A/N: So this is a shorter chapter then the others, but it is because I decided that I wanted to give all of you some extra infromation about Ghrinst and her background. I hope you like it. I thank everyone for the nice reviews I have been receiving.

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While running Ghrinst didn't talk to the king on her back, she knew he wouldn't hear her with the speed she ran. She started thinking, thinking of her live and how it had changed so much in such a sort time. She also thought of her lost love and her heart was filled with sadness when she thought of their last day together.

She yawned and looked at her mate. She loved Mirg and her people would considered him strong and good looking. 'The little ones are getting hungry.'

He looked at them and nodded. 'Yes, but we shouldn't go out yet. Those humans see us as monsters and you know how they tried to kill us last time we went hunting.'

She growled at him. 'We have to go hunting, otherwise we will starve.'

'We should never have come to these lands.'

She sighed. 'It was not safe there anymore. I didn't want to let our children grow up in that world.'

She thought of the place she was born. Deep in the mountains far away from the lands she was now. In the human world she would have been a princess, but that was not what here people called a member of the royal family. She was considered to be one of the most beautiful females in their lands, because of her size and her dark blue fur that shined in the sun. Her black eyes shined as gems and her magical powers were stronger then many others in her lands.

Many males had asked her to become her mate, but she refused all of them until she met Mirg. His fur reminded her of the morning sun and his paws were so strong that she knew he would be able to protect their whelps. His instincts were sharper then any other male she knew and she felt as if she could drown in his brown eyes.

Her father and mother were killed by rebels and while her older brothers fought the rebels they told her to run away. And that is what she did together with her mate. Only she, Mirg and her family knew that she was pregnant and they didn't want to risk her getting hurt.

I had been half a year since she left her homelands. Her babies were growing fast and she knew that they would be matured in another three years. Every day she would think of her home and her brothers. They had promised to get her when everything was settled in her lands. She and the others of her family had a special bond that allowed them to find each other wherever they were. She now felt she same bond with her whelps.

'Then let's go and hunt for some deer.' She nodded and walked towards her whelps.

'What is it mommy?' Starg asked and her mother knew that she would grow up to be as beautiful as she was.

'Your father and I are going to hunt, so stay here until we are back.' She smiled at them.

Her other two whelps had the same colour fur as their father. Sgirn looked much like her father and was going to be a strong Shadow in the future, many males would want her as a mate, because she would be strong. Even when Risg was a male he looked more like his mother and she knew that many females would fall in love with him. She also knew her babies would be considered true heirs to her family.

'Just don't be away to long.' Risg said.

Their mother walked towards their father and together they left the cave they used as their home.

Mirg quickly found the smell of a deer and they started to follow it. She looked at him with loving eyes. She didn't care that she would never return home, they only thing she wanted was to live together with her love and her children.

She looked confused at him when he suddenly stopped. He started to sniff around and she didn't smell anything strange. 'What is it?'

'I'm not sure.' He started running and stopped when she heard horses ridding in their direction. 'Humans and horses.' He said and he started to growl a little.

She nodded. 'We should hide.'

He agreed with her and they hide while the horses came closer. They were now close enough for Ghrinst to hear the humans talk to each other.

The first one she heard was a skinny boy. 'Is it a really dangerous creature?'

Then the person who was clearly the leader said with irritation. 'You really are a girl, Merlin. Of course it's dangerous why else would we go and kill it.'

Ghrinst frowned and listened to the black haired boy again. 'Because it's probably a creature of magic and having magic is punished with dead.' She understood that the boy didn't think the same about magic as the older one.

'Even more reason to kill it.'

Then another male spoke. 'Sire, wouldn't it be a good idea to stop for the night. It's getting dark.' So that man was indeed a leader of some sort.

The leader spoke again. 'Yeah, you're right let's make camp for tonight and rest because tomorrow we while hunt for the creature.'

Mirg touched her with his nose and she understood that he wanted her to follow him. When they were far enough away he stopped and looked at her with a concern.

'They spoke of us.'

She nodded. 'Yes, they want to kill us, right.'

'We can't let them do that. We should attack first and kill them in a surprise attack.'

She looked at him with a bit of concern. 'Are you sure that is the best thing to do?'

'What else can we do? Let's wait until they fall asleep and then attack.' She nodded that she understood, but was not completely sure this was the best thing to do.

They waited till all of them fell asleep and only the tall man who watched the camp was awake. They slowly walked towards the humans, but then the tall man looked in their direction and let out a warning shout.

Mirg growled when they were spotted and they quickly walked back into the darkness.

'I had hoped to take the man out without him alarming the other ones.'

'What should we do now?' She looked into his eyes and he smiled at her.

'We're stronger and faster then humans, we should be able to kill them.'

They looked at the humans and saw that they had gathered around their leader and Mirg screamed at them in anger. He slowly walked forward into the light of the fire. Ghrinst didn't want to let him go alone and followed her mate into the light. The humans were clearly shocked when they saw them. She grinned a bit, they should be afraid of them.

Mirg growled again and Ghrinst followed his example. Ghrinst noticed the pointy weapons the humans had and then she noticed that the leader tried to protect the skinny one of the group. The black haired boy didn't look like a warrior and didn't had a pointy weapon.

They started to fight and she jumped on top of one of them, but then she was sliced into her shoulder which caused her to scream in pain. She looked at the one that hurt her and saw it was the leader. She started slashing towards him and he tried to escape her attack. Suddenly he fell backwards and she saw that the boy behind him held up his hand. His eyes flashed golden and she starred a moment at him forgetting her prey.

She noticed the leader again when he screamed. 'Retreat.' And he and the others started running away.

She looked at Mirg. 'Let's take them out first.' They ran after the leader, the black haired boy and the one she had jumped on.

She ran into the forest to surprise them while Mirg was the decoy and it would have worked if the leader hadn't seen her when she jumped out of the shadows. The humans split up again.

Mirg looked at her. 'You take out the blond human and I will go after the other two.'

She nodded and followed the leader. He was fast, but she was faster then he was. Suddenly he ran towards a cave and she followed him.

She suddenly walked into a barrier and screamed of shock and pain. She looked into the cave and saw a boy standing with the man.

She blinked. Were they companions? She hadn't seen the boy before. She was shocked when the leader wanted to attack the boy and was thrown back by another barrier. She grinned. 'No, they are not friends.' She started to walk around looking for another way in, but there wasn't one.

She lay herself down on the ground out of the sight of the humans, but so that she could she them and listened to their conversation. She frowned. 'I helped you because of Emrys.'

'Who is Emrys?'

'You don't know who Emrys is!'

'No, I don't.'

'He is the one that protects you!'

Somebody protects this leader? confusion rushed through her head.

'What do you mean he protects me? How can I be protected by someone I don't know!' The leader screamed and the boy looked frightened. 'I am sorry I didn't mean to scare you. I just want to know what you mean by saying he protects me.'

'I don't know a lot more than the elders told us, but Emrys is a sorcerer that wants to see you become a great king.'

'Why would he want that? Does he know that I also handle the rule against magic just like my father did?'

'Yes, that's why he doesn't reveal himself to you.'

'Do I know him? Is he in Camelot?' Arthur said with some concern in his voice.

'You know him and yes he lives in Camelot, but he is loyal to you. Emrys is just one of the names he was given.'

'Tell me who he is!'

'No, I am not going to betray him.'

She wasn't able to hear the rest of the conversation, because pain rushed into her head. She knew immediately that something was wrong with Mirg. She stood up and ran towards the place she felt that her loved one was. He was further away then she thought and when she reached the place he was she suddenly stopped after seeing the one thing she never wanted to see.

He lay down and the ground around him was covered in blood. She slowly walked forward while tears appeared in her eyes. 'This can't be true... Mirg you're alive, aren't you?... Mirg?... Mirg! Mirg! Mirg! Mirg!...'

She brushed her head against her mate's, but he didn't react, he would never react again. She brushed harder against his head in attempt to get a reaction from him. She started howling. Long howls sounded through the wood. She felt as if her heart was turned into ice. 'You can't leave me. You promised that you would never leave me... What do you expect me to tell the children?'

She curled her body against his and laid there until she could feel his body getting cold. She stood up and stared at him, this would be his last resting place. She focused herself and started to cast a spell. The ground slowly opened itself for him and closed itself above him. A tree sprout from the ground and covered the place her love slept for all eternity. The tree was a kind not known in these lands and it was even rare in the lands they came from. She turned around knowing she would never see her mate again and ran back towards her little ones. The only thing that would still remind her of her love.