Barbarian: Chapter Four.

Did he just speak?

The thought ran through him like a wildfire spreading through the shagani forest. He stared at those crimson eyes that stared back, confused yes.

Who wouldn’t be? Caierre just blunted out the word mate to a stranger that he knew nothing aside from the fact that he was supposed to kill him.

How ironic!

“Alpha!” A lady with ginger wavy hair spoke as she urged the pack warriors to get the alpha.

“Who are y…” The creature growled before passing out on the ground, leaving a thud sound.

The lady rushed to where his body that slowly transformed back into his human was. “I’m here, my love.”

She cooed at him softly, like a mother rocking her baby to sleep. The scene alone made Caierre confused, he stared at them with no emotions in his heart.

‘That’s our mate,’ his wolf, who had never been awakened, said. ‘Push her off our mate’

‘Mate?’ Caierre scoffed. ‘Spare me the lies’

‘It’s not a lie, you felt it too’ his wolf pushed back.

‘Go back to the depth which you came from’ Caierre shot back. ‘He’s the enemy, nothing more’

Caierre didn’t realize that he was glaring at the Alpha who laid down unconscious, when the lady’s eye snapped at him.

“You!” She stood up on her feet and walked towards him to give him a slap. “Why are you glaring at him like that?”

Caierre felt a sharp sting on his right cheek, for a moment he was stunned to speak. Different emotions ran through him so fast that he couldn’t decide on which one to speak, instead he slightly lowered his head trying to calm his temper.

“Who are you?” She asked, her hazel eyes looking like they could pierce his heart if he wasn’t careful enough.

“I…..” Caierre tried to let out a word but no word could come out from his lips.

How was it possible? He had just said mate a few moments ago but now, he couldn’t let out a word.

‘The moon goddess is punishing you for not acknowledging your mate” The mini Caierre with a spiky horn said, biting his nails and blowing it off.

Not this again!

“The moon goddess is so generous that she does not result in such petty tricks” the one with a halo argued back, the two miniatures of him resulted in an argument with each side claiming that they were correct.

Caierre sighed.

‘What should I do?’ He tried to think but nothing came to him, he dropped to his knees in defeat and bowed his head down at her.

“Esmeralda, the young man is mute” Another lady said, walking in with a pack of she-wolves that were dressed identical.

“Mute?” Esmeralda scoffed. “He’s not mute, he’s only pretending to be.”

“He is, my lady” the wolf who was giving him and other healers a tour of the Silvermark citadel chimes in. He earned a glare from the young lady, who looked like she wanted to behead him any moment soon.

“Stand to your feet, young man.” The other lady which Caierre had concluded to be the kind one said. “Fetch the healers, and guards take the alpha to his chambers”

“Yes, Princess Dana” the pack warriors said as they carried the high alpha into the big building that was behind them.

“Princess Dana, you’re too kind and that makes you prey to be used by men with evil intentions” Esmeralda glared at Caierre, who at this point was getting tired of being in the middle of this woman's verbal fight.

“I suggest we lock him up till the Alpha awakens” Esmeralda eyes darted to Dana, then back at the pack General. “Then he will decide what to do with this filth”

“I agree too, princess Dana.” All it took was Esmeralda batting her lashes at the general to get his support. “After all, we know nothing about his background and he may be related with some evil sorcery”

“The alpha fainted in his presence, that only gives room for suspicion.”

Princess Dana sighed and nodded her head in approval to what they had just said. It was useless to argue, especially when the other parties had gained supporters from the Alpha’s warriors.

“Instead of the prison, lock him up in one of the rooms.” Princess Dana said. “After all, he’s a guest healer and must be treated as such even if he is to be restricted.”

“Yes my princess”

Caierre was carried away and locked in one of the rooms at the Silvermark kingdom. The room smelled like lavender, Caierre noted.

Lavender had always been one of his mama favorites.

Being in this room, taking in the pleasant smell reminded him of memories that were too painful. Like him playing in mama’s room or him riding on papa’s back whenever he took young Caierre out on his daily runs.

It had been a blissful life once but right now, that happy facade is shattered and the only thing on his mind right now was to complete his goal.

To kill the Silvermark High Alpha and escape from here with Adrian, but he always expected the worst of it, that he might die alongside with the alpha.

‘Cai’ Adrian's voice came through the mind link, though it wasn’t clear enough but still Caierre could understand him.

‘Adrian, how are you? Did they feed you? Did they harm you? Are you safe?’ Those questions rushed out before he could stop himself.

‘I’m fine, Cai, and yes I’m safe,’ Adrian chuckled. ‘You didn’t come to tell me you were leaving’

‘Sorry about that’ Caierre tried stopping those little tears that were forming in his eyes, he was a man and men shouldn’t be seen crying. ‘The sooner I complete this mission, the sooner we can get that vineyard’

‘Look at you…Now planning on settling down’ Adrian laughed.

True though! A year ago Caierre’s wish had been to take revenge and after that he would follow in his parents footsteps to the next life, but now what had changed?

Nothing really!

That was still his wish, but right now it would wait till Adrian had gotten his vineyard. At least then he would gladly die without any regrets.

'Cai, are you still there?’ Adrian asked, snapping Caierre back to reality.

‘Yeah I am’ He said back, the doors to the room were pushed open. Caierre's eyes snapped to see who opened the door, a man with full beards and a scar running through his eyes glared at him.

Caierre's first instinct was to grab his blade but he was far from it, and the man looked like he could out run him or overpower him with just a single touch.

“You’ve been summoned to the pack council, Filth.”