Azriel x OC | Shadows Touch|

The Illyrian Girl | Rhys POV|

Two months before Feyres Wedding with Tamlin...

I had some business in the Illyrian mountains, after Under the Mountain I was still trying to fix everything, I had avoided coming here, but Cassian told me it was time, so here I was flying to the Illyrian camps. There are a couple small towns spread across the Illyrian mountains, I had stopped at one to rest. I know I could have winnowed to the camps but it's good to stretch my wings, plus if gives me an opportunity to show my wing span in front of Cassian. The town i stopped at was especially small, the center of it made out of about five small cabins and  there were a few larger ones around it, one farther from the town then the rest. I decided to rest at the farthest cabin, I was sitting under a big tree, I leaned my head against it, taking in the sounds of the snow falling, and the birds chirping, god I missed th- a scream interrupted my thoughts. My eyes quickly snapped open.

I looked around to see where the sound could be coming from, another scream, it was coming from the cabin I stopped by. As I approached the door of the cabin I heard more screams and cry's, i rushed threw the door. There in front of me was a dead girl, her blonde hair soaked in the blood slowly leaking from the back of her head. Another girl with white hair was on top of her, her night gown was pulled down to her waist exposing her top half, but she didn't seem to care she just kept crying into the dead girls chest. There was about at least ten other girls standing around them and one man. The man grabbed the white girls arms, " You Whore" he spat at her.

I don't think he even noticed I was in the cabin, the girl with the white hair had a cut on her forehead and a black eye, the man was just about to hit her again but then I said, " Why are you hurting this girl" the man dropped the girls arm and his head snapped towards mine, " Why are you in my Cabin Illyrian" he spat at me, " I own the girl I can do what I want" he yelled, the white haired girl crawled back over to the dead one, and kept crying over her body. He was high Fae, " Do you know who I am?" I asked, " Some stupid Illyrian snake" he said, " Illyrian yes, some would call me a snake, some wouldn't, but my true title is High Lord". his eyes widen with fear.

" M-my lord" he stutters, " How can I repay you for my miss treatment" he says, I look down at the white haired girl, I was going to ask him to let her go until I saw shadows forming around her hands as she cried. I knew those shadows they were like Azriels. But hers, hers were white. I hadn't noticed this before, but she had wings Illyrian wings, but they were white as well, they were white and sparkly I had never seen anything like it. I knew I would have to play this well, if he knew about her powers he would not just let her go.

" I would like to buy her" I pointed to the white haired girl, the man's eyes brows roes to his forehead, " Her, my lord, you don't want her, I have plenty of other girls who are much prettier" he said, as his hand moved in air gesturing towards the other girls. I shook my head, " No I want her" I say firmly.

He picks her up harshly, " How much?" I ask, he pulls her into his chest, and runs a finger from her neck to her hips, " She's not worth much My Lord, fifty will do" He says exactly, I reach into my pockets and get out the money, i then place it into his hand.

He pushes the girl into me, her bare chest meeting mine, she hugs me tightly and keeps crying. The man's stares at the money greedily, a wide smile forms on his lips. What a monster, I could have ripped his eye out right there, but I just picked up the white haired girl and brought her outside over to the tree where I was resting. I had a fur jacket, I helped her pull her night gown up and put my jacket over her shoulders. I couldn't go to the Illyrian camps today, not with her. I picked her up and winnowed us to the house of wind.

I called for maids to come help me bring her to the empty room across from Azriels, I set her on bed and then told the maids to clean her up and let her rest. I walk out of the room and close the door behind me. There stood curious Mor, " Who the hell is that?" She asked. " A girl I found in the Illyrian mountains, she was being beaten"

Mors eyes filled with sadness at my words, I walked down the hallway and then down the stairs into the living room where Az and Cassian sat. Mor sat down in one of the arm chairs. " So you just found her getting beaten?" Mor questioned. " Found Who" Cassian asked. Az was not paying attention just looking at the ground with that deadly stare.

" Another Shadowsinger" and that's when Azriels eyes met mine.