Author's Note - This chapter is about the death of the children...it's not too gruesome, but it is still not good
Life of a Dancer 2 - Chapter Thirty Three
"I can not believe the city! I have never seen such a lush and bustling city!" Lily exclaimed as they rolled into Juno later that evening.
"In the morning Lily, I will take you all around here." Arden said as he leaned over and took her hand in his.
"Nervous?" Lex said to Aurora
"Apprehensive is more like it." she said timidly
"Lachlan doesn't bite too hard. He has a soft spot for women. It's men that he really has fun with." Axia said with a smile
"I forgot about Bizi for a while, yeah, Lachlan really has it in for men." Lex said smiling at the memory of Bizi's test.
"So I should be fine, right?" Aurora said feeling more confident
"I don't see why not. Lily, we are here. Come look at the house?" Axia said pulling the curtain aside so that Lily could see the home
"Wow, and Mr. Teng, this is your home?" Lily asked
"Since Axia and Aldo's children never had children themselves, yes the home is mine." Lex said, not looking at Axia.
"Lex, do you enjoy hurting me? I am getting sick and tired of you jabbing me with your verbal barbs. Driver! Let me out right now!" Axia yelled out to the driver. As the carriage came to a screeching halt, it jerked everyone in the cabin. Axia then ripped open the door, and let herself out. "I am getting out of here, before I forget Lex that we are family and I kill you myself." she said as she slammed the door closed, and yelled at the driver to take off. Being trained since birth to obey the Chosen Hope, he cracked the whip on the peco's and they all took off, leaving Axia behind. Axia then heard shouts coming from the cab and saw it swaying, and she then witnessed Lex being thrown out of the cabin, and Kiniro right behind him. Lex began his defence by placing up a firewall, but Kiniro grabbed his lute and sent out a shot that went right through the firewall and knocked Lex onto the ground.
Standing up, Lex grinned evilly as he began to cast Soul Burn on Kiniro. Hearing the chant, Kiniro braced himself with Improved Concentration. But it failed as Kiniro felt himself weaken under the spell. Axia raced up and as she did, she began to cast Arrow Vulcan, targeting both of them. As she came up to then she began screaming at them both, stunning them with her voice. She then began to glow, and as Lily and Arden both emerged from the cabin, they heard "Tarot of Fate heed my words and stop these two egos in their place!" and with that they were both frozen in place. Within her mind she heard both of them yelling at her, but she tuned them out as she gathered Lily and Arden back into the carriage and yelled at the driver to take off, leaving the two frozen men.
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When they finally thawed out, Lex just whispered "You think she's mad at us?"
Glowering at Lex, Kiniro snidely remarked "Nah, what gave you that idea?" as he brushed off the remaining shards of ice on his cape. "I thought you were going to stop making her mad at you and be a good boy? You know the death of her children is a very sore spot for her, considering she just lost three more children. What on earth is wrong with you?" Kiniro said as he picked up his lute and started towards the hidden caves, not wanting to see Axia right now.
"I really don't know, it's like I can't control my thought process. I am certainly not intending to cause her any more pain. I know how lonely she has been for the last 100 years, and the death of her children is a sore spot. You never knew them but they were Mistress and Axia incarnate. Her son Caden was the spitting image of Drake, with Axia's temper, and her daughter Rowena was as demure as Mistress was. Rarely did you ever hear her raise her voice, but when she did, it was with quiet annoyance. It was the Dark Lord that killed them and Drake. He was training them in Glast Heim behind Axia's back to be Rogues, when the Lord found them. Axia always had full contact with her children, so when she heard their screams of fright, she and Aldo flew there. But coming from Juno, it was already too late. Drake had died protecting them, but after he died, he had turned on them and killed them instantly." he said as he opened the doors to the cavern where Lachlan lay.
"So that's how they died. Axia, when she bared herself, still kept that from me." Kiniro said as he secured the door behind them
"Well because of her connection, she saw their deaths. I don't know about you, but I couldn't handle seeing the dearest part of me ripped to shreds and not being able to do anything about it. It was no wonder she has blocked it from her memories. She is very powerful, so keeping a grip on her sanity is very important. She has the power to kill us all, and not even blink an eye." Lex said as he led them to Lachlan's inner sanctum
'So Lex, you found someone, good for you.' Lachlan said to them as they began to approach him
'Yes I did Lachlan. And you said I would be horrible in bed, for shame. I had her begging for hours.' Lex said in teasing, as Kiniro smiled
'I knew you would be able to, but I wanted you to find out. Now Kin, I am very sorry about the loss of the children. As for your wounds…' Lachlan said as he cast him into a warm glow and within the wall, all his wounds healed.
"So Lachlan, all the Valkyrie pieces were all quick to transcend everyone, so why did you never transcend Kiniro? Just out of curiosity." Lexkai said
'Because he doesn't want to transcend' Lachlan said
"Really?" Lex said turning to Kiniro.
"Yeah, Minstrels look gay." Kiniro said with a smile on his face and Lex laughed at that.
'Kiniro, if you make love to Axia within the next 3 hours, there is a good chance she will be come pregnant again. From what I can sense, she is fertile right now. But not for too much longer. Now both of you, head back up to your women. And Lex, since you know what the ceremony tonight will entail, advise everyone not to come.' Lachlan said and with that stopped glowing, signalling that it was time to go.
