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Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope wrapped her arms around him as he held her close. She gave a small nod at his confident words. "You're right." she mused, giving an amused smile as she noticed his gaze lowering to her lips. There was no sense in worry about her father now. There would be plenty of silent time while they traveled to do that. Pushing her worries aside, she quickly focused on the man in front of her, meeting him halfway as he leaned in to kiss her again. She didn't skip a beat and met his lips with rivaling desire. Finally alone with him, she easily lost herself in the moment. The knight shifted away from his lips to press a couple kisses along his jawline. "Gods, I love you, Collin." she exhaled softly against his skin. Penelope pulled back slightly to smile at him before pressing another passionate kiss to his lips.

Unfortunately, their time alone was cut shorter than even she had expected.

"PENELOPE!"

The knight jumped at the loud and clearly furious voice. She let go of Crow and whirled around to see none other than John storming towards them. Penelope stiffened with shock, her face paling at the sight of him. For a moment, she just froze, unsure what to say or do. John was normally a distant and stoic man but she had never seen him look so furious. What was he even doing here? They hadn't been gone that long. Did he follow them? Shock quickly turned into panic as she came back to herself a bit.

"F-Father, wait... I just-" the knight stuttered, eying his drawn sword nervously as she stood in front of Crow. She didn't know what to say. What could she possibly say? He had caught them.

"Just get the hell away from him, now!" John snarled, suddenly moving to try to get between them. His gaze landed coldly Crow and he curled his lip up. "What the hell do you think you're doing with my daughter! Slimy bastard, I outta kill you!"

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope's going to be eating her words pretty soon ^^;
And yeah I figured I couldn't pass up that opportunity xD he can be fatherly sometimes lol

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope glanced over at Crow as he soon volunteered to join her. She forced down a grin as he offered to show her where the stream was. It seemed that her last minute plan to get them away from her father might just work out. However, John certainly seemed reluctant to let the go alone. She merely listened as her father gave Crow a small bit of resistance. Luckily, his desire to keep them moving at a fast pace won over.

As Crow turned to her, she gave a small nod and paused to look over at her father. She offered him a small shrug before turning to follow after Crow. With her back to John, a victorious grin took over her lips as she followed Crow eagerly away from the clearing. Half of her water was a small price to pay for some alone time with the thief. The knight glanced over her shoulder, checking to see if the clearing was still in sight after a bit of walking.

Once she realized it wasn't, she quickly slid up to his side and eagerly took his hand in hers. "I think that worked out rather well... Although, I think that's probably a one time trick." she said with a soft laugh. Penelope slowed to a stop to press a short but tender kiss to his lips. As she pulled back, she remained close to him and smiled at him fondly, glad that she could finally close the distance between them. "We'll have to be a bit more creative next time though."

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Works for me cx

Penelope's took the liberty of trying to create a reason for them to get away from John lol

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Silence fell over the group again as neither Crow nor Penelope tried to push John in to saying anymore. It easily made time go by slower for the knight but not wanting to put her father into a worse mood, she kept quiet and merely followed him. Eventually the group came to a stop in a small clearing and Penelope moved to quietly sit down near Crow. With her father around, she didn't dare sit next to him and merely had to content herself with eating her small lunch near him.

She let out a quiet sigh as she ate, wishing there was a way for her to buy some time alone with him. It seemed rather impossible with her father around and having no real excuse to venture off alone with the thief. The knight grabbed her canteen to take a sip of water, pausing as an idea struck her. Perhaps it wasn't the best, but it was better than just waiting around hoping they'd eventually get a chance to be alone.

As she finished drinking, she set the canteen down to rest against the bag besides her, purposely leaving it not fully closed. Penelope stretched a bit and moved to put away what was left of her food when she 'accidentally' knocked the canteen over in doing so. Faking a look of surprise, she shifted away from the splash of water that poured out and pretend to hurriedly set her items down so she could grab it before too much spilled out.

"Crap." she muttered as she screwed the lid on. She casted a subtle glance at Crow before focusing back on the container.

"Language.." John muttered as he looked up from his meal. His gaze studied her for a moment before he let out a sigh. "How much did you lose?"

"Nearly half.." Penelope frowned as she gave the container a small shake. She eyed it for a moment before looking over at her father. "There's probably a stream nearby here somewhere, right? I can try to find one before we have to leave." she said standing up to her feet.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Honestly and it's only three days xD

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

John side eyed Crow as the thief spoke up, dismissing the mission as likely not that important to the king. "I don't know what the king wants with you but I have my doubts it's that." he grumbled honestly. Penelope listened with a hint of curiosity and was quick to catch on to Crow likely trying to get a bit more information about his father out of hers. She glanced at the thief and gave him a subtle wink before looking back ahead at her father.

"Why's that?" she asked with a hint of confusion. "What other reason is there for the king to meet with him anyways?"

"I just have my suspicions." John muttered with a hint of sternness. He clearly wanted the subject to be dropped, which only made the knight more curious as to the reason behind her father guessing that the king wanted something aside from a favor from Crow. She figured it must have something to do with them being father and son but it was hard to tell what. Her father made it rather clear that it wasn't a secret he was sharing openly.

How does he know it anyway? She casted a glance towards Crow. Perhaps he had just put two and two together but if he had, that meant the king had unintentionally given away a rather big secret to a man who wasn't fond of it. Though she wasn't fond of the king, she didn't think him careless enough to do something like that. The knight shifted her gaze ahead. "When did you and the king get on such good terms anyways? Last I checked, you usually tried to avoid dealing with him directly. Something must have changed there huh?"

John tensed slightly at the question. "I'd rather not discuss such matters in front of a criminal." he said warningly.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope's thinking the trip will probably be a bit boring with how it's going right now xD little does she know lol

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope glanced over at Crow as he moved near her. Though they couldn't be as close as she'd like, she was still ecstatic that they wouldn't have to part and that she was able to accompany him on the trip. Besides, they had been sneaking around a full camp of knights so surely sneaking around her father wouldn't be too difficult. She had made sure he wouldn't even be suspicious by hanging around Gavin so much.

Feeling reassured by her efforts, her gaze flickered over to her father as he addressed them and she gave a small nod. John turned and took the lead as they began their journey to the inner kingdom. With his back turned, Penelope let a small smile take over her lips as she followed after her father. However, as she looked over to Crow, it faded slightly as she was suddenly unsure what exactly to talk about with him without risking her father getting suspicious of them.

Even though she had been careful around John, the fact still remained that he had found out about Crow saving her life. If she acted too friendly with him, it was entirely possible that her father would still be able to catch onto them or at the very least, think she was getting too close to a criminal like Mia had. Even if John knew he was the king's son, she doubted that would make much of a difference in the eyes of her father. So instead of saying anything to Crow, she merely let out a small sigh and looked ahead to her father.

"So how are things in the inner kingdom lately anyways? I'm assuming the war hasn't really affected life there much yet right?" she asked him, attempting to strike up a conversation.

"Of course not." John replied shortly with a small shake of his head. "Things are the same as always."

Penelope gave a small nod. "That's good... I'm surprised the king sent you out for a mission like this. You must be earning some favor with him." she commented, partly hoping she might find out why her father knew such sensitive information about Crow and who his father was.

Unfortunately, John clearly had no intention of keeping the conversation going. He glanced over his shoulder towards Crow and narrowed his eyes slightly before looking back ahead. "Perhaps." he muttered with a hint of bitterness. Penelope sighed a bit dully as her father didn't bother to elaborate. She suddenly had a sinking feeling that the walking part of their trip was going to feel rather long if she couldn't get closer to Crow or hold a decent conversation with her father.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Gavin and Penelope had a nice little goodbye cx although maybe not so much for Crow since they had to kiss again lol

Alright cool xD

Yeah! That's why I kinda want to do that.. It's going to be such a bittersweet moment but I can't wait cx
It's going to be a crazy three days lol