Pro Memoria

If he had been a cat, he would have purred when she let her hand go through his hair. He let himself relax for a moment, closing his eyes before opening them when she pulled her hand away. How short those happy moments seemed to last. The vampire nodded silently, smiling slightly. ''Sleep tight.'' Were his soft words before he saw her disappear.

Kaz let himself fall back into the couch. A deep sigh got over his lips and he allowed himself to close his eyes for a moment. This was a mess. And it would only become an even bigger mess if one of them didn't speak up. Maybe he should just leave for Valyria tonight, pretend like nothing had happened. That there wasn't a big problem between them. After all, Allison could do this without him, right?

Nights like these, where he had a lot on his mind, were the hardest. Now that he didn't exactly needed to sleep anymore, this would be the time where he would get bored. The problem now was, that he also had to stay silent. He couldn't start playing thep iano again without waking Allison up.

So, instead with the sun down and the stars shining in the sky, Kaz decided to get up and get going. A walk always helped him clear his mind. Silently closing the door behind him he breathed in the fresh and cold air of the night. Not that it felt cold to him, but he knew with the current season that it had to be around a chilly temeprature.

The walk was going as usual. Kaz disappeared into the dark of the forest, listened to its sounds and thought. He should talk about it with Allison, he had to mention it one way or another. What else was he to do? Wait it out? The vampire sighed, looking up. The moon shone through the trees, something that seemed to calm him down lately. A figure that suddenly blocked the light, surprised him. Not a figure, a bird. And that bird carried a letter. After a few pats and Kaz finally getting the letter away from it's paw, the bird disappeared again.

The King's seal. He was either fucked or he was really fucked. Kaz couldn't help but feel a tiny bit of fear setteling in his chest. The vampire broke the seal, opened the letter and frowned. Well that was something.. completely different than he had expected. But the gears in his head started to grind. And Kaz grinned. It would only work out for the best.

The vampire closed the letter, made a turn and walked back to his house, it had been a long walk already and the exhaustion he had felt was gone. Because this, this was an oppertunity he could not refuse.

Entering his house was enough to alarm him. Another sigh. Of course she was awake, what else had he expected? It looked like she hadn't had proper sleep in weeks so why would that change now? For a moment he thought that maybe it was because he hadn't been there. Would things have been different? Maybe she was panicking because he had suddenly disappeared. But no, her heartbeat was steady and Kaz could only believe that Allison just wasn't really into sleeping at the moment.

Almost silently, Kaz entered the room. The grin on his face had vanished and back was the worried look. ''Are you okay?'' He spoke on a soft tone as if other people in the house were resting as well. His eyes fell on the closed book and then back to Allison. Truly worried. Maybe he could? No, now wasn't the time yet. Instead, he walked over to the kitchen getting himself a drink. A soft meow was heard and he felt how a cat stroke past his leg. ''Glad to see you back, little rat.'' He mumbled, kneeling to pet the cat on its head before returning back to the living room, the glass in his hand, the cat following suit.

The fact that it seemed normal to her to have nightmares, alarmed him even more. This wasn't the Allison he knew, or the one he wanted to know. Coming back into the room, Kazz sat down next to her on the couch, the cat jumping directly on his lap, demanding attention. Absnetmindedly he scratched the animal behind his ears before nodding. The walk had been better than before, or so it seemed. Now that he was sitting here, he wasn't so sure anymore. ''Very pleasant I can say.'' He spoke, sipping from his drink. His eyes fell on the book and he wanted to question her about it. Instead, he said nothing, letting a silence fall between them. The weight of the letter suddenly felt heavy.

She asked if there was something on his mind. When wasn't there something on his mind? Kaz wanted to scoff but instead said nothing, bying himself some time with sipping his drink and giving some attention to the cat who had settled on his lap and softly purred.

''Actually, there is.'' He suddenly spoke up, his voice more firm than it had sounded moments ago. Kaz lowered his glass, looking at it for a moment before turning his attention towards Allison. His eyes piercing through hers. This couldn't wait anymore. ''When were you going to tell me about your little deal, hm?''

Kaz shrugged as if it didn't really matter before drinking the last of his glass and putting it down as well. He wanted to stay clearminded for this conversation. ''I am not the spy of the king for nothing.'' Was all he would tell her. He didn't owe her an explantion, she did to him.

The vampire rolled his eyes, surpressing a sigh. ''It may seem so, but I would hate to see it break yours.'' He spoke, softer this time, for a moment he thought about taking her hand again but instead, only leaned back. ''Why, Allison?'' Was all he could ask. What was this kind of plan that she had in the back of her head? And why would she go so far as to make a deal with the Jarl of Falkreath?

Had he been spying on her? Probably not but it did look that way. Kaz shook his head. ''I had the pleasure of meetling Lady Freya in Valyria. Decided to invest some time into Falkreath, see how things were going there and well.. Stumbled upon this easy enough.'' He explained to her, his attention briefly going towards the cat.

“The Jarl is going to raid Brightwater,” Kaz stopped petting the cat. This was.. interesting to say the least. A plan came up in his head but it was quickly discared. He didn't have enough information. ''Why? What has Brightwater ever done to them?'' The vampire spoke a little confused. A follow up question immediately escaped his lips. ''Do they want the Duke dead?'' A little eager perhaps, but it would make sense. If this entire thing would make sense that was.

And there's that. They discared the subject and went on, like normal people would do. They would probably fight about it later, but for now it was unimportant. The other problem that arose quickly made itself present. The Duke had to die. And the last thing Kaz wanted was for him to die at the hands of the Vikings. That would not be the agreement he had made with Larethian.

Kaz frowned, softly biting his lip. It was like the King had known this was going to happen. Maybe he should have searched more, maybe he would have known as well. ''Lucky you.'' He spoke with a sly grin as he pulled out the letter and handed it to Allison. State secrets, but if they both had a common goal. Perhaps a little alliance could be made?