I was awake at first light, but I wasn’t the only one. A few of the others were as well. The women that were responsible for cooking for the clan. They were up and had a head start on things. I just got up and started helping them because I had nothing else to do. I could tell that they were a little uncomfortable with me helping, not wanting the Queen to do any menial labor, but I was used to working like this. So I really didn’t mind. As soon as Thaddeus woke up, he gathered his best soldiers and we were the first to eat. “So, what’s the plan for today?” I asked. “We’re going to start traveling and see if we can find someone who knows where the witch is.” He said. “Seriously? That’s the plan?” I asked. “Have you got a better idea?” He asked. “No. But that’s because I don’t know this place. I don’t know the people. The good or the bad. You should have some idea of where to start looking without just wondering and asking people…What if we ask the wrong person and they ru
When I walked out of the cavern Thaddeus and his soldiers were standing there, anxiously waiting. “The last he heard, she was staying with someone by the name of Madea.” I said. “He just told you that?” Maximus asked. “No. I threw him on the bar and threatened to kill him without laying a finger on him. That was after he attacked me with an electric bolt. Anyway, that doesn’t matter. Who’s Madea?” I asked. “She’s evil.” Thaddeus said. “Yeah. I already figured that much out.” I said. “She’s a Queen in this land. An evil Queen.” He said. “Is there any other kind in these sorts of realms?” I asked. “I wasn’t aware that the black witch was associated with her.” He said. “Well, she is. At least, she is now. How far is it to her place?” I asked. “At least a day’s walk from here.” He said. “Alright. We better get moving.” I said, walking back into the forest with all of the Pegasus soldiers following me. They could see that I was on a mission now. And I hoped that they
I wasn’t sure how long I was unconscious for, but when I started to wake up I could tell that it was still daylight. I couldn’t have been unconscious for that long. “Hello Queenie.” A deep rumbling voice said, coming up behind me. I turned my head from where I was tied up on the ground to see one of the giants sitting right behind me. “What do you want from me?” I asked. “Nothing.” He said. “Obviously you want something.” I said. “You were trespassing on our land.” He said. “From what I hear, you weren’t even supposed to be here.” I said. “Well, thanks to you bringing the black witch to Avalon, a lot of things have changed.” He said. “Where’s Thaddeus?” I asked, looking around. “He’s a little tied up right now.” The giant smirked at me. “I didn’t mean to bring the black witch here. We are on our way to find her so I can kill her.” I said. He and his friends burst out laughing, like it was the funniest thing they had ever heard. “What the hell makes you think yo
MILES POV I had successfully merged William’s pack with Connor’s pack and they were making themselves useful at the castle now. They weren’t causing any static and the ones that were still loyal to William were either killed or locked in the dungeon of the castle. And the dungeon in the castle is no laughing matter. It was like nothing I had ever seen before. It was massive and there was no way anyone was ever going to be getting out of that place on their own. But that didn’t matter. We still had guards posted, just in case. I made sure that all of the pack business had been seen to when I decided to head back to Oregon and I went straight to that field where Aurora had disappeared. As soon as I got there, I saw a tent set up but there was no one around. I looked around the grounds for a little while but still, I couldn’t find anyone. So I sat at the front of the tent and I waited. I waited and waited until the sun was setting. “What are you doing here?” Connor asked, co
I had let things go for a couple more weeks and I was running the pack as I knew Connor would. We were back to rescuing people but the biggest issue at the moment was trying to find places to put them all. The village was making great progress and a lot of families had already moved into the apartments that had been built. But we were still getting reports of abuse that couldn’t be ignored and I was constantly sending more and more teams out to save the abused. I decided that it was time again to go and see Connor. To see if anything had changed with him. I didn’t have high hopes, but I knew that I wasn’t going to give up on him. He was the best friend that I knew and he saved my life more times than I could count. So I wasn’t going to give up on him now. When I got back to the field where Aurora had gone missing, I did a quick scan of the area before I focused on the tent. I saw Connor laying on the ground in front of the tent, not moving. I ran up to him and I could see
AURORA’S POV I could still hear the screaming coming from the giants and see the flames and smoke pouring out from above the trees as I walked away with the Pegasus’. I tried as hard as possible not to look back and see what I had done, but it was hard with their screams getting louder and them softer. I suddenly woke up in a cold sweat and jolted up. I looked around to see Thaddeus and his soldiers were still asleep in the field that we had found to camp in for the night. I could see the sun coming up just over the hills in the distance so I stood up and stretched before I started walking around a little. “Another nightmare?” Someone asked behind me. So I turned around and Maximus was laying on the ground looking at me. “How can you tell?” I asked. “I’m a light sleeper. And I know nightmares when I see them.” He said. “It’s beautiful here.” I said, looking out towards the hills. “Yeah. It’s beautiful countryside. It’s too bad there’s too many cretins roaming around.” H
Thaddeus lunged for me at the same time, I dodged out of the way and I raised my hands at the same time to protect myself. When I opened my eyes, I saw black smoke surrounding me and I wasn’t standing next to Thaddeus anymore. I was standing on the hill behind the werebears. They were now charging at Thaddeus and his soldiers and someone grabbed me from behind. “Who the hell are you?” I asked. “My name is Uther. I’m going to get you somewhere safe.” He said. “Sure. I’ve heard that before.” I said. “Mage. Give the bears a little help.” Uther yelled. And a woman emerged from behind a tree. Her eyes were gold and she stared at the animals in the field and they were all attacking Thaddeus and his soldiers. Uther then grabbed my hand and we started running down the hill until we got to the bottom and I saw some horses waiting. “Are you serious?” I asked. “Have you ever ridden a horse before?” He asked. “No.” I said. So he lifted me onto his horse and he got on it behind
As the creatures were scaling the walls of the castle, the soldiers were trying to shoot them down with their bow and arrows and they were successfully getting a lot of them, but there were more and more of them jumping across the fire lit mote. The King grabbed my hand and he pulled me back towards the door and inside the castle. We ran into a room that was full of weapons and I smelt something really familiar. I started pulling the lids off of the barrels while the King was looking at me strangely until I found the powder that I was looking for. “That’s what we use for the cannons.” He said. “It’s gunpowder. Obviously very flammable.” I said. “What do you suppose we do with it?” He asked. “We can use this. We need to get them on the roof.” I said. So he ordered some men to the storage room and they took several barrel’s to the roof and I grabbed as many cloth’s as I could find. I ripped the cloth’s up and I started filling one with gun powder and I tied it at the to