Erzah looks horrified with Thana's answer. He was unsure on how to take it. When he first met Thana it was when he was part of the military police. That was seven years ago. He was in charge of a squad then as well. However Thana was in training to be the next commander after her uncle. She was barely 16 years old then, and was a force to be reckoned with. How could she have gotten this low since then.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeu7eGQfjs
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He looked at the Commander thinking that it was all a joke. The girl that forced the council to let him live, could then go and break the SCA doesn't seem possible. The commander however looks depressed and ragged. The Commander rubs his eyes looks up and shoots a look at Thana. He then looks at Erzah and the rest of the group. 559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bDwvZEuLO
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"Yes, that is the truth. However it is complicated, and classified. If anyone else asks it is undisclosed. You all were not even supposed to know." He says
He shoots a look at Thana that could kill a man. Thana just shrugs her shoulders and turns her head. Everyone in the group looks around feeling uncomfortable. After a brief pause Erzah clears his throat and takes a step forward.
"Well, as you know, my name is Erzah Goldbane." He starts
Erzah then points around the room to have everyone introduce themselves.
"Linkin Rainstar"
"Teagen Gilmore."
"Kolt Sternhell"
"Quinten Freyhorn. How is my cousin Micah, Thana? You two were best friends last I knew of." Quinten says.
Thana visible flinches when Quinten says Micah. Everyone looks at her. She lets a sob out, Thief then jumps in front of her screeching at Quinten. He jumped in surprise and falls over a chair. The commander instantly goes to help him up, Thana calms Thief. She then starts to walk towards the hall. Quinten realizes she isn't answering.
"What happened to my cousin." He shouts
Thana then stops leaning against the wall for support. She closes her eyes and sighs.
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"Dead, Quinten. He's dead and it's my fault." She says
"As I was saying, right now is not the best time for this conversation. Thana needs rest and these questions are to be put on hold. When she is ready she will tell you all. This is not for discussion. Thana go to the last door on the right." Her uncle orders.
Thana starts to walk down the hallway. Leaning on the wall for support. Being a supernatural does not mean she heals in ten minutes. She will take at least three days to have her wounds even to start to heal. It will be about a week before they form early scars. She continues her slow journey down the hall. The room is silent watching her go. Quinten is shaking from rage. The others stare in shock. However Kolt begins to walk to catch up to her.
When she begins to stumble he catches her elbow to steady her. Thana rips her arm out of his grasp.
"Don't, I'm not your problem." She snaps
Thief is in an instant in front of Kolt. Thief snaps at Kolt until he backs up to the rest of the group. Thana finally makes it to the door. She turns back for the first time. She avoids everyone's glances and calls to Thief. Thief in an instant comes over to her. She pets him and tells him to guard her door. Thief coos grabbing strands of her hair. She steps back closing herself off from the group. The griffin then goes and lies against the door staring down the group at the hallways entrance.
"Please, excuse Thana's behavior at the moment. She is going through a lot at the moment. However Quinten, she is not the cause of your cousin's death." The Commander tell the group.
"Which accords did she break?" Quintin asks
"That is not for me to say. She will tell you when she is ready. However a few things before I go. That griffin will now be living here with you guys. I suggest you hid your clothes and Alcohol from him. Also he is very protective of Thana so I suggest not starting anything in his presence. Any issues with her or in general you all have access to me." The commander says
"So we got picked to be the princesses bodyguards is what your telling me." Teagan speaks up.
"Do be mistaken. She may be a princess but her life has not been. You all should remember that she has been training to be the next commander since she was ten. The girl could beat any of you without even breaking a sweat. Now I must be going." The Commander says
He starts to walk to the door. He gives the group a wave and heads out. Linkin goes to the kitchen and pours five shots for the group. He the peaks around the corner to look at the griffin. Before going back to the kitchen to gather all the alcohol in the kitchen and hiding it in the air vent. He then brings the shots to the group that had sat down on the couches.
"What do you think the accord she broke was?" Linkin finally says
Erzah sighs and raises a brow at him. Teagen looks at the group and shrug. However no one answered it. They didn't know or didn't feel like sharing with the group.
"Well I guess we have a mascot now." Linkin says
It's obvious he was trying to break the tension in the group. Teagen lets out a chuckle and Ezra shakes his head. Kolt quickly takes a shot and glaces down the hallway. Before back at the group.
"I'm going to go check on her." Kolt said
He stands and goes to walk down the hall. Erzah grabs his hand before he can even start. Kolt looks at his squad member shaking his head.
"Don't, she clearly didn't want your help." Erzah spoke.
Kolt rips his hand out of the grasp and turns towards his Captain. He looks him up and down and sneers in disgust.
"You were in the Military Police, did you not know what the queen was doing to her? Do you want to know how I know the princess?" Kolt challenged.
Erzah looking uncomfortable, shifts from foot to foot before nodding his head in agreement.
"So you know she whipped her bloody and left her on the floor. Did you know that the griffin would then find my boss or me to go fetch her and give her green herb. It took me a whole year before she trusted me enough to clean the wounds. I know she can't do it herself and how stubborn she is." Kolt says
He then flashes his fangs at his captain. Before huffing and turning to the kitchen. He opens the fridge grabbing an apple. He then walks down the hall, he walks slowly up to the griffin. Before he can get close Thief cries out. Jumping from his spot flapping his wings and bouncing around snapping at Kolt's clothes. He feels an arm on his shoulder turning around he sees Teagan holding a raw piece of meat.
"Here let me try. Thief doesn't seem to be a fan of yours."
She walks down the hall holding the meat out. She is murmuring quietly to the beast before tossing the steak in air for Thief to catch. He then rubs his head on Teagan's chest cooing. She pets his head while the rest look in shock at her. She shrugs her shoulders and goes to Thana's door.
"He is part Lion you idiots. Poor guy doesn't want an apple." She says
Teagan then opens the doors and walks into the dark room. She takes a step towards the bed and sees that Thana isn't in it. She heads to the bathroom and leans against the door. She hears the shower going. Knocking on the door Teagen calls out to Thana.
"Hey, its Teagan. Mind if I come in." She says before creaking the door open.
She doesn't hear a response so she sticks her head in. Looking at the sink she sees bloody rags and towels in the sink. The mirror also looked recently smashed with glass covering the sink top. She raises an eyebrow but doesn't say anything about it. Through the glass door she can see an outline of Thana sitting on the shower floor curled in a ball. Teagen knocks on the door to get her attention.
"Hey, hurry up and I can help with your bandages." Teagen says
"I don't need your help." Thana croaks out.
Teagen can tell she had been crying based on the strain in her voice. Teagen sighs and adjusts her ponytail. She flicks her wrist cutting the water off. Thana gives a grumble of protest.
"It wasn't a request. Hurry up and get out of there. I'll be waiting outside." Teagen says
Teagen then exits the bathroom, slamming her way out. Thana takes a deep breath before wiping her eyes. She is heartbroken and feeling more alone than ever. She stands and exits the shower. She carefully walks to the towels drying her hair. She walks to the jagged mirror. She can still see half her body in. She looks at her chest. Tracing the mark on her chest. On top of his mark is the half souled mark.
She tries to recall what exactly the mark means. She remembers that it's the last of the godly power in her cursed land. Dragons and wolves both have something called soulmates. Usually when one dies the other will shortly go after except for two reasons. One is that a female dies in childbirth. That way there is one to raise the child. The second is when the gods mark someone a half soul. It is when a mate is killed before their time. Usually murder, if the gods feel its unjust. They mark the living mate with the half soul. It gives them more power to get the revenge they need. However like with everything with the gods there is a catch.
Some may find that a gift however it is designed as a curse. Given to the people who just want to pass on so they can be with their mate. However, since they couldn't save their mate they are punished as well. Every full moon they are plagued with hallucinations of their dead mate and visions of what happened that day.
Thana sighs glaring at the mirror before throwing on a pair of sleeping pants and a towel around her chest. She opens the door to see Teagen lying on her bed. The girl sits up at the sound of Thana entering the room. She smiles at Thana and stands from the bed. Teagen then points at the bed telling Thana to lie down. Thana lies down and lets Teagen remove the towel from her back exposing the open wounds covering her entire back. Teagen then opens the antiseptic and cotton balls on the nightstand. She then carefully cleans Thana's back. She decides that silence is the best for Thana and does the work in silence. Once she is done she grabs the slab to help the healing process and slather it over her back.
Teagen notices that under the newly made marks is hundreds of healed scars covering her back as well. She decides that Kolt was saying the truth although it seems crazy that a princess would smoke the green herb. Since it was a taboo among the royals.
"Kolt says that you smoke green herb." Teagen blurts out.
Thana lets out a laugh. This makes Teagen smile knowing that she didn't cause Thana discomfort.
"Yeah it eased the pain and helped me sleep." Thana answers
"Did you come in just to figure out which accord I broke? You all must be wondering." She continues
"No, I can wait. Honestly it was me come in or let Thief shred Kolt." Teagen says
This causes Thana to laugh harder till she lets out a groan. She felt her back light up in pain from laughing too hard. She waves Teagen to continue with the slab. Once she was done, she motioned Thana to sit up so she can wrap it. Thana watches Teagen as she wraps the wound. Thana makes sure she wrapped it from her back not to expose the mark on her chest. Her uncle made it clear that no one was to see it. Once Teagen was done Thana wraps the towel around herself and heads to the closet to grab a shirt. Carefully Thana covers herself before walking back to the bed. Falling onto her stomach she turns to Teagan.
"How did you get past Thief?" Thana asks
"Meat, Kolt was trying with an apple." Teagen says
"How did you acquire a three legged Griffin by the way? He wasn't around when I last knew you."
"I found him with his leg caught in a bear trap. It was in the forest in the North side of the Kingdom. My uncle took me to the forest to practice my stealth and hunting. I was going to sneak up on a buck when I heard his cries. We got him out of the trap and took him back to the palace. That was three years ago. The doctor had to amputate, but it doesn't seem to be bothering him any.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro7O3PgwM0
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Teagen lets out a bellow. Shaking her head and tears leaking from laughing too hard. She then looks out and put her hand out to Thana. She looks confused at Teagen before extending her hand and grasping the outstretched hand.
"Friends?" Teagen says
"Friends." Thana says.
Teagen then gets up from the bed, pulling the covers off. She points to the bed to signal Thana that it was time to get some sleep. Thana carefully crawls over and flops down. Teagen pulls the covers over her and goes to the lamp turning it off.
"Get some sleep. I'll bring breakfast in the morning before training." Teagen says
Thana mumbles a thanks and drifts off to sleep before Teagen is out the door. Teagen turns her head once to check on the sleeping girl. Shaking her head she exits the room. She nearly trips over the sleeping griffin. Carefully she steps over the beast not to wake him. She walks to her own room to get ready for the night.
Down the hall is Quinten. He is nursing a bottle of whiskey staring daggers at the newcomers door. He had lived his childhood among the royals. He knew Thana since she was born, and could also tell when she was lying. He wanted answers for what happened to his cousin. It seemed it would have to wait. However if she killed Micah, he knew he would have to get his revenge.
Quinten stumbles to his bedroom and flops down on the bed. He is about to drift to sleep when he hears the door open. He lifts his head to see Kolt. The vampire and Quinten had never been the best of friends and he was curious to what he was doing here this late at night.
"What do you want vampire? I'm not in the mood to deal with you." Quinten says
"I was just wanting to check on you. Also to make sure that you weren't getting any ideas regarding our newest member." Kolt said.
Kolt leaning against the doorway takes in the human appearance. Frowning he sniffs the air and sighs. He walks to the bed and takes the bottle from Quinten's hand. The bottle that was full is now nearly empty. He turns and walks out the room. Before leaving entirely he turns around and faces the half asleep man.
"You know, we do have training first thing tomorrow morning. Drinking isn't good for your delicate body." Kolt say.
He then leaves the room without waiting for a response. Shutting the door behind him. He goes to the kitchen and tosses the bottle in the trash. He goes to the fridge and grabs a bottle of blood taking a swig from it. He then places it back and retires to his room. Knowing that it is going to be a long day tomorrow.
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