Chapter Two
The Guys
"Stop cheating!" Zyro hissed angrily towards Domen.
"I'm not cheating; you're just not good at this game…" Domen said rolling his eyes, and continuing to place the cards down on the table.
Ailek sighing deeply looks up at the two and shakes his head, "why do we insist on playing this stupid card game if you two always argue about who's cheating?" Setting the cards down on the table, Ailek began rubbing the sides of his temples to relive some stress.
Before Domen and Zyro could protest to that, a thin man with matted blonde hair burst through the door, "the council wants to see you right now!"
All three men standing up abruptly, they head straight for the council room.
"What do you think they could want to call us?" Zyro asked.
Ailek looking over at him with dark blue eyes, "I don't know, could be anything, I hope it's something serious though, I hate when they waste my time."
Domen nodding his head in agreement, "let's hope that it has something to do with killing."
Zyro keeping silent next to them, he didn't really have much more to say. Looking up at the dimly lit stair case with his maroon eyes, turning to Ailek and Domen, "…I hope this doesn't take to long I'm getting kind of hungry," licking the top of his lip showing the tips of his pearly fangs.
The three guys walking into the room see Glory, Ben, and Vanessa. Walking up next to them, they look directly to the council.
"We have called you in urgency, to tell you that one of the council members has been killed." Standing up from his seat Malakyte walks over to the six standing to protect the council.
Glory taking very few steps towards the council bows her head and looks at them all before speaking, "council if you don't mind me asking, but how did the slayer get past the protectors?"
Veronica looking over Glory with much questioning in her eyes, she slowly stands to answer the question, "it was more then one Glory. There were three. Young women to be exact, they left us their marks, a crescent moon with a star, a flaming sword, and a snow flake." Veronica returning to her seat turns her attention back to watching Malakyte.
"Just tell us where they are council and we will make them pay!" Ben said with anger in his tone.
Malakyte raising his hand to them, "we only know of their marks, their identity is still unknown to us." Turning around he went back to his seat and sat down next to Veronica.
Kreg leaning forward, "we want you six, Ailek, Zyro, Domen, Ben, Glory, and Vanessa to protect the council. We will reside back to our homes but we will soon return, so for right now, Vanessa, Glory, and Ben, you will be coming with us and Ailek, Zyro, and Domen you will be going back to town."
The six protectors nodding their heads, waited for further commands.
The six remaining of the council standing up and walking slowly towards the door, the three that were ordered to follow them, go behind them with their weapons strapped to their shoulders or hand.
"Ailek, why do we still get stuck with watching the damn town, they know we are ten times the fighters of those three?" Zyro said heated,
Domen shaking his head, "we should get going so we have a place to stay?"
"The council, if you think about it are strong enough together, I doubt anyone would attack them?" Ailek said nodding his head to Domen.
Walking along side each other towards the village castle they stood in the doorway. "Let's hope this is worth it huh?" Zyro said with annoyance in his tone.
Ailek and Domen sighing push open the large steel doors with ease and walk out into the dark sky.
"Are you guys ignoring me?" Zyro said.
"No…Why would we do that…" Domen and Ailek said simultaneously.
"Whatever!" Zyro said rolling his eyes.
"What I want to know is how three girls beat a guy like Keyios?" Ailek said shrugging his shoulders.
The three guys making fun of the whole situation while they walked through the woods to the village castle, getting tired of walking and figuring it is now too late to go hunting for a little late night snack.
"What do you think the council is really going to do to them when they find them?" Domen said turning the conversation back to the real objective.
"Kill them of course; what else would they do with them?" Zyro said shrugging his shoulders.
"Death most likely won't be their first option…" Ailek stated calmly.
Reaching the castle in the forest they quickly began to unload their things. The sun would be rising shortly and they would need some sleep.
"Well who ever they are they made the wrong step by killing a council member…" Domen said tiredly.