White Wolf

Ch. 7

"So, where were you?", the redheaded Nord asked, obviously irritated. "Kodlak sent us to collect information on a particularly nasty coven of witches. We set out to kill them tomorrow morning.", Vilkas stated matter-of-fact-ly. "Really? Why take icebrain with you?" At that, the Nord got defensive, "Do NOT call him that! He is just as observant as I am, even if words are not his strong suite!" Aela quickly backed off at his outburst. With that, Vilkas grabbed a loaf of bread and angrily made his way down to the living quarters.

Farkas got up to follow his brother. "Where are you going?", Kina asked. "He needs me to calm him down when he gets like this. Don't worry. I'll be fine.", he said, following his twin to hopefully keep him from destroying the place. Kina sighed, now alone at the table. Well...alone until Aela sat down beside her.

"Do you want to tell me where you three went?", she asked. "Why are you so curious? Vilkas already told you." "The way you left bothers me. What's with all the cloak and dagger?" The brunette sighed, preparing a believable explanation, "Look, Kodlak told Vilkas to pick two shield siblings for this venture because of how dangerous it is. This coven is evil, and very, very old. We were sent to gather intel on them today, and we're going to use it tomorrow. I can't tell you anything else because Kodlak told me and the twins that this information is confidential until the mission is completed. He doesn't want anyone to follow us and get hurt as a result."

"A coven of witches more dangerous than a Dragon or giant? Really?" Kina shook her head and huffed, "You don't get it! I've taken multiple dragons on by myself, crawled through Nordic ruins and tombs, and even crawled through Dwarven cities, which damn near killed me the last time I did. I've taken on witches and wizards, but none as old, and in turn, as powerful as these, Aela. The reason I can't tell you, and anybody else, anything other than what you've already been told is that too many people will get in the way and possibly get us or themselves hurt! Understand?"

"Alright, alright! I understand! Don't bite my head off.", the redhead stated, raising her hands in a placating gesture. With that, Kina huffed, and went down stairs. She was tired after the past few days, basically just drinking stamina potions so she wouldn't fall over. The constant running had her tired and so cranky she doubted even Clavicus Vile would want to tangle with her at the moment, and he's known for meddling in mortal affairs....not exactly in a good way either. Sanguine, she could probably deal with. He'd at least just get her drunk enough to relax and pass out. Maybe he'd be nice about the hangover? Maybe. He would of he wanted to stay on her good side. She knew he had a concoction mixed to take with the first drink of the night that helps with that. She knows because he used her as an experiment for it...the first batch anyway. That was actually how they met.

Now that she thought about it, she could consider Sanguine, or Sam, as he told her to call him, a pretty good friend. He's the friend with the drug and alcohol connections, Sheogorath is the insane yet super smart and creative friend, and she's the most level headed friend. The friend that mellows out the insanity the other two cause. She lost count of how many times he called her up to test out his latest concoctions. Mixed drinks, hangover cures, drugs of all kinds. She's pretty sure she's not the only participant in his surveys.

"What are you thinking about?" Kina nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard Vilkas's voice. "Easy. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you." "Nah, it's alright. What'd you say? And where's Farkas?" He glanced away, obviously embarrassed, "I told him I just needed to sit out for a bit, so he's in his room. I-uh...I asked what you were thinking about." "You might not like the answer." "If it's what I think it is, the most I can do is reassure you that we'll be fine."

Kina laughed out loud, catching Vilkas off guard. "What's so funny? This is a serious matter." "I know, I know! But that's just so far off from what I was thinking!", she laughed. "Then what were you thinking?" She had to catch her breath before saying, "I was thinking about paying my friend Sam a visit after all this." "Ah. Been a while since you've seen eachother?", he asked. Kina noticed that a note in his voice changed. She took the time to more thoroughly examine his body language.