Katara’s POV I had just had the best sex of my life with Kai, I was still on top of him, spent and sated when the hooves of wildly galloping horses floated to our ears. Our wolves heard it… The noise seemed closer with every beat. "That must be the soldiers who had gone out in search of you.”"What? You do not mean that, do you? Go out in search of me for what reason exactly? And why were they not with you when you came here?" "I had asked that they go into different parts in pairs while I had come alone. It happens that I found you first. They are probably following my trail", The sounds got even closer as he spoke.”Get dressed and I shall address the men before they appear here," he said as he sprang to his feet and snapped his breeches. I dressed up just before the men rounded us up. I was standing right next to Kai as they all began to alight their horses to curtsy. "I see you found the Luna yourself, my Lord" One of the guards remarked. Kai said nothing other than a mild n
My Lady, do you need the torch?" I heard Sterling's voice reverberate in the room.. I shook my head. "It is still day, Sterling.”"But you can hardly see in the dark room. It is as dark as a dungeon and I do not wish to see you trip and fall, my Lady." Sterling insisted. "I will not fall, Sterling. I am careful with how I tread around here. The gold and the diamond here all shine so Brightly and they are enough to light my path," I said. She nodded and did not press the issue any longer. I wished I could take from the expensive jewels and give to them but I could not. The only time one could give it out was either as a dowry or as a gift to an heir. I finished examining the items and left the room. The treasure room. While I was at the courts the next day, Kai walked in… "You had been in the treasure room?" He asked. "Yes. Does that bother you or anyone else?”"The room is not to be opened whenever you want. It is for special occasions. I have no heir yet and I do not wish to
Alpha Kai’s POV "They want the jewels. The pack you have accepted into Valmore. They are a thieving pack and they want to take our treasures so they can be on their way!" Katara exclaimed. I did not wait even a second as I quickly took them down to where the others were. But Katara raced after me as I ran towards the treasure room. She was fast behind me. As I reached, the door was wide open. Who had opened the door? "I told you. They have invade the castle and would not retreat until they get all our treasures!" She exclaimed. I was at a loss for a moment. What was I supposed to do now that the magicians where not even within reach? As I watched, the chests began to disappear one after the other and I could not save it. I stood there, watching until there was nothing else to disappear. The haze cleared off and the room slammed shut, empty. The guards did not understand what had happened and I was too angry to explain… I left with my men and Katara insisted on coming. Together
Katara’s POV She was on her knees as she pleaded and I was left with no option than let her be. I was right after all. She was not one of the. She had never been one of them… all the signs I had seen in her had been right. "I will not send you back to them. Do not worry. You will stay and serve me here in Valmore," I assured her. She stood up and bowed deeply. "Thank you so much my Luna. What shall I do for you?”She asked. "Nothing. You can go.”I laid there even as my arm had stopped aching. Kai had sent the healer to come with his most potent medicines and he had come just that. I felt better and as he bowed deeply and picked up his tools to leave, I said "Thank you" to him. He was happy and it was evident in his eyes. ***Eight months later I was in the room with Sterling as she journeyed bravely through childbirth. Abramo had not been allowed to come inside and so he was lurking behind the doors, hearing his wife scream as she pushed their baby. "I am not sure I can do t
Katara’s POV His words were measured and they made sense as I listened to him. The men all nodded as he spoke and then they arose one after the other in the same order that they had dropped to their knees to pay respect. From what I saw, the men did things according to their age differences. The oldest took the lead in everything and he seemed to be the one who spoke to them at every given opportunity. Had he not been the spokesperson from the time I saw them? Had he not been the first to speak to me? The troop literally waited on him to say things for them and that made their actions and words even more orderly. I rose as the last man rose. I was obviously the youngest among them. "And who is this beautiful blonde that you have led to us? Surely, she had not been abducted by you?" The Alpha asked as his eyes continued to remain on me. "We have not abducted her, father. She had appeared in the middle of the fierce battle and had helped us. She had unsheathed her sword right in
Katara’s POV “You should come in and see where it is you will stay. Our father has also asked that we hurry up as the celebrations at the Royal courts will start soon.”It was already dark and the men had lit up the torches to shine at every corner of the building. The door opened and to my utmost surprise, the rooms were big and beautiful to look at. There were women, old and maybe a bit older than the Alpha all seated together and having a good time by sewing patterns into plain clothing and chewing some kind of snack from a certain bowl. They were all seated bent over their works and one could tell that they too had been tall. As I looked around, there were doors everywhere In the room. "Here are our mothers. They are the wives of the Alpha.” One of the ladies said. The women did not look up from their work. They seemed to have some sort of hearing impairment. All three of them. We started walking even closer to them and they still did not seem to notice us. I was getting pa
Most of the men introduced themselves personally to me while the women chatted nonstop when carting trays of sweet fruits and foods around, mostly for the injured men. I had no idea why the injured men had not been made to attend the festivities but they all smiled and looked cheerful. The physicians who also appeared the same height and look as every other men now involved themselves In the jubiliations when they were certain that their patients had been taken good care of. The family pack relationship that the Alpha had talked about still did not make much sense to me. The resemblance between the men was the only source of confusion. How did one beget such a large family? How many women had birthed the men and women that I now saw everywhere? There were no children among them and that meant that the women were not given out In marriage to other packs. I did not let my mind dwell so much on what I regarded as the problems of the pack and not mine. By the time the women began to r
Katara’s POV "I see that..." Within me, I had the numb fear that if Kai had too many smaller packs under Valmore, one day, they could all fight one big fight against Valmore and Valmore would integrate forever. "What are you thinking?" He asked when he saw that I had suddenly become lost in my thoughts. "Nothing. I had asked you previously if–“"Oh, I do remember your question, lady Katara. We built all you see today. We had built and tore down and rebuilt many of our buildings before we could arrive at what we have not… indeed, we have worked under rain and shine to see that we arrive here," He sounded proud and gleeful as he spoke about the buildings. "Your women are very few and there are not many of you.”"Yes. My grandfather had many brothers and they all had many wives. When they had settled here, they had began to birth their young ones who happened to be my father and his brothers and cousins and they had gone out to take wives for themselves and had returned here.”“How