Chapter 34: Where Is She?Rameric's POV:I had to admit, I was getting pretty pissed off about the fact that she has yet to come back to my Chambers. Honestly, how long did it take for one to go and relieve themselves only to come back here like I know I told her to do?! I was stern about it, so she had better get my point when I told her to do something. I wanted to go and find her, but I did not want to leave here just yet, as I was waiting for Galien to return. I was still waiting for him to show his face as I did not want to miss leaving and him bringing her here. I knew it shouldn’t be that much longer before he returned. In the meantime, I walked over to my padded slumber and sat down on the edge of it. I thought about some of the different reasons as to why she had yet to return. So, I thought I could sit down instead of walking a hole in my stone floor as I was apparently taking the same path walking back and forth. Was this some sort of a trick? Did she somehow tric
Chapter 35: Something Happened Again?!Rameric's POV:To think about all the different events that happened here today of all days, why now? Something happened again to her?! Honestly, what has changed to cause this? What made Fate play a part in all of this and what was Fate trying to show me exactly? I was not sure how to proceed but there was one thing for sure. Whoever these invaders were, I was going to make sure they were dealt with, promptly. There were several problems that came up first. I needed to know why none of my Warrior guards were in their positions, why the corridors seemed to be vacant of all my pack members, and then where in the flaming furry was my newly found mate.I looked back over at Galien still standing there across the hall and raised one finger on one hand. I was trying to tell him we were going to wait here until they left and then attempt to follow them to where it was they were headed. I had no idea what we were going to find, but this was the
Chapter 36: What Is Happening?Alasia's POV:What is happening here? What is going on? Who is this man and why did the young woman who was showing me around just say that we needed to hide before we were seen by the others? I thought everyone was safe here. Were we not safe then? Were these men chasing the other young women not part of the ones that I have already seen around here? I mean, there were several men in the halls as we traveled to get to the place where I used to relieve myself, so what changed? To be honest, they were all dressed like the ones I seen in the stone walls so I was not sure who was who.“Move along little lady,” he said as he reached out to touch me and the young woman I was standing beside who led me out here in the first place. “Don't you dare touch us,” I said as I reached out to push her back away from him, doing so, made her take a step or two back away as I continued speaking. “You do not know us and we are not going with you.”“Well, lookee h
Chapter 37: A Jumbled MessAlasia's POV:As we traveled for some time now, none of the other women I was placed with said anything. Was it because they knew we were headed toward certain doom? I tried to listen to see if I heard anything specific that would at least help me by knowing where we were headed, or even where we left. There was not much useful information I heard, just the usual comments about the woods we were walking through. That was when I thought I heard a horse riding up to where we were, and they seemed to be in a bit of a hurry."You are not going to believe this!" Said this voice, and it almost seemed as if they were a bit afraid of something as to the tone they used. "I got word that the Silver Shadow has been informed of a possible invasion. We need to get out of this territory as quickly and as silently as we can. How far are we from the creek bed's path?""Well, it is a short distance from where we are now," I heard another voice say in a bit of a grumbl
Chapter 38: Rescue Not Coming!Alasia's POV:I continued to lay there, on my back, pinned down by the side of the wagon cart that was tipped over on its side with part of a broken wooden rail sticking into my side. Was I ever going to get free from this misery? By now, all of the other women were free and gone. Well, wherever it was that they ran to, allowing them to get away from the people who took us. What caused the apparent fighting outside the wagon cart earlier? What made the wagon cart flip over on its side before all of that fighting began? I lay there, with pain pulsing from my side as my eyes started to fill with tears. I knew that my rescue was not coming. I turned my head back over to look at the freed entrance to see if Brookli was still there. She was not.Did she leave me here to die like this? Was she going to come back? Was I left here all alone? As far as I could tell, when I looked at the light outside the entrance, I could tell that it was starting to
Chapter 39: The Silver ShadowRameric's POV:We headed through the various corridors until we arrived at the underground passages. I knew this was the fastest way to get to where we were headed. I needed to get to the Silver Shadow as soon as we could so as to inform them of my current issue. If my current Warrior guards were missing, and the fact that I overheard whoever was speaking saying the spell was about to wear off, there was no time to find them. I needed to go and get the necessary assistance from the ones who I knew would not have been affected by any current spell. Then there was another thing. If there was a spell used, why were Galien and I not affected by it? Granted there were the other carpenters working on my Chamber doors that did not seem to be affected by any spell either. Was this a certain area or a limited range kind of spell? There was a lot that I still did not know. I just knew that I needed to get to where we were headed without delay.Finally, we
Chapter 40: Time To DivulgeRameric's POV:As we traveled in silence, I knew exactly where it was that we were headed. We were headed to a small clearing that was just larger than my bathing basin in my bathing chambers. If you traveled this way, even in the bright sun, you would not soon come upon it unless you knew exactly what you were looking for, and even then, that was challenging. The further along we traveled, you could tell that the air around the trees was getting thicker and almost seemed as if they had a bit of a silver tint to it. Soon, I noticed Galien clear his throat. Granted we were traveling without speaking, but it was not that we could not talk at all. It is just that I knew Galien wanted to ask something of a matter of importance, although he has yet to say anything. It was probably due to my previous statement that I made all before Raiven made me aware of his presence. So I decided to give him the opportunity to ask his question. "Well, go ahead and as
Chapter 41: The Summit BeginsRameric's POV:"Then we must head on as we must discuss this at once," Raiven said as he shook my shoulders before letting go and walking around me. "Come. You will both be seated at my high table in the Inner Ring.Galien walked up, placing one hand on my shoulder as he walked passed me, and let go in his stride. I took in a deep breath and let it out with a bit of a huff before I followed the both of them. Before we knew it, we made our way to a very small clearing that led to Raiven's private entrance. Down on the ground in the center of the clearing, was a large hole. Raiven descended the hole first, clinging onto the sides as he used the runs for support as he disappeared from view. Galien looked over at me and I gestured for him to descend the hole next. I did not mind being the last one to Raiven's high table, as I was sure to be the one spoken about first. I did not mind waiting.Raiven's private pack entrance may have been but a small ho