The Castle Under The Moon

Chapter Four

Gheorgie had let the children ride in the back of the buggy considering the sun had been high in the sky and the young girl was pale and bound to get burned.

Since Gheorgie is a Lycan his hearing is very powerful, letting him know that they had fallen asleep an hour or so ago, their hearts beating steadily while their breathing is deep.

The darkness of night was slowly seeping into the sky as the sun sets, making Gheorgie anxious about making it to Provence in time.

Province is a small village that held the portal to the goddess world, and was guarded by his own pack. There were very few, if any, humans that were in the town. Most of the life there were supernatural beings and it was usually just a town that they passed through on their way in and out of the portal.

Gheorgie strained his hearing, listening for any sign of the small town and was glad when he could hear a couple of his men.

"I'm just saying, werecats are pretty good in bed." A man named Tobias had said.

"Evil bitches, they are." Callum answered him back.

'I have small ears with me and if they hear any of this then you won't be able to do anything in bed with anyone ever again.' Gheorgie grounds out, using his mind link to talk to the two men.

'Of course, Alpha.' Both men state, using their mind link as well.

Gheorgie shakes his head and shuts off the link between them just as he sees the lights of the town.

He hastens the carts pace, eager to get into the walls of Provence.

Both of the guards bow when they see Gheorgie and then open the gates so that he can make his way into the town.

Gheorgie smiles wide when he sees the joy and hears the laughter that litters the town and instantly feels better.

Before he made it to the doors of the portal, Gheorgie had laughed multiple times, enjoying the contagious sound.

Everyone just smiled and waved, though they were confused about the cart and horse, knowing that he didn't need them to get to the castle.

None of them knew what Jaiyana and him were up to and he didn't enjoy hiding things from them or his pack but knew that it wouldn't go over with them very well.

"Only passing through?" A young werewolf boy asked him right as he got to the portal.

"Seems so." He smiles, waiting for two more of his pack members to open the doors that held the portal to his world.

When he was able to hear the horses hooves hit the cobble pathway his mind completely opens to everyone of his pack members that were in this world.

He greets them after they were done greeting him and then closes the link and watches as the torches light up, knowing that something or someone was on the path.

Small sprites glistened in the forest, coming close to him.

"Woah." He heard both of the small children gasp, surprise and awe evident in their voices.

"Come sit with me." Gheorgie tells them, slowing the horses to a very slow walk.

The curtain moves and Luna pops out of the hole that was there with Asher right behind her, hands on her waist so that he could make sure she wasn't going to topple over.

When they were both situated beside him, Gheorgie whispers a word and a few of the sprites that were closest to them started to change colors.

Luna gasps and stretches her arm out towards a blue one and lets out a small snort when it came directly to her and laid on her arm.

"I have never seen them do this before." Asher says as he glances between Gheorgie and the sprite on Luna's arm.

"They aren't the bugs that you have at home, Asher, they are sprites. Small magical beings that just float in the air at night."

"Magic?" Luna asks, turning towards Gheorgie.

He laughs when he turns his attention to her and sees that she is almost completely covered in the small beings.

"Yes, my dear, magic."

"But magic isn't real?" Asher asks more than states, making Gheorgie happy he was looking to him for an answer.

"Magic is very real and, it is everywhere around us." He tells them, watching as they both turn their gaze back to the sprites covering Luna.

"What is your favorite color?" He asks, glancing back at the road.

"Purple." Luna states and then giggles when every sprite in hearing range changes to the color, eager to please.

"Green." Asher shouts and then guffaws as they change.

The rest of the way to the castle both of the children take turns yelling out different colors, sometimes at different speeds, and laugh as the sprites attempt to keep up with their high demands.

Gheorgie was surprised at the amount of the small creatures that were surrounding them and he was also a bit startled when other animals were starting to show up on the sides of the paths, like they were drawn to the young girl that was sitting beside him.

He was beginning to believe that Jaiyana had chosen right because the animals never do this unless she was with him and now they were drawn to the small girl.

"Woah." He hears a breathless Asher say.

"Is this our home?" Luna asks, looking up at the large castle that sat under the plump moon.

"Yes, forever and always." Gheorgie tells them, his heart growing at the smiles on their faces.