Chapter 15: Make A SelectionAlasia's POV:The last thing I was ever expecting was to open my eyes, and this strange man still be here, holding me close to his chest. The last time he was holding me, he was carrying me over his shoulder as if I was harvest grain being carried in from the field. However, before I opened my eyes just now, I thought about everything that happened so far today since I was shouted at to wake from my grass pallet in the small hut I used to call home. I thought everything that happened after that moment was just another bad sleeping dream, that I was walking while I was still dreaming. After I arrived here, when I was made to wait in the pen with the others who arrived here before I did, I wondered if that was just a different part of a bad sleeping dream. I have yet to be punished for anything, so I was trying to understand if I was walking while dreaming or if this was a bad sleeping dream. Well, as it turns out, I am not dreaming at all, but still
Chapter 16: Do As InstructedRameric's POV:I took the item from her hand as I was still holding it in mine as we had a short conversation. It seemed to me as if she had never heard of the term I used when I told her that I was her mate. As I still held onto her wrists, I stood up slowly, and only after I was fully standing did I let go. I took the slacks I held in my hand and put them on. I then turned back toward the table grabbing the darker blood-colored garment and picking it up off the table. I turned back to face her as I started to maneuver the material in my hand so that I could place it over her head. She stood there looking up at me as I looked down at her. I could tell that she had no idea as to what I was referring to previously. Could I be wrong? Was I wrong in telling her at that time that I was her mate? Should I have waited before I divulged that information to her?“Raise your arms,” I said to her as I lifted my hands still holding the Garment in preparatio
Chapter 17: Speech Not PossibleAlasia's POV:To say that I was in complete shock right now, would not be the right way to describe how I was feeling at that very moment. I stood there as he was talking with someone else. I did my best to keep my gaze focused on the floor in front of me a short distance from me, but still close enough that he would grab me if I tried to leave. I was not sure how to do anything else, well, other than just stand there. I was standing in this great stone-walled hall, where the walls were higher than I had ever seen before. I have never been to any place like this before, as I have only ever seen wood log walls. The walls of our little hut, well the hut I used to call home would sway when a harsh wind would blow. It felt like it was one massive storm away from a great feast fire, not that I had ever been to a feast. I stood there, trying to focus on my surroundings, as the man who, well who carried me to the room we just left after he, well he, um
Chapter 18: My Name Is...Alasia's POV:I stood there, just outside the room were in where we just, well where I was, ummm, well? Where he tried to and he,... I can not even finish my own thoughts. Was it that bad of an experience? What happened when I passed out?! What was wrong with my thoughts!? I could not even complete a simple thought. I stood there, silent, trying to keep my eyes glued to the floor at that point. What is going to happen now? What is he going to do with me after, never mind? As I just stood there, I noticed he was talking with another man only standing a short distance from me. There were other people around, but I dared not look up at them. He told me I was a slave, so that meant I should act like one.As I was standing there, I looked around along the stone floor. That is when my eyes landed of the back on his heels. His feet were bare on this cold stone floor, but he did not seem to mind at all. My feet were also bare and it was cold, as I was u
Chapter 19: He's Not Human?Alasia's POV:Did he hear what I said just now? He was standing there in front of me looking directly into my eyes as I was looking back into his. He had this, well how would you describe it, it was more like a blank expression on his face. It was at that moment that I actually looked around to see who else was standing around us and there was nobody else as they had already walked off. I looked back at him and as I opened my mouth to try to say something, nothing came out at that moment. Well, if words weren't going to work, maybe if I touched him on the arm that would have a better effect!?So, with him still staring into my eyes I lifted up my hand ever so slowly and I gently placed it on his wrist of his arm that was hanging beside him. He was within arms reach after all, so it made it easier for me to reach out and touch him without having to take a step closer. When my hand came in contact with his arm, it was like the skin where I touched turn
Chapter 20: This Proves It!Rameric's POV:This has to be anything but possible right now. What was I going to do from this point on?! The fact that she is a human, let alone my mate proves my point that she belongs to me and me alone. Her telling me she has a burning sensation in her skin when her skin comes in contact with my own, confirms the fact of the Mate Attraction. This proves it! However, if she is already being made aware of the meaning of the Mate Attraction, this is still beyond me. I do not know if she is aware of what being my mate actually means. She has spirit yes, but will she be able to stand up to the test of her position when word does finally get out? That is the question of all time.I was beyond furious at this point. I did not know what to do, let alone think. I knew there was nothing I could do to change the fact that she was my mate. However, I also did not want to deny the Mate Attraction at this moment in time, due to what could happen if word g
Chapter 21: She Needs RestRameric's POV:I needed to get changed rather quickly so that we could be on our way, as we were already running behind. Even though, nothing ever started until the Alpha arrived. So we had better be on with it. We walked down the corridor back to my Chambers. I knew I could wear something decent yet not too over the top. The garment she was dressed in was decent, although she was walking with her feet bare. All the menials here even had something to cover their feet, so I would have to see to that as well. The more I thought about this, the more I wondered what she would like. Wait, why was I conforming to this single young girl, this could just be some crafty plan by my rivals. There is no telling what they would try to come up with as they had better access to mages among other things. Finally, we managed to reach the door to my Chambers and I happened to notice that the Warrior guards were not there outside. This must be the time they changed
Chapter 22: A Bit ConcernedAlasia's POV:I was not sure what to do. For one, he specifically told me that I was not allowed to look at another man. Well, as I thought about it as we walked down the long hall, he did say while I was in his presence. I guess while he was around, I should make sure that I looked at no man except him. I could try my best to make that happen. I could tell that I had a very long day already and I still had not been able to eat anything. Granted, there was that time when I rested while sitting in the large bowl of water. I still do not wish to recall what I experienced while I was there, as it was a total shock. Finally, we seemed to get to the room he wanted to be in. Wait, was this not the room where I woke up to find him standing a few short feet from me? What were we doing back here I wondered? By this point, I was having a harder time trying to keep up with him, as he did tell me that he wanted me to stay close to him. When we entered the
Vladic Regime's POV:When we walked over to the table, I ensured Sir Lavion had her take a seat where her position would be with her back facing Brookli's position. The last thing I wanted was for her to see my daughter before it was the proper time to do so. Until it was absolutely necessary, that is. Once she took her seat and was seemingly comfortable, despite her nervous posture, I took my seat on the opposite side of the table. I then turned my attention to one of the maidservants standing there just inside the doorway of the room they had entered from. They had not been dismissed, so they knew not to leave my presence unless they were told to do so. "You there," I spoke using a tone that I only used when calling the servants. Once I gained all of their attention, I looked back at the young lady and said, "Go and grab her a glass of water." She even turned around to look at all three women to see which one of them would be brave enough to move. When she looked back at
Vladic Regime's POV:I walked into the little cottage and took a quick look around. I was extremely displeased with the fact that not only was she not in sight. She was nowhere to be seen. From my understanding, she was supposed to be waiting here for us. Or, so that is what I understood. When the front door was closed once again, I turned around and looked at Sir Lavion."Where is she?" I questioned him, trying to keep my tone at a lower volume. The last thing that I wanted was to frighten her more with my powerful aura as I was trying to inquire as to her position if she was there somewhere."I understand your frustration, sire. Rest assured, she is in that room over there," Sir Lavion mentioned."What is she doing in the other room?" I asked, turning back to face him once more and furrowing my brows at him."Well Sire, she was injured and quite dirty upon her arrival," he started to say as he walked around me to stand over by the door she was behind. "Even the clothing she
Vladic Regime's POV:I paced back and forth in my office, occasionally, looking out the window. I had wondered how long it was going to take before Balmerian got back to me, letting me know that his work was completed, and we could move forward with my plans. I looked forward to finally ridding myself of a long awaited enemy. However, I would have to wait until the proper time to do it. The question is how exactly would that task be accomplished? I was so lost and thought to the point that I did not hear when someone knocked at my office door. When I had yet to respond, the door suddenly opened slightly, allowing Emeric to poke his head inside, trying to see where I was. As he watched me, he saw that I was still focused and had yet to notice his presence.Just then he cleared his throat as he said, "Sire?"At that moment, I turned around to face him as I was now hovering above the floor before I said gruffly, "What?! Can you not see that I am busy with thought!?""That's just
Alasia's POV:This little cottage was even cuter on the inside. I have to say, from the outside, you would not expect it to look like this on the inside. Whoever did their carpentry work did an immaculate job on it. They definitely had some skills if they managed to do all of this. If I compared the little hut I used to live in with this one, this one would be a complete castle compared to the nature of that little hut. This little cottage even had nicely made wooden floors too. It was very well done and very well tended."Good afternoon, Sir Lavion," said a young woman who opened up the door when he got close enough. "It is a pleasure seeing you again. What brings you ..." "Fetch hot water," said the man as he walked in the door. He even made sure to take extra care in turning me to the side, making sure I would not hit the posts of the door. "I had already sent for Balmerian. He should be here before too long.""Very good, sir," she said as she closed the door again. "I
Alasia's POV:I'm just not sure what to say at this point. Why is everything happening to me? First of all, why did that lady do what she did? And why did the horse bring me here? However, should I stop this man from trying to help calm it down? It did seem to get out of control, and I was to the point where I didn't know what to do. I sat there on the seat holding on to the reins as this man came up and placed his hands on either shoulder of the horse, helping to soothe its temper."Here now, easy boy," the man said, rubbing his hand gently along the horse's neck. I still held the reins very tightly as I was in complete shock at what just happened. My arms and legs felt like they were on fire with the sensation of being thrown onto the rocks on the side of the path. When the man had finished with the horse, he grabbed hold of the reins from the side and walked up to me. "Here, let me help you with that," he said gently while using a reassuring tone. "Where did yo
Rameric's POV:"Take them away," an older man said loudly enough as he walked to the edge of the crowd, coming into view. Everyone stopped talking when they heard him speak. He seemed as if he could be the oldest man in this village. When he got close enough, he looked directly at me as he said, "You sir, I do know you. I may not like what you do, but I understand there has to be business, or else there will be chaos. There has been enough bloodshed here in our little village. We have enough to tend to after the fires are extinguished. All thanks to the likes of those who take from others that they view as less fortunate than themselves. We do not wish to deal with the remaining few all on our own. Take the remaining invaders away. I only ask one thing of you and those of the company you may keep. Ensure that they never come back here."At the conclusion of his words, Raiven walked over to the old man and placed a hand on his shoulder as he said, "It shall be done
Rameric's POV: "The good people of Sorghum!" I projected my voice as I walked over to the village square. I was trying to gain the attention of the villagers as they were yelling at the invaders. They chanted at the men being held in the center of their village encircled by wolves. "Hear me!" I exclaimed. Finally, after a moment, it was quiet enough for me to continue. "As many of you may know me. You also may not agree with the business I conduct myself, but you do know me. You know that I run the business of the slave trade in these lands. However, these men here," I said as I pointed to all of them encircled. "They do not come with the appreciation of civil exchange. They also choose to be reckless over the civil barter system. They choose torment over talking peacefully. Today this all ends!"At that moment, I turned around to look at them, the men still hovering on their knees. Some were holding onto their injured limbs with the ones less injured if th
Rameric's POV:We went around the opposite side of the building, not having to worry about being seen, as most of the villagers were already in the central part of the village. They were trying to put out some of the fires these invaders started. At least there were not a lot of children in this particular village. It was run by older, more experienced farmers. Rager made sure to keep the young woman close, as he would nudge her with his nose periodically to keep her moving along the path we were headed. She was sobbing lightly as we went along. I was pleased that she was not too loud with her sobs as the last thing I wanted was to draw any more unnecessary attention as to our presence. When we got to where we could see what was going on in the central part of the village, I noticed that there were only two more guards standing there next to the caged wagon. One was standing on the ground by the back, and the other one was still sitting on the front seat, waiting
Rameric's POV:This was not the first time Rager and I had set up an ambush for an enemy that was about to lose their lives. The one thing that I knew he really enjoyed was being able to sever the head from the rest of the body. He was so clean about it too. As they would walk by, he could just pluck their head right off their shoulders. They would fall silent in the pile right where they were standing at the time. Rager would chomp on the head a couple of times before spitting it out too."All right now," I said as I pointed in a particular direction. "I want you to go over there and do as I told you. However, if you do not do as you are told, then you know the consequences of what your actions will bring."With that last statement, I used my Alpha tone, but I spoke softly enough that only she could hear me, while the rest of the men around the corner would not be aware of our position. I watched as she did what she was told, walking over to the end of the build