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“Oh, that’s a great idea” Reality says.
“It would definitely be quicker than scouting the surrounding area to find the camps.” I reply, thinking of all the risks involved but not finding a reason to stop this plan, which is until Hope speaks again.
“Darius, can I come with you?” Hope asks with a sweet smile that has my teeth grinding.
“Of course, princess” he replies, a growl rising from deep within my chest. Hope looks over at me and frowns.
“Don’t worry Trek, Darius can also keep me safe.” The thought of her close to the Dragon the whole day has my hands fisting. I want to reach out and strangle the now smirking Dragon.
“Of course, I will princess, you will be safe with me” he promises with an exaggerated bow.
“This is great, we at least have a plan of action. Shall we go prepare and strategize,” Vain asks exited to get the plan actioned. I want to say no, that we will get another plan, but I know that this is the best plan at the moment and we can cover more ground this way.
Everyone starts making their way deeper into the tunnels, I follow with Brok to my left. “You snooze, you lose.” He says matter of fact knowing that this situation is rubbing me up the wrong way. I turn my head to look at him and growl, warning him to shut up. The warning triggers a grin from him as he shrugs innocently.
I hear the other girls asking some of the Dragons to ride with them, seeing Drez scowl when Dream agrees to ride with the leader of this group of Dragons. He will understand my plight, at least Dream already knows that Drez is her mate, not like Hope that thinks she’s free to flirt with whoever she deems.
I will kill Darius if she so much as flirts with him. Reaching the main Cavern, various other Dragons join us. The planning begins with maps being laid out, groups of Dragons being chosen for different areas, weapons being discussed, and magic spells being plotted.
It’s finally decided that there will only be four Dragons with the Princesses going out as not to raise too much noise. These will scout the area from the air to identify the exact location of the Warlocks Camps. The girls will travel with the Dragons to cloak their travels, gathering as much information as possible so that when we attack, we have a chance of winning this battle.
“When are we going?” Vain asks, excited to get out there to find Love.
“I think we should all sleep on it tonight and tomorrow leave really early so that we are back before nightfall,” Reality suggests as she leans down to pick up one of the maps and starts to role the parchment sliding it into its holder.
“I’m good with tomorrow,” Darius replies from where he is standing next to the Dragon King that joined our discussions a couple of hours earlier. No one knows how old the Dragon King is as he has been around for centuries, he is one of the Eternity Fae elders with more wisdom than most. It is clear by Darius and the Kings interaction that they are remarkably familiar with each other.
“Stop scowling, don’t you like the plan?” Hope asks quietly from next to me. Looking down at her I want to snap and tell her that I don’t like the idea of her riding on Darius back for most of the day, but instead I find myself opening my mouth to tell her that it’s a brilliant plan which to be fair it is, but not the perfect plan for me.
I have decided that the first opportunity I get I will tell Hope that she is my mate, MINE!
HOPE 9
Holding on I look around as Darius turns one way and then another looking for some sign of a camp. We have been out for over an hour, and it is starting to worry me because before we would have seen many different species going about their day to day, but today it’s eerie as there is no signs of life below.
I know that most will be in hiding, waiting for this war to end, waiting for a sign of peace so that they can live their normal lives again. Some would have tried to fight, but by the destruction below us it is evident that Toron has risen with a dark power that overshadows all the good in our Reign.
I tap the back of the dark blue dragon’s neck below me as I bend forward to point to our right. “Look…there is smoke rising from over there.” Darius huffs as he flaps his wings and turns in the direction of where I see the smoke. A few minutes later we are flying over what looks like two small huts belonging to gnomes.
“Maybe there isn’t any camps on this side,” I state as we continue flying South Easterly towards the lake. I believe that we shall find evidence of a camp or something that will help us find Love, my heart jumps at the thought of my sweet sister being at the mercy of a demented Warlock that is power hungry.
I snap out of my thoughts when I hear Darius grunt. Looking down to the ground I see a camp flooded by tents and beings scattered among the tents. Darius starts to swoop so that we have a better view, the lower we go the more tents we see. This camp is bigger than the camp that Trek and Brok went to, this camp has a log cabin in the middle that must have belonged to someone before Toron took it over. I see a couple of fire Salamandra’s laying near the water, the vegetation around them sparse as it has died from where they have travelled over it. Thefire Salamandra’s are extremely poisonous and creatures which keep to themselves, away from others.
That they are coexisting with others is extremely rare and evidence of foul play. “We need to try and see into the Log cabin; we can’t tell if Love is in there from up here.” Darius grunts as he continues to fly around the camp, I know that he is trying to capture as many details as possible. We are flying over the Log Cabin once again when I see a cloaked figure stepping out, my heart starts to race as I recognise his long purple cape, the thin white beard, and bushy brows. We were right, Toron is behind the evil that has descended upon Eternity Fae, and has befallen on those in the Earth Realm.
We see Toron lift his hands; his wide sleeves slide back to show the rune tattoos running up his lower arms. A few minutes later the beings start approaching him, his eyes slitted as he looks out at everyone. “Look at me and know that my word is law,” he says clearly as he turns his hands to face everyone standing before the Log Cabin, there is some kind of unseen wave that washes over everyone.
“Today I got news that the four princesses are with the Dragons, that they are getting ready to attack us.” My heart thunders in my chest as I hear what he is saying, how is it possible that he knows that we are all with the Dragons? There must be a spy among us.
“Everything is on track; they will do exactly as I predict and then I will have them in my grasp.” His words have my fear escalating, not because of his threat but because he has just admitted that Love is being held by him.
“Come out,” he calls.
I wait anxiously wondering what he has planned. I see the Log Cabin door open and then a few seconds later Love is walkingout. I want to cry out in relief to see her alive and well, but I know that if I give us away, we will be caught before we get back to the tunnels. I suck in a breath when Love comes to a stop next to Toron, her eyes glazed, her expression blank like the other beings that surround them.
Horror fills my eyes when I see Love raising her arm towards Toron, he takes her fragile arm in one of his hands lowering his head he bites deep into her arm drinking her blood like a vampire. Shock fills me as I see the Warlock drinking from my sister. One species that we do not have in Eternity Fae is Vampires, as we thought that they had all been extinct centuries ago when they tried to kill others. Tears escape and fall down my cheeks as I sit on Darius feeling powerless, not being able to help my sister that is just a few feet away from where we circling.
When he raises his head there is blood on his smirking lips, “Go, I want you to bring me the Fairy Ghost Quartz.” He orders, “by any means necessary.” All the beings immediately turn to make their way towards the Forgotten Forest where the Druids live and where they hold the Fairy Ghost Quartz that is rumoured to hold the power of the dead.”
