Bidding goodbye to Mydra, they left the cave. It was almost close to evening, they had spent almost an entire day talking to her.
“At least, we learned that the Coven isn't in the right hands.” Dominic tried to cheer her up as they walked out of the narrow passage they had walked in. The only difference was that Valencia had been unconscious and lying in his arms.
She had even snuggled up to him while he carried her. Dominic tried to shove the memory in the pits of his heart. There was an entire room full of her memories and this one would just go in there, he would leisurely unravel it and revel in the sensation.
But for now, he simply followed her outside. The brightness outside was in stark contrast to the darkness of the cave and Valencia only glanced around without commenting anything.
Thanks to their werewolf senses, it didn't take them long to adjust to the bright surroundings outside.
Mydra opened up the small passage for them to leave
It was beginning to grow dark again and Dominic was getting impatient, he didn't want to wander around the forest in the night. Their last night had been in a hanging cage and he was very mindful of where he placed his feet. Mydra had told them that hycwens didn't venture that far in the forest so at least that was a plus sign. He also kept an eye on strange wisps that might try to distract Valencia but she seemed to have learned a lesson and was on guard. He couldn't blame her though, she was already under a spell so maybe as they were nearing the mountains, the spell’s effect was increasing, making her vulnerable to anything magical….who knows? Trying to break the awkward silence, he asked her, “After Mydra revived you, did you feel that your sight or sense of smell had diminished? Like you couldn't reach to your werewolf instincts?” The question made Valencia think for a moment, she had been lost in thoughts of the ghastly acts of the Coven's head
The water was still churning and he could just see a hand piercing out of the water, trying to fight it. Retreating several steps, the wolf ran towards the edge of the river, before taking a graceful jump and diving straight into the water. It got sucked into the whirlpool too and tried fighting the water currents while trying to reach Valencia who was beginning to lose her consciousness. Desperate, the wolf caught hold of her hair and tried to drag her towards itself while trying to get out of the whirlpool. Out of the corner of its eye, the alpha saw the faun who had spoken to them, smile wickedly at them. Now, did he truly understand what Mydra had meant by ‘be careful of goats.’ Valencia had gone limp and the wolf was beginning to grow tired, while the faun was merely watching them struggle. Out of nowhere, a huge pair of wings began to flap over the water as something picked up the two alphas, drowning in water, and gently placed
He gave no explanation of what he meant but answered Dominic, “You can accompany me to the Ancient One’s sanctuary but after that, I cannot guarantee you an audience with him.”Valencia dusted her hands, “We’ll take it from there, don't worry.”The three began walking towards the mountains, with the mage walking ahead of the two werewolves. Dominic fell in step beside her and checked if she was doing okay if she wasn’t disoriented anymore.The forest was a marvel to look at and the more she looked at it, the more she realized how beautiful it was.“By the way, why did the fauns trick us back at the river?”Dominic asked the mage who had gone quiet and was walking ahead of them, not willing to check if they were following him or not.Hearing his question the mage answered, “They are meant to do that. In the past, many people tried calling in for favors that only turned out to be taki
But she was thankful for Dominic’s interruption nonetheless and knew that he was just doing his duty of protecting his archon, it was only natural for him to act on instinct. “As if that answers,” she spoke under her breath but loud enough for the mage to hear her. The air bird had been shocked at the sudden turn of its master and had cawed loudly before flapping its wings and perching on a nearby tree. It was made of nothing but white swirls and looked hollow but was intelligent and appeared to be a dutiful pet. No sooner had the mage resumed his walk, the bird swooshed to him and sat on its master’s shoulder again. “It does,” he spoke to nobody in particular and the faintest smirk appeared on Valencia’s lips as she resumed walking. After what felt like hours the mage stopped abruptly but luckily this time she didn't bump into him. His ears twitched as his eyes darted from left to right. Seeing him grow suddenly alert, the two alphas
Valencia guessed that should be one more layer of obstacle course set by the Ancient One. They all climbed around 50 floors or so but thankfully the alphas were in great shape and weren’t gasping for air when they reached upstairs. However, what they saw in front of them shocked them to the core. The topmost floor of the tower was huge and went as far and wide as their eyes could see. It felt as if it was a never ending piece of land, however, Valencia remembered looking up and seeing a tower tapering towards the top in a tip. She shrugged her shoulders thinking that it must be a trick of the light and went ahead. The floor in front of her was covered in clouds of dust and smoke so it wasn’t clear for them to see what was going on. Even with their werewolf eyes, it looked like all they could see was smoke everywhere. As they were looking around, something sharp came flying towards her and she ducked but it grazed her cheek. “Care
The she wolf stared at the Ancient One, her teeth glinting in the light as their sharp and pointy ends wanted to devour the old man fair and square. Dominic’s wolf quickly went in front of her, planting its feet to the ground to make her drop her plan. However, her piercing blue eyes had turned gray, she was losing control of her wolf and he didn't know what to do. But he kept staring at her, who wasn’t even looking at him. He tried to call out to her through their mind link but she wasn’t responding, it was as if something or someone was blocking it. His injury was making him walk limply while both the Ancient One and Calhoun lay exhausted on the floor. Calhoun had almost passed out but his eyes were just open in a slit, and he saw her transform into her wolf. Her wolf was majestic and royal but there was something odd about it, something very predatory. Of course, werewolves were predators but she looked like she would kill for fun, and her eyes wer
However, before he could utter another word, she kicked him in the abdomen and sent him flying on the two mages. Dominic fell on Calhoun and the Ancient One was thrown to the side. Their connection was broken and so was the sphere that disappeared. The Ancient One had opened his mouth to speak when she bit his head off in one clean swipe. The headless corpse fell to the ground with a thud as the head rolled towards Calhoun’s feet. Blood was dripping from the she-wolf’s mouth and her white fur was splattered with red. Growling and angry the she wolf kept looking at the headless body of the Ancient One that had slumped to the ground, as blood pooled around it, soaking the floor and his robe in a dark red color. Calhoun and Dominic could do nothing but stare at the wolf and the body along with the head that had rolled to Calhoun’s feet. The wolf seemed to slowly grow calm and then it too fell to the ground with a thud. The young man let out
Despite that, she had been filled with a sense of unease, of killing one of her own, no matter how he had behaved with her, no matter how he had tried to stir the lycans and turn her against him. The Ancient One had been the one who could help her fight the curse, keep herself intact, but now he wasn’t there. Who should she look up to now? Who would be her savior? The alpha and the mage merely looked at each other, sharing awkward glances for some time. While Valencia was crying on the flower bed that had now sprung up with a variety of colorful and aromatic flowers, the mage took the alpha aside. “Look, this is important. We have to leave right now.” Dominic was taken aback by his words, “we?” The mage looked around as if trying to decide how much he could or couldn't tell Dominic, weighing his options. “Yes, We.” Unfortunately, what your girlfriend did back there is going to have serious repercussions, n