Mercain sighed even as he felt somewhat embarrassed. It had been a while since they had seen each other, but it was clear none of Vardarianna's spirit had waned. coming to a parade rest stance, he bowed his head.
"M'lady." was all he said at first. According to her, it seemed she had already made her mind up about this. His father said my assignment to the Royal House would likely be this duty. But Mercain hoped he may get a different assignment.
"I thank the for your kind offer, but I would like to have the duty officer give my assignment unweighted." He met her eyes despite trying to remain formal, and he could see that look she had. "I should ..." he was interrupted as a Royal House officer stomped out of the duty officer's office. He got a glare from the officer before he gave Lady Vardarianna a bowed head and stormed off. He hardly had a chance to turn when he was summoned.
"Mercain!" the duty officer bellowed. He gave Lady Vardarianna a side look before stepping in. He wasn't in there long before he stepped out. "Well, he already had me assigned to you which made that officer mad. So I have a mark on my back with the guard starting with day one."
He wasn't sure what to do at first so he reread his assignment order. He then looked to Vardarianna. "I am your personal guard, and am to accompany you wherever you go outside the palace. We should probably talk about this somewhere besides the hall outside the duty officer's door."
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