*Zareen*I hear a knock on the door and I pull the cover back onto myself. "Come in."And I see him walk in, closing the door and smiling softly. I relax a little as he walks closer; he pulls up a chair and sits near me. "How are you feeling?"I sigh and lean my back against the pillows again. "I wish people would stop asking me that. Meadow was here earlier, and so was my father. They worry too much."He shakes his head and chuckles. "You were on the edge of killing yourself, and by a miracle, unforeseen by the necromancers, you survived barely with the help of magic. And only thanks to the intervention of other races and a blood transfusion, you are now breathing and healing."I lower my head at his words, he is right and I know I need to thank them. "I just need time…""And space, I get it… and I will tell this to them… but don't push them away just because they worry. Your father most of all. Meadow was looking after you as it is part of her mother instinct. And because her h
*Meadow*I am nervous and can't stand still; I pace here and there, everywhere. We have only been waiting for a few minutes, but I need to know what is happening. I want to know what is this creature aware of that involves our children. They are restless; they usually move a lot but now they are still. Waiting.A mental brush of warmth reaches me, and seconds after Caleb's arms wrap around me. 'Angels are creatures that never intervene with this world. They are constant watchers…'I nod and relax in his arms. 'And fallen Angels?' I ask.'They want more… they don't want to stay just watching… they don't like to be just observers and they change… it is not necessarily for evil, but some wanted to intervene by doing good too. They just didn't want to remain as observants.'' He says as he turns me around and kisses my lips softly.'So he might not be a bad creature, right?' I smile at him, hopeful.'If he is, he won't be able to hurt you or anyone. He needs more than that. We all are
*Raziel*These half humans, half animals are interesting creatures; they seem to possess all the human traits of emotions with the feral animal traits of loyalty. I will have to make sure to study their behavior more. The wind elemental creatures, however, they are soldiers following an emotional wind-world of a leader. The only creature that I can't read is the vampyr.I should be careful with what I say in front of the others, not all of them are to be trusted. The Oracles have warned me about people close to them betraying, and I should be careful with all the other information they have provided me… before I killed them. * ~~~~~~~ **** ~~~~~~~ * *Caleb*Now that we are at a safe distance, and that is only me and Meadow with Raziel; I watch carefully what he is going to do next. He barely makes a move that hasn't been previously thought of; he never makes even an extra blink unless it is necessary. He does his best to look normal but at the same time, he does his best to n
*Meadow*After our talk, I feel relaxed and safe. I am not letting my guards down completely, but in some ways, having an Angel, fallen or not, at my side is a big deal. I try to ponder what his presence really means to me, apart from discovering yet another set of fantasy creatures that are actually real. When he is around me, I don't feel any alterations to myself. No behavior that would change is something I embrace. Cyrus' control of emotions and connections, powers or abilities, is a dangerous weapon which we have luckily at our side as well.Caleb is now preparing something for us to go out and explore the last area where the wind creatures saw the necromancers and I am waiting for him patiently. Demark is holding Pearl and I smile as I watch them both. He is very cute when he is with her, a new side of him."Meadow, why don't you try resting here with Pearl? It can be so dangerous over there." He says as both he and Pearl look at me.I chuckle and smile at them. "It has cros
*Meadow*Returning to our current command center was easy, but something was different. There was tension, I could sense that before we arrived. Raziel had a very serious face, a change from his usual emotionless mask. Caleb starts to look around and as he does this, I am able to see things as he sees them. There is an unusual quietness around the land of the wind creatures, and Aeolus is impatient.I am about to walk through the tall trees that serve as arches and enter when Raziel pulls my hand at the same time Caleb pulls me from the other. "Wait…" He says.Zareen's eyes widen as she seems to feel something nearby. Is she able to sense things too?I look at Raziel first, then at Caleb, and he pulls me into his arms as the others reach us. Raziel examines the double arch and he steps back. "These gates have been cursed. They were here."I hold my breath and look around panicked. This chase has turned into hunt; them hunting us.* ~~~~~~~ **** ~~~~~~~ * *Viorra*I can't belie
*At some city, far from the forests*He watches her from a distance; she finishes cleaning the last table and then heads to the back of the bar and through the staff's door so she can finally change her sweaty clothes.Today was no different than any other for Eloise; she finished her part time job at the library as a bookkeeper and then, after lunch, she went to the other part time job she had at the local bar. It was hard to get used to it at first, but she was now fine with it. At the beginning, this was only temporarily, to get enough money to go to college. But now, college seemed far away, and she had made friends.Tonight she was doing a favor for one of those new friends, staying over extra hours while said friend was taking her son to the hospital again. Catty had been having a bad month with her son being sick and her bills piling up. Eloise knew this and didn't hesitate to say yes to give her a hand.This was not the first time he was watching over her. When he found her
*Somewhere in the forest*The little windy creature detected movement not too far from his location, so he rushed in his form to get closer to the origin of it. A tall creature spread his wings as it flowed some dark fire energy all around him. The necromancers were scattered around like zombies; nothing capturing their attention and moving randomly.A whimper made him focus on a body at the feet of the winged creature; a female crawling slowly, trying to get away. "Meerr…" the voice broke in more tears. "Meerrccyyy… pleeeasee…" whimpered.But the creature did not feel anything as it lifted the female with his will; the fire-like energy then surrounded her, and with a long moan of pain, she was drained of all her essence and ceased to breathe.He knew who that was, and he was scared of what he witnessed. He then turned around to return but froze; one of the necromancers was standing a foot away from him, looking at him as if it could see through him. He thought this was the end. Ye
*Somewhere near the pack's lands*The wolf was unable to defend himself from what it was coming. His eyes went white as his body was shaking and soon, he was down on the floor, a thick white foam coming out of his mouth. His scouting partner was nowhere near escaping unscratched; he was able to witness what happened and ran back to his land, but a creature resembling a jaguar had attacked him. He was good enough to outrun him for some miles, but at some point, they fought, and he barely made it alive. A few miles later he made it to the first post and fainted in front of his other pack members. This, not without whispering to his friends "They are coming… almost… here..." * ~~~~~~~ **** ~~~~~~~ * *Caleb*The sound of the alarms causes chaos in my land, and this makes me furious. Not only were they able to reach us before we reached them, but they also were able to make the first move. And all this while I was arguing with Aen and Meadow about trying a stupid serum. 'Alex, are