Note: This is purely a fanfiction based story. I will not be making any profit from it and I do not own anything in it.
Chapter Ten
"Where are those dogs?"
Markus stood atop a small hill, looking over the flat field in the distance for any sign of the pack of dogs he had set loose in order to go and find the baby of the prophecy. He had trained them well and they were well prepared for their quest into finding the baby and bringing it back either dead or alive...although his mother would prefer for the child to be dead upon arrival.
He never quite understood why his mother hated the child with such passion and how it could be the downfall of her kingdom. How could one little tiny infant bring about the destruction of his mother's kingdom? It just seemed impossible that this child would be the end of his mother and all of her kingdom.
The faint sound of a howl caught his attention, and brought his focus onto where a dog was emerging from a line of the trees. The visual brought a smile to his face at seeing one of his hounds coming back.
Ah...There is one now.
However, his smile didn't last on his face. His eyes continued to watch from where he stood and only saw the one running across the flat piece of land. The rest of the pack was nowhere in sight and this one was running with a bit of a limp to it. Markus hurried down from where he was towards the injured dog and knelt down. He waited for the dog to lie before him before he noticed that he had been slashed out on his fur and that he was greatly tired.
"It seems like whoever has the baby knew what the dogs were sent for."
Markus didn't have to turn to see who it was that was speaking to him for he knew it to be his sister, Sorscha. His eyes remained focused on the injured dog before him. One of his hands pressed down on the wound as he drew in a breath of air. Focusing his dark power residing with him that he inherited from his mother, an emerald green light seeped from the center of his hand and into the body of the dog before him, beginning the process of healing its wounds. He kept his focus on the beast as he issued his response to his sister.
"Yes...And whoever they are know how to fend off our wild dogs with blades."
"Perhaps these people are much more of a challenge for us than we once thought of them to be."
"No group of people can stand up to the might of Bavmorda and her children."
Releasing his hand from his dog, it warmed his heart to find the hound back to its normal self. He smiled to the dog before rising up and looked to where Sorscha stood with a firm expression on her face, matching the town in her voice.
"We will have to be extra vigiliant now, brother. Whoever has this baby is prepared to make sure that we do not take her from them."
"Even if that may be, we are more stronger then them, and will conquer them to get the child."
"And what if it is the same for the woman of the prophecy that you are to marry? What if there are those around her that will keep her from being taken so easily?"
"I will be more fierce and lethal with them for they have something that I treasure greatly and that is meant to be with me as I am meant to be with her."
Markus glanced over to where a tall tree stood, and used his force of will to cause the tree to split down the middle as if a bolt of lightning had done the job. He looked at it for a few moments before returning his attention to his sibling.
"Trust me when I say this, Sorscha...Whoever has Sophia, will pay with their lives. Simple...as...that."
"We need to go to bed now for the sun is starting to fall. We have to continue our quest early in the morning."
"Very well, sister."
He watched her head back to camp before looked over to the tree that he had literally destroyed with his own making. Whoever had the baby, as well as Sophia, would pay severely for keeping him from getting the child of the prophecy and the woman that was to be his bride. His eyes lingered on the tree for a few more moments before he pulled them away from it and started towards his camp to settle in for the evening since the sun was now setting behind the tall mountains in the distance.