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2021-07-26 19:56:52Five 'o' clock rolled round faster than I expected with my mind full of what if's and I soon found myself standing outside the sitting room door eager for more answers.
“Come in Alexi.” Peter called out before I could knock. Either the guy had really good hearing for an old man or he was psychic.
“Hi.” I greeted not sure what to say now that I was in front of the man again. I took a seat on the sofa once again, noticing the tray of sandwiches on the end table and my stomach grumbled, I hadn’t eaten much lunch and had been walking for hours.
“Help yourself to food.” Peter suggested, motioning in the direction of
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Finally, I settled on a thought and voiced it before thinking twice. “So how did you get to be drafted as my guide? Surely there are better things for you to be doing?” I questioned refusing to call him my guard and avoiding looking at his face. I was curious about how a warrior was assigned to me when our races could make it difficult to keep things professional.“Technically I have been your guide or guard for over a year. The council give out assignments to selective people, that's how we got so many races to work together in building the city in the first place, the citizens of Primogentius must abide by the decisions of the council. One of the council’s jobs is to assign warriors to protect Royals. There are actually quite a few ou
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Cole offered me a wide smile as I held onto his hand to climb down, he didn’t seem to be the slightest bit fazed by me which I was finding increasingly annoying, but I pushed it back and offered him a small smile in return before letting go of him as soon as polite to do so and turning to face my family’s homeOver the years I had pictured what my life would have been like if my parents hadn't died, I think all orphans do at one point or another, somewhere in the back of my mind I had created our family home but it was nothing like the house that stood before me. Never had I imagined such an elaborate structure. The sand-coloured stones that made up the house were each carved with a different design although they somehow all connected together, it
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We rode in silence for a while as I tried to control my emotions, I was sure that Cole thought I was a bit strange at this point but there was no helping that now. Now I just had to figure out how to deal with all of this. I also needed to figure out why exactly my parents thought it so important for me to be involved in this world.Everything I had learnt so far was amazing, unbelievable even but other than there being an empty seat on the council I couldn't understand what my role would be and why they thought it was so important for me to know about all of this. Surely it would have been better, simpler if I had never known about the existence of Primogentius. If I had been allowed to carry on living the life I had known.“That's the council building. It’s like a human town hall I guess, except that it’s also our courthouse. All important decisions regarding the city and the people in it are made in that building.”
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The city of Primogentius was created in 23BC through the necessity to see our races protected from danger and attacks. At the end of the first war our races were depleted with the total number of men being less than six hundred. As such it was imperative to the future of our kind to keep our races safe. The council met in an unforgettable gathering that lasted three weeks, in order to find a way to protect our future. At the end of the meeting, it was declared that all races must work together to create a city beyond the reach of humans, the city was to be called Primogentius. Shields and Veils worked side by side to create a barrier to conceal the city from view. It was the first time in recorded history that the two races have worked together in harmony. It took two months before the barrier was comp
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I froze as his words sunk in, this was going from bad to worse, not only did Peter want him to take me home but he wanted him to stay there as well, protecting me, even while amongst my friends. I was so consumed by the confusion and anger that was stirring in me that I almost missed the look that passed between Cole and Peter.“Why? What's happened?” I asked even as I considered that I might not want to know.“Nothing that you need to worry over for the moment, just a little trouble and I would rather us be safe than sorry.” He stated his face the picture of honesty and I believed him without question. He had been frank with me so far, I had no reason not to trust him now.
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After a few minutes to steady my nerves, I took a deep breath and left the kitchen, heading into the sitting room.The plain cream walls and wood finishes gave the room a modern feel but coupled with the old furniture and inches of dust on everything the room looked old, dated and unused. I grabbed a bottle of furniture cleaner and a cloth out of the kitchen and made my way around the living room. I might as well do something productive while searching through my parent’s things.I ran the cloth over the mantle, taking a moment to look at each of the photographs as I did so and tried really hard to ignore the lurch in my heart. These people were important enough to my parents for them to place pictures of them on display in their home and yet I didn't recognise a single one of them, not even the slightest hint of recognition and I hated that. These people should have been my family, my friends, the people in the world that I was closes
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Stepping into Peter's sitting room was surreal in a way I hadn't thought possible. It was exactly as it had been that morning, cluttered and dim and yet if felt as though everything had changed.“I was hoping Alexi that I wouldn't have to tell you about any of this until you had had time to truly enjoy the beauty of our world, but things have progressed quicker than I thought they would.” Peter spoke up from his seat on the sofa, my eyes never left his face, my pulse pounding. This was it, finally I was about to get some answers and then I would know once and for all if being a part of this world was a mistake.“What's happened?” Cole questioned, his face filled with worry. As he eyed the older man and I swallowed hard, he had more knowledge than I, but it helped me to relax knowing that he was also in the dark where this was concerned.“Let me fill Alexi in first.” Peter stated much to Cole's
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Frustration, anger, disappointment and fear all raced through me but regardless of how I felt in that moment there was nothing I could do to change the situation.Two obvious choices raced through my mind. I could choose to hide, turn my back on a world of wonder and pretend that it didn't exist, I could go back to my flat, return to work and school, continue to go out for drinks with my friends and carry on with my life as usual. There was a chance that no one would ever find me considering that Peter, Cole and Braydon were the only people from Primogentius that had ever met me, but I would always have that niggling thought in the back of my mind. Wondering every time, I met someone new if they were there to kill me, looking over my shoulder and having no fore warning if anyone was coming for me.Or I could suck it up. I could try to get over my fears and accept that there is a balance to everything and that fighting in a war was the downsi
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The sunlight through the windows cast shadows on the floor and I danced across the hardwood, making a game of avoiding the shadows. My dress floated around my legs as I jumped over a big shadow, the material tickling me, and I laughed.“Alexi.” My mum called from down the hall, and I turned to leave the living room dancing the whole time, but I froze when I faced the hallway. The man was young blonde and dressed all in black. I smiled at him, and he held his finger up to his lips, so I giggled, maybe he was playing a game too.
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Elsie smiled into her cup, and I hid behind mine as I waited for her reaction. “I have to admit I did consider this a possibility after the weekend. The bond is hard to ignore at the best of times but when you are practically living with the person, I expect it is harder still. Warriors are trained to ignore that of course and I expected that it wouldn’t have been an issue had you been a mean or judgemental person, but you are beautiful inside an out. Well, I can’t say I disapprove. I had to wait until Jonah finished his assignment at the age of thirty-four before we could date. I’m glad that you and Cole won’t face the same difficulty.” She smiled and I relaxed like a weight had been lifted a
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Tuesday morning, I woke with a slight groan, over heated and aching from sleeping in a strange position and I twisted and almost fell off the sofa, only the strong arms wrapped around my waist kept me from face planting the carpet.“You do know you have a perfectly good bed in your room, right?” Jess’s voice sounded and I lifted my head to see her sat at the breakfast bar looking smug as she took in the sight of us while eating a bowl of cereal.I groaned again leaning back into the warm body of Cole.
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We spent an hour at the supermarket picking up everything we would need for the week before heading back to the quiet of the flat. Jess had a full day of lectures today giving me a few hours before she would be back.“Did you want to go over anything before Jess comes home?” I asked Cole as I finished putting the shopping away. I pulled out the ingredients for a sandwich and did us some lunch while he thought over his answer.“No, we'll leave it for a few days. You have enough to be thinking over.” He smiled placing a hand on my shoulder and squeezi
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Monday morning came far too quickly for my liking. After a long drive home the night before, and spending too long concocting stories to tell Jess I felt drained again, I still had a head full of all things Primogentius. The excitement I had felt over finding my royal ability faded quickly on the drive home. I spent almost the entire trip reading through one of the books Peter gave me about the first war.I wasn't a history buff but I knew enough about human history to know that war was one of the worst things a country could face, only I had never really stopped to consider the details. Sitting in the comfort and safety of Cole's car and reading about death and destruction had my body shivering with fear. The book spared no details. Whole chapters were devoted to recounting particular battles listing the deaths and the destruction that occurred and I swallowed hard as I considered that soon we would be going through all of that again.I had
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“Where are we going?” I asked. Once the building outside the window registered in my head.“I thought we could get some lunch at the café in the town.” He answered and I smiled in appreciation. I was starving now.“Sounds good to me.” I nodded.The café wasn't any different from those I had visited in the human world. With booths lining the right-hand edge of the room and tables and chairs placed strategically around the room. It was decorated with pastel blues and gr
