Almost finished my exams… as I write this only one more to go !
But my avid readers need an update XP
Yes I have changed my name as well but I like my new one better ….. More patriotic me thinks.
Anywho this one is more on the captives and a bit of cat and mouse between the brotherhood and the Commanders forces.
Also I'm not bothering to write the disclaimer anymore because I don't own the study series and I never will so that went for all future chapters as well.
Enuff chat n lets get on with the show !
General POV
A loud thump on the lid of the box woke Marissa from her light sleep.
"Wake up bitch! We're here." 'He calls me a bitch again I'll kick him were it hurts' The light blinded Marissa's eyes as the lid was lifted off the box. Being dragged out of the box, Marissa looked around. Only then did she realise that the blindfold which was on when she went into the box. Seeing the hills and the waist-length grasses, it became clearer that they were even farther from the border than before.
"Get up you stupid little whore!" The other young woman had fallen on her knees. Anybody in their right mind could see she wasn't well. Marissa had had just bout enough of these… these… barbarians! She broke away from the man that held her.
"Leave her alone! She's not well can't you see that?" The men looked at her but just as they were about to reach for her a voice stopped them in their tracks.
"Well, if she's ill then perhaps we should take her to the King. I'll bet he'll be glad to see his future bride." A middle aged man, bald on top with bangs at he sides, stepped forward. Blind rage coursed through Marissa when she realised who was behind everything that had been going on. "Marissa, how's Ixia's very own 'Daddy's spoiled little princess' doing outside her 'Palace'?"
Marissa clutched the woman closer to her and ground her teeth. She wouldn't rise to the bait.
"Nix!"
Valek POV
Looking around the underground cells, the amount of blood in the farthest one way from the steps made me sick. I knew, without Irys confirming it, who the blood belonged to. Thanatos came behind me.
"We were so close, so close. This much blood… she's hurt and I don't know how bad." I couldn't help it the anger in my heart would not be controlled any longer. I slammed the cell door shut and stormed back up the stairs. Unfortunately, I couldn't get very far without Captain Donagh stopping me in my tracks.
"Don't even think about it! You forget my little girls out there and you could get her killed!"
I'd heard enough. I'd come so close to getting her back and now this! I felt like the tom cat that never quite caught the mouse, it always one step ahead of me. I rounded on Donagh.
"The woman I love and our unborn child are in more danger than your precious daughter! I understand completely how you feel and what you are going through so I do not need you to tell me. Now just back off!" Having said my piece, I shoved passed him and made my way back to the horses. Irys came running up to me, excitement written all over her face.
"What?"
"She's still alive! And the baby's fine as far as I can tell but Yelena's very weak."
"How do you know this?" Did I dare to hope…?
"She contacted me. She mentioned Marissa and someone called Nix. He was the inside man I think. Marissa said he worked for her father but that she never liked him." Donagh joined us at the mention of his daughter's name. His face twisted in disgust at the last comment.
"I threw him out of my ranks after he made a very inappropriate pass at Mari. After I had him court marshalled, he shouted something about getting his own back in someway or another." It was all well and good knowing who was behind all of this, but I needed to know where she was. I looked at her brother. Something akin to a grin appeared on his face. Suddenly, I felt really uneasy.
"Leif?" Irys sounded as ill at ease as I felt. "What is so funny?"
"I think I might know where to look next. A friend of mine from the Citadel always kept going on about how he would someday reclaim back what was rightfully his. I think he once introduced me to a man called Nyx."
The sounded similar but I didn't want to hope. To do so but find it wasn't to be would probably kill me altogether. "That's great but its not the same name."
"Actually it is. Nix and Nyx both have the same meaning but in different languages. In ancient Eif, Nyx means 'deadly' which is Nix in the language of the old king of Ixia." Not even the sea could have been as wide as my smile at that moment.
"I take back everything I ever said about you being annoying. And feel free to tell your sister everything I said." Leif, Irys and the Commander just laughed, all knowing what Yelena was likely to do to me when she found out, but I didn't care. Donagh looked up at me.
"What's so good about this?"
"Leif here just gave us the break we were looking for. We can find your daughter." It was all he needed to hear. As the men mounted up and prepared to ride out, only one thought ran through my mind. 'The mouse was going to pay for stealing from the cat'
YAY ! I got another one finished. It's not very long but its important. It shows the turning point think in Valek's relationship with Leif.
On another note, I made up the bit about Nix's name but I'm not sure how to spell the language so ill go with that.
Also if you can guess what CLASSIC cartoon is mentioned in this I'll give you a special mention in my next chapter. Hopefully with the end of my exams they'll be coming along much sooner than this one.
Anyways, R & R
Laters XP
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