Once the cask had been opened, and the first round poured, everyone picked a seat, Rector was about to take a sip out of his cup. “My lord! Please let one of us drink first, you never know” Minet gasped suddenly when she saw Rector, causing everyone to look at her and then to the cups in their hands, except Rex, who simply smiled. “Trust me child, I can guarantee if there were any unseemly additives to this beverage, Rex and myself would be the last to be affected, it now makes the story behind the appropriation of this liquor an even more tempting story, if you would enlighten us Rex?” Rector said with a smile, swishing the mead around his cup and then taking a short sip, closing his eyes to seemingly savour the taste. “Well, it came from Barbun, I don’t think he would be silly enough to do anything to the drink” Rex chuckled, joining Rector in taking a swig of his drink. “By the sound of how he spoke to you, I think he likes you” Minet added in with a smile, sipping her drink slo
“Wow do I feel like crap.” “Uhh me too.” “Why are you holding my arm Minet? F**king weirdo.” “Don’t shout.” “Morning ladies” Rex called out, getting quickly silenced by all the women at once. “Don’t yell” they chorused, each one groaning at Rex’s loud voice, Lizz also covering her ears. “I feel great, I don’t know what you all are whining about” Rex chuckled as he opened a curtain letting the morning sun into the room, stifling a laugh seeing the women all recoil into the shade of various objects like Marcia hiding her face into the couch, Minet and Lacey shoved each other trying to cover their faces into the floor space behind another couch, Lizz covering her face with the pillow she slept with. “Why do you have to be an arsehole?” Marcia groaned, using her hand to cover her eyes while talking to Rex. “I’ll get someone to bring you all some breakfast while you’re all hiding away from the sun like mushrooms” he continued to say, closing the curtains once more. “Thank f**k for
“Er why?” Rex asked, raising one eyebrow. “Your choice just made me twenty-five thousand dactrem” Poe said with a smile. “Didn’t you choose which animal to sell?” Rex enquired, still wondering why Poe was so keen to reward him. “No, you did, and by the sound of it, you chose well” Poe said, still smiling, turning away and walking towards a set of stairs that headed into the centre of the building, as he reached the top of the stairs, Poe turned back and waved his hand, beckoning for Rex to follow. ‘What an odd man’ Rex thought as he followed Poe down the staircase that led into a large circular room that overlooked a maze of cages below them, coming to a stop at a bar, Poe leaning on it, still smiling. “You seem shocked by what I said about you winning me some money.” “Well yeah, I still don’t understand how I did that.” “With this” Poe continued, reaching into his pocket and retrieving the dice, placing it on the bar. “That cannot be true, the chance of it landing on the numbe
“Well that is…surprising” Daniel said, his eyes still round in shock, “This bird has been a pain in the ass for weeks, you come here and after mere minutes it is eating from your hand.” “I have a little experience with another that has taught me a thing or two” Rex smiled, seeing the skylark still eagerly devouring the food he had brought. “Now you have a skylark, what are you going to do with it?” Daniel asked, leaning in close to Rex, he whispered, “I am glad to not have to destroy such a noble creature.” “I have an idea” Rex replied, “One other issue, getting it to follow me.” “I have a collar and chain if you need” Daniel replied after thinking for a few moments. “I don’t think that will help my cause” Rex said, looking at the skylark and how skittish it already was, he knew they were intelligent birds and would know what he was doing if he tried to chain and leash the bird. “I don’t have any further ideas, I’m sorry my prince” Daniel said, dipping his head, a little ashamed.
‘If she is sending me a message at this hour, it must be important’ Rex thought, deciding to put his other plans for the rest of the day to go and see Marcia, as he turned and started off in the direction needed to reach her estate, his mind started to race, ‘I hope the skylark isn’t causing any issues and is doing ok.’ Rounding the corner and once more being stopped by the giant gate, Rex was about to call out when it began to open, “You are expected my prince” said one of the guards, bowing as Rex nodded his head and entered. Knowing exactly where to try first, Rex pushed the front door open and skipped up the stairs quickly, slipping in through Marcia’s bedroom door which was currently ajar. “You took your time” Marcia huffed seeing Rex cross her room and stopping just outside on the large balcony. “I came as soon as I got your message” Rex scowled slightly, brushing his hair from his face, he always enjoyed seeing Marcia, especially when she wasn't wearing armor, her fit slende
Seeing Kealy’s cheeky smile as she closed the door made Rex smile, “Odd thing to have more than one woman, doesn’t sound right.” Laying back onto his bed, Rex breathed in deep and exhaled slowly, closing his eyes at the same time, and before long drifted off to sleep. “YOU CAN NOT LOVE WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE!!” “But father, I do not believe what you say is true…” The sudden loud roar of the argument brought Rex straight into a state of alertness, “What the…oh shit it’s another dream memory thing again’ he realized, seeing the familiar faintest shimmer on the edges of his vision, the same as the last time he witnessed another of Fafnir’s memories. Taking in his environment, Rex was in a small room surrounded by white marble with low glowing hanging torches, a large wooden door and a small fireplace was in the far end of the room giving off a small amount of warmth and light, walking over to the window and peeking over the ledge to see where he was, he once again saw the familiar sleek
“Well, I will certainly do my best” Rex said, feeling the sudden urge to hug Raz. Instead of replying, Raz simply winked, brushing his face with his sleeve and after clearing his throat said, “I’m going to check the supplies while you say your goodbyes, you know, to make sure it’s all ready to get the f**k outta here.” “His brother’s loss has affected him quite a lot” Markus said to rex once Raz had left the group. “The loss of a twin would affect us all, especially ones connected in a way those two were” Rector said in a low tone, arriving suddenly behind the group. “I do understand what he is dealing with, losing my connection with Fafnir has affected me tremendously, I will do what I can to avenge Kal’s loss” Rex said with a nod. “The journey for vengeance often leads down a dark path that cannot, quite often than not, be undone” Rector replied, placing his hand on Rex’s shoulder as he spoke, “The world will eventually balance itself, it always does in the end.” “Sometimes it
“What happened back there? You took your time, extra goodbye kisses from your giant friend?” Minet teased once Rex and Raz fell into stride with the group of women. “Don’t be jealous” Raz retorted quickly, beating Rex to the mark with the comeback, the comment making Lacey and Lizz snort back a laugh. “Not jealous at all, this trip will take ages, plenty of time to get heaps of that in” Minet replied with a wink. “What did father say to you?” Lacey said loudly, trying her best to change the topic, Rex could see she was getting irritated already by Minet’s brazen flirting. “He said to make sure you don’t kill each other before anybody else tries” Rex answered with a smile. “No need to worry, I won’t let anyone kill her before I do” Minet replied with a grin, using her thumb to point at Lacey. “You’re dreaming” Lacey replied with a snarl, “I will keep on top of my temper if she shuts up.” “No chance, we have weeks of traveling and will not be silent for that long, use your brain b