sounds of lightning and stars

Chapter 66: alaine



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Down the hall from the room that the assassins fled from James came running

" damn he still got away " bending Down he noticed a trail of blood leading away from the room around the corner and down another hall " it's not over yet " James followed the blood in a hurry unit he came across a dead body discarded in the hall

Leaning down to Check it he saw a wound to the leg and another to the head looking around he noticed some faded bloody foot prints continuing on

Getting up he continued with the chase eventually hearing a scream James quickened his coming to a maid being held hostage " let me go and she'll live "

The man kept backing up while James kept his aim on him almost getting to a set of stairs leading to the ground floor hearing footsteps coming up the man turned his head to see a maid shocked at the situation that moments distraction was all it took to seal his fate with a screech a steel projectile cracked open his skull making brain matter splatter against the walls and floor

screaming the captured maid ran away down the stairs now that she was free the other one wasn't far behind her

Walking over to the body James searched for anything useful to find out who did this

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A hour later everyone was in the ballroom some Dwarves and humans danced together the atmosphere was tense but music and drinks helped to lighten it a lot I wanted to leave but Elise saw this as a opportunity to make connection in the city while I sat with Emily at a table watching her since I wasn't really good dealing with these things

Seeing Emily stare at were everyone was dancing for a while I held out my hand too her " do you wish to dance my lady " taking it with glee we made our way to the floor

Crouching down I put one hand on her waist and another on her shoulder she did the sane without me having to show her from the corner of my eye I could see Elise smiling at us as we awkwardly slow danced

When the party came to a end we got ready to leave before we did though the king told us to contact him before we go too our new home he also apologized again and thanked us for coming " here " James handed me a letter with a broken seal opening it I looked through the content then closed it handing it to Elise because I couldn't read it

" I found it on one of the men who took shots at you " he said after Coughing awkwardly because he forgot I couldn't read their language

" it's orders to help the assassins infiltrate the palace and execute their plans there are threats to his family along with threats of blackmail from his many affairs " Elise summarized after having read the letter " you have made a powerful enemy if they are able to reach this far up the food chain"

" well so have they it's one thing to attack me personally but I won't stand for them putting my family in harms way first I was the house now this I won't let this go easily it may not be tomorrow or the next day but when I find out who has been doing this I'm going to make them regret being born....if they don't already " their was silents for a moment until lazza spoke up " on another note why wasn't the letter destroyed

I shrugged " who knows maybe the guy got in a rush or he was to stupid too do so their are any number of reasons let's just be glad it wasn't unless of course they mean for us to find it but that doesn't really make sense "

" unless they wanted you to know the range of their influence " Emily added making us all stare at her " what did I say something wrong " Elise shook her head picking Emily up" no sweet little dragon we just shouldn't talk about these things in front of you"

" it's fine momma I know it's important " leaning her head against her daughters Elise started humming " still let's just enjoy our ride back " smiling I leaned against her too closing my eyes listening to her sweet hum while we made our way back to the mansion

A few days later

" are you sure this is what you all want it will probably be hard for a while nothing is really there i can't guarantee you will be well cared for " birna and the others nodded " yes it is we all know what kind of people you and your family are by now we all agree that you guys will build a great town maybe even a city and we want to be a part of it"

" ok get on then " I said turning back to the caravan that was taking us to our new home it was full of supplies to help us start building and be self-sufficient for a while the king also had some gemsmiths to help with construction

After getting in my carriage with Elise and emily which had our family crest on it we all started our journey to a new home above icarus followed carrying birna and the others with other things strapped on her that the flames avoid

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In another land high into the mountains we're green Is forever covered in white a female beastmen of around twenty stood in front of a mirror getting dressed for the day

finished putting on her homemade leather pants that only came a little past her knees she stretched her five fox like tails making sure they could move properly satisfied she leaned in towards the mirror moving some stray strands of pure white hair away from her purple and golden eyes " alaine your uncle will be hear soon get in here "

' finally i get to her some new news about my darling' alaine thoughto herself with glee

" coming " she rushed out of her room and into the meeting hall not bothered by the icy wind that managed to get through the hides covering there home

" haha someone excided " a male wolf beastmen with white hair and ears joked seeing alaine rush into the hall " don't tease her dear you know she has a crush on that young man "

" mom! " alaine yelled blushing the flap that acted as a door opened right then " damn this cold it's going to freeze my balls off " wolfgar said walking in followed by a couple guards and one of his generals " this is our ancestral land cuz if you stayed awhile it wouldn't bother you anymore " the man sitting in a throne like chair stood up going over to Wolfgar

" yeah yeah you say that every time I come " meeting the two put their wrist together " it's nice to see you again cuz" they talked for a while until Elaine's father smirked " anything new about your human friend "

Taking a quick glance at alaine whose attention was suddenly peaked " not much I'm afraid apparently he has been kicking up quite a storm in the Dwarven kingdom I heard he had picked a fight with a powerful organization they have been giving him a bit of trouble but he's handling pretty well from what I can tell"

taking a breath wolfgar continued " the last thing I heard was he had a ritual fight with the human prince which he was victorious "

At this point alaine was lost in her thoughts imagining what he was doing with the Dwarves or how the fight with the prince must have gone ' he's so strong I can't wait until the day we finally meet ' little did she know her fantasies were far from the reality

Seeing his niece lost in her thoughts again he sighed " she does realize he has a wife right " the chief chuckled at his daughters antics it has been so long since she acted like this " let the girl dream thanks to these stories she was able to finally grasp her element to stop being a danger it's only natural she would develop a crush for the man"

A stray bolt of white lightning shot past wolfgar and the chief " almost grasp it " turning to his daughter who was clad in white lightning " your getting too excited we almost got hit "

" sorry father ill go outside " alaine blushed before going out the building walking a safe distance away she looked around making sure nothing and nobody was in strike range nodding lightning started gathering on her sparking in random direction the snow that was hit melted on the spot as the lightning grew stronger it eventually discharged in a explosion sending lightning everywhere luckily it didn't go farther then she had predicted

Standing in the middle of the explosion panting alaine tried to catch her breath looking closely you would see her slit pupils dilated 'I will be with you one day darling no matter how long it takes '


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