[center][h1][color=B3A984]Aedan Merryn[/color][/h1]
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[hr][color=B3A984][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Kingdom of Abhainn
[color=B3A984][b]Interacting With:[/b][/color] Amaranthea Ashwood [@WolfLover][/center][hr]

Aedan kept his gaze on Julianna, watching her closely as she spoke with Maddox. Only briefly did his eyes shift away to look up and over the guards that were nearby, taking in the Abhainnians and their own precautions. The danger of anything actually happening with both royal families so open and close to one another was low, but it was clear there was little trust between the two kingdoms at that gathering. Regardless, Aedan was there to protect Julianna and the Hardin family, and he had no intention of failing in his mission to do so.

His attention was drawn away from the guards however as he heard the footsteps approaching him, and saw in his peripheral vision Julianna making her way over toward him. His gaze locked onto hers first as he saw her smiling towards him, the same, dutiful and stoic look across his face as she spoke. Raising an eyebrow at her words, he turned his gaze then to who she had dragged over towards him, only taking half a moment to realise who it was.

Involuntarily, Aedan's eyebrows rose and his eyes widened in genuine surprise. There were few things that caught Aedan off guard, at least, few things that ever caused him to express such a visible surprise, but he had not expected in any degree to see Amaranthea. it had been a great deal of time since they had seen one another, as Julianna had said, and as he quickly did his best to gather himself, he gave a slight bow of his head towards Amaranthea while Julianna continued off. 

Straightening up again, he nodded as he clasped his hands behind his back still, watching her closely. [color=B3A984][b]"It is good to see you again, My Lady, I've been as well as things have permitted."[/b][/color] It was the kind of evasive answer he always gave, speaking of himself was never something that came easily to Aedan, and even Julianna and Amaranthea had needed many hours of prying in more private settings to get the man to open up in any way. [color=B3A984][b]"I hope you've been comfortable in Abhainn since you left, personally, it's a bit warmer than I'd like."[/b][/color] It was well known of Aedan's distaste for warm climates. The rough northern lord was far more at home in snowy mountains to the North, after all.