The land was covered in snow, making Alexa shiver in cold, but they needed to walk until they reached the White Castle, or they would arouse suspicion, a wolf was a rare animal in these parts, as Edwin had explained to her, so she had to maintain the human form. As they decided, they would be entering the castle from the dungeons and walk through the corridors until they reached Lucius with one little stop in the library to ask the Scholar if he knew anything about the cure that was needed for Lucius. Here it was where it laid the biggest problem, Alexa wasn't a vampire, and that would create tension with the Scholar, they had agreed that she would stay quiet and if anyone asked, she was a mere human girl servant that Edwin had picked on the journey.
Alexa kept her head low as they crossed the little wooden door that led to the dungeons inside, she tried not to look up, but the smell of blood, sex, and torture filled her nostrils she took a peek and wished she hadn't done it
Morgaine was sited in a closed carriage, pulled by two strong horses, driving it was a servant, and inside of the luxurious carriage, lined with silks and velvet of blood-red color, was Aurea, admiring the view through a circular window on the door, she looked like a kid who saw the world for the first time. Morgaine and Aurea we're almost the same age, but Aurea was a decade or two younger than Morgaine and it was this enthusiasm for life, that she never lost after all these years the main reason that made Morgaine fell in love with her. She was a simple maid that cleaned her room, but one morning after Lucius vicious assault the night before, she caught Morgaine crying, and instead of turning her back and minding her own business she courageously talked to Morgaine, they spent the morning talking, and because of that, Morgaine felt better but Aurea was punished, after a while, Morgaine had asked her why she risked the punishment and didn't tell under harassment why she'd f
Hidden behind the bushes he only knew where Elia was by intuition, he couldn't see her and she couldn't see him, they were surveilling the enemy camp, gathering information about their plan of action, earlier on, Elia had knocked out one wolf she undressed it and dressed it herself, so she could go inside the camp and destroy as many things as she could, it was risky, but it needed to be her, the wolf she knocked out cold was a woman that was still unconscious, tied and gaged.They saw the carriage arrived, escorted by two hundred vampires, they also noted that half of that number were servants, but as they knew they could be turned into warriors, with time and patience and a little bit of a good cause that inflamed their hearts, as Truman and Flora we're doing.From the bigger tent in the middle of the camp, they saw a man a little younger than them, maybe the same age as Truman leaving the tent in anger, he kicked two wolves, in his path, his rage was palpable even f
"You need to turn Alexa, we need a little bit of fur and blood." Said Edwin, drawing his blood to the container with the blue concoction.'I know... But I'm afraid my wolf will not control herself between so many vampires.""I'm here Alexa, right next to you. I'll not let anything happened, trust me" Edwin told her, pulling her into a hug."Okay, I'll do it." Alexa closed her eyes, the crackling sound of bones breaking and rearranging sounded so loud, white fur covered her body, and instead of a standing woman, stood sited a white wolf."Impressive!" Sounded Diego, right next to Edwin."I know, mate! Now, Alexa, I will take a few strands of fur."Alexa could feel his cold hands on her skin and heard the blade cutting through the fur "Now, this is done. You can turn back to human."In the blink of an eye, Alexa transformed from the wolf to the human body, she was smiling, as if something was funny."What is it?" Edwin asked her.
Iron clashing against iron was the main sound in the camp as new weapons were being forged by the smiths the fire burning hot leaving a trail of black smoke. Rufus called a meeting with all his pack members and was waiting to see everyone in front of him, his second in command came closer to him "Everyone is here except for Patricia, no one has seen her since last night when the vampires arrived." he told Rufus on a low voice, almost whispering."Which one is Patricia?" Rufus had to ask, in the same tone of voice."She was one of the first females to join us, we had much fun with her, it is the one with that mark on her ass.""Yes, I remember now. You say no one saw since last night, it might be that our new friends found her as amusing as we once did. I'll ask Morgaine once this is finished!" Rufus told the other guy with a smirk, then he looked to his pack and lounged a growl that left them on the ground. "We are close to our objective! Now we let Zulcan know
At the beginning of the night, Flora was called to the stables, for a servant boy. The stables were a big house in the southeast corner of the castle leaving to a big field with paddocks, many horses were living there, trained to be able to withstand the odor that the wolves emanated. "What's the issue?" Asked Flora, to the stable boy. "Jax is back, my Lady, and three horses were stolen tonight!" He answered a little afraid of her reaction. "Which ones were stolen?" Asked Flora, with a feeling on her mind that she knew who did it. "Miara, Anedosia, and Travesco." The stable boy said. "You've said it all, it was Josh, Rob, and Michel! They were begging me to go on a scouting trip to the Plains, to get an idea of the field!" Flora said, crossing her arms. "Prepare me Fiora I'll go after them, also prepare Corvus, I'll invite someone to come with me, I need a steady horse for beginners." "It'll be done in a minute." Flora turned her back
Flora arrived at Arya's room, in the West Tower, from there she could see the blue line of the sea and Arya said that it was the best place if she ever needed to contact the Merchant Council because it was a straight line until the other shore, where supposedly stood themerchant council. "Did you asked for me?" Flora asked, stepping inside the room, spheres were laid around the room, white chalk drawings on the ground, and up to the columns beside the big window that was in the direction of the ocean."Yes I'm going to need your help, and maybe someone else to, I'm going to try and contact the Merchant Council and Elder Evra to tell them what is happening here and how to fight Lucius.""Everything that you need, maybe Patricia would be interested in participating, I know the others have their assignment and are working no stop.""Could you talk to her? I still need to prepare somethings." Arya told her, holding some feathers and placing them in places that
"We need to go to that camp immediately!" Snaped Lucius, his voice thundering with authority. "That's not the best course ofaction!" Alexa reasoned annoyed that they were having the same argument and they still didn't cross the White Castle's gate. Edwin and Diego had gone to the stables, trying to find some horses that they could use. "You don't tell me what to do!" Lucius snapped, appearing to be a boy throwing a tantrum. "As soon as we get there, I'll call my warriors back, the war is over before it begins and I'll deal with Morgaine, on my way!" "Well, if what it's being said it's any true, I doubt anyone would follow you, you rule by fear, so if presented with a better and kinder leader they will change their loyalty and you'll find yourself alone!" Reasoned Alexa. "They can't, they are bound to me by blood." "Morgaine didn't seem affected, maybe she found a loophole that allowed her to poison you and to kill you
It was morning, the sky was filled with birds chanting, people were happy, even though they were preparing to war, everyone just woke up with a feeling that it was a good day to be alive, a feeling that the pack knew all too well, something stirred up their emotions, they sensed their queen was close to the Castle. Alexa was indeed reaching the village, but before she approached any further, she turned, making her traveler companions stop, right before her, “Is anything wrong?” asked Diego, alert. “No, we are close to the Gates of Amora Castle, and I don’t want to frightened anyone entering the village in my wolf form, running from a Lycan, who no one knows that exists, and two vampires, is best if we kept to walking until we get there!” Everyone agreed even Lucius who looked annoyed to have to travel this way since the beginning of the journey. They keep walking side by side, in silence, only with some complaints from Lucius about the weather, the road, and
Edwin was laying on the ground, he could feel everything but he couldn’t move, he felt the tears that had run down Alexa’s face, he also felt a sharp pain on his hand, made by Alexa’s claws, he felt the time go by, seven times the sun had come up and gone down, and it was the dawn of the eighth day when he felt his strength come back, he stood up, feeling empty inside as if a part of himself was missing, he looked around and everyone was awakening, almost everyone, the ones they were battling against still laid motionless on the ground, and every single person that was awakening felt confused. He charged there, remembering all the words said between Alexa and Flavius, he ordered that any of the sleeping soldiers should be restrained and taken back to a secure location, where they couldn’t run anymore. Joining the others on the northern wall he saw Elia getting patched up for Gwen, Flora came in his direction, asking for Alexa, but he signaled to her that they still had a lot of work
Alexa growled, warning the cloaked man, of her attention, and that she was ready to strike, he laughed at her attacking posture and growling advertisement, “no, no, no” he sang, like he was taunting her, that made Alexa a bit confused, Edwin was bonded in that orange light he didn’t seem hurt, but she was unable to keep seeing him like he was frozen in time, “if you kill me, dear Edwin here, will have a very agonizing and painful death,” that sent shivers down Alexa’s spine, “now, how about we take this up as civilized people and talk it up!” She glanced at Edwin and understood that she couldn’t do anything else but comply with Flaviu’s order, she turned back to her human form and looked the sorcerer right in his eyes, seeing his face for the first time, and the big scar that he had across his face made her turn her face away, but that seemed to anger the sorcerer, “oh! You don’t like my face? Did you know it was your father o made this? He ruined my good looks forever, he ruined my
Darkness surrounded them, as the moonless night sky was upon them, they heard the main army clashing against the Northern walls, arrows, flames, and swords, metal armor and screams of the wounded ripped through the night, and they were sitting still, waiting, for the attack that would come from the south, the real trouble was here, where the war could be decided, for better or worse.Edwin looked one last time to Alexa as if he wanted to memorize every tiny detail of her face showered by the light of the torches. Alexa noticed the stare and looked at him, smiling, as if saying that everything was going to be well, Charles had been relocated to help Elia, Patricia, and Schirouca, Truman, and Flora remained with them, as it was Michel team, just in the shadows, waiting to attack.The battle on the North wall was going on for a while, making everyone in the south wall jumpy and second-guessing themselves, "what if they wouldn't attack from the south wall? What if they
They waited until a commotion was heard from outside the door, metal clinking against the metal of their armor, boots stomping on the ground, and the doors to the dining room opening suddenly, Alexa looked towards the group of six people, that for the smell she could tell, four of them were werewolves and the other two were vampires, she crossed her arms on her chest and examining them quickly, as they bowed their heads she spoke, slowly, "Who are you? And why are you here?""We heard your message to the werewolves, how we can be accepted here, without fear and abuse, how we can be treated equally and without being wild!" A short woman spoke, taking a step forward, "We want an opportunity to show our worth, without being on a bed or taking up arms!" she finished, looking Alexa in the eyes as if defying her to contradict herself."We want to go back to our master! This isn't our fight if it isn't his, we only head Morgaine's call to pick up arms, because we were mis
Alexa woke up the next day, with her eyes throbbing and red from the cry of the night before, but Edwin's words made a click inside of her, and all the sorrow and guilt she was feeling towards Andrew's death, she used them to fuel the rage and the beast inside of her, she stood from the bed, went to clean herself with a resolution in her mind, she chose the dark dress to symbolize the grief she was feeling, but behind the dress, she used her knitted fabric armor, and the weapons she always carried, in her head, she wore a simple crown of silver and sapphires. Edwin woke up and smiled when he saw her dressed and ready to take on the day."How are you feeling?" He asked."Do you want an honest answer or a polite one?" She retorted, with an arched brow, without stopping what she was doing."Only the honest, love, you know you don't need to hide anything from me!" He said, standing from the bed and walking towards her, and embraced her."I'm feeling r
The thundering sound of hoofs on wood was the warning they needed, archers went to their positions on the wall, soldiers waited in line to take their place as soon as the riders went through, Truman was the first one to notice that something was wrong, one of the riders was laying on the horse and the animal was being pushed by another rider, as soon as the reached the inside of the gates, Alexa's commanding voice was heard louder than never in absolute silence, "Gwen, Sam, and Elia take Andrew inside the castle! Soldiers are ready to attack, archers find your mark and shoot as soon as they are in sight!"She didn't dismount as everyone else, she went to the other side of the castle, by the narrow streets in a gallop, "Flora, take your riders and flank that army, now!" She ordered the other woman and didn't wait to see a form of complying, she returned to the main gate, where it was possible to hear screams of vampires when they fell on the traps, when the boiling pitch was
"Do you thought you could get rid of me that easily, but I have a question, how did you manage to poison me knowing you would die?" Asked Lucius, tilting his head to one side, looking like a predator ready to jump into his prey. "Flavius found a way to free me from that curse, and he anchored everyone else to me," Morgaine explained, slowly as if she was on autopilot and didn't have the chance to process everything that was happening. "You could have succeeded, but you didn't! I came to take home my servants and my warriors, if you want to keep this war of yours, you can do it, but not with my people!" Argued Lucius in an authoritative voice. "You can talk to them, but they will not choose you! They despise you! You're a monster, torture and fear aren't quite the motivators!" Morgaine replied, with a half-smile creeping up to her lips. "I will talk to my men, everyone is on this side of the can't, right? "Yes
Morgaine, Flavius, and Rufus we're together inside the later one's tent, they were discussing the next step, when the voice of a man sounded from the outside, asking permission to get inside, Rufus gave the authorization and they were surprised by a tall man, maybe taller than the three people gathered there, skinny as if only had its bones under the skin, he was pale as if the sun never had touched his face, his beard wanted to grow and hadn't been shaved that day it presented itself with a grey color as was his hair, but the distinct feature in him were the dull blue eyes as if he was always annoyed with everything."Speak, Harvey!" Ordered Morgaine, as soon as he salutes them, he was a vampire so, under her rule, she gave the orders because of that."The scouts found out a team of riders coming this way, with Queen Alexa and Prince Edwin at its head, twelve riders, and they are bearing a white flag. They should reach us in one hour." He informed, not stopping to
Everyone was busy that morning, Truman hadn't seen Charles since last night when they finally consummated their love, kt was even better then he imagined it would, but now it was just a memory that kept him ready and working as hard as he could, so they would have much more nights like the one they had.With Arya's help, all the traps were already finished, the cauldrons of the pitch were ready on the walls, the archers had trained and chosen their place to better aim the enemy, everyone ls his soldiers knew what to do when the bell rang, Flora was rearranging her cavalry, so they would help with the wounded and take the place of the fallen, in a very oiled machine, where no piece was left behind if they try the siege as Alexa thought they would encounter a terrible force. They had been preparing and enacting this all their lives, Truman was somewhat anxious to begin the fight and that was making him jumpy, it would be better if they finished this right away or he would go