Katara’s POV This was definitely how I expected things to play. Not at all. And I felt entirely like a fool. A dumbass… "I can fight my own fights, Abramo. I do appreciate your concern but this is my battle to fight.”Kai said as he stretched out a hand to hamper Abramo from going any further to the men who were still bubbling with energy, more than eager to fight him. "I do not want you for any reason to be hurt, my Lord.”Abramo said in a supposed whisper… It was evident in his eyes that he would rather the one on one combat did not happen. "I will not be hurt, Abramo. Besides, I am supposed to take these men one after the other and not both of them at the same time.”That seemed to have convinced him enough and he stepped back. All the other men from both sides had stepped back and the men who were to fight were now standing in a big circle that had been made for them. "Strip yourselves of all weapons and be assured that you will only fight with your bare hands. Whoever want
Katara’s POV It was on the tip of my tongue to demand that the fight be cancelled, if anyone would listen to me but Kai, I knew would never back down. He was grinning from ear to ear as he stepped forward with his sword in his hand. The young man smiled too. I had no desire whatsoever to watch them laugh and grin over what I considered not funny in any way. "Why, tell me, do you accept this offer?" I asked at once as the men began to round each other. I was audible enough for everyone assembled to hear and they heard, and turned to me. "I will not turn down this fight, Katara. I have never been known that back away in the face of wars and toxic battles.”A swipe. Kai had only turned his gaze to focus on me while he spoke and the young man had taken a swipe at him. He had seen it right in time and stepped aside only to lift his sword and aim at him. His sword was met and thwarted mid air by the young man's and again, they were circling each other, looking for the smallest openin
Kai’s POV "Calm down, Abramo. One thing is certain, we will not leave here without causing trouble and making war with this small pack if we don't find Katara.”"I tell you, Alpha, the young man might have a hand. What if he had made the fight some sort of distraction so he could have her hustled away? Do think about that. It has to be so!"Abramo was almost sure but I doubted that. I did not share the same opinion with him and so I listened attentively when the Alpha said, "I do apologize for your inconveniences, pack of Valmore but I assure you, that even now, my men are out to look for her and bring her back. We bear responsibility because she has been with us until this time. Do endure and my men shall deliver her to you so you can be on your way.”The Alpha spoke calmly. He was genuinely concerned and he did not look like he wanted any trouble."I do appreciate your patience, Alpha and Beta of Valmore. But as my brother had earlier said, you are not unaware of the itinerant nat
Kai's POV We groped about thick bushes for longer than we had thought we would without success. By nightfall, I ordered that we all return to Valmore. Abramo did not think I had done well but he was not the one with the sores and pains. "Perhaps, in the next few days, we shall come back and search thoroughly for the Luna. Let us now head back to Valmore and see to our families and the affairs of the courts." "We shall return yet again without the Luna." Abramo muttered under his breath. He had not intended to make me hear the words but I did. I ignored him. The men began to turn their horses around and we made our way back to Valmore. By the time we reached the city, it was late in the night and there was not much done by the she wolves of the pack to welcome us. Welcome us? We had not returned with the Luna! Katara's POV The men had been way too engrossed in the fight going on to have noticed me. Perhaps, they did not think that I would for any reason want to leave the
Katara's POV I stilled my nerves and refused to be very worried. I was hopeful that whatever be the case, I would be strong enough to fight if I was ever attacked. My wolf abilities were leaving me slowly and I did not feel the strength to continue the journey. I sat by a tree trunk in the bushes and slept off.By the time I woke up, I was with a pack. A group of fighters who had been on their way back to their tribe after a visit to another pack. They had been away to deliver a message and had been out in the bushes camping and had been the ones who had first shot at me.When I first opened my eyes, I had been a bit terrified. I had not known when I was lifted off from the tree trunk. One of the men was standing close to me, sword in his hand and he constantly chuckled over whatever it was the others were doing in the far distance."Hey, what am I doing here and how did I get carried from where I had slept to this place?"I asked him. He turned around to look at me. He looked hide
Katara's POV As he asked those words, I looked at him furious and curious at the same time. What did they want from me?They had shot an arrow at me and had also been the ones who used magic to move me from where I was to their small camp all because they want to protect me?How was that even sensible? "You had shot an arrow at me and had carried me from my sleeping position and had brought me here and you talk about protection? Who then had you been protecting me from?" I asked the man.He turned to his side, apparently, to see if his partner was beside him to answer me but the uninterested fellow had walked away, to do something useful other than to reply my too many questions. "You are an ordinary female. Anything could hurt you. We figured that you might want to resist us at your own detriment had we not used magic and that would have been at your own detriment." "Does that answer why you had earlier shot an arrow at me? It was by chance that I was not scathed!" I exclaimed
Katara's POV I twisted my neck awkwardly to watch him. He was staring straight ahead as we got even closer to the city. The other men seemed to be absorbed in their businesses and pretended they did not hear anything that I had said to the man or what he had said to me. We soon arrived the city and It was dead quiet. People did not roam about and there were not much soldiers around, save for the ones at the gates. We went in, the few men and I. I said nothing again and decided to watch and make plans and strategize. There had to be a way I would leave the ace with a horse and without their knowledge. There had to be a way. I went with them into the mansion. It was the abode of their Alpha. I had known that without being told. When we stood by the Alpha who was heavily adorned with gold as his Luna, he did not look surprised that I was in the company of the men. The men, as I later learnt, were emissaries who had gone to deliver a message to a far away pack. The man who had rode w
Katara's POV"I do not see any reason why you should get into trouble with Valmore. I am not hurt. The only thing that might be a problem will be you detaining me contrary to my desire. If indeed you do not want trouble, you will send me on my way soon. With your men to keep me company and a good horse to see me safely to my destination." The Alpha once again, looked genuinely surprised at my boldness and the demands that I was making but he did not say anything. He turned to his Luna and whispered words to him. She stood up and clapped her hands. Two maids appeared from an adjoining hall and ushered me away. The Luna followed behind. "You should have a good wash and a decent meal, lady." The Luna said. I turned sharply to look at her. That was the first time I had heard her speak and she spoke with the calm grace of a very confident person. "Thank you for your good reception," I said to her. She nodded and gave a very tight smile. I turned away and continued to go with the maid
[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