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
It took a little while for everyone to get ready and then they all gathered out the front of the stone wall that surrounded the castle. Everyone was getting their horses ready and Arthur walked up to me. “Come on.” Arthur said, holding his hand out. “We’re sharing a horse? I can walk.” I said. So he walked a little closer to me. “I know what Troy said to you earlier. Just because he said it, doesn’t mean I am going to act on it. I know that you are desperately trying to get home to your mate. And as you said, I don’t know you well enough to have feelings. So just ignore him. I am not going to try anything and we will get there a lot faster on horseback.” He said. “Alright. I’m sorry. I feel like an idiot right now.” I said. “Don’t. I do find you attractive. But that’s my problem, not yours.” He said. So he helped me up onto his horse and he got on behind me, grabbing the reins so he could control the damn thing. He went to the front of his soldiers and ordered them onwa
Arthur and I noticed that we were locked in that room alone, his other men had been captured by her soldiers somewhere along the route to the room, but we were too interested in what was happening right in front of us. Medea’s dead body and all. “I hope you don’t think this cage will hold me for long.” I said. “No. Just long enough to wipe out his army.” She said, looking at Arthur. We then heard a lot of shouting outside, so we ran to the window that also had bars on it and the soldiers outside were being attacked by Sphinx’s and Pegusas’ soldiers. They weren’t outnumbered, but they were taken by surprise and they were being attacked from all sides. “My men will tear through that pathetic army that you have down there.” Arthur said. “Maybe. But not for a while. And not without losing a lot of your men as well.” The witch smirked, before disappearing in another cloud of smoke. “Can you get out of this cage?” Arthur asked. “Yeah. But just give me a minute.” I said. “What d
Knowing that my pregnancy was progressing like it would be in my world, I was unsure of just how long it would take for me to give birth. I could only have a week or two for all I know. Arthur looked really worried about it as well. I don’t think he was all that keen about having to deliver a baby. We saw the witch disappear with his soldiers and there was no way to warn the men at his castle, in case the witch was planning on attacking them. We were both worried for so many reasons and they weren’t small worries either. “Listen. I might be able to get us out of here but it’s not going to be pleasant. I just need to try and control the magic that she’s placed on the bars.” I explained. “How are you going to do that? Won’t that be dangerous and harmful?” Arthur asked.“I can handle it.” I said.“What about the baby? Are you willing to take that risk?” He asked.“What else are we meant to do? Just sit here and wait until she’s decided what shes going to do with us? I can guarantee