Chapter 31: Deceived
I continued running for the next hour, it was past midnight and the cold rose to a degree that I didn’t expect it to ever reach it was too cold for the south.
“Why is there so much cold?” I said to her as we continued running and not taking any chance by stopping.
“Because we are heading north, to your pack house” she said.
“Are they headed there too?” I said again trying to get the bigger picture.
“Yes, Skylar plans to take your pack house and make an empire of it after emptying out the red stone pack house” she said and I panicked.
“No one survived?” I said waiting for the worst possible news
“Some the soldiers died fighting the human hounds, but the rest are okay and are hiding in a cave somewhere” she said and I was relieved that they weren’t all dead and just few lives were lost compared to the majority.
My ears started picking up some sounds, they were coming very fast and they would soon meet up with us.
“They are right behind us, we need to be faster” she said and our speed increased, I was already very tired but I wasn’t going to give in to my weaknesses and stop to rest.
“They are human hounds, three times faster than us and they are at least five of them, we need to come up with a better plan other than running” I said and she was thinking about it too.
“Let’s stop running, I have a plan” she said and we stopped abruptly.
“What’s the plan?” I said as the hounds came closer and closer to where we stood.
“You know, you are smarter than I thought, and for one moment I thought that I was going to obey you, such grace and confidence in a very young queen” she said and I was confused.
“What are you saying now? Tell me the plan they are almost here” I said hurriedly as I waited patiently for her to say something.
“There is no plan” she said and turned into a woman, in a long red cloak.
“Who the fuck are you?” I said completely surprised at the turn out of events.
“I am Meredith, priestess of the old gods” she said and I couldn’t believe that I fell into Skylar’s trap one more time.
“You’re a witch” I said and she smiled in agreement.
“Carry her, we’re going back to Lord Skylar” she said to the four human hounds that began to approach me.
I was filled with so much anger that Skylar thought he could use me to play games with his minions, I needed to send him a message one that he wouldn’t ever forget in his miserable life. I could feel my power grow and the light of my stone inside of me envelope my whole body, they all stood still lost in the beauty of this light and unable to comprehend what unfolded before them.
I went for the human hounds first and killed them, swiftly breaking their necks as thy all fell to the ground. In few moments after that I went for Meredith, she was a witch and I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy ending her so with a giant blow to the head I hit her and watch her fall to the ground as she coughed blood. In that moment between her life and death she used her powers and it moved towards me. I tried to dodge it but it still cut my side and I could feel the burning sensation, it was laced with mountain ash.