Katara’s POV I had just had the best sex of my life with Kai, I was still on top of him, spent and sated when the hooves of wildly galloping horses floated to our ears. Our wolves heard it… The noise seemed closer with every beat. "That must be the soldiers who had gone out in search of you.”"What? You do not mean that, do you? Go out in search of me for what reason exactly? And why were they not with you when you came here?" "I had asked that they go into different parts in pairs while I had come alone. It happens that I found you first. They are probably following my trail", The sounds got even closer as he spoke.”Get dressed and I shall address the men before they appear here," he said as he sprang to his feet and snapped his breeches. I dressed up just before the men rounded us up. I was standing right next to Kai as they all began to alight their horses to curtsy. "I see you found the Luna yourself, my Lord" One of the guards remarked. Kai said nothing other than a mild n
My Lady, do you need the torch?" I heard Sterling's voice reverberate in the room.. I shook my head. "It is still day, Sterling.”"But you can hardly see in the dark room. It is as dark as a dungeon and I do not wish to see you trip and fall, my Lady." Sterling insisted. "I will not fall, Sterling. I am careful with how I tread around here. The gold and the diamond here all shine so Brightly and they are enough to light my path," I said. She nodded and did not press the issue any longer. I wished I could take from the expensive jewels and give to them but I could not. The only time one could give it out was either as a dowry or as a gift to an heir. I finished examining the items and left the room. The treasure room. While I was at the courts the next day, Kai walked in… "You had been in the treasure room?" He asked. "Yes. Does that bother you or anyone else?”"The room is not to be opened whenever you want. It is for special occasions. I have no heir yet and I do not wish to
Alpha Kai’s POV "They want the jewels. The pack you have accepted into Valmore. They are a thieving pack and they want to take our treasures so they can be on their way!" Katara exclaimed. I did not wait even a second as I quickly took them down to where the others were. But Katara raced after me as I ran towards the treasure room. She was fast behind me. As I reached, the door was wide open. Who had opened the door? "I told you. They have invade the castle and would not retreat until they get all our treasures!" She exclaimed. I was at a loss for a moment. What was I supposed to do now that the magicians where not even within reach? As I watched, the chests began to disappear one after the other and I could not save it. I stood there, watching until there was nothing else to disappear. The haze cleared off and the room slammed shut, empty. The guards did not understand what had happened and I was too angry to explain… I left with my men and Katara insisted on coming. Together
Katara’s POV She was on her knees as she pleaded and I was left with no option than let her be. I was right after all. She was not one of the. She had never been one of them… all the signs I had seen in her had been right. "I will not send you back to them. Do not worry. You will stay and serve me here in Valmore," I assured her. She stood up and bowed deeply. "Thank you so much my Luna. What shall I do for you?”She asked. "Nothing. You can go.”I laid there even as my arm had stopped aching. Kai had sent the healer to come with his most potent medicines and he had come just that. I felt better and as he bowed deeply and picked up his tools to leave, I said "Thank you" to him. He was happy and it was evident in his eyes. ***Eight months later I was in the room with Sterling as she journeyed bravely through childbirth. Abramo had not been allowed to come inside and so he was lurking behind the doors, hearing his wife scream as she pushed their baby. "I am not sure I can do t
Katara’s POV His words were measured and they made sense as I listened to him. The men all nodded as he spoke and then they arose one after the other in the same order that they had dropped to their knees to pay respect. From what I saw, the men did things according to their age differences. The oldest took the lead in everything and he seemed to be the one who spoke to them at every given opportunity. Had he not been the spokesperson from the time I saw them? Had he not been the first to speak to me? The troop literally waited on him to say things for them and that made their actions and words even more orderly. I rose as the last man rose. I was obviously the youngest among them. "And who is this beautiful blonde that you have led to us? Surely, she had not been abducted by you?" The Alpha asked as his eyes continued to remain on me. "We have not abducted her, father. She had appeared in the middle of the fierce battle and had helped us. She had unsheathed her sword right in
Katara’s POV “You should come in and see where it is you will stay. Our father has also asked that we hurry up as the celebrations at the Royal courts will start soon.”It was already dark and the men had lit up the torches to shine at every corner of the building. The door opened and to my utmost surprise, the rooms were big and beautiful to look at. There were women, old and maybe a bit older than the Alpha all seated together and having a good time by sewing patterns into plain clothing and chewing some kind of snack from a certain bowl. They were all seated bent over their works and one could tell that they too had been tall. As I looked around, there were doors everywhere In the room. "Here are our mothers. They are the wives of the Alpha.” One of the ladies said. The women did not look up from their work. They seemed to have some sort of hearing impairment. All three of them. We started walking even closer to them and they still did not seem to notice us. I was getting pa
Most of the men introduced themselves personally to me while the women chatted nonstop when carting trays of sweet fruits and foods around, mostly for the injured men. I had no idea why the injured men had not been made to attend the festivities but they all smiled and looked cheerful. The physicians who also appeared the same height and look as every other men now involved themselves In the jubiliations when they were certain that their patients had been taken good care of. The family pack relationship that the Alpha had talked about still did not make much sense to me. The resemblance between the men was the only source of confusion. How did one beget such a large family? How many women had birthed the men and women that I now saw everywhere? There were no children among them and that meant that the women were not given out In marriage to other packs. I did not let my mind dwell so much on what I regarded as the problems of the pack and not mine. By the time the women began to r
Katara’s POV "I see that..." Within me, I had the numb fear that if Kai had too many smaller packs under Valmore, one day, they could all fight one big fight against Valmore and Valmore would integrate forever. "What are you thinking?" He asked when he saw that I had suddenly become lost in my thoughts. "Nothing. I had asked you previously if–“"Oh, I do remember your question, lady Katara. We built all you see today. We had built and tore down and rebuilt many of our buildings before we could arrive at what we have not… indeed, we have worked under rain and shine to see that we arrive here," He sounded proud and gleeful as he spoke about the buildings. "Your women are very few and there are not many of you.”"Yes. My grandfather had many brothers and they all had many wives. When they had settled here, they had began to birth their young ones who happened to be my father and his brothers and cousins and they had gone out to take wives for themselves and had returned here.”“How
[Eight months later]Kai’s POV Katara had been with her ladies when she had been suddenly rushed out. I was right in the hallway, coming to the chambers to be with her when the ladies rushed her out. She was in labor and was going to give birth soon. I wanted to carry her off to wherever she was to be taken to but the ladies will not let me. "Let me carry her so it will be easier for you. Surely, you can not hold her like this and walk this slowly when she is in obvious pains." I tried to explain to the ladies but they will not hear of it. Katara was wailing as she took one laborious step after the other. I was not going to watch them continue in such slow progression so I brushed past them and whisked Katara off her feet. The ladies gasped in surprise but did not say anything when I began to walk away to the direction I suspected they were headed. It was to the midwife's place… Katara was still tearing at her clothes and thumping her fists on my chest when I arrived the midwife's
"It is perhaps by chance that I know this story myself. Now to the story, the men he had taken to form a pack had turned against him and had also taken with them the chest and had abused the magical items in it just as the son had done…They, captured many small packs and did many evil and perverted justice and looted packs and took the wives of others until the Moon Goddess had, had enough and the chest along with the items had disappeared on its own.”The men had thought that chest was stolen while they had slept, but when they could not find it, they had accused one another of the theft of the chest and they had fought and killed each other. For years, the chest appeared in many different places and so many packs had tried to open it to see its content all to no avail and then they had tried to keep it but it had kept on disappearing-“"Does that explain why we had seen it in a dilapidated house in the former Artic pack?”Kai asked. Abramo's eyes flung wide open in surprise. "Is th
The man explained. Kai had been listening attentively as well as all those who had been in the courts. I had been paying rapt attention too. At once, Abramo left the courts and went out to mobilize the men to secure the walls and the gates against any more miscreants. I could hear him shouting orders to the men as they ran to and fro. "The items are not yours to begin with. It is a bit difficult for me to understand how you have come to demand things that are not yours while trying to impress on us that you will take our fight and fight?' Kai said. He was angry as he spoke and the men did not speak for a long time. They were silent for a long while. "I will way you to leave Valmore now and we shall handle whatever trouble comes with the items we possess. It is ours to worry about not yours." Kai said. The men exchanged puzzled glances but did not make any attempt to leave. Kai stood there, brimming with anger as he watched them. "We are afraid you might be forced to submit the b
He said as he stooped and planted a kiss on my forehead. I nodded. I was not sure I wanted to remain indoors everytime if that was what pregnancy entailed. I was beginning to feel lazy. As Kai walked to the door, there was a sudden desperate knock on the door. He reached the door and opened it. The guard who was standing there was holding his sword by the hilt, he was breathing with so much gust and Kai walked with him down the hall, slamming the door behind him shut. I was worried as I leapt off the bed and went to the window to see what was really going on down there. There was an entourage and there were a few men on horseback. They were all waiting down the Castle floors, waiting to see the Alpha no doubt… I stood by the window for long, to see what was going to happen then. They did not look like they had come for peace. They looked like that were ready for war. Trouble. They did nothing to hide their intention. As far as I knew, Valmore was not in any trouble with any pack.
When I woke up, Kai was by the side of the bed. He had picked a chair and was sitting by the bed, watching me. I had no idea how long he had been standing there and as I opened my eyes to take in the environment, the bright afternoon light flooding the room, I was disoriented. "Relax, beauty. Hope you had a peaceful rest?" He asked as my eyes rested on him. I tried to nod but felt a sudden discomfort around my neck and so I ditched the idea. "How long have you been sitting there?" I asked instead. He smiled. "For a long time, beauty. A really long time." He said. He did not have the book in his hand again and he did not seem to be unkempt. He had even shaved! When had he done that? "You had the stubble last night and I've not seen you all morning Until now. When did you get a good bath?" I asked him instead. "I shaved last night. And, I was in here the moment you fell asleep to bathe and come watch over you while you slumber peacefully," He said. He was still smiling. I sighe
One thing I knew was that the Artic pack where not known for any form of magic even though it had grown in its time to become a terror to many other packs, it still did not possess magic and that was what I was sure of. Katara stirred on the bed while I was lost in thoughts and I turned to look at her. She opened her eyes drowsily. "Why are you not in bed yet, my love? You should come to bed now and have some rest," She said. She seemed to be having a hard time keeping her eyes open and I wanted her to go back to sleep "You can go back to sleep… I will join you soon," I said. She nodded and then stopped, her eyes flew open, wider. "Why are you still engrossed with that? You should leave that and have some rest." She insisted. I shook my head. She was being adamant. "Go to sleep my love. I will join you soon. I am only worried about a few things that I have found out in this book, " "Sitting up all night long will not solve the puzzle. I think so. perhaps, tomorrow you can cont
"You own it, my dear and you will make use of it the way you want.”I told her. She rose from the book and stood holding her wand. I continued with the book, the message became even more complex as I continued but I was able to grasp the messages and it included even the magical ability to grow a garden and chose the magical creatures to stay in it and tend it. There was so much knowledge in the book that I began to worry that the information was too much. "I am satisfied with the knowledge of the wand, i find it difficult to understand everything else you see in the book.”Katara said as she sashayed to the bathroom. "I will go have a bath now. Do not be too engrossed in that, hence you forget to do other things… one of which is getting up to come and take a bath.”She said as she disappeared from sight. I straightened up and took the book with me to the nearest table. I was still sitting there, totally focused on the book when she appeared again from the bathroom. She was drippi
It was a bit baffling that she was interested In magic suddenly and as we mounted the horse, I decided to ask her. She was still clutching the book and I had slipped the wand into the small bag I was carrying lest it comes alive and enchant the things around me that did not need to be enchanted."Why are you suddenly so concerned and Interested in magic?"I asked her. I hoped she heard since the horse was in motion and was whipping past trees and the wind will not let my words reach her as well as it should have. She heard me anyway. She had twisted her neck awkwardly to look back at me and speak as loud as she could. I kicked the horse and it slowed down. We are not being pursued. It was enough reason to drive calmly back to Valmore. The wind rushing past our ears were now calm and i could make out the words she spoke."I feel a certain sense of rightness with these... I value these things we found and I do not wish to lose any of them. I sincerely value them–“"I do not know why bu
The bolts had suddenly appeared and was to keep us still from using the door. It was amusing and and annoying at the same time. She seemed bent on not allowing us leave the place. I shook my head as I turned to her."Quit trying, Lady. We have to leave now."I said. Katara nudged me."Stretch the wand towards the door and it will come off." She said. She had sheathed her sword and one of her hands was now resting on the hilt of the sword. She was eager to leave. I turned away from Chloe and held the wand against the door. The door did not come open. Chloe chuckled behind us and the old lady stirred again. She was doing a good job of detaining us. She was almost accomplishing her goal which was to keep us until the old lady regained consciousness."Why is the wand not opening the door? Are you holding it wrongly?"Katara asked in a whisper. Of course Chloe and her mother did not know that the wand had only worked because I had struck it the right way without meaning to. Katara knew