears much less a hundred or more.”
“Don’t you think I was feeling the same way if you had just talked to me about it I would have understood, but because you left like you did I thought you didn’t love me. If it hadn’t been for Darius I don’t know what I would have done.”
“I know he told me about it mind you I thought he was going to take my head at first I’ve never seen him so angry with someone.”
“Really? I never knew that. He didn’t let it show in front of me I guess.”
They fell silent for a minute then Methos asked
“Have you ever married.”
Charmaine smiled ‘Nope never I’ve pined away for you all these centuries.”
:Of course I’ve been married. Though never to one of us. I guess I’m afraid of getting hurt again." I've had a few relationships with Immortals.
“Jace?”
She looked up at him and laughed" Has any one told you you’re cute when you’re jealous.”
“I am not jealous!" And you didn’t answer my question.”
“I was just using him Methos. I acted like I liked him and had forgiven him for what he had done but it was only to get to his money.”
“And you are jealous." She bent over and kissed his cheek smiling at him" It's nice to know you care.”
“Well you can’t blame me after what he almost did to you.

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Charmaine collapsed on the ground. Methos was working her harder than ever today and she was exauhsted. She lay on her back and gazed up at the sky.
“Why does he still treat me like a child." she said aloud" I wish he would see me as a woman. I'd be twenty-six now if I hadn’t died. she grumbled but Methos could only see the kid in her. The presence of another Immortal brought her out of her daydream. Even though it was probably Methos she grabbed the hilt of her sword as she sat up.She was glad she had picked up her sword because it wasn’t Methos in front ofher but a man she had never seen before.
“I am Jace.” he said
“Charmaine.” she replied. This wasn’t good she wasn’t ready to fight someone.
He must have seen it in her eyes because his next words were
“Do not worry young one I am not here to fight you I would like to get to know you better." he advanced towards her and she realized that his get to know you was not how she wanted to get to know him. She started to back away holding her sword up. He smiled and drew his own sword he easily batted hers away and threw her to the ground. She started to scream but he clapped a hand over her mouth. (continue)