A Warriors Heart: The Lady Of Death

Chapter 6

Cleo said goodbye to the twins hugging them both and kissing their heads,then headed back to the elder.

The elder handed her a cloak and wrapped Cleo's left arm in a patterned sash before wishing her well on her journey.

Before leaving town cleo visited the dojo and instructed the students to help rebuild the temple, she also visited her office and told her assistant that he was in charge until she got back and to report directly to the elder, then cleo left Meadowdell and started her journey to the city.

cleo had been traveling for three days when she spotted a group of men on the road ahead of her.

she knew they were the marauders that had killed Oriana as one of them had one of the temple banners wrapped around his sword.

cleo silently slipped out of sight into a nearby group of trees and changed into Lady Death, then walked towards the group.

"Hey boss we got company."

The man with the temple banner called out, a larger man then appeared a wicked grin forming on his lips.

"Ah, well would you look at that boys, she's come to us."

The men all roared with laughter, cleo drew her swords.

"Ha-ha and what do you think you're going to do with them little girl? There are twenty of us and only one of you."

The men all roared with laughter again.

"Why don't you come and find out?"

cleo spat at him, the rage and hatred for these men swirling inside her, without even blinking she charged at the men, minutes later not one of them was left breathing, she sighed in relief.

"No more. Lady Death is now dead I have completed my final assassination."

cleo said to herself as she packed her bag again having changed clothes and cleaned herself up, then without so much as glancing at the bodies littering the ground she continued her journey to stargazer.

As she walked cleo found herself thinking about him, wondering if he still loved her, if he would welcome her into his arms again, however she quickly brushed those thoughts aside when she saw the skyline of Stargazer City ahead of her.

It had been almost two whole weeks since she left her home town of Meadowdell, looking down at her poor aching feet she felt so relieved that she was almost at Stargazer City.

Cleo looked at her clothes suddenly remembering what the town elder had told her before she left.

"The city folk are a dangerous bunch, remember to cover up before you get there and keep this covered at all times."

She had said this as she wrapped a patterned sash tightly around cleos left arm covering her tattoo.

cleo dug out the cloak she gave her from her bag and put it on taking one last look at the real cleo.

As always she had chosen to wear a leather waistcoat, leather hip pants that laced up the sides which made movement during battle easier and of course her favourite over the knee leather heeled boots with the hidden toe and heal blades.

Before securing the cloak she checked that her weapons were completely hidden from view.

Throwing knives and shuriken on her belt, a dagger in each bootleg, chain whip on her hip and twin swords securely attached to her back, yep the cloak conceals them all perfectly.

she secured the cloak around her waist, drank some water and entered the city gates, now she just needed to find the base.

After walking around the city for hours cleo decided to ask for directions, she stopped an old woman and asked her if she could tell her how to get to the headquarters of the stargazer wolves expecting to be given the help she needed but instead a look of anger and hatred came across the woman's face, she spat at cleo and scurried away.