Guardian's Obsession (Yandere Naga x Reader)

Chapter Forty ~ Preparing For Far Off Thunder

Y/N POV

"No! If you have come into my den simply to spill nonsense-" Bela's voice was a deep hiss I rarely heard as I did my best to creep closer. The last four months had been tense at best, and out of all of us he seemed to be the most frustrated with how little we had progressing finding Karn. "What else can be done? He is coming closer, testing boundaries and killing with seemingly no reason. At the rate he is moving now it won't be long before he is at your territories edge!" Asher sounded so tired. He had been doing his best to keep us informed on everything, meeting with the others who were too afraid of Bela himself and still managing his own territory somehow. All the traveling and responsibilities were clearly wearing on him. Leaning on the wall now more than close enough to hear, but still not be seen or heard if I stayed still I listened on. I was still learning how to sneak up on them with their stronger senses, it helped I had to do it with my sons so I got plenty of practice which helped me in times like these. 

Bela had been trying to keep me away from the worst of information he got on Karn's actions. I know he is trying to protect me, but for my own sake and my sons I need to know. I couldn't be in the dark, not if I wanted to have any kind of advantage when he finally tried to get to us. "Even if he is as you say he would not dare enter my territory, if he did I will not fail to finish what I started this time" Biting my thumb I kept quiet listening in as Asher began trying again to explain how unstable Karn seemed to be. I knew Bela wouldn't change his mind, but getting to hear more details helped me understand what kind of Karn I would be dealing with. In all the time I was with him I saw a lot of sides to him. From what Asher was describing he really had become unstable, his control must have slipped completely if he was leaving any kind of tracks behind. Some might be intentional, he was smart so he could do that but some of what Asher described was too reckless to be intentional.

As Asher went over the amount of dead bodies found I couldn't stop the shudder that went over my skin, knowing he was getting more vicious. He was not discriminating on who he attacked now. Before it had been males only, now he seemed not to care leaving male female old or young behind. When the bodies of three young had been found, one being female the outrage and shock it brought was unmeasurable. That night I had held onto Apollo and Nyx my heart unable to comprehend what I would do if it had been them. The Karn who had held me captive, forced me to be his mate might have been cruel to me but he had been a fair leader. One who followed his peoples laws, upheld them and saw those who didn't were punished. Now it seemed he had become someone else, a desperate male willing to kill and destroy what was in his way. As much as Bela told me, everyone told me I should feel no guilt over his actions I couldn't help feel guilty. All those lives, those children might have been alive if I had not escaped him. A part of my brain always rebelled that guilt though. 

Reminding me he almost killed our sons, and after seeing how protective my sons were of me it was clear in my mind Karn would not have accepted that. He would have hurt them, maybe even taken them away from me or killed them to keep control. Pushing the thoughts away I focused back on the now, I couldn't change what he had done or how we got here. All I could do was help to make sure Karn didn't hurt anyone else. "-luring him to the caverns is too risky! Without incentive he would not approach them, even the young know if you fall inside there is no escaping their depths. No capture and kill is the best plan, we simply need to lure-" Caverns? I remember someone telling me about that... I think it was Yumi, she had mentioned it while explaining some rare herbs her mate collected were near its edge. When I asked about it she said it was a place not even a naga could climb out of. A deep canyon like cavern in the ground with steep sharp walls that was linked to natural underground caves.