12- Growth spurt and new knowledge and a special guest

As they walk up the stairs Drenial sees them and says "Oh thank the creators. Where have you been? It's almost lunch time the sun is in the mid of the sky. You all have missed" He stops talking when he seeing Cleopatra and how big she has gotten and step back when he sees how everyone is guarding her. Kevin walks up and says "Oh my you had one big growth spurt didn't you. Wow this is amazing I didn't know you could grow like this Oh my Oh my." As he was bouncing around excited to see for himself how the growth spurts can very. Deacon steps forward and says "Well looks like your being feed well if your growing like this." Issan didn't like how he sounded or looked at Cleopatra and neither did Melody and all the sudden a growl came from Melody a warning and threatening at the same time and he stepped back and says "Cravous don't growl young lady and" Issan encaged him with fire and turned the flames clear and says "You will never talk to my baby sister again you are to never look her directions nor My Sweet Cleo's either."

Issan puts Cleopatra down and moves Melody next to her and says "My love take Melody and Bryan to the dining room please. Max and Lyra you are to go with them. Celine you will get there food everyone gets the same bring Your Queen cooked food. Now everyone go I have a few things I need to speak with Deacon about." Everyone starts to go Martin steps up and says "Please King Issan do not kill him this will not sit well with the rest of the people." Issan says still looking at Deacon "Kill oh I'm not going to kill just a few questions and depending on his answer will depend if he keeps his life. You hear me if you tell me everything I ask you get to keep your life." Deacon just nods his head. Issan moves closer and says "Tell me why you came here and don't tell me the people I know how close you and your nephew are and I know you know Cleopatra. So what does your dear nephew ask you to do while you were here?" Deacon takes a shaking breath afraid if he tells him Issan will burn him alive but if he doesn't Issan will torcher him till he spill.

He decides a quick death is better than slow and pain full so he asks "Can you please lower the flames a little and I will tell you everything." Issan does and Deacon says "Malloy contacted me that you came and bought a Brenos and I asked if it was the little girl that I was thinking of buying from him. My new wife is having issues conceiving and I thought about the little baby Malloy had and when I went to see her again she was more wild and dangerous. I was trying to get a half breed to help me but you know how much the Brenos race even half bloods hate my family. When I went back I asked to see her and he told me you bought her but she wasn't wild with you she was the opposite she wanted you to hold her and she wanted to be with you and you with her. Like the mate bond we have heard about growing up and why female Brenos are hard to find. I know this looks bad and Malloy did want me to find out if you killed the doctor and if the little girl was dead or still alive. If she was still alive I had no plans of telling him he never should have put her in with the wild adult males to fight for her life but he is has heartless as his father. I know I can be a jerk but I'm not heartless. She needed to be cuddled and loved she was just a baby and then when I told him to get her out and treat her better he did get her out but what he tried to do next made me disown him as family and she gave him something that will never go away. Please don't ask me to say it what he was going to do will make you unstable and I really don't want to be burned alive."

Issan turned if off and asks "Well what did he do?" Deacon looks down and says "His words if she won't submit then I will...I will...."Deacon sniffles and say "Fuck her into submission." Issan was furious the temperature started to rise and he turns to walk off and stops and says "You will sit in a cell till check everything out." Deacon says "I understand. I do have one request please send for my wife if Malloy knows what I told you he might kill her please. She just conceived our child and she is young and has no family. Don't just send her a letter have someone go get her please I don't trust him. I haven't even notified her or him I made her yet non of us have told anyone anything. He won't see it coming please I beg you." Issan snaps his fingers and two guards take him down to the second level of the dungeon. When Issan gets to everyone he asks "Alex I need someone to go get someone quite without being noticed and quick is there someone who can do that?" Alex smiles and says "I do know the perfect person for that actually but there's a problem with that." Issan says "Oh why is the problem with this person?" Alex points at Issan and says "You won't leave Queen Cleopatra and according to her father you can't yet the next best person is Marv then me and Max." Lyra clears her voice and says "I know someone who will be the best and no matter the distance they can do it within days." Issan looks at her and says "Even if it's a month trip away." Lyra nods her head.

This intrigues Issan and he asks "Well this I have got to see." Lyra bows her head and says "Please permit me a few days away?" Alex and Max start laughing this irritates Lyra so she showed the truth and knocked them all on the floor. Issan busted out laughing so does everyone else. Lyra Says "Please I can do this My Lord My Queen Please allowed me to prove myself to you." Cleopatra says "I don't see why not please Lyra be careful out there and hurry home I will miss you." Lyra bows and says "I will miss you too My Queen." She stands and leaves before anyone noticed. Issan turns to Cleopatra and says "I didn't give her a note to leave the front gate." Cleopatra smiles and says "She does not need to use the gate."

Issan just sits next to Cleopatra and eats the food brought to him. Cleopatra finishes and gets up from her chair and moves to Issan and sits in his lap and says "My Issan when Lyra gets back I would like her to train me to hunt instead of Alex I know my father said Alex too but I think I can learn more from Lyra." Issan kisses her on the check and says "I don't see why not she stepped up to help you down stairs and she did prove she's fast and stronger than she looks." Cleopatra smiles big and so happy and ready to learn how to control herself and glad that everything is working out better than she had hoped. Issan could feel what she was feeling and was happy she was happy. Cleopatra was becoming his everything and he couldn't stop it from forming.

Sakara says "Girls would you like to go to the garden to play and Issan you do have work you need to get done. Drenial you do too." Cleopatra says "Bryan this time play with us don't just sit in your book like last time." Bryan looks at her and smiles this is the most he's ever been noticed. Issan was the first born and extremely powerful and Melody is the only girl and the baby he's the middle and the second son not important at all. Cleopatra tries to include him all the time he really likes his new sister. Bryan thinks 'I wish I could stay by her side and protect her till we know the truth and everything everyone has been hiding is revealed. Is Issan's mom really alive will mom be forced to leave dad will she have me killed. No one can ever say no or be mad at Melody but me they can even my own brother hates me.'

They all get up and head to the garden and Bryan stops Cleopatra and Bryan asks "Please tell me why you include me?" Cleopatra touches his chest near his heart and says "Your heart is sad and is lonely and reaching out with open arms to be loved like mine was when My Issan found me. Since Issan saved me and showed me love I just want to show my new brother love that he deserves. Bryan you are more than you think and feel and Issan and Melody love you the same and your parents both love you. Issan." Bryan shakes his head and cuts in says "No he doesn't he's mean to me all the time he's even burnt me before see." He lifts his shirt and shows her. Cleopatra looks at it closely and says "Bryan this looks like a map of some kind you sure he did this without thought and because he hates you. I don't I'm really serious this looks like map."

Cleopatra gets a pin and paper and starts to map it on paper and Melody and Sakara just watch when she was done she showed and he couldn't believe it she was right it did look like a map but a map of what. As he looked at it he finally saw it what it was a map to it was the hidden tunnels in there dad's castle but why would he burn that onto him. Bryan says "When brother Issan is done working we need him to burn this. Your right it is a map I knew about some but not all of this. We can't let this fall into the wrong hands and we can't tell anyone about this." Sakara says "Bryan what is this?" Cleopatra looks at Bryan and he says "It's what brother Issan gave me." As he touched his burn marks. Melody gets it immediately and says "Got it this will be our secret. Now what he said makes more since when you were sleeping. I told you what he said." Bryan says "This will save you one day just know I did for a reason I'm sorry Bry forgive me. It was the first time he ever called me that and was gentle so I didn't believe you." Melody smiles and says "See I wasn't lying to you I thought it looked familiar but couldn't pin point it."

As the day started coming to an end and the sun was setting everyone met up in the grand hall to eat the members of the Summit were talking quietly and Issan and Drenail walk in and Cleopatra hands the paper to Issan and he says "Did you draw this for me." Cleopatra shakes her head and say "No for Bryan to see something but we need you to burn it to ash." Issan caught on immediately and burns it and Drenial only hearing it for Bryan says "What the, why did you do that because she didn't do that for you." Bryan hearing that looks over and sees Issan burning the paper smiles and says "Thank you big brother Issan I love my gift and I will cherish it for ever." Issan says moving to the table. "So does this mean I'm forgiven for the pain I put you through." Bryan says "Yep" gets up and gives him a hug. Issan smiles as does Sakara and Melody.

Drenial lost and not knowing what was going on was feeling left out again. He starts to wonder if Issan is blaming him for something he didn't do. While Issan keeps thinking on how to tell Drenial everything. They have never been close at all. All Issan can think about is if he can trust his own father with anything that he has found out. Something has always been off about how his mother died the body they got and the way his father was when she died. Issan used the issues with his father for a reason to burn the map into Bryan. When his grandparents both died he had hoped that Bryan would figure it out one day but it looks as though he would have never figured it out if it wasn't for Cleopatra.

Drenial was getting so sick of all the secrets that it was making him angry and the air around him started to rise and Cleopatra feeling this just moves to Drenial. Cleopatra walks over to Drenial and starts climbing into his lap and hugs him and whispers "It's ok I know your upset but it will be ok.' Drenial starts to calm down and he's lost how she calms him. 'Something is not right something's very wrong. I need a favor from you can you give me all the names of everyone that went out with Lady Leiareera the day she was attacked." Drenial just sat there not saying anything. He thought back to that day and she was right something is off about that day. How is this little girl so smart and how come she knows things and why is she so perceptive.

Drenial starts thinking does she know something was she told something by her father that no one else heard. But how when other Brenos went too and they are loyal to Issan but are they more loyal to her. Cleopatra tapped him on the shoulder and shakes her head. He looks at her confused does she really know what's he's thinking about. Cleopatra nods her head and puts a finger to her lips to tell him it's there secret and he looks at Issan and back to her and she shakes her head. This puts a smile on his face that he knows something Issan doesn't. Cleopatra giggles knowing it made him happy he was finally told a secret.

Issan looks at them knowing he doesn't have the ability to hear them signals for Max and he comes over and bends his ear to him and Issan asks "What are they talking about?" Cleopatra turns to them and says "Answer that and I will have Lyra punish you when she gets back." Max stands up and nods his head and walks away. Issan was not happy about this and he goes to punish Max for not answering and Cleopatra says "My Issan please be good and nice plus the power of full blooded Brenos women very from bloodline and seeing what Lyra can do says she's from and very powerful family. Also My Issan when Deacons wife gets here I would like him released. He was telling the truth and he did try to stop Malloy but I did it myself."

The members of the summit just sit there in shock that she would ask for his release and everyone starts to move for the out burst they expect for Issan and he says nothing just nods his head and looks away. He starts to get up to leave the room and Cleopatra gets down and screams an awful screeching scream. Issan stops and turns around and she starts crying and he runs to her and scopes her up and holds her close running his fingers through her hair and humming the tune she loves. Cleopatra just cry's and is refusing to be consoled. She keeps pulling away from Issan and he starts to panic which makes her cry more and Drenial stands up and whispers "What ever your feeling and thinking stop it." Issan just looks at him and his mind stops and Cleopatra starts to calm. She snuggles into Issan and bays. Issan looks at Drenial and says "What happened?"

Drenial feels a pull to say "Just had a feeling that it was your emotions causing her to cry." Drenial not knowing why he said it but it seemed to calm Issan and Cleopatra was now calm. Sakara stands and says "I think it's bath time and bed time." Everyone heads to the bath and the bath and tell the bath maids what they want and start getting in and cleaning up. Everyone is silent no one wanted to say anything in fear of upsetting Cleopatra. Celine comes in and says "My Queen, Lyra asked if you were alright and if she needs to come back?" Cleopatra shakes her head and sniffles ready to cry again. Celine gets in the bath and starts to play with her hair and Cleopatra purs and relaxes. Everyone just sits there Issan is not knowing what to say or do. Celine then says "Don't worry King Issan she's developing more of her censoring and it's messing with what she knows and feels and then on top of that Lyra has become her mother bond that is how she knew something was wrong that bonding happened when she helped her in the training room. As female we are the more superior sex and have more censoring than males one of the reasons females are harder to find."

Martin says "If so then why did Malloy's people come up on Cleopatra's mother?" Celine says "Because we need to be near water and in sun for us to survive the process that's why Grand High Queen Sophia died during childbirth. Plus they probably had her underground and they're lucky that Cleopatra didn't die as well but for her to not be on Holy ground during the first born child to her line in over 100's of years. Normally our kind have no problem having children or getting pregnant but she had gone 563 years without child and they were all afraid that she would never." Issan says "Wait she was 563 years old when she had My Sweet Cleo?" Celine shakes her head and says "No her first baby went missing she fell in love with a Cravous male and got pregnant after the baby was born the man and the baby disappeared. No one knows if the baby lived or died or if it was a boy or girl. They went together and while she was resting before she could bond to the child he took off. She mourned the lose for 563 years she was well in her 700's when she died."

Issan smiles and says "So when I was told age is nothing to a Brenos I wasn't being lied too" Celine shakes her head. Issan asks "So Brenos children do they usually grow this fast or no?" Celine again shakes her head and says "It's probably do to the fact that she was in the womb for so long because of where we come from if we are taught and she was we can make a pregnancy last for years for up to well 110 years I suppose that's how long My Queen's gestation was." Melody asks "What's gestation?" Celine smiles and says "How long she was in the womb of her mother's belly. So she" Issan cuts in and asks "Wait. Your telling me that she was in her mother for 110 years that's almost as old as me." Celine says "Yes that's one of the main reasons she so smart and knows so much she was taught and told things the whole time she was in there The Grand High Queen Sophia wanted to make sure she could form a bond with this child I think that's why she held on so long.

She probably hoped it would give her what she missed with the first baby. The Cravous was found and killed he never gave up what he did with the baby and he said that she would never find the baby we believe it's a girl because it sounded as though he was going to say her but who knows. We looked for a very long time and never found the baby but the baby was the first born hybrid." Cleopatra giggles and smile and looks up and shakes her head at Celine and looks to the door. She smiles and says "No wrong not her him I have a brother I can feel him just waiting for him to catch up." Cleopatra just smiles and plays with Melody in the bath making all kinds of noise and jumping around and being rowdy. At the same time melody and Cleopatra both yawn.

Sakara taking that as a hint it was time to get out and go to bed she stands and gets taking both out dries them up and dressed them and does the same to her self. Drenial and Bryan not far behind. Issan gets out and dries and puts pants on and goes to take Cleopatra and she moved to Sakara instead. Issan at this point is starting to get upset to a high degree. The water starts to boil and the rest that are in the bath jump out as fast as possible. Issan walks out and Bryan feeling the need to calm his brother goes after him and says "King big brother Issan wait she doesn't understand what's going on she's lost don't be upset please. My mom is just obeying what a child needs and Queen sister Cleopatra is just tired and scared with what's going on all the sudden. Just wait mom will take her to your room and to your bed" Issan cuts in "Our" Bryan just smiles and says "See there you go nothing is just yours anymore you are sharing it. She has nothing to share and she has so much if all that is true what Celine said then sister Cleopatra is just overwhelmed right at this moment and she needs everything to stop and you know my mom's arms is where that happens you said it yourself once when you were overwhelmed and you laid on the couch and put your head in her lap." Issan looks at him and says "How did you know that you weren't born yet. Better yet how do you remember that?" Bryan shrugs and says "Don't know but I do and never forgot the sound of your voice all I wanted was to see the person I heard talking to me when no one else knew of me but my big brother."

Drenial looks at them and says "Wait you knew before me how long before me?" Sakara says "Not important let's get to sleep or we are going to have a very cranky little one on our hands." She walks past them and heads for Issan's room and so does everyone else. When they get there she walks in and puts Cleopatra down and Cleopatra starts scratching at the bed and Issan moves to her and she scratches him on the arm. She stops looks at him and starts to whimper. Issan grabs and holds her close and says "No My Love it's ok no need to get upset it's ok." Cleopatra takes a few deep breaths and falls to sleep. Everyone standing there couldn't believe how fast she fell asleep. As Issan just smiled Melody says "She did that yesterday too. Past right out after breathing like that why?" Alex says "It's his scent he is sanctuary to her and that's why she would go to him all this time why she was avoiding him." Issan looks at him and asks "So she didn't have anything against me, it was because she was tired?" Alex shakes his head "No My King it's because she was trying to learn and figure something out and she can't do that in your arms. Technically your scent is the enemy when she's trying to learn."

Max and Alex start to laugh and Marv rolls his eyes and says "Grow up." Issan looks at him lost. Marv clears his throat and says "Your scent turns her on but at the same time when she breaths like that it lulls her to sleep." Everyone on the same page same starts to laugh too now getting it. Except Melody she was still lost she says "I don't see what's so funny at least she's smart enough to know and at least she doesn't just jump to conclusions or have off the wall things going on in her head unlike all of you. Everyone out I want to sleep Issan put her down it's bed time." Melody climbs into bed and holds out her hands Issan does put Cleopatra down but also climbs into bed and says "Ok she's right everyone out it's bed time Bry get in bed before I turn the lights off." Bryan runs to the bed and climbs in happy and giddy he's being included again.

Bryan thinks to himself this is the best visit ever he got a new sister. His big brother is finally being what he always wished for and he figured out that he is part Brenos. No one else caught but he did he had spent his whole life just watching he's a great watcher. He found out that his brother gave him a gift and now he was given so much more. He hoped and prayed to get to talk to Cleopatra tomorrow about it all.

As Sakara and Drenial were walking back to their room Drenial grabs her and shoves her to the wall and an aggressive growls whips through the hall and he backs up and looks around Sakara just stands there. Drenial goes to move to her again and he's thrown against the wall and Alex, Max, Celine, and Marv got to Issan and get him up as he walks there he sees his father on the ground out and his aunt standing there not moving and looking at the door beside Drenial. Issan goes to the door it's his mother's room when she was younger he turns the knob and opens the door to find Calb standing in the middle of the room looking at her bed and seeing someone in the bed.

Calb says "Be lucky she still loves him or I would have killed him just now for the aggression he was showing her beloved baby sister. He needed a lesson so don't be mad at me plus they were going to wake her. Also where is Lyra she is not in the valley I need to speak with her." Issan says "My Sweet Cleo sent her on a mission." Calb says "Don't you mean My Love." He turns to Issan and Issan says "How did you get in here and who is that on the bed and why my mother's room." Calb moves over so Issan can see her alive. Issan drops to his knees and says "Mom." Sakara hearing this comes in and runs to the bed and kneels next to her and looks at Calb and says "What's wrong with her." Calb says "It should wear off soon they had her being drugged up and you wont believe where but let's all get some sleep Alex move that trash to his bed and off the floor. Sakara you stay in here with me and your sister tonight climb into bed and rest. Issan go back to my daughter she's becoming restless and will wake soon and be angry you are gone." Issan nods his head and goes back to his room and climbs back into bed.