Chapter three

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Allanon.. 

He was dreaming ,he was with his beautiful Ara, his strong powerful wings soaring them through the beautiful sky, the whole universe was below their feet.. 

The sound of her melodious sweet laughter filled the surrounding air

She looked at him with so much love and trust that made his heart swell with so many emotions. 

He soar them so high that would make even the birds jealous.

Then everything changed.... 

The sun vanished and the earth was filled with darkness, it became stormy  as the sky opened its mouth to a heavy down pour on the earth

He looked at his lover in his arms ,only that she wasn't there

Fear like he had never known gripped him

"Ara!" He screamed at the top of his lungs 

His strong wings carried him to search the entire forest

"Ara!" He called out again still searching frantically for her.

His nostrils caught her scent. But something was wrong.. Everything was. 

she was lying on the cold muddy wet ground lifeless

His entire body became numb as he ran in a flash and clasped her lifeless body to his

"No!!!" he roared out feeling a sharp pain jab straight at his soul.

The heavy rain pounded at them mercilessly.

Only this time it wasn't water......

The skies rained with blood.

Then his Ara disappeared from his arms

Where was she!

He looked around frantically

She couldn't leave him! She would never....

Then he heard the sound of her melodious voice against the cracking of thunder

He couldn't make out what she was saying.

He spun around so suddenly but she was no where to be seen

"You killed me! You killed me!" The voice kept echoing inside of his head , he was loosing control of himself

"No!!!!" He roared out feeling as if his soul was carved out from him...

A moment passed... 

Then another.. 

Allanon's eyes snapped open as he jolted awake from the nightmare, he was sweating profusely ,the wild pounding of his heart roared aloud in his ears 

A hand touched his bare shoulders and he snapped his gaze to the woman beside him

The sheets entangled over her naked body

"My l..lord?" She stuttered  terrified by his dark gaze. 

"Leave now!"

His tone didn't leave any room for argument

The woman sighed softly as she got up and searched for her clothes

When she left he took a long deep breath to calm his frantic heart beat

The dream felt so real that it seemed like some lost memory

Or some vision.......

He tried to remember the woman's face but it wouldn't come

Neither could he remember what he had called her

He had never scared of anything all his years.

But there was something about this dream that shook him immensely. 

And the sense of great loss he still felt ...

Like he'd lost his most prized possession. 

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The woman walked in the beautiful magically lighted hallway, it was still the wee hours of the morning, she smiled remembering those pleasurable moments she spent with his lordship.

She couldn't believe how she got lucky enough for him to set his gaze on her

He was indeed a god.

A god of all the wicked pleasurable passion ,every part of her body still tingled with the pleasure and warmth. She was lost in her thoughts until she bumped into a body and fell to the hard floor 

Kyran stared hatefully at the wench on the floor staring up at her. 

She had been waiting for her to follow this path.

"Your ladyship I'm sorry I didn't see y...." the woman began to apologise when Kyan gripped her firmly by the hair

"Lord Allanon is MINE! how dare you seduce him!" She whispered fiercely, venom dripping from her every word.

She had lusted after him for years but he never spared her a glance, then he took this woman and gave her pleasures that should belong to her .

She would never let her live to see another day! 

With a smile full of venom she withdrew a small magical dagger and stabbed it into the other woman's chest,  ripping her heart out of her chest , killing her right on the spot

This is what they always get when they tried to take what belonged to her.

The woman's body fell with a thud, her eyes wide opened in shock and horror even in death

This was what will happen to more that were to come.

Those who tried to seduce her beloved. 

Then one day Lord Allanon will surely see her sincerity and pure love for him and finally accept her as his. 

She muttered a few spell with which she burned the other woman's body to ashes, leaving no trace of her ever existence

A dark evil laughter escaped which echoed the walls of the empty hallway as she retreated into the darkness 

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Allanon walked in his usually smooth masculine grace into the great hall.

He could hear the whispers from everyone he passed by.

Their lips didn't move, the whispers he heard was from their emotions

What they felt .

Their feared him... 

Some hated him but didn't dare say that aloud. 

And they were wise to keep their mouths shut. 

The day promised to be bright , the birds sang as they soared in the sky

Something he would never be able to do .....

He had been the only member of their royal clan that had been born without  a pair of wings, the royal clan is believed to be a race specially created by the stars , each member possessed a strong pair of wings as the star goddesses grace upon them.. 

He was the only one without  a pair, but his great strength and magical powers were immeasurable.

He entered the great hall , As the lord of the seven seas he always was the last to arrive.

On the long large golden table sat his brother and two cousins along with their wives

Morgen his eldest cousin along with his wife Kyran greeted him with huge smiles. 

He kept his usual passive expression , beneath those smiles and greetings of theirs reeked a heart full of deceit.

He sat at his spot at the head of the table and caught all of their gazes before settling back on Merrick. 

"What are the feedback on the task I assigned to you ? "

"Brother, the people has been complaining of a strange kind of deaths, it has spread over three villages now, what do you suggest?" Merrick his brother asked staring up at him with an eager expression. 

Allanon debated over it,  a strange kind of evil magic has led to the death of many villagers,  something urgent needed to be done about it or it would only claim more lives. 

"Just allow me to take care of it,  I'll need just two days " Mordred his second cousin spoke as he sipped of his tea. 

"I'll manage  " Allanon replied in his usual icy tone which they all knew signalled to be the end of the whole conversation, they all understood he always spoke a few but at the same time lethal and ruthless when irritated. 

Kyran stared at him with open lust, this was one of the reasons why he's held her heart for as long as she could remember.

There was just this aura around him that was dark , mysterious and intriguing , but he never spared her a glance....

Not even for once....

She had married his cousin only to be closer to him...

So she could set her gaze on him every day.....

All she's ever done was for him....and she knew that one day he will finally see her sincerity. 

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Allanon was not feeling like his usual self this very morning, that dream and the strange woman still clouded his mind

He felt she so familiar...

He felt like he had known her for thousands of years.

He willed his brain to remember her face but it wouldn't...

His heart just wouldn't rest, his whole body was yearning to go out in search of her.

The only thing he was sure of was that she was real.. 

The dream had been  too powerful and intense  for her not to be. 

The urge to find her burned in his veins like molten lava 

He had to. And he would.  

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