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Into the fields of Summer - 56. Battle Lines 3
August and Victor were in the phone with other Werewolf and Vampire authorities for the next hour or so. They had to report to their respective councils the attack and also get a updates if other packs and vampire groups were attacked as what Victor knew from Denver.
“How is it?” I asked Victor as both him and August entered the living room.
“Not good... but not that bad too” August answered then continued “The Crescent Council already knows of the attacks, several other packs in Maryland, Ohio, and Montana were attacked, one alpha was severely injured as well, he’ll need almost a month to recover, another Clan Alpha in Oregon was attacked but they were able to fend the attacks off just like the rest”
Victor then added “They attacked the Governor of District 7 and several NuBlood warehouses in the Midwest, however the extra security measures we’ve implemented have held and no casualties on our part as well, though there are several injuries”
“What now?” Leo muttered, he was clearly at least slightly distressed about the turn of events.
“The Crescent Council will be sending agents to secure the rogue werewolves while the Vampire High Council will send their own as well” August answered. The werewolf then sat beside Leo and said “I’m so sorry for this, this should have been just a quick and fun vacation for you guys, all I got you into was trouble” he rather said sadly.
“No... no... it’s not your fault” Leo replied rather urgently, he didn’t want his boyfriend to take the blame for this, and of course he’s right, this wasn’t August’s fault.
“He’s right, it’s not your fault August, we’ve all heard Denver earlier, they were gonna attack me in Greensburg as well, it’s actually good that we’re all here, with us being together we were able to deal with them rather quickly” Victor said to his werewolf friend as he patted August’s shoulders.
“Yeah... thanks for the help though” August said looking at the both of us.
“Don’t mention it, we know you would have done the same for us” Victor warmly said.
“Yeah... we would have”
“Okay... what do we do now?”
I asked.
“Well... the agents will be here in the next few hours, for now I think we should rest” August said as he stretched in the couch beside Leo. August laid himself flat on the couch, with his head on Leo’s thigh, my best friend gently rubbing the werewolf’s forehead as we all rested and caught our breaths.
Half an hour later Cage walked in the four of us with sandwiches on a tray while Arthur was behind him with cups and a pitcher of juice.
“Eat up” Cage smiled and invited as us all for a light snack.
As we all ate our sandwiches, Cage looked at me and said “thanks for earlier, you saved me back there”
“Don’t mention it” I replied.
“How’d you do that though?” He asked.
“Hehe, long story short ... I’m half elf” I let out a small snort at that and just gave a quick wave with my hand as if to downplay the repercussions of such an admission.
“A what?!” Cage said rather surprised, he surely didn’t expect that answer that I’m sure of.
“You heard the boy Cage” August commented.
“But that’s...” he muttered.
“Yeah... we know, but that’s the truth, I told yah he can deal with those guys” August said with a small laugh.
“Sorry... I couldn’t help out” Leo muttered.
“Oh no honey... I didn’t mean it that way” August clearly worried about Leo’s feelings now. Leo must have felt helpless at that point, and to be honest he isn’t half bad himself, but I understand August in trying to protect Leo, the situation was far too unpredictable earlier for us to risk Leo’s safety.
I then chimed in and went over to my best friend and gave him a hug from behind. “Leo... don’t worry... we got your back and you got ours,
I know for sure, you’ll be able to kick some vampire or werewolf ass pretty soon” I said.
“Hmm.. I hope so” he said just above a whisper.
Later on... Arthur asked “is that why we feel rather differently around you?”
“Most likely, so now you know, so are we good? No need to be so tense around me, I don’t bite, I’m not a vampire like my boyfriend over here” I teased.
Victor only gave me a mischievous smile as Arthur replied “Okay okay... we just didn’t know how to act around you, I couldn’t explain it earlier but at least now we know”
Just before 6pm, three guys were buzzed into the property, they were agents from the Vampire government, they drove in a black van, and all were wearing black jackets, Fred welcomed them into the mansion and they all dropped by the living room to meet us.
“Governor... Council Member,
I am Agent Astra, We’re agents from the Vampire Government, we’re here for the rogue vampires”
Victor and August both stood and shook hands with the agents.
They all talked about the incident for the next 5 minutes or so and then Fred and Victor escorted the agents to the cellar.
In less than 5 minutes all 4 rogue vampires were secured and the agents left with the rogues. Victor later mentions to me that they’ll be subject to deeper interrogation by the Vampire Government’s other mind readers.
30 minutes later, a similar event occurred, this time with 3 werewolf agents carting off with the 2 rogue werewolves into their own van.
Dinner was somber and a little bit more quiet than expected. However this was expected especially given what has transpired in the afternoon. On the second half of dinner though, it slightly got a little bit more lively as Fred and Arthur kept teasing each other.
After dinner, August, Leo, Victor and myself went for a swim in the mansion’s indoor pool. And my god the pool had a jacuzzi attached to it as well. We spent the next half our so swimming around and splashing each other in the water, while we spend the next 45 minutes relaxing in the jacuzzi, the warm water jets clearly a welcome treat for my now slightly sore body.
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That night, Victor and I talked for a few more minutes in our bed before drifting off to sleep.
“What a day huh?” I said as he caressed my boyfriends naked chest while my head laid on it as well.
“Yeah...” Victor replied in a tone that recognized how tiring that part of the day way.
“They won’t stop won’t they?”
I asked.
I asked.
“It seems they’ll only get more persistent in the coming days ahead” Victor replied.
I kiss my boyfriend’s chest and the scoot up higher and look him in the eyes “Hmm... we’ll face them together”
“Yes... we will, we’ll have to be extra careful from now on though” Victor said as he touched my face.
“Yes... we will, but we shouldn’t let them put a damper on our moods” I replied as I gave my boyfriend a peck on the lips.
“We won’t... we certainly won’t” Victor smiled a little as he said that.
A few more minutes later, both Victor and I drifted off to sleep.
—
I was back again in the tower, this time I was back again in the 17th floor of the tower, I spent a few more minutes in that level but then
I decided to explore the higher level, I made my way through the staircase up to the 18th floor, this time instead of books or scrolls, the entire level was filled with different things, various objects and ornaments were uhm... displayed? In the floor on top of tables, the objects ranged from swords to rings, bracelets, earrings and necklaces and even... staffs of various lengths each staff however had a small spherical crystal on one end. All the objects were encased in glass. I looked around and observed the various objects in display, it seemed that I came across some sort of repository for various artifacts.
I continued to walk around, I was certainly amazed by what I saw, I really didn’t understand how important these items were to be in here but I had a feeling these objects were no ordinary objects, I mean come on, why would these objects be here anyway? As I walked around, a certain artifact caught my attention, it was a thin silver bracelet with a golden inscription on it, two symbols to be exact, the elvish script was a syllabary, meaning each symbol stood for a syllable, I can already read elvish but the word that was inscribed on it had no English translation however it read as maktar, I then touched the glass and the moment I touched the glass, it disappeared, I jerked back in surprise, what the hell is this all about I thought. I then went back closer to the bracelet, after a few seconds of thinking it over, I decided to touch the bracelet, I picked it up and brought it to eye level,
I examined the bracelet and it was silver and the inscriptions, no beads or anything, I tried to put on the bracelet and after a few seconds of effort, it found itself on my right wrist, I then examined it closer and I uttered the word inscribed on it “Maktar” I quietly said. Then in an instant the bracelet shrunk as if to hug my wrist perfectly, there’s no way to remove this now I thought.
Then a few seconds later the bracelet started to get warm, then from warm to searing hot!
I cried out in pain as the bracelet got hotter and hotter, I tried to remove it with my left hand but I just burned myself some more, the bracelet was now glowing and the pain was almost unbearable, then after a few more seconds of agony, my screams echoing throughout the tower, the pain stopped and the bracelet disappeared into my wrist.
I then brought my wrist to my eye to examine it, no burns or scars, as if the bracelet wasn’t there before, then I saw it, “shit” I muttered to myself as I saw the symbols for maktar tattooed into my wrist, the symbols were on the palm side of wrist, the symbols weren’t big at all, maybe just under a centimeter across. The tattoo was light gold color, with my skin color, it was barely visible. Shit what did I get myself into now.
I examined my wrist further and aside from the symbols, nothing else has changed.
“Okay... okay... calm down Chris, all will be well” I muttered to myself as I looked around the tower. I didn’t dare touch another artifact, if all artifacts were like the bracelet, I might end up leaving the tower with a bunch of tattoos.
After a few more minutes of looking around, I then started to fade out.
—-
Sunday morning, December 8th, I woke up with my boyfriend still asleep beside me. Hmm how beautiful he looked as he rested. His chest gently rising as he slept like the angel that he is.
I was looking at my boyfriend as his eyes opened when he woke.
“Mornin’” I said with a smile as I played with his hair.
“Mornin’ love” he sleepily replied with a disarming smile. “You’ve been up long?” He asked.
“Nah... just woke a few minutes earlier”
“Do you think the rest are already up?” He asked.
I looked at the bed side clock and it was just a few minutes after seven.
“Maybe... if not, they’ll be up soon, we have a short trip to Baltimore right?”
“Yeah... August will be treating us for lunch after we visit some museums”
“Okay... come on” I said as I started to get up and stretch for the day.
My boyfriend yawned as he stretched himself up for the morning as well.
As I stretched, I looked up to my right wrist and shit, the symbols were still with me. It was barely visible but with the right amount of light and with just the right angel, you can see the light golden tattoo slightly shimmer.
Victor caught me staring on my wrist and asked “what’s the matter?”
“Uhm... this” I said as I showed him the marks.
He brought my wrist closer to him and maybe with his vampire eyesight he immediately saw it. My boyfriend looked at me in confusion and said “how? This is the first time I’ve seen this, did you get a tattoo?”
“Can you see what’s written?”
I asked him.
“Elvish?” He asked, his face showing confusion as to how and why this came to be.
“Yes... I don’t know how or why but last night... I was in the tower and
I touched something and then... it sort of gave me this” I shrugged,
I was clueless to how or why.
“What do you think this is about?” Victor asked.
“I really don’t know, I haven’t had the chance to ask Patri or Yal yet”
Victor embraced me and with mouth near my ear he said “don’t worry, we’ll figure this out”
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Stories posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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