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Thankfully or not considering who you asked nothing much happened as Queen Lianne eloquently dispersed most of the group with her, Terenas, The Bronzebeard brothers, The Wrynns, Anduin and Proudmoores moving to the high tables where Royals, high ranking Nobility and other powerful officials were seated.
Leaving Jaina, Alastor, Arthas and the newly arrived Alleria alone.
Alastor while confused and a bit out of his depth with what happened still gave Alleria a smile.
"Alleria I haven't seen you for at least 2 months, honestly you had me worried"
"Sorry I had to fulfil a favour for someone and it had taken longer than expected" Alleria gave him a small apologetic smile as she also gave Arthas a nod which Arthas stiffly returned.
Which was true, only 1 month after Alastor's arrival in Dalaran he was pleasantly surprised to meet with Alleria again who visited him in Dalaran.
Long story short, she had already been doing her travels for many decades and had decided to put finally put a hold on them and settle in Dalaran for the time.
(AN: For those not familiar with Warcraft lore, Alleria and Sylvannas are both at least 2000 years old with Vereesa being relatively younger, but here in this world they aren't THAT but Alleria is 311, Sylvannas is close to passing the 300 mark in a few years while Vereesa age being 100+)
Which wasn't that hard since not only was she a high ranking noble from Quel'thalas but knowing that she was his student's friend Antonidas had personally made the arrangements for her as well.
In this time Alastor and her had grown closer and more familiar with eachother not to mention she had even met with Alastor's friends and was almost always present in their "adventures" outside Dalaran.
Well except for....
"Jaina good to see you as well and I have to say you look beautiful"
"Thanks I have to say the same to you"
Their greetings were normal, they were even smiling hell Alastor knew they respected eachother as strong, determined women.
So WHY in the name of the bloody Aether! did it look like they were always trying to probe or subtly one up the other.
And it was not just now but recently whenever they interacted they were like this.
Worse, (for him) Alastor had a feeling he was the only one in the dark on the reason why, since all those around him either looked in the other direction or wished him luck for his future trials.
Women, by the light would he ever understand them?
(AN: Trust me bro you'll have a better time mastering the knowledge in the Well of Eternity)
"Alastor would you care for a round with me?" Alleria gestured to the dance floor as Alastor smiled and took her hand.
"Gladly"
Jaina had to stop herself from scowling due to her complicated feelings but Alastor did catch it in the corner of his eyes and made a mental note for a little something he decided to do in regards to Jaina before the night was over.
Seeing Alastor and Alleria walking towards the venue's centre, Arthas perked up. "Jaina would you like to dance as well?"
Arthas thought it would be a good first step in his plan to advance his relationship with Jaina but....
"I'm sorry Arthas....I'm currently not in the mood, maybe later"
Seeing Alastor and Alleria start dancing together amongst a few other couples and her own complicated feelings Jaina lost any desire to participate and instead walked away to try and sort out her feelings.
"Oh uhm that's...Okay? If you need anything don't hesitate to....ask....." Arthas could only smile awkwardly as he watched her walk away and his words quieted at the end as once again an ugly feeling festered in his heart.
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"So what have you been up to lately?" Alastor curiously asked as they danced across the venue floor.
"Surprisingly nothing much, things aren't as exciting when not around you"
"I do not know whether to take that as a compliment or not"
"Compliment, boredom is a curse too you know, not to mention being around you for the last 2 years with all the fun we had, ended up spoiling me"
"And I guess you would want me to take responsibility and keep you entertained for the rest of your days"
Alastor jokingly asked as Alleria did a spinning dance move before returning to him but this time in his personal space with her face VERY close to his, as Alastor's eyes widened.
"Is that an offer my prince" Alleria eyes were half lidded along with a small smile.
"Uhhhhhh" Alastor eloquently replied as his mind was trying it's hardest to reboot.
"Sooo? this is what you've been upto down south Lady Sun" The tender moment was broken by a voice as Alastor and Alleria both turn their heads to it.
Watching them was another High elf easily as beautiful as Alleria dressed in a navy blue dress that did not restrict her movements but also emphasized her voluptuous figure in a similar way to Alleria's.
She looked similar to her as well with the biggest difference being her having bright blue eyes as opposed to Alleria's green.
But she wasn't the only one, only a step behind her was another High elf with white and pale blue eyes in a light blue dress she was also very beautiful and dressed similarly to them.
But unlike Alleria and the red dressed High elf she was giving Alastor and Alleria a slightly awkward and apologetic smile as opposed to the red dressed elf's bluntness.
Alleria retracted herself from Alastor but held his hand as she gave the red dressed elf a annoyed look.
"What I do is up to me Lady Moon and why are you two even here"
Alastor had a feeling these two were Alleria's younger sisters, Sylvannas and Vereesa Windrunner since he did know from Alleria the nicknames the sisters called themselves.
Alleria being Lady Sun, Sylvannas being Lady moon and Vereesa being Little moon since she was significantly younger. (In elf years)
In the past two years Alleria had told Alastor a lot of her homeland as he similarly told her of Stormwind, she even talked about her family and while Alastor did not hear much about the current dynamics he understood that there seemed to be friction in the Windrunner family.
High Elves while not as secluded like Night Elves rarely tried to maintain connections with other races especially the ones in the Silvermoon council.
In fact upto this point before Alleria and them, Kael'thas was the only High ranking elf that was seen by Alastor in the party as a representative of Quel'thalas.
"Nothing much sister, it's just that mother and father thought--" Vareesa tried to explain only for Alleria's head to snap to her as she heard her parents were also here more specifically her mother.
And just in that moment two more High elves walked towards them, the woman had white hair and golden amber eyes while the man had blonde hair and blue eyes.
Lireesa Windrunner, Ranger General of Quel'thalas and leader of the Farstriders as well as wielder of legendary bow Thas'dorah known in the common tongue as "Valor of the Forest"
Verath Windrunner, A member of the Silvermoon council a powerful high elf Archmage and also a influential man but unlike his strict wife and most of his fellow council members he was considered quite down to earth and easygoing.
Verath gave his eldest daughter a happy smile and why wouldn't he? he hasn't seen her much for several decades since she had left Quel'thalas territory.
"How has my proud little sun been?" Verath gave her a doting smile that did cause the normally cool headed high elf's cheeks to blush a bit in embarrassment but it quickly disappeared as she locked eyes with her mother.
"Alleria" Lireesa nodded at her eldest daughter but Alastor caught a slight undertone of complicated feelings.
"Hello father, mother" Alleria returned the greeting to both of them but Alastor could see that unlike her father her tone and actions were a bit stiff when she nodded at her mother and he almost felt something similar to resentment in her tone.
But before Alastor could make sense of the situation which went through too many changes in just a short time, Sylvannas took that moment to come closer to him.
"Hey are you perhaps that prince from down south everyone has been talking about?"
"Yes?....name's Alastor Wrynn"
"Sylvannas, this is Vereesa but I'm sure Alleria already told you about us and I guess you're the one who was keeping her attention occupied"
"Hello" Vereesa gave him a polite optimistic smile.
Alastor was about to reply only to stop as Alleria pulled him with her and walked away.
"Good now that you all have met don't let us disturb you all in the celebration"
"Sister-!" Vereesa tried calling out to her only for her to be stopped by Verath who only shook his head at her.
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Alleria dragged Alastor to a corner of the huge gardens where they were now alone.
But now that they were alone Alleria realized how rude her actions might have been seen especially to a friend so she turned to Alastor to apologize.
"I'm sorry for my forceful behaviour Alastor I-!" only for her to be stopped when Alastor put a finger on her lips and smiled amusedly at her.
"It's okay besides do I look remotely upset?" Alastor stood beside her in comfortable silence for a few minutes and asked gently. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Alleria frowned. "I already showed you a part of the drama with my family, I don't wish to put any unnecessary duress on you"
Alastor's smile turned gentle as his "aura" surrounded her like a blanket and seemed to actively sooth her anxiety.
A useful trick he learned since he realized the effect his presence and aura subtly had on others especially if he actively used it or imbued himself with purified Warp energy.
"Alleria. I'll listen, that's a promise."
His gaze was not judging, calculating, teasing or even amused.
He would listen to her plight without any illusion of understanding, he would let her vent AND only then if she would desire he would give his own perspective.
Alleria visibly calmed down and after a few minutes of silence as she collected herself she started speaking.
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