Aedenoa: The Amulet of the Immortal Ichor

What Lies Unseen (Part II)

Being cursed with lycanthropy I have horrid nightmares.  These nightmares are simultaneously flashes of many things.  Prey, victims, and those I've murdered haunt me.  Their spirits never rest in peace until the beast within me is no more and the curse lifted.  In my dreams I see how they all died and how I devoured their corpses.  I see myself in wolf form prowling and snarling about while stalking the night on my hind legs.  The shadowy and monstrous figure of the beast tormenting me with its yellow eyes...  Other nightmares I had seemed like visions for I couldn't tell if they were just dreams or premonitions.  These visions were jumbled bits and pieces of instant flashes.  There is one image however, that stays within my mind.  It is the image of a young beautiful woman with black and red ombre hair that gently hangs over her forehead and touches her shoulders.

She has glittering green eyes that can change color to silver from time to time.  The woman's soft skin charmingly compliments her cheeks and leaves a gracious memory of her past.  I do not know what her name is nor have I ever seen this woman before.  There's something wonderful about her, perhaps it's a feeling of indifference or perhaps it's simply her personality. Her overall appearance has a striking resemblance to Emylyna, but nonetheless, she frequently appears and there must be some consequential meaning to her.

Suddenly, I awaken from my dream gasping for air.  I felt horrid never gaining any rest when I sleep.  I began to notice that Emylyna was not in the bed or in the room for that matter.  I get dressed in my tanned and noble suit getting ready to join the others.  I follow Emylyna's scent which lead me into the chamber where I had met Miel's brother Felix.  Miel, Felix, Emylyna, and the other members of the Lonomia Raiders were having a discussion on their next plan of action. 

"Ah, Trystan glad to see you're awake!" said Miel the Jackal.

I walk closer to the group and look at all of them.

"Hmm... See you all have started planning without me."

"Bah, you came just in time" followed Felix bending his wrist down and hand forward as if he was batting something.

"Yeah, how's that?" I asked.

"Our plan is quite simple, but it requires stealth and tactic."

Soon, Emylyna speaks "right, you and I Trystan must attend Dusan's masquerade ball and rendezvous with a man named Raphael De Luca."

"Hm, who is this man and can he be trusted?" 

Felix answers my questions. 

"Yes, he can be trusted.  Raphael De Luca is a war hero and the head commander of the Rearenth Empire.  He himself strategizes with the king and reports to him on the progress of the war.  However, he like other few military personnel secretly desires to assassinate the king." 

"The personal strategizer of the king and head commander of the Rearenth Empire is all the more reason this man cannot be trusted." 

"It's a risk we have to take Rearenth must be stopped and not all people who serve the empire are evil. For instance, you Trystan have served the king within the Edruyar."

"But still we must be cautious."

"I agree, which is why you're coming with me Trystan." said Emylyna as she continued to speak.

"I'm suppose to meet Raphael in private during the masquerade and he will give me documentation of the castle's layout and the king's daily schedule.  After receiving them we come back and make the necessary arrangements for an assassination plot."

"Then, what?"

"I will find Raphael and bring him here along with others who wish to conspire against Rearenth" answers one of the raiders.