"Who is he, Lazer? What does he want?"I heard the first whiny voice ask. I turned around, my sword unsheathed, but I saw no one, save for the voice."I do not know." The other voice which was more rumbling and fear inciting answered"Perhaps, you should go and see what he wants and bring him here to me, Lazer."The whiny voice said again and the other replied,"Yes, I will be on my way to fetch him now."I was certain that I was being watched. They had seen me but I had not seen them and I had no idea where they were coming from.I turned frantically but there was no door. I was supposed to be in the mansion, looking for Katara and not in some damning magical garden that will impede on my search for Katara. I had just a day left and we will both lose our wolves forever. The panic had risen high in my heart and I was desperate to return and find her."I do not know who you magical creatures are, I definitely do not see you and I have no idea where you are coming from but I am not com
As I said those words, Alpha Alexei had a look of disappointment on his face. He had not expected that, obviously. "Now, I am here once again, and I demand that you tell me where my Luna is. You have proven to me with your actions that you have her somewhere but you would not let her see me nor me her." I was petulant and desperate... soon, I would lose my wolf and so would Katara if we did not unite again soon. The Alpha saw the worry and desperation in my eyes and though he should perhaps take advantage of it and so he demanded. "Why do you sound desperate like you would die if you–" That was the stupidest question and so i did not let him finish spewing the words he was speaking "You speak so much folly, Alpha Alexei. Suppose your Luna was away from you for a long time and you had run your pack and the members therein without her... would you be comfortable knowing that your Luna is not seated daily by your side and definitely not in your chambers waiting for you to return fro
"You will come with me whether or not you want and you must get Katara released." I said to him.He was still trying to get himself free. He suddenly tapped on his ring and made to disappear again but I hugged him and he fell... we struggled for the ring, I was to pull it off his finger and he was not going to allow that. We rolled and fought and kicked the dust and thrashed flowers that were constantly appearing on the ground but there was not any success. I was desperate for the ring and he was desperate to leave. With the ring.Katara's POV When I woke up, I was bound on the legs and on my wrist. I did not willingly fall asleep. I recalled that after the argument between the brothers, Serge had moved to the pot hanging in the air and had opened it while I was watching, took a wooden spoon and scooped the vapour that was coming out of the pot and brought it to me."Sniff it."He commanded. His lashes flicked, blowing air into my face and that disgusted me. I held my breath. I was
I heard the buzzing behind me and when It turned, the bees where behind me. I was terrified. The bees, I realized where also a strategic work of Serge to see that I remained in the cave and as long as I remained there they were not to hurt me... I ran, the bright light outside temporarily hurt my eyes as I had grown acquainted with the darkness inside the cave.There were flowers springing up as I ran and the roads constantly led to another. I did not know that aside the bees that were in hot pursuit of me, Lazer had also seen me and was now chasing me too. He reached me soon and his hand gripped me. Immediately he held me, the bees all disappeared. They had no use anymore... I was exhausted, hungry and thirsty...I slumped to the ground, panting for air but he carried me up on his shoulders."Bring the woman back to the cave. This time I will not let her go free."It was Serge's voice. Lazer began to move with me... I was too weak to struggle with him. I only hoped that he would cha
"Well, Abramo, it happens that I had returned with the use of a magic ring." I said. Showing the ring to him... I had not returned the ring to Alpha Alexei and I was not going to return it anytime soon. Abramo looked at the ring, wide eyed and curious. "Where did you get such treasure from?" He demanded. He was staring, happy and enthusiastic. "The pack that had detained Katara had the ring. The Alpha owned it and he never wanted to get Katara out of their magic garden with the ring. He had been adamant and so we had wrestled over the ring and here, I have it and I have Katara back. It would have been better for him if he had made me keep my hands off his ring by simply letting me have Katara and leaving with her. I'm certain he will have his way around there still without his magic ring." I was walking as I spoke and Abramo was equally walking, matching my long strides with his own... "Do you intend to return it?" Abramo asked. I was willing to sate his curiousity... the men at
Kai's POV ️She stood there, not willing to leave. I walked to the door and contemplated opening it to her for a few seconds. She heard my footsteps as I walked close to the door and stopped banging on the door but when she did not hear the bolt of the door being opened, she hit the door again."Open this door, Kai!"She yelled. She was going to make a scene. The guards might soon worry that she was making so much trouble and would call Abramo to come and take her back to her Chambers since he alone would be able to get her away.But as I listened to her by the door, I wanted to hear her out. There was no Abramo trying to usher her away and there were no guards trying to make sure she retired to her Chambers and so I reached one hand to the door and opened it. She stumbled in and I caught her.She had been leaning on the door. When I had made her stand to her feet again, she was panting. She stood there looking at me and he did not say a word. I still had my boots on and my sword was
"Tell me then, what had motivated you to leave in the first place? Now that you have mentioned it, I am curious. I had not been in the mood to have any of this discussion–""See? You are never in the mood to talk with me and listen to my problems!"She yelled... she had cut me short and I had not finished my statement."Well, I have said that I will listen to you now, Katara. Say what it is you desire to say and I shall listen to you."I said... she stood up and walked up to me where I was sitting. She stood in front of me again. To command my full attention perhaps. She did not look vulnerable anymore. Her eyes no longer glistened with unshed tears and she was no longer biting her lips. Her voice did not tremble and her lips did not quiver as she spoke"For long, you have made it a point to always put me off... you have prized other things above me and I have never challengeed you."I was staring at her and her slow and measured words only made my need for her intensify. I had no con
"Katara, you do not realize that keeping you here is keeping you safe, do you. You do not want to take my words and abide by it?" I asked. She was angry again. "Well I will not take your words when they do not have any good to me!" She said. Again, she was being daring. "You will rather be out there in the wilds risking your life? Have you forgotten so soon what could have been done to you by those monsters? You think they were having a nice little joke with you and would never hurt you? You make jokes, sweetie." She was not impressed by my words and she did not pretend she was. "I am not scared if you are trying to make me. Why do you say these things to me when you know I would never leave in the first place if I did not feel neglected?" Her eyes had begun to well up again and I was sure I did not want to see her that way again. I did not want to see her cry. She sniffed again and turned her back to me. She was not going to stay... I stood up, event though I had no idea what I
[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