Falling for the Olo'eykte

✧Chapter 14: The plan

Azura's POV

Pulling the string curtain to the side, the new members of the committee began to enter the meeting kelku where Mat'kun and Eloide awaited. Everyone started sitting around the big wooden table as I headed towards my throne to chair the meeting. Zygmunt quickly made his way to my side to take the chair next to mine while Eloide took the one on my other side.

"Let's begin with the meeting" I announced. "Tell us what you saw in detail, Azura" Neytiri was the first to speak. On each of her sides sat her mate and her son. "I decided to do a morning vigilance of the lands when suddenly the humans arrived and without apparent reason, they began to burn the place down. I think they probably did it to warn us about their closeness". I explained omitting my night with Neteyam in order to protect him from Zygmunt. At the end of the day, Zygmunt was my future mate and if he found out I had spent the night before with a foreigner, it would only bring more trouble to his family.

"I hope that with your experience confronting the sky people, you would be useful to plan an attack against them. Especially you, Toruk Makto, you used to be one of them. You better than anyone else know how they think and their war tactics". Toruk Makto nodded at my words, "If they haven't come here, it means that they don't know where we are exactly. They must have approximate coordinates. However, we don't have much time before they find the clan".

"Then what should we do?" Eloide intervened in the conversation. "We must act fast. The best thing we can do right now is go and inspect their base. From there we can see how prepared they are to attack and use it against them". "Is better if it's just us going, that way they are less likely to find out we are in their territory" Mat'kun added. "It'll be more secure. Tonight we will go when the eclipse starts and we'll leave before the sun is fully out".

Everyone nodded in agreement, except for Ronal, who tightened her jaw with her eyes fixed on both males. "That's your plan? You want to go to the demon's den knowing they want to see all of us dead" she scoffed. "I won't put my life in danger for a clan who hasn't treated me like the Tsahìk I am". "We took you in, Ronal" Zygmunt was the one who replied, "And? I don't owe you anything".

I began to lose my cool. How dare she treat us this way after all we have done for her and her family. "Ronal" I called her in a demanding tone so she would stare directly in my direction. "We are talking about my clan. A clan that has offered you hawnu when nobody else did. If you don't help us my people could die. Innocent lives are in danger. Children, elders, every one of them could be harmed or dead if you don't help us".

After my words, Ronal still refused to help. Yet, Neteyam intervened in the conversation. "What does it cost you to help them? They gave us a place to sleep, food and clothes. Before this clan took us in, we had spent weeks looking for a place to stay and when we finally find one that accept us you refuse to help them. Is this how you show gratitude?". The Metkayina's Tsahìk looked at him disgusted, but quickly turned her head to stare at me again.

Our words didn't seem to make her change her mind. "Nobody helped me when my people were being attacked. I had to leave my clan behind as it fell apart. I abandoned my people when they needed me the most. And you think I'll go through the same for a clan who doesn't want us here?" she laughed ironically. "I'm not asking you to look after my people. I just want you to help me to ensure their safety", "I don't care about your people Olo'eykte".

Staring at her, I felt outraged. Why was she acting this way? "Ronal" Tonowari tried to reason with his mate, but it was too late. Her words had already angered me. "You are a coward, Ronal" I began to say, making everyone tense up. "As the Tsahìk of your clan, you know better than anyone how it hurts to see your people suffering while you can't do anything to stop it. This time, you have the chance to prevent it before they destroy another clan as they did with yours. And you are backing down?".