A/N: Chapter 10 of Will you accept me?. Enjoy!
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Chapter 10: Darken Rahl's happy moment
Darken Rahl's Castle...
"FUCK!" Darken Rahl slammed his fist down on the table in anger. The papers that were on the table flew off and scattered all over the floor. His servants rushed forward frantically to pick them up.
"How in the world did the Seeker get to the front door so easily?"
"They had a Mord-Sith with them." One of the servants spoke.
"So what?"
"Ummm...they're really good at navigation skills?"
"Tch, I've heard enough! You guys are dismissed!" Darken Rahl walked back to his throne and dismissed the servants. Once the servants left, the Sisters of the Dark and the Sisters of the Agiels sauntered in.
"Please tell me you have good news." Darken Rahl looked at them individually, holding their gaze.
"I thought that you wanted the Seeker to be at your front door." Nicci spoke.
"Sorry I didn't mean the Seeker, I'm talking about that god damn monster with them!" Darken Rahl felt his blood boiling now. "I don' mind having the Seeker here but I WANT that monster dead!"
"Sir with all do respect but there is no way we can kill a Nygaax Werewolf." Denna added, her mind bracing for Darken Rahl's rage. The man couldn't contain his fury, he didn't understand why his subordinates were afraid of some big bad wolf. He didn't train them to be spineless wimps, he trained them to be soldiers.
"I. Don't. Care. . .IT!" He spat the command at them. The Sisters of the Agiel and the Sisters of the Dark gave each other a look and was about to leave the room when a messenger arrived.
"Pardon me your Majesty. The Seeker and his little group have appeared to have changed courses."
"WHAT?!" Rahl eyed the timid man suspiciously. "I thought they were coming here."
"Yes my Lord but they haven't obtained the Stone of Tears yet." The messenger spoke. Rahl's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree immediately.
"Of course...why didn't I think of that? I must have the Stone of Tears but my brother hasn't obtained it yet..." He sent the messenger away and leaned against his throne, smiling gleefully.
"My Lord, you look happy all of a sudden." Nicci stated.
"Why yes I am...I am delighted with this news." Rahl scratched his beard as if thinking of a plan. "Here's what you'll do," Nicci and Denna leaned closer to listen to the instructions, "Follow them, follow them all the way to the Stone of Tears. Once they unlock the secrets, split up your forces. That way, half of you will combat them, half of you will go and nab that stone. If possible, kidnap the Mother Confessor as well, don't kill her though. Understand?"
"Yes sir." Both women answered.
"Go on now." Rahl shooed them out and returned to his happy thinking phase, thinking of all the things he wanted to do with the Mother Confessor. He let out a delighted chuckle. There's no way his plan will fail this time.
Outside of the city...
"According to the map, Magical Valley is 5 kilometers to the northeast." Zed pointed with his bony finger in the general direction. "We should get there in at most a week."
"And here I was hoping of storming Rahl's fortress and kicking his ass." Cara planted her hands on her hip, looking at the castle from a distance. It took Kahlan 45 minutes to persuade her not to go off on her own to defeat Rahl since they still haven't obtained the stone yet.
"When we catch Rahl, you can have first whack at him." Kahlan promised her. Cara complied since 1. this was the Mother Confessor she was talking to and 2. Kahlan gave her the most beautiful and cutest puppy-dog eyes in the entire world.
"I suggest we start walking then." Richard shouldered his pack and took a step forward. As soon as his foot came into contact with the ground, it opened up into a massive sinkhole. He scrabbled for a good hold on the ledge but his hand started slipping.
"Richard!" Kahlan grabbed his hand and struggled to hold on but she also pitched forward.
"God damn it!" Cara got in there too, grabbing the Mother Confessor's hand while digging her heels into the ground to stop her own momentum. Kahlan and Richard dangled over the dark abyss, Cara was their only life support.
"Hang on tight, I'll pull you up!" Cara started backing up, pulling them up inch by inch. The three of them breathed heavily, the sinkhole was about 1 mile in diameter.
"Next time...watch where you step." Cara glared at Richard in annoyance.
"Sorry my bad." Richard scratched the back of his head in apology.
"How are we going to cross now?" Kahlan asked.
"We could try to find another way around it but that'll take 5 days to 1 week.
"I got an idea." Krystal spoke. It was mid-day however that didn't stop her transformation. The rest of the group made way for the Werewolf. She stood at the ledge and the wind died down. Using her power, she managed to created a stone bridge, which stretched in a high arc. She led everyone across and once they were over, the stone bridge crumbled to dust.
"I still don't know how you do that..." Richard spoke with awe in his voice. Krystal reverted back to human form and smiled.
"It's just something that I learned how to do when I'm in my werewolf form. Technically what I used was dark magic, it's forbidden art started back before the age of mages."
"As interesting as this sounds, we have a lot of walking to do and not a lot of time. Let's get moving!" Cara interrupted the two of them.
"Tch slave driver..." Richard snorted and Krystal giggled as the group continued towards Magical Valley to where the Stone of Tears resides.
A/N: Done with this chapter. I hoped you enjoyed it.