Nyesh found Sheeva Intre's camp a while later. Knees weak and out of breath, he sunk to his knees in the snow. As Elita and Alida helped him to a fallen log to sit, and passed a mug of steaming cider into his hands he whispered. "Rose…Rose is in trouble!"
Yrel nodded as Senka ushered Namid and Rakab to his side. Nyesh sighed and explained how he had seen the blood and the discarded practice sword on the snow. Yrel's frowned, Elita growled in frustration, Alida gasped and Senka nodded solemnly. Sheila put a hand on Namid's shoulder to steady her. Rak shook his head in annoyance.
Namid wiped streaming eyes, and swayed on her feet, sick to the stomach. "Not Rose." She murmured, face pale from shock.
Nyesh nodded, "It's true."
Rakab realized, in that moment, how much his son cared for Rose and how much she meant to him. "Come on, Nyesh. We need to talk."
The leader of Sheeva Intre nodded to the others to take care of Namid and to form a plan while he spoke with his son. "Nyesh…" he sighed deeply, walking from the group. "I know you care about Rose but you…" Rubbing the back of his neck, he continued, "You know she will have to someday marry for Wyvern's Court."
Nyesh did not reply, instead he remained silent as his father explained the issue between him and Namid. Nyesh only nodded as his father finished and began walking back to the Sheeva Intre. "Father, if you loved her so much, why didn't you run away and marry her?"
Rak laughed bitterly, "I wish it were that simple. She was ten when I was driven out, Nyesh…I couldn't risk her life and besides she was the heir to the Lupine people."
Nyesh managed a grin as he nodded, "True. But you could have ran and then a few years later, wed."
Rakab shook his head, "You and your crazy ideas."
Nyesh's frowned, jaw set, "Tonight, if I disappear, don't worry."
Rakab, knowing what he was going to do, stared at his son and ran a hand through his hair, "I can't let you do this."
"And why not?"
"Because you could get killed."
"Rose will be killed." Nyesh faced his father and in his eyes was a desperation that Rakab had never seen before.
Rakab sighed heavily, "Gods be with you."
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Wolf-Shifter
FantastikThis story is of a Wolf-Shifter (also called Lycan), or also known as Daire Clement. And yes he can transform into a wolf at will. He is often mistaken for a werewolf, lycans are advanced wolf shapeshifters who have much greater control over their...
