A Warriors Heart: The Lady Of Death

Chapter 9

Once they returned to base cleo immediately set about preparing herself for her evening with Lord James.

Whilst she was putting the finishing touches to her outfit cleo heard a commotion outside, it was a messenger from Lord James.

"Milady, his lordship requests you meet with him at the harbour at sunset" the messenger bowed then turned and walked away.

As sunset drew nearer cleo suddenly felt a strange uneasiness deep inside her heart and for the first time her tattoo started to feel hot, which worried her as usually she would feel nothing but excitement before an assassination.

cleo went to leave the base when she suddenly felt an unbelievable ache in her chest which stopped her in her tracks.

Then she remembered something the village elder had told her after the twins were born,

"you see how their eyes are the same as yours, that means they are physically linked to you , if they get hurt you will feel it,and so will the dragon"

Cleo looked at the officers, her face pale and drawn.

"Somethings wrong"

She shouted as she took off running towards the harbour.

As she drew closer to the harbour she could see a crowd had gathered and could here crying and whispers of "how tragic" and "why did this happen?"

Cleo already knew what she would find, she walked towards the crowd where she saw Jax kneeling on the ground.

she hadn't even seen him run passed her.

He was holding something in his arms and shaking.

He looked towards her tears in his eyes and a look of horror on his face.

Then she saw them, two small bodies, soaked and still, she rushed to them grabbing them both and pulling them tight into her chest.

Holding them in her arms she heard the most heart wrenching scream she had ever heard in her life then everything went dark.

When she opened her eyes she was back at the base.

her whole body ached and felt heavy, her eyes were puffy and sore, after a few moments she suddenly remembered and the events at the harbour came flooding back to her .

It had been cleo who screamed before passing out, Jax had carried the twins and Charlie had carried her back to base.

Realising she was in her own room she changed her clothes and combed her hair before leaving the room.

she stepped out into the courtyard and found it abandoned, not a single person was in sight.

Wondering where everyone was she walked to the main hall, thinking they might all be there.

As cleo entered all the soldiers bowed deeply, sorrow filling their eyes.

In the centre of the room were Casey and junior.

Jax and Mae had cleaned their bodies and dressed them in their mini wolves' uniforms.

Their little coffins were lined with silk and sakura petals, as she looked upon their angelic peaceful faces cleos tears came like a flood, she could barely stand.

cleo bent down and caressed their cheeks, it was then that she noticed Jax had placed his short sword in junior's hands and pup had done the same with Casey.

They looked like the nights of old, cleos heart broke again, she kissed their heads and collapsed.

The twins were buried a few days later with a full military service, Lord Wilson also attended the service naming them both as knights of the sacred star and awarding them medals of honour.