Mia had a very bright smile on her face as she stared at the parchment. She had actually made progress and it was all thanks to Aaron. He had visited about three nights ago.She jumped when she heard the door to the workshop open, "Aaron, you startled me." He didn't say anything. He just walked up to her."You still haven't done anything." He said in a low rumble.She sighed, "I am sorry but maybe in the end the war will happen." She said, feeling very downhearted.He held her face in his palm, "don't say that. They have given me more than enough reason to make sure that this works out." "Who's they?" She asked him as her eyes searched his face."This week is almost over Mia. I need you to think hard. What's the most beautiful thing that you've ever had or that you've ever imagined having?" He asked."Is that going to help me create something?" She asked.He placed his hands on her shoulder and he tightly rubbed it, "look, once you're able to design something on this parchment then
"Are you serious? Is that why you came here? Because they summoned me?" She asked, shocked.She didn't want to show that she already knew that she would be summoned. Aaron was very clear when he said that she must keep everything discreet. That was why she thought to act very shocked when the news would get to her about the summoning."Unfortunately, we have to leave now. That way you'll be there even before they are seated. It'll help you prepare to have them." He said."Why are they summoning me?" She asked."They want to know how much you've progressed. It will help them to make a decision for you to either quit now that there's still some time or for you to go on, seeing that you haven't really gone far, " he pursed his lips together."Let's just go." He said.She picked up the parchments and put it in a bag she had seen hanging by the wall. Justice eyes didn't leave the bag. She looked up at him, "We can get going now." He tilted his head a little to the side with a questioning
Mia was very scared as she had said all what she did. She heaved a sigh of relief when they all started to applaud her. She smiled as her eyes landed on Aaron. Her smile turned to a frown when she saw Justice leave the room. She also saw that Miram's coy smile had morphed to become a very ugly frown. Mia could not understand exactly why Miram was so angry with her. She just discovered something that will change the power trajectory of the Nyx pack."We are certainly impressed with what you have just shown us." The oldest council member stated."Indeed we are. Truly, Alpha Aaron , you made the right choice to side with this little, what's your name again?" Another asked."Mia." Mia replied."Well Mia, for as long as you're able to keep coming up with this idea of yours, your stay won't be very bad here at the Nyx pack." Miram's father remarked.Mia could tell that they were related because of their striking resemblance. He had a soft smile on his face but Mia wasn't so convinced that
Aaron held her hand and walked back to the craftsman workshop. He closed the door behind him once they were in.She freed her hand from his grip once they were inside and then walked over to her table where she worked in the alchemist's workshop.Mia sighed, picked up a wooden cup that was filled with water that was sitting on the table close to where she was standing, drank the content in the cup and then used her hand to run down her hair, causing loose strands to fall over her face, as she tried to reduce the stress she was feeling on the inside,"Mia." Aaron said and tried the move close to her but she stepped away and raised her index finger up at him,"Don't." She said and inhaled deeply, Aaron knew that when she became like this, it was because she was creating a barrier around herself, an invisible one, to try to shield and protect herself because she was soon going to cry a river of tears.She was fighting very hard to hold it in."Mia." He tried to say something again,"Jus
Aaron walked angrily towards Miram's room. The force of his heels as it collided with the hard ground, reverberating through the hall as he marched towards Miram with a deep scowl on his face."Miram," he barked as he barged through her door and walked into her room.She had been staring at her reflection in the huge standing mirror which sat on her dresser and then turned with a shock-ridden expression to look at him.He marched up to her and wrapped up his palm around her slender neck.Her eyes grew wide with shock and dread as soon as that happened. He picked her up and then moved her away from behind the huge mirror which sat on her dresser and hit her back against the wall of her room.Her hands flew to his as she struggled to get his hands off. He was just so strong."What is the meaning of this?" She asked, anger, laced in her tone."I should be asking you that question. What did you do to Mia?" He asked her through gritted teeth, his own anger too was very evident on his face.
Aaron sighed, "is there no hope that she would wake up." There was a fire lit torch which sat on a wooden table beside where she lay. It's soft light reflected on her face giving her a sort of calm look that seemed to look as though she was alive and healthy, and asleep. But in actual fact, her skin had turned very white and pale. Her lips had become very chapped and the skin on her lips had become broken, in all a matter of a few minutes. It felt like with each passing second, her life was slowly slipping away. She looked like she was almost dead.Numerous sweat beads had formed on her face as she lay there, her body unmoving and her breath, uneven. Aaron just stood there looking at the only hope he had now to retain the throne."Was I stupid, Almac?" Aaron asked the alchemist, absentmindedly.Aaron felt his piercing gaze on the side of my cheek and it lingered for a few seconds.He walked over to where she may holding a bowl in his hand as he did,"What do you mean, Alpha?" He aske
Mia found herself walking endlessly in a forest with no end in sight. She was getting very weak and tired. Her knees had already become wobbly and there seemed to be friction against her joints and her legs suddenly felt very heavy. It was getting hard to walk anymore. She lowered her back and placed her hands on her knees to try to steady her breathing. She let out a very heavy breath and then stood up to scan the area."Where am I?" She asked no one in particular, as she was the only one there anyway, "there's no fu*king end to this damn forest and how did I get here in the first place?" She asked herself as confusion washed over her.She turned back to see if there was a path that led back to the pack and that's when she realized, "when did I leave the pack in the first place?"Her brows furrowed and a crease appeared on the top of her head as she suddenly felt like the strength in her body was sapped from her entire system.Her hands flew to her head as she tried to keep herself
Mia headed back to the craftsman's workshop with a deep scowl on her face. She pushed open the door and stomped inside."How's your health now?" She heard a voice ask her from behind her.She sighed and lowered her head, a bit tired of the way they invaded her privacy."I'm not sure any of you from this pack understands what privacy means." She said dryly and headed to her stool where she would sit to work."Hmm, I'm taking it that you have gotten used to it already then." Justice said and walked out from the shadows where he was resting his back against the wall at a corner in the workshop."I wish I had." Mia said and lowered herself to the wooden stool."You don't look so happy for someone who has just woken up from the dead." He remarked and came to stand beside her, leaning against the table in front of her."Can you really blame me? To think that I came to this pack in search of a cure to my curse, only to be met with-" she paused as an exhausted sigh escaped her lips.She used
"Miram, what is the meaning of this?" Aaron roared with so much anger laced in his voice.Even his eyes were red with fury."What is what?" Miram asked him, feigning ignorance.She was sitting in front of her huge dressing mirror testing out the jewels that were delivered to her."Why did you lock Mia up?" He thundered."Is that a problem and why should that be of any concern to you?" She fired back, finally done with play in ignorance and a bit fed up with the way Aaron raised his voice at her over an insolent and cursed brat.He closed his eyes and sighed deeply, "you can't do that. Not right now." Aaron pointed out."Why can't I? She disrespected me and I have all the right in the world to do as I please with anyone who disrespects me." She spat back at him with matched anger.Aaron knew that if he continued to argue with Miram that way then he would get nowhere with the argument. He had to try a different approach.He closed his eyes and took in a very deep breath to try to calm t
Mia's eyes became teary as soon as she saw that everything was gone. She felt a lump grow in her throat at the sight. Just then, a sage raised her head and looked to the side, her eyes caught Julia's eyes but she just walked past her.Mia ran up to her and held her by her arm. Julia turned back to Mia with a shocked expression on her face, like she didn't just see her."Julie, are you busy?" Mia asked her."Why? Did something happen?" She asked.Mia bit her lips in shame and embarrassment at what she was about to ask her,"Well, I think I'll need your help today." She said sheepishly."With?" Julie asked."The gems..." Mia hesitated while Julia looked at her with anticipation, and her arms crossed over her chest, "...they were stolen." Mia completed."So I'll need your help with digging." Mia added.Julia looked about her, her hands, dropping to her side,"I don't think I'll be able to help you out today. I've got more sections to work on." She said and then turned around, "take care."
A grunt escaped from Mia's lips as she struggled to get the jewels into the iron trams. She had almost gotten to the trams when the trowel she was with suddenly slipped from her hand and fell to the ground. Her leg tripped on the jewels that had fallen and her eyes grew wide as she fell on her bum and on some of the pointy surface of the jewels pricked her bum.She groaned as her hand flew to her bum, rubbing it as she tried to stand, to try to soothe the pain she felt down there."Catch you later, slow poke." A worker threw down at her as they passed in groups out of the mines.They were actually so happy with what they were doing and had no care in the world. They were satisfied with where they were. She wondered what made them do such rigorous work with so much ease even when they suffered so much in the process?She had found out why and it broke her heart.Oh! She didn't have to think further. Those rigorous works like she called it were simple tasks to them because they had thei
Mia headed back to the craftsman's workshop with a deep scowl on her face. She pushed open the door and stomped inside."How's your health now?" She heard a voice ask her from behind her.She sighed and lowered her head, a bit tired of the way they invaded her privacy."I'm not sure any of you from this pack understands what privacy means." She said dryly and headed to her stool where she would sit to work."Hmm, I'm taking it that you have gotten used to it already then." Justice said and walked out from the shadows where he was resting his back against the wall at a corner in the workshop."I wish I had." Mia said and lowered herself to the wooden stool."You don't look so happy for someone who has just woken up from the dead." He remarked and came to stand beside her, leaning against the table in front of her."Can you really blame me? To think that I came to this pack in search of a cure to my curse, only to be met with-" she paused as an exhausted sigh escaped her lips.She used
Mia found herself walking endlessly in a forest with no end in sight. She was getting very weak and tired. Her knees had already become wobbly and there seemed to be friction against her joints and her legs suddenly felt very heavy. It was getting hard to walk anymore. She lowered her back and placed her hands on her knees to try to steady her breathing. She let out a very heavy breath and then stood up to scan the area."Where am I?" She asked no one in particular, as she was the only one there anyway, "there's no fu*king end to this damn forest and how did I get here in the first place?" She asked herself as confusion washed over her.She turned back to see if there was a path that led back to the pack and that's when she realized, "when did I leave the pack in the first place?"Her brows furrowed and a crease appeared on the top of her head as she suddenly felt like the strength in her body was sapped from her entire system.Her hands flew to her head as she tried to keep herself
Aaron sighed, "is there no hope that she would wake up." There was a fire lit torch which sat on a wooden table beside where she lay. It's soft light reflected on her face giving her a sort of calm look that seemed to look as though she was alive and healthy, and asleep. But in actual fact, her skin had turned very white and pale. Her lips had become very chapped and the skin on her lips had become broken, in all a matter of a few minutes. It felt like with each passing second, her life was slowly slipping away. She looked like she was almost dead.Numerous sweat beads had formed on her face as she lay there, her body unmoving and her breath, uneven. Aaron just stood there looking at the only hope he had now to retain the throne."Was I stupid, Almac?" Aaron asked the alchemist, absentmindedly.Aaron felt his piercing gaze on the side of my cheek and it lingered for a few seconds.He walked over to where she may holding a bowl in his hand as he did,"What do you mean, Alpha?" He aske
Aaron walked angrily towards Miram's room. The force of his heels as it collided with the hard ground, reverberating through the hall as he marched towards Miram with a deep scowl on his face."Miram," he barked as he barged through her door and walked into her room.She had been staring at her reflection in the huge standing mirror which sat on her dresser and then turned with a shock-ridden expression to look at him.He marched up to her and wrapped up his palm around her slender neck.Her eyes grew wide with shock and dread as soon as that happened. He picked her up and then moved her away from behind the huge mirror which sat on her dresser and hit her back against the wall of her room.Her hands flew to his as she struggled to get his hands off. He was just so strong."What is the meaning of this?" She asked, anger, laced in her tone."I should be asking you that question. What did you do to Mia?" He asked her through gritted teeth, his own anger too was very evident on his face.
Aaron held her hand and walked back to the craftsman workshop. He closed the door behind him once they were in.She freed her hand from his grip once they were inside and then walked over to her table where she worked in the alchemist's workshop.Mia sighed, picked up a wooden cup that was filled with water that was sitting on the table close to where she was standing, drank the content in the cup and then used her hand to run down her hair, causing loose strands to fall over her face, as she tried to reduce the stress she was feeling on the inside,"Mia." Aaron said and tried the move close to her but she stepped away and raised her index finger up at him,"Don't." She said and inhaled deeply, Aaron knew that when she became like this, it was because she was creating a barrier around herself, an invisible one, to try to shield and protect herself because she was soon going to cry a river of tears.She was fighting very hard to hold it in."Mia." He tried to say something again,"Jus
Mia was very scared as she had said all what she did. She heaved a sigh of relief when they all started to applaud her. She smiled as her eyes landed on Aaron. Her smile turned to a frown when she saw Justice leave the room. She also saw that Miram's coy smile had morphed to become a very ugly frown. Mia could not understand exactly why Miram was so angry with her. She just discovered something that will change the power trajectory of the Nyx pack."We are certainly impressed with what you have just shown us." The oldest council member stated."Indeed we are. Truly, Alpha Aaron , you made the right choice to side with this little, what's your name again?" Another asked."Mia." Mia replied."Well Mia, for as long as you're able to keep coming up with this idea of yours, your stay won't be very bad here at the Nyx pack." Miram's father remarked.Mia could tell that they were related because of their striking resemblance. He had a soft smile on his face but Mia wasn't so convinced that