What kind of guy could possibly handle her, to handle her love, to handle her when she got out of line, what kind of guy would be able to handle Triska Raylight?” he asked distantly. Triska remained silent while the boy slowly shook his head with a small smirk on his face.

“And… I could never think of anyone, I could never think anyone in our village would have been able to do that,” he said with a shrug.

“I can think of someone,” Triska said softly. Daniel looked at her with a curious eye, the girl just watching him with a timid expression.

“If anyone could tame me, Daniel, it would be you,” she admitted.

“And why do you think that when I can hardly carry your luggage on this trip?” Daniel asked somewhat amusingly. Triska glanced away for a moment then looked at him with pleading eyes.

“Because nobody else makes me feel helpless when I’m around them like this, nobody,” she reasoned. Daniel looked at her curiously as she watched him with a gentle gaze. She glanced to his hands holding her then looked down at her bag while slowly shifting her hips around slightly.

“I’m sorry about how I’ve been lately, always rushing into a fight with the first monster I see. I can’t help it, I’m so protective of you, but that doesn’t excuse my behavior. If I don’t get that under control, I could ruin your chances of forming peace with them, I could wreck everything,” she said softly. Daniel looked down to her rear which she was slowly moving around against him as he felt his throat dry up slightly. Triska steadied her breathing as she felt what she was rubbing against then looked back to Daniel with an innocent frown.

“I’m sorry, I really am. I’ve been a real bad girl for you,” she said sadly.

“Um… no, you haven’t… uh, been bad,” Daniel stuttered as his eyes were still locked onto her rear. Triska watched him closely as he just stared at her while holding her hips then smiled a little.

“But I have, I even broke the rules in here, and I hurt Alyssa. I loved that you returned my sword to me, but I still feel like I’m in need of some other form of punishment,” she said with a purr at the end. Daniel gulped then slowly looked up to her, her eyes watching him with growing love behind them.

“When a fighter breaks the rules back home, they’re disciplined for it. I’m no exception, I didn’t act accordingly and put you at risk, I broke the rules about having my sword out inside the caravan, and I drew blood from my own friend with my temper. Daniel, I don’t deserve to get off easily from all that,” Triska said before looking down at her bag, her hair hiding the view of her face which had a timid smile on it.

‘Come on, tame me, Daniel. Please, if this will let you see me for the woman I am, then I’ll endure anything for you.’

Daniel looked down to Triska’s rear, feeling very clearly her movements against his body while his hands still held onto her waist. He felt his body heat up a bit as the girl was slowly grinding against him while practically begging him to punish her.

“I… well…” he said unsurely. Triska took a shaky breath and turned her head slightly, her mouth becoming visible while her eyes were hidden by her hair.

“Please tame me,” she breathed out, with Daniel’s eyes widening from hearing that. The boy closed his eyes as he tried to gather his thoughts, feeling conflicting emotions about the girl that was making some very clear signals as to what she wanted him to do. She was like a sister to him, a rough, bossy, slightly intimidating sister when angered, and yet now she was trying to be much more than that to him, she wanted to be his lover. He wondered if he could really see her like that, or if doing anything with her would feel so wrong to him.

After a moment to think about his options he reached over and grabbed hold of the girl by the shoulders, pulling her back upright to him before holding her securely around the middle.

“Daniel?” Triska asked with a bit of surprise. Without saying a word Daniel slowly turned her around and held her close, gazing into her eyes as she watched him with wonder.

“What are you doing?” she asked softly. The boy gently held her cheeks and kept her gaze facing him, the girl then holding onto his hands as he slowly shook his head a bit.

“I need to give you all a fair chance, that’s what this is about, isn’t it? You’ve all called a truce to spend nights like this with just me; you’re all doing what you can to give me a chance to choose one of you. Since you’re all trying so hard, I need to as well,” he reasoned. Triska nodded slowly with a timid expression as he held her, feeling a blush growing on her cheeks from his touch. Daniel slowly moved his hands down to her shoulders and held her gently as a small smile formed on his face.

“And that means I need to stop viewing you like my sister, like just a friend, I need to give you a fair chance as well, Triska,” he said softly. Triska slowly nodded as if in a trance, her eyes just staring into his as she waited to see what he would do with her. Daniel looked down for a moment then nodded before looking back to her with a raised eyebrow.

“Then I suppose it can’t be helped,” he said with a shrug. Before Triska could say anything the boy took her by the shoulders and guided her over towards the back wall, with him sitting down against it and bringing her over to his side.