Chapter 4: -
"Taygo!" Cal called the wolf to his side his eyes on
the Strangers "Taygo?"
The wolf walked up to the girl, tale waging and
whining like a puppy. The girl laughed at the wolf and turned to look at Cal.
Jason had hidden behind Bear and at that moment
yelled as Bear stood on his foot.
The two strangers looked at him, Cal's eyes never
left the strangers but he smiled guessing at what had happened.
"I am cal, the Shang wolf. This is my companion
Jason" Cal introduced themselves to the strangers "Now which of you is the
mage?" he demanded
"We both are but I was the one who lit your fire, if
I had known you were shang I would not have lit it" the tall man bowed to cal
"You are forgiven sir mage," Cal said with a
friendly grin " I don't have the distrust of your kind as some of my kind do"
"I am Numair Salmalin and my companion here is
Veralidaine Sarrasri" the woman laughed as Taygo jumped up to lick her face
"You can call me Daine" Cal smiled at her and
relaxed pulling Taygo to his side by his collar
"Taygo why don't you find some more food now we have
guests" he released the wolf who ran in to the trees "Jason come away from Bear
before he brakes another bone"
"Your horse has a broken bone?" Daine asked shocked
"No gentle lady Bear is braking Jason's bones" Cal
said struggling to keep a strait face
Both Daine
and Numair eyed newly broken nose and he blushed deeply be for siting down by
the fire
"So what are the two heroes of the immortals war
doing here?" cal asked Daine and Numair as they sat by the fire.
"Running errands for the king and battling the odd
monster her and there" Numair told cal smiling
"We are lucky not to have met anything on the road
yet but if you may can we talk alone" he stood and walked away indicating to
Numair to follow him. "I Have a small problem you may be able to help me with"
He smiled at Jason as they walked away leaving him and Daine together.
Jason watched as the two men left leaving him in the
company of the young woman. He watched as she got up and smiled at him, walked
over to bear and with the corner of her tunic soaked in water from a flask. She
washed the small amount of Jason's Blood that had dried on his white nose. He noticed
the far away look on her face Just before his field of vision was blocked by Taygo's
head, in his mouth was a large Grey rabbit. Nervously Jason stoked his head
"G…Good Wolf" He was still unsure of having a wolf
so close
With a yap Taygo dropped the rabbit and went over to
Daine and Wound himself round her legs. She laughed and went back to the fire to
sit beside Jason with Taygo laid between them.
"Bear says you can't ride" Daine giggled again
"Uh? Bear said?" Jason looked puzzled
"Oh its ok I have wild magic" she explained
"Magic?" Jason still looked puzzled, where was he
that fires stated instantly and people believed in magic
"Ok" she hid a smile "lets say I can under stand him"
"Ok" Jason said but still looked puzzled
"He says that you should try to stay on his back even
if you can't ride, oh and the broken nose was an accident"
"Yeah I think it was" Jason looked evilly at Bear
who was trying his best to look innocent
Daine took charge of the rabbit as they waited for
the return of Cal and Numair.