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ººChapter Ten-Changes ºº

"Elder, where are we exactly?" I asked him while we were walking through the tunnels.

"Oh, these, my darling, are my own invented tunnels which lead me to my rooms or other places such as kitchen, closet, etc."

"How long you've been building that?" I asked while looking around "That's just impossible to make it on your own"

"Well, believe it or not, I made It with my own hands and magic. It took a bit of time, but it was years ago"

"How old are you?" Elder started to fidget his fingers nervously.

"I'm... one hundred and fifty"

"No kidding! You look much younger than that!" my eyes went wide when he said that. He just simply nodded and agreed with me.

"I'm trying to be as attractive as possible" he announced, but then eventually went to a depressed tone "if only there was someone to be attractive for..."

"Are you sure about that?" I teased him "you better look around, who knows maybe you will find your destiny..."

"I will, someday. Probably"

We had small chitchat while walking underground, but then we stopped near a place that I would call 'royal closet. There were a lot of gorgeous dresses and other things...It's like a dream come true. The space was huge, walls were surrounded by wardrobes of different styles. Open or closed ones, the furniture was made of massive wood. In the middle of the whole room was staying some kind of place to sit. It was old, I assume from medieval times so I don't know what was that. But it looked quite cosy and nice. I sat there and honestly I thought I was drowning, that's how soft it was. "Wow! I never thought that you could possibly have this kind of thing! I... I can not find any words to describe my shock..."

"Don't have to. I'm glad that I finally have a chance to share it with someone. You know in the rogues' lands, practically no one cares about fashion. It makes me really upset sometimes "

"Don't be, please...I'm here now. You can show everything to me!" Elder smiled brightly, I could see his eyes shining with stars. "Kayla of Northern Mountains I love you!" we both laughed at how 'official' it was. Next, while I was sitting due to my injuries, Elder was moving around grabbing a lot of dresses of different materials and styles. We were trying out lots of dresses, I can not count them all, but our final decision was made on the green one.

I remember my mother use to tell me that in our world, elegant creatures use to wear these sorts of dresses. Our culture is based on it, like it, humans call it, medieval times. I personally love it, but my father decided to change it as we become one of the packs that were called 'the new's'. It wasn't the best reputation, especially in the background of our wars.

I hope Ares's pack keeps our culture safe...

The dress that we chose was long, but it had a big incision in the front. It's actually really smart, especially when you ride a horse or another creature. Secondly, it looked seductive...in some way...

The sleeves of the dress were also long. It barely seemed but there was also a tight corset. I already had a nice figure but this corset made me feel like some kind of fatty! But I can live with that, I'm pretty satisfied with my curves. Corset made me look like a doll. In a good way. In don't know what material was used to make this corset, but it was elastic and it allowed my bandaged wounds to breathe. I felt no discomfort. 

Elder was really good at making hairstyles. After he made my hair I finally looked in the mirror. I didn't recognise myself. In the mirror was standing a tall young woman with beautiful pale skin, a perfect figure... It was a reflection of my mother

"What do you think, love?"

"Elder...it's not me..." I breathed out in wide shock. He probably figured out the reason for my reaction, he sighed hugging my shoulders, also gazing into the mirror.

"Kayla, I did not know her personally... but every creature knew who she was and believe me...she was like an angel from Obvilion."

Memories start to fill my mind as a few tears escaped my eyes. It was hard not to cry, I missed her so damn much. Sometimes I talk to her...with the hope that she will somehow listen to me.

"Oh, darling doesn't cry, please! Take a look in the mirror and tell me who's there" I looked in the mirror, gazing at every detail of my face and body. "that's right. You may look like her, but you, not your mother. You are Kayla- Keeper of the Ice Power and Defender of the peace. You can not cry like this, you have to be strong and powerful" there was a pause for a moment as then he spoke, "Unless you want to become even more powerful..."

Hearing that made me feel much better, I felt hope.

"C-can you do that?"

"Oh, Darling not me, but I know someone who can. Follow me" we walked out of the room. " in the human world there was one legend. Legend of how seasons have been created" he spoke as his voice was echoed through the underground tunnels.

"I never heard about that one, but I'm willing to know Elder"

" As the story tells us when the god of the underground- Hades, was on the earth, he met Persephone- the goodness of spring. They fall in love and he took her into his underground possessions. "

"sounds so familiar and..." he looked at me as I smiled softly, to be honest, it comforted me.

"Yes, two complete opposite souls found themselves attached to each other with the endless, immortal love. Life and Death...Ice and Fire..."

During our conversation we walked back to the room I was laying in, this story made me feel a lot of different things. Love, Hope, Fear...
"Stay here, I'll be right back. Meanwhile, you lay on the bed" I wanted to ask why, but he walled away in the fast rhythm. So just obeyed and lay on my back. After some time he came back with some kind of aroma-keeper that looked like a lamp...or a squished kettle. "Lay like this and don't move, inhale the sweet scent"

"And that's ...it?" he was right, this scent was truly sweet and relaxing. I felt dizzy and sleepy. My vision was blurry now as Elder's voice was now only echoing somewhere far away...before I went into warm darkness.

A/N

Sorry for posting it too late, unfortunately, I got things to do, but here we are and it's the next chapter! YAY! This picture didn't fit in the folder up there so I had to place it down here, it's how Elder makes her hair look like.

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