MAYA"Her fainting spells are becoming worse." The healer said with his eyes fixed on Sierra.My heart couldn't stop pounding hard, it's been that way since Dane came running to us that Siera had passed out in her room. In a panic, Thane had sent the messenger to come with the healer immediately."Please great one, help us find out what's wrong with her?" Thane said with his brows furrowed.I hated making him worried because of me or Sierra.The healer hummed with his eyes hovering over Sierra. He was an old and frail-looking man who supported himself with a crooked stick. His assistant held a bag on his shoulders, he stood by his master with his hands folded, watching."Fetch me the leaf." The healer instructed without taking his gaze Sierra.The assistant immediately searched the bag and he brought out a long, green, and very fresh leaf."Here it is master." Holding it by the tip, he handed it over to the healer."Hmm." The healer grunted taking the leaf with his mouth.He placed h
SIERRAI woke up with a banging headache, and the last thing I recalled was Dane and I inside the bathroom, I remember us getting dressed and leaving the bathroom then after that, nothing.My gaze fell on the entire family staring down at me. Glancing around, I noticed that I wasn't in my room, I was in a room with a small bed on the ground, Dane must have brought me here after I fainted."She's awake," Kane said looking at me with a weird expression on his face."Sierra, are you alright?" Zane asked, shoving his head into my vision.I nodded trying to sit up."What happened?" I asked, my eyes fell on Thane who stood majestically with his arms folded watching me."You passed out," Dane said calmly. "Thank goodness I was with you, you'd have ended up with a nasty cut on your head."I shuddered.Their talks were light but I could tell that once again, I had made everyone worried about me, this was becoming way too much, and soon, they would get tired of me."I'm very very sorry for maki
ZANEMy head was filled with the thoughts of Sierra fainting spells, it was becoming way too frequent that I couldn't help but get worried. The healer himself couldn't pinpoint what was happening to her, yet she was always losing consciousness at intervals."I wonder what's going on," Dane muttered as we watched a crying Maya take Sierra away from the room."Nothing that you should worry yourselves about boys, Maya and I will do the worrying." My father said still staring at the exit where they had walked through.We remained silent, each of us consumed by our thoughts."I didn't get an answer." He had switched over to Daddy's mood."Alright, Dad." We chorused in unison.He grunted.Although he tried to hide it, I could see the worry on his face, he was worried about Maya and Sierra. I could understand him being worried, it's not an easy task watching someone you love go through pain. Maya's tears must have done something to him in the same manner that Sierra's pains were hurting me t
SIERRAMy eyes were fixed on the ground as I kept moving, I had no idea where I was headed yet I kept moving. I was in the middle of a thick forest with no one outside singing birds and croaking frogs for company.Every object looked hazy as I walked, even the trees looked as though they were mocking me, they stood majestically in their huge statue, laughing at me perhaps wondering if I was going crazy."Keep moving!" The voice in my head echoed."Stop please stop." I groaned holding my head in my hands as I slumped to the ground in desperation but it wasn't helping, my head was filled with different voices, the chirpings of the birds, the croaking of the frogs, the mocking laughter of the trees and even the whistle of the bushes caused by the wind all seemed to echo in my head."Sierra, you need to move now, if you wish to make your mother happy, you must keep moving!" The voice sounded so clear amidst the numerous voices in my head.I closed my eyes in a bid to calm myself down, "Do
SIERRA“Sierra!" The voices were loud enough to burst my eardrums but my gaze was fixed on something else, for some strange reason, I found a particular tree fascinating. The tree appeared to have been struck by lightning, it had visible veins all over its body, it was weird but I was pulled to it. The leaves looked weird too, it was so brown. They seemed to pull me into their bosom."Sierra!"My vision blurred as a painful pang hit me hard on the head causing me to cry out in pain. I fell on my knees holding my head with my hands.The sounds of approaching steps filled my ears as my feet hurried towards me."What's wrong with you Sierra?" Strong arms grabbed me by the shoulders turning me away from the lightning tree.I stared at the feet that surrounded me, "One..two.. three!" Three feet surrounded me. A fourth foot suddenly appeared, it looked slimmer than the first one.The hold on my shoulders tightened and I felt myself being pulled up to my feet."Sierra." The face of a young m
ZANEI couldn't believe that everything was alright with Sierra. She was weirdly quiet, her face was paler than usual. Her eyes kept darting around wildly as though she was scared that something might spring up on her suddenly. When they weren't darting around, she was staring into space as though there was something she was gazing at.Dane dropped her in her bed when we got to the room, then he left with Kane since night was near.I stared at Sierra as she closed her eyes calmly on the bed. This was the only normal expression on her face ever since she woke up.Maya sat by the side of the bed watching Sierra's sleeping face. "Won't you go to bed?" I asked her calmly.She sniffled."Zane, I'm very exhausted." She had a sad smile on her face. I knew she wasn't referring to her being physically exhausted, but I said nothing in response."She is so pretty." She muttered brushing her hands over Sierra's face."It's all thanks to you," I said and she smiled."Thank you so much, Zane." She
SIERRA"Sierra.." Zane's strangled cry woke me up from my daze, My eyes opened and landed in his face. His eyes were wide with shock with his mouth opened agape."What am I doing here?" Glancing around. I was not in my bed, it was late at night and the frog croaks filled the night air. My eyes fluttered back to Zane, it landed on a spot between his neck and shoulders, blood was gushing out nonstop.I couldn't understand the scene before me, Zane was placing a hand over his shoulder, and blood was gushing out despite the pressure he made by his palms pressing hard against the wound."I.. I.." I was stuttering not knowing what to say."Hush! You will alert everyone." He whispered placing his free hand on his mouth signaling me to remain silent. He was losing too much blood, and his eyes were beginning to dim but he was still trying not to make a sound, perhaps he didn't want to alert his brothers.Heavy footsteps sounded down the stairs but I was unmoved, I kept staring from my bloody h
KANE"Don't you dare close your eyes on me?" I muttered as Zane coughed for the third time.He attempted to release a chuckle but he was interrupted by the sudden pain that ran through his body, I knew how it felt, we could feel it too all thanks to our bond but Zane was feeling the pain even more."Si.. Sierra's leaving." Zane muttered as tried to get up but I pinned him down. "At least go with her." He pleaded."I'm not leaving your side," I replied not batting an eyelid."The blood isn't stopping," Dane said looking very panicked."Apply more pressure," I ordered looking at Zane, I would do anything to save my brother, but I couldn't let him go, not under my watch. My eyes were fixed on him monitoring his expressions."I did, but it isn't stopping," Dane said. I moved over to observe the wound, it was opened, but I could tell that it was quite deep. Blood seeped out of the wound not bothered about how much pressure we had applied."Move over," I ordered and Dane moved out of the wa
ERINI watched as the dagger meant for arrogant Kane sank deep into Thane's chest, and he fell to the ground in pain. The young man knelt by his side as though checking if he was alive. He threw a glance at my way before picking his father up and running into the forest."Thane," I said softly to myself, "you left just as I imagined," I laughed watching as the young man tried to balance the weight of his father as he ran."That stupid child thinks he could stand before me?" I laughed recalling the look on his face when he saw his father was wounded.I called after them, "Keep running, slow down and my dogs would have your legs for breakfast."He could hear me, the wind carried my voice down into the woods. "Thane never considered his weight, he was proud of those muscles, now see him weighing you down." I mocked as I watched Kane slow a little trying to adjust his wounded father in his arms."Should we go after them?" My guard who led the reinforcements asked.I turned to him, and beh
KANEI stepped into the way, blocking off Erin's attack. Our weapons clashed hard. My eyes landed on Dane running out of the mansion with an unconscious Zane on his back and Maya by his side. Before Erin could notice what was happening, I immediately averted my gaze.Erin needed to be distracted so they could leave and that was my assignment."This fight isn't for little boys." Erin huffed angrily, he moved his foot so discreetly but I was quick to notice, Using one hand to hold his weapon, I blocked his leg with the other hand. In one swift movement, using his leg, I threw him off me.He flew a few metres away from me but his legs were strong so he landed on his feet.My eyes quickly flickered around the mansion, Dane and the others were no longer in sight, they had managed to escape, I heaved a sigh of relief as I turned back to Alpha Erin."Not a move you expected from a little boy huh?" I sent him a mocking smile. For once, I was grateful for the numerous battle classes that Dad h
KANE"Calm down Kane, let's trust Dad," Dane said trying to calm me down, I couldn't stop pacing about the room."Calm down?" I scoffed in disbelief, "how can you be calm when everything is in chaos?" I asked staring at him."But what can we do other than trust Dad and let him do what he thinks is best," Dane said trying to act reasonably."Yes, there's nothing we can do, but we could have prevented this from happening." I snapped, I knew this wasn't his fault but I couldn't contain my anger, our decision had caused this."How?" He asked, "Just pack up let's leave.""We could have rejected Sierra and none of this could have happened!" I shouted."Look Kane, we decided to accept her and bear the consequences in case you have forgotten." Dane's words stung but I was past caring."I wouldn't have done so if I knew that the consequences were this dire." I covered my face with my hands.I felt Dane's hand on my shoulder, "Relax Kane, everything will be fine.""No," I shook my head, "Everyt
THANE"King Erin! King Erin!! King Erin!!!" The chants were getting louder as the army drew closer.Maya turned to me with wide eyes, "Isn't this treason? What are we going to do?" She was glancing over her shoulders in fear."Relax Maya." That was the only words I could say. This was purely treason, they had already crowned another person as their king and they were chanting his name.For the look of things, Erin had taken time to carefully plan this. He had reached out to numerous people and had successfully poisoned their minds against me."I will take care of it," I said walking towards the inner rooms with Maya in my arms. "First, we need to get you to somewhere safe.""What about Zane?" She asked."That's where we are going, you'll stay with him while I try to reason with them, hopefully, they will calm down." As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted saying it, a loud crashing sound filled my ears, and one of the rebels had driven straight into my mansion creating a crack
KANEI closed my eyes as a sharp pain ran up from my thigh and reverberated all through my body making me want to pull my hair out and cry. The pain I felt was not mine, I could tell that it was Sierra's, she was going through a series of pains that it was probably too much for her to handle."Sierra, She's in trouble." I was panting as I managed to walk, and my legs shook as I hurried away from where I stood, we were on our way back home, but I couldn't walk properly because of the pain I was feeling.I turned to Dane, "Can you track her?" I asked groaning. If I was in this much pain, I could only imagine what Sierra could be going through."N… no." He stammered holding his head, "There's this sharp pain in my head." He groaned. "I can't concentrate."I tried to breathe it out, I tried to close my eyes and concentrate on the mate bond trying to locate her but it was impossible, all I could think of was trying to ease the pain that I was feeling.My legs gave way, I flopped down on th
SIERRA"Get me the hot coals!" Alpha Elvis shouted he was fuming in anger.I trembled at the mention of coals, I knew he would do anything to hurt me, his eyes screamed anger. I knew he wasn't going to hesitate to hurt me with anything he wanted.My eyes flickered to the surroundings, it was empty save from Beta Orion who stood with a large grin on his face, I didn't need a soothsayer to tell me that he was enjoying the scene before him."Now look at that," Alpha Elvis turned to Beta Orion with a smile on his face, "She's scared of me." He looked excited as he pointed to me with his index finger.I shook, I wanted nothing more than to enter into the ground and die but Alpha was taking his time, he was careful enough to know that he didn't hit any vital part that would take my life while he was sure enough to hit me so hard that I wanted to die.We were in a room with no door and window safe for a few boxes that lay on the other end of the room. After taking me away from my so-called f
KANEPure shock was written over Maya's face and My Dad's, they couldn't believe their eyes. Maya's scream pierced through my ears."That's not my child, this was edited." She was panting as she spoke. She turned towards my father holding his face in her palms, "Videos like this can be edited, isn't that right Thane?" She asked with tears pooling her eyes.My Dad nodded, "There's no way Sierra would do such a vile act." He agreed.Alpha Erin laughed, "I know you're in shock that's why you're denying the evidence right before your eyes.""There's no way the video is fake, you can verify its authenticity if you like," Claire said with a grin on her face. I could tell that she was enjoying this as much as her father."This is not true.." Maya shaking her head in denial, "Sierra would never hurt Zane.""Something is wrong somewhere." My Dad agreed nodding his head. My dad's wrinkles deepened as he frowned, the past hour had been so stressful on him that he appeared to have aged more than
MAYAI watched the two boys as they exchanged nervous gazes, I prayed I heard wrong, They kept exchanging gazes as though they were wondering what to say."What do you mean by mate bond?" I asked again trying to clear the confusion I felt."Oh that, It's a bracelet that we made for us." Dane began turning to Kane who nodded."Yes, every one of us has it, Zane, Dane, and I." Kane opined."So we thought it wise that Sierra too should have one," Dane said and I nodded.It made perfect sense, they had bonded with Sierra in their way and at their own pace. Giving her something precious to them must have made her feel welcome. If the situation wasn't so dire, I would have appreciated them for taking good care of Sierra and making her feel at home."We are thinking about searching for her, we are hoping the bond might help," Kane explained."Alright, if you say so," I said nodding, I was too stressed to think of any other thing.I could only imagine how my child was feeling, she was sufferin
SIERRASlowly, my eyes opened to the noises in the surroundings, My head felt foggy and I wanted nothing but to sink into the comfort of my bed in Thane's mansion. My whole body felt exhausted from running too much. I tried to stretch my legs only to end up with a stinging pain that reverberated through my brain cells.I took in my surroundings slowly, I was in a cage so small that I couldn't risk standing up, I could only sit and I had to do so by bending my neck."You have to pay me better, I can't take a dog share for capturing someone your man took years to capture." The hair on my skin stood tall.I knew that voice, I could recognize it even in my sleep. What was he doing here? My heart sped up in panic, I didn't want to see him, I wanted to crawl into a hole and hide."You should be happy that I'm paying you." Alpha Elvis said in his calm yet chilling voice."She's worth a few more bucks, just give me then I'll be on my way." He replied.I knew they were talking about me, what k