Wolf Of Fire

12* Cells and a Friend

The guard stationed in front of Aira's cell spat on her for the hundredth  time.
She rolled her eyes and scoffed at him mockingly, wondering if he knew that she had thought of four different ways to kill him.

Her shackles clanked, making as much noise as possible as she stood up and walked to the cell bars which were laced with wolf's bane.

The guard eyed her as though she was the scum of the earth.
"Get back there you disgusting filth before I turn your skin to rags!"
Aira rolled her eyes before glaring them hard at him.

"Listen to me pup! I am here because I almost killed your so called Beta and his father".
Fire spoke within her.
"You are nothing but piece of shit in my eyes and if you want your head to remain on your body by dawn,I would suggest you keep your mouth shut like a good dog,and never spit at me!"

The guard looked like the world had come to an end.
He could not believe a slave was speaking to him like that.
"I...I will kill you!"
She huffed at his statement.
"Join the line, sick bastard!"
That seemed to snap his last straw.

He opened the cell gates speedily, like a possessed man.
Aira smirked.
Male wolves were so predictable...too predictable.
He took out his dagger definitely laced in wolf's bane and struck, aiming for her guts.

But she was faster than he could ever be, even when bound.
She caught the knife with her shackles and twisted it out of his  grasp.

Before he could get the chance to be surprised she raised her two hands with the shackles and hooked his neck, tightening the irons around his throat, blocking out all air supply and tearing his skin.

He squirmed in her grip but she only held him tighter in place.
"I warned you...but you would not listen. You may have felt that a slave can never speak to you. But I am not just a slave! I am Aira! I am Fire!"

She released him from her grip before he could slip out of consciousness.
He slumped on the floor like the sack of dung which he was.
"Go and spread the news of the slave. The one who almost killed you and your pathetic Beta."

Picking his sorry self from the ground he rushed out  holding his neck and coughing in fits.
She felt accomplished.

She wanted the news to spread.
The news that someone had started a resistance, someone they could never had imagined.

It would also keep her alive for much longer. If the Alpha killed her eventually, people would accept the fact that she was truly a threat and had to be stopped.

The fear of the Alpha would reduce because people who had believed that he was invincible would begin to have second thoughts.

Aira moved back to the corner of her cell, resting her head on the mouldy brick wall stained with blood and excreta.
The smell of piss and death was thick in the air.

She silently prayed to the Spirits that she got out soon. If she stayed longer in that dark and disgusting hell hole,she may run mad.

"I like you."
She heard a voice from the cell next to her.
The voice sounded out of breath,like she had a difficulty in breathing.
"I did not know prisoners had the luxury of liking anything or person. Odi egu!"

The person chuckled.
It was a short and painful one.
"What's your name?"
Aira asked, just out of curiosity.
"Miri. What's yours?"
"Aira."
"Aira." The girl said, trying to get the right pronunciation.
"Your name means fire. Born out fire."

Aira was shocked. No one has ever known the meaning of her name before. Other than her mother and Cheta.
"How did...how...."
"My wolf has a spirit of interpretation. I have never needed it before as I have never left the pack to know what languages other packs speak."