Lydia Learns Her Beauty...\n\nIn the quiet wilderness, Lydia slowly removed the protective steel from her body, setting her armor aside piece by piece. Strands of hair fell across her eyes as she glanced shyly toward her Thane. She had always seen herself only as a loyal warmaiden, never realizing the striking beauty she carried beneath the armor\u2014until that quiet moment when she began to notice the way her Thane looked at her.