It was a hazy morning. After about three days of rain, the sky had only a few clouds and a light fog was set across the landscape. The ground was still wet from the previous night’s rain. This was very evident in the mud as Blake walked along the forest path. He didn’t mind getting his shoes dirty, as always he would just make one of the servants go buy him new boots. Besides his mind was preoccupied with more important matters. The teenager glanced over his shoulder. He was suppose to meet Dee by the forest edge. Blake hoped the other would show up, he would be very upset if he was ditched.
Holding onto his horses’ reins, he stopped by a rather large tree. His horse, a dark brown color, neighed softly. Blake sighed, reaching into the hunting pouch on his saddle. He pulled out a sugar cube. Placing it in the middle of his palm, he reached out letting the horse snatch it away. The boy tied the reins of the horse to a nearby branch. He wasn’t worried about the horse running off but he just wanted to be sure that didn’t happen.
Leaning against the tree trunk, Blake kept his gaze shifting over the forest edge looking for Dee. He let out a heavy sigh as his thoughts began to shift. The male was a tad nervous about how today would go. Blake was certain that he was going to make a move for Dee. The last few days Blake had thought about it long and hard. When he first met Dee, Blake was automatically attracted to the other boy. After all, Dee was good-looking and not of poor blood. At the same time, the circumstances of meeting Dee after the boy had laid with Galen had disturbed Blake somewhat. He did not like to think of his father in a situation such as that especially with a younger boy. Blake still thought that Dee was older around seventeen, but it was still a young age for his older father to become involved with. The day after however, Blake got over the idea of his father in the act of sex. After all, he was human too Blake supposed and besides Dee appeared to him to not really mind that Galen had advanced. At least that’s what Blake thought in his mind. The following day, another idea had invaded Blake’s plotting mind. Perhaps his father being involved with the boy was a good thing. Maybe he could closely befriend Dee and then do something terrible towards Dee in order to hurt Galen. Blake wasn’t quite sure what the terrible thing would be, but it was an idea he heavily considered. He hoped that by the time him and Dee went hunting he would have a plan down.
It wasn’t until yesterday that Blake got the inspiration he needed. He had been woken up in the very early morning right before dawn by a slap on the face. The boy had woken up to his apparently angry mother. It took him a few minutes and another slap later to realize that the reason was probably because the party didn’t go well. He endured a few more slaps before his mother left him alone. Unable to return to sleep he decided to go roam the manor. As he did, he went into the kitchen to get a pastry. While he was there , Blake couldn’t help but overhear a high-pitched giggling. He recognized that giggling anywhere to be the dumb maid, Uli. He stood behind the doorway that led to the servants’ area of the kitchen which was separated from the general kitchen.
As he stood there, he eavesdropped the most interesting news. His father seemed to be quite the busy man in the last week or so and Blake wondered if maybe Galen had always done this and he was just finding out. If what Uli had said was true, it explained why his mother had woken him up so harshly. Galen had laid a guest from the party. Not only that but a male guest. As Uli went on describing to the maid’s in detail, Blake rubbed his cheek. He perked up the instant he heard the name Dubhdara. Wasn’t that the boy, Dee? But the way the maids were talking about it sounded as if he was an older man and a lord.
It had taken Blake just a little bit of research later that day to figure out that the Dubhdara that Uli was speaking of was Dee’s father. He formed a plan from this new information. It would make the hunting trip much easier for Blake to get in on Dee’s good side and for him to attempt to hurt his father emotionally.
Blake brought his hand up and rubbed his cheek as he remembered the previous day. It was badly bruised, purple and only slightly swollen. He was use to bruises and it was actually very easy to cover up if every asked about. Since he was so heavily into sports and hunting, he often used the excuse that he had fallen off his horse or hit a branch while riding. While it was embarrassing to admit that he messed up while training, it was less embarrassing then if he admitted that his mother was the one that landed the blows. He felt a sudden rush of anger as he thought about the reason he even had the bruise, his father’s careless actions. With the rush, Blake felt more assured that the actions he was going to take on the course of the day were the right ones to follow. He just hoped the bruise wouldn’t make him so unattractive that Dee would refuse.