Chapter 72: Power

Skylar laid on his bed deep in sleep while Damien stood looking at him with worry in his eyes. His son was very broken, ever since he was released he had been in and out of trances. Always visiting the other worldly realm living more in the figment of his imagination that in the real world.

“I’m really worried about him, he has been like this for too long” Damien said to the physician that stood few steps away from him but was still close to the bed.

“His body is broken, but his spirit wouldn’t accept it as it still yearns for the thrill the body once brought it with the endless plots and plans that were used to accomplish all that it wanted” the physician said staring at Skylar’s body that laid still facing upward and his arms resting on his abdomen like he liked to sleep.

“Edgar Knight was able to break the body of a pureblooded vampire?” Damien said as he tried to figure out how it was even possible for Skylar to fall by Edgar’s hands.

“The body of a vampire breaks at its own will, when it is unable to bear the weight of the troubles that surrounds it” the physician replied.

“The werewolf legend speaks of a chosen one, that he will come amongst our race and be the salt in our wounds, the bad luck in our good times, our foe and our doom. I think its Edagar it spoke of, because I don’t see why he is so powerful enough to break the body of my son a pureblooded vampire if he isn’t sent by the old gods” Damien said with an underlining tone of anger and vengeance im his voice.

“I think you’re wrong my Lord” Maester Aemon replied and Damien turned to look at him sharply.

“What do you mean by that? If you don’t give me an answer reasonable enough to make up for what you just said, I’ll have your head cut off and thrown in the bone lake” Damien said in a low threatening tone and Maester Aemon took a deep breath and chose his next words wisely so he didn’t speak and his head pay the price.

“I’m sorry to speak in such manner your majesty, but I have come to believe that Alexander isn’t the chosen one” he said and Damien expression changed to one of curiosity.

“If it isn’t Edgar then who is it? Who is the person that’s powerful enough to do this?” Damien said with curiosity written boldly on his face.

“There is a part of this prophecy that isn’t disclosed to the vampires because the werewolves feared that it would give us a hint on who it was when the time came. Darius himself was given this prophecy by the goddess Myra and he wrote it down himself, the prophecy was a promise to the werewolves for better days ahead and a threat to the vampires for the death day ahead” Maester Aemon said and Damien stared into blank space as his mind reminded him that the scroll which it is written seemed to come with an incomplete message.

“What is this other part of the prophecy?” Damien said curious now more than ever.

“In the next generations to come, a chosen one will be born, one that will continue your great works in the world, he will come and be the light in the darkness to his race, a king and a leader. He will that he will come amongst your enemies and be the salt in their wounds, the bad luck in their good times, a slayer of their kind and their doom” he said and paused for a while.

“This is the part of the prophecy that we are meant to know and the other part was; he shall be born to the house that lives on the frozen sea, the wolves that are once with the cold and in covenant with ice, he shall be born to conquer the world and redeem his people” Maester Aemon concluded.

“I don’t understand any of what you have just said, make it clearer” Damien said with furrowed brows.

“The chosen one is born to be of the ice landers, the blue stone pack amd Edgar is the red stone pack Alpha by blood” Maester Aemon said.

“Then who is this man, this ice lander that has such power and is hiding in the shadows” Damien said as his curiosity grew larger and he also wondered how he haven’t met this man that the prophecy portrayed to be somewhat a god.

“The prophecy spoke of a man, but we do not speak of a man, we speak of a young girl” Maester Aemon said and Damien laughed out loud in mockery.

“What do you mean by a young girl? How can I you g girl do this to my son who is s very strong and intelligent man” Damien said holding back his laughter as he saw Maester Aemon as a crazy person that was head too deep into science that it was making his head go crazy.

“I speak the truth your majesty, she is a young girl that has achieved much more than many men alive, maybe even your son Skylar” Marster Aemon said not scared to tell him the truth again.

“Watch your mouth now Aemom, before I remove your head along with it” Damien said threateningly as he took few steps closer to him.

“Elaine Peregren, daughter of Hugo and Penelope Peregren, Alpha of the blue stone pack, Wife of Edgar Knight, Luna of the red stone pack house, the only one in this world that could harness the power of all the elements ice, fire, air and earth. That’s who she is and yes, you’ve met her before” Maester Aemon said and Damien paused for a while in realization that what he said is true, he had meg her before when he first approached Edgar about setting Skylar free.

“You’re trying to say that the young girl on the horse that said no word and only stared is the one that bears all this title?” Damien said unbelievably as he was even more surprised than before.

“She is all I said she is my Lord, and she is the threat not Edgar, he is not as powerful as she is” Maester Aemon said and Damien was still lost in his own thoughts trying to comprehend what he just heard.

“How are you sure all this is true? He said as he began pacing around the room restlessly.

“I have ears in the citadel, ears that listen and hears, it is well known among the werewolves but they don’t speak of it to strangers” Maester Aemon said.

“We need her on our side, because she has the gods backing her she cannot be killed, that I know. So we either make her join us, or we do it a harder way” Damien said.

“Judging from what I hear, she has a stronger resolve in not backing down than her husband and as for Skylar, she hates him with all her heart as he’ve tried multiple times to make her his wife and nothing ever seems to work because she is too in-love with Edgar” Maester Aemon said.

“Before we do anything now, we need to heal my son, because once he is fully recovered, nothing can stop us from reaching our goal” Damien said and Maester Aemon nodded in agreement.

***

Elaine felt her self transcend from the world she knew to some other worldly place, she felt the darkness in the vast ethereal space loom over her. It smelt like death and misery, she didn’t know what that smelt like but at that point she knew it was what her nostrils inhaled.

She was startled to hear a loud voice say;

“The dead may live never to die again” the voice said in a loud tone and she looked around and she found where Meredith stood, a few paces from her but when she moved to reach her she realized that it was farther than she thought, she continued trying but she wasn’t getting any close so she stopped and she heard the voice again.

“The dead may live never to die again” the voice said again and Meredith replied this time.

“Who are you? What do you mean by…” she wasn’t able to complete the statement when she heard the voice say again.

“I think it’s time to get back and complete my mission I was fulfill g before you dragged me here” she said.

“You have no war to fight again because the war is over” the voice replied.

“What does that mean?” Meredith said.

"The dead may live never to die again," the voice echoed once more. "It means that your mission is complete, Meredith. There is no more war to fight. You can rest now." the voice spoke again and this time, Elaine saw Meredith drop to the ground and immediately the dark smoke that surrounded the place disappeared and she saw an army of dead werewolves racing towards her.