Bandits Of Misfortune

Surprise Bitches

Today was an important day.

Possibly the most important day of Lexa's life with a close second to becoming Commander. Many people talk about their days when they did this, so naturally she was nervous beyond a doubt.

Titus did't agree with it but Anya slightly encouraged her to do it, so here she was.

Lexa was going to ask Costia to rule by her side to the very end of her days, she was going to ask the girl of her dreams to be her wife.

Anya thought it was a long time waiting while Titus of course thought it would see her as weak. In this case she trusting her first mentor's advice.

Costia and Lexa had been together since we were young warriors training in the village at only 7 summers. She didn't get the courage to ask her until they were both 16 summers old and Lexa was about to be sent to train with the other Nightbloods the following spring. It was sudden but they made it work and have been in a relationship for 6 summers and winters since then.

It's been a bit hard but Lexa always tried tovisit her as much as she could while Costia worked as a healer in TonDC.

So here she was, riding her well trained white horse who was carrying her bags that held many important things and the ring for Costia.

"Lexa. You alright?" Anya said in a low voice next to her.

Lexa looked at her confused before Anya darted her eyes towards Lexa's hands which were nervously grabbing the horse reigns.

"I'm fine Anya. Just a bit nervous about my decision." She confessed under a hushed tone.

They were riding in the middle of a small group as they made the tour around the clans just like they did every fall. It's a long trip all Commanders take to make sure all the clans are doing okay and if they have any problems.

Anya nodded and dismissed the conversation while they continued riding towards TonDC for the Trikru part of the journey. They had already met with Desert Clan, the Boat People, and Broadleaf which were all doing fine except for a small minor problem. This was also another big reason to go around the clans.

They had to discuss the topic of an out of control rogue group who were constantly stealing from people on the main roads in between clans, killing villagers, and scamming many more. The most notorious of the group were given the nickname, The Ghost.

Not many people know much about them but they do know when they strike they don't hold back. They take everything of the highest value all in the span of mere seconds then run off. Nobody can track them so once they leave your never getting anything back. Trikru has sent countless warriors to go into the woods and find them but the only thing they found was a note that said,

"Nobody can catch a ghost."

That has been the only clue they found and they've been doing them for 3 years now. They've stolen from every clan and possibly every village in every clan at least twice. Nobody knew how they were able to get away with it but they continue to show Lexa that they want to be noticed.

"HEDA! COME QUICKLY!" One of the warriors in the front yelled.

Lexa and Anya quickly shared a look before they bolted to the front of the group. They weren't sure what to expect and what they saw should have warned Lexa that something was off.

Off to the side of the main road, under thick bushes, was a torn apart body laying near another torn open body. The pieces of an old cart and shredded supplies were scattered all over the forest on the side of the path. It was horrifying to see but it was slightly less since the bodies were both laying on their stomachs so you couldn't see the dead eyes of victims of the local panthers. They appeared to be young traders just leaving from TonDC.