“Wake up!” came a loud voice from beside Rex, and as he jolted awake, it took a few moments for his vision and brain to adjust from being asleep to awake so quickly. “What is it!?” he called out instinctively, reaching out to the table for the sword that was there beside his bed. “That won’t be needed” replied a soft voice, reaching out and grabbing a hold of his hand. As he became fully aware of his surroundings, he saw Marcia was sitting on the edge of his bed with a smile from ear to ear, also holding onto his hand, preventing him from grabbing his sword. “Marcia! What’s wrong? Is Ulna ok?” he stammered, sitting up, a little unsettled when he saw how Marcia was smiling, he had never seen it before, not even last night when agreed to help her. “Ulna will be in top fighting shape by tomorrow, I had the best beastmasters in the land fly in last night to check her over after what you and Fafnir did, after seeing her close to death not a day earlier, they are flabbergasted by her re

Once Rex’s vision cleared up, he was standing in an empty circular room, much like the one from his vision, just without the doors, and standing in the center was the old woman, leaning on her staff, wearing a wicked-looking grin. “How do you know who I am?” Rex asked, a little confused and worried at the same time. “I know many things young prince, that is what I do” the woman said, glaring at Rex eerily, he noticed she did not blink, her bright green eyes staying open and focused on him. “So I guess I should ask who you are” Rex asked, trying his best to ease the building tension. “I am called Figulamian, but you may call me Fig for short, your tongues go so many silly ways when you attempt to pronounce it and I find the sounds you make irritating when trying” the woman called Fig said, scowling slightly. “Ok, Figulamian, or Fig” Rex winked, he was rolling the name over and over in his head a few times practicing mimicking how she said it before trying, “I am wondering why I am

As the soldiers began to funnel back into the camp as Rex instructed, for some reason, the Fae soldiers did not continue their charge as he had previously predicted they would. “What the..?” Rex questioned out loud, not seeing them charge into the trap he had set. “It seems they are regrouping for an assault my lord, orders?” the commander said once he had finished receiving his report. “How did they..hang on a minute” Rex stuttered, looking up and scowling. With a heavy sigh, it dawned on him what had happened, it seemed Fig had not taken kindly to his way to turning the game to his favour. Once all of the troops were inside, Rex walked over to the balcony to see what state his troops were in, he was a little worried seeing how beaten and worn out they were, the main force of foot soldiers that had been holding the line, it seemed only half were in good enough condition to really hold their own, the other half were barely standing, most did not even have their weapons anymore. “

“Ten more minutes.” “It seems my rub down did its job” Kealy giggled, pulling the blanket off Rex, smiling as he moved into the fetal position when she did so. “I was happily asleep, not sore, was weird though” Rex said, yawning and stretching out, sitting up once he finished. “What was weird?” Kealy asked, nodding with her head towards a bath that had been brought in and filled. “I didn’t dream at all, well not that I can remember” Rex remarked, turning to face Kealy, “Unless you intend on watching me wash, I suggest you leave.” “Oh yeah, sorry” Kealy replied, her cheeks turning a little red, with a bow of her head, she threw the clothes she had prepared onto Rex’s bed, turned and walked out, closing the door behind her. While Rex cleaned himself, he mulled over the events that had happened with his time with Fig, his father dropping the news that she was in fact his grandmother, which made him curious, ‘Is Fig from my mother or father’s side? Why does she look much older than I

“It will not take long, plus bonus fact, we are going past the location Helena described, it will not take up much of our travel time, I know before tomorrow nights finale, you have a few errands to run and still need rest” Marcia said after seeing Rex raise his eyebrow at her. “If you say so oh vengeful one” Rex chuckled, following close behind once Marcia started off down the path towards the city center. “You have no idea” Marcia said with an evil smile, giggling a little seeing the look on Rex’s face. ‘She has turned into a totally different person so quickly, from such a hardened man-hater, I can’t believe I have seen her smile a few times in a short period’ Rex mused to himself, he was taken aback how beautiful she was when she smiled, how her eyes glinted in the light when she did. “Stop daydreaming, we are close” Marcia said, rapping Rex on the arm when she saw him with a glazed expression. “Huh? I was pondering” Rex said, getting a little snappy without realizing. “A top