The Elemental Sorceress

Chapter Thirteen

CHAPTER — THIRTEEN

Mission (2)

Nova ties her hair up in a messy ponytail, not putting much effort into her appearance. The time for meeting her contact had arrived- it was nearing eleven in the morning. Everyone else already left to start on their respective tasks, leaving her and Gajeel alone.

"Are you ready?" She asks turning to her companion, arching an eyebrow.

He grunts crossing his arms over his chest. "I was waiting on you, Princess."

The brunette rolls her eyes and slips on her shoes. "Whatever, let's head out. He doesn't like to be kept waiting." She follows him out the door and locks it behind them. The walk to the forest doesn't take long, their cottage is a short distance from it.

"So where exactly are we meeting this contact of yours?" Gajeel asks trailing behind Nova with his hands tucked in his jeans.

She shrugs her shoulders, "He didn't give me an exact location just a general area. That isn't something I really need." After fifteen minutes they enter a meadow clearing and come to a stop. "Alright, this is where he said we'd meet around."

Nova sinks her teeth into her bottom lip— seeing this man was always exhausting. "I'll find him, give me a moment." She raises her left foot, requipping into her special soulless sandals. Her eyes shut as she slams her foot onto the dirt ground.

"Found him." She mutters quickly replacing her shoes and walking in the direction she sensed him. Gajeel follows behind her curiously, he still wasn't used to her tracking methods.

Nova stops at the base of a particularly large tree, "Alright, you can get down now."

A young man leaps down from the branches landing in front of her with a vibrant grin. "It's always a pleasure to see my favorite lady." He brushes a strand of chestnut brown hair from his eyes and gives her a once over. "You look even more beautiful than the last time I saw you."

"Orion, do I always have to remind you we're here for business purposes?" Nova sighs in exasperation at the man.

Orion chuckles leaning towards her with hooded red eyes. "How am I supposed to know? That isn't the only reason you call on me." His voice drops down to a husky whisper. "Or do I need to refresh your memory of the nights we've shared?"

Pink dusts Nova's cheeks as she looks away. "I'd rather not when we have company, dumbass."

Gajeel narrows his eyes at the flirtatious man, he could handle the lightning idiot after all he wasn't very forward, but this Orion guy was blunt. It made him uncomfortable that someone was openly hitting on his adoptive sister. The embarrassment coming from Nova was all the confirmation he needed- there was something going on between the pair.

Orion smirks looking at Gajeel, "I see you have another man following you around, I don't quite like that darling."

Nova growls smacking him on the back of the head. "Will you just get on with the information already? You told me you knew something about De Morte Deam."

At the mention of the dark guild Orion's face falls. "I do, but that depends on what you know." He gives her a cryptic look. "Does the name Deam Magnam ring any bells?"

Nova's blood runs cold at the title. "H-how do you know about that?" Her stomach begins to tighten, how did Orion know about this?

"I suggest your partner gets lost for a while, we have some things to talk about." Orion's voice is serious, in all the years she'd known him he was never like this.