Chapter 14

" This is Elina Crystal Lukas and my brother Ethan " Emma introduced them " And everyone my mate Cassius. "

Lukas nodded at him, Elina smiled while Ethan scrutinized him.

" Hello Casey " Crystal smirked at him

He simply raised one of his brows and said

" Hello red "

" What did you call me? " Crystal glared at him

" What did you call me? " While he still smiled

" Crys has met her match " Lukas laughed

" Excuse me " Crystal was pissed

" Oh you are excused, it's refreshing to see you getting annoyed " Lukas said, he had lost in her hands many times.

" Alright that is enough. " Elina said, she was getting a headache thanks to their bickering.

" Cassius will you stay or are you taking Em away? " Elina asked

" We will stay, I hope that is not a problem " Cassius said seriously

" Not at all. Welcome then. " Elina said, she saw that Emma was smiling so she didn't bother with them, so she continued " It's late. Take some rest we will look around tomorrow "

Elina went to her room. There was a single wooden bed and a chair on one side. She walked towards the small window and looked out at crescent moon. After a long time she sighed and went to rest for a while.

A loud knock woke her up.

" Your Highness its time to get up " It was Marcus. She almost thought that she is back in castle.

" Alright Marcus. I will be out soon "

It was still early but everyone was dragged out of their beds. Crystal was dozing off at a chair while Emma was leaning on Cassius who wasn't bothered about this and was accustomed to it. Ethan has not come down yet, only Elina and Lukas looked fine

" Good morning " Marcus's voice boomed in the room " Let's go out for practice "

" Really " Crystal jumped up from her chair wide awake " I missed the training "

She trained together with Elina and Marcus was the one who trained them. They hated this training but when Marcus left they missed it even more.

" That is good. Your Highness how about you give it a try with me today? "

" Sure why not. " Elina smiled she knew Marcus just wants to see how much she has improved.

First they went out running in a distance they could see the sun rising many wolves could be seen around. After three hours of exercising they finally came to an open field.

Elina and Marcus stood in the middle facing each other. Another wolf who was not long before has joined them called David acted as the judge.

" Alright you loose when the other gets your neck. No wolves unless I say so. Get ready. Start " Saying this David left the field

Both of them jumped at each other, Elina aimed at his lower ribs she knows that he has been injured at that place. At same time she was punched at the her right shoulder and bruise was formed. They backed out for few steps and circled around each other. Elina made the first move she tried to punch him at face but when he dodged she instantly kicked him at his ribs again. That's how she learned it hit the weakest point and hit it until your enemy collapsed. This time Marcus took few steps back but turned around and grabbed her hand before she could balance herself and threw her over his head.

Elina almost fell down but she steadied herself and immediately turned around to face him again. Never show your back to your opponent in a fight. Both of them were huffing and puffing, she can feel her blood buzzing, not only her everyone around could feel her power. Many wolves who were weak were already trembling. Even Marcus was shocked for a moment but he knew better than to distract himself in a fight that to in front of a powerful opponent.

" She is something else. I have never seen something like this before. " Cassius spoke he was observing this fight for a long time. He stayed for Emma's sake, he was not sure if there is a chance for them or not. But now he was seeing her in a different light. ' Maybe there is a chance ' he thought

" Of course she is good. " Emma said proudly, she knew her mate did not trust them much but she always had full faith in her friends. It's then they heard David's again

" Change in wolves " The moment his voice dropped two wolves came in the view. One white and the other pepper gray. They snarled at each other. The white scratched the other on his right side where she has attacked him before while the other went for her neck even if she dodged that place was bleeding but she did not back off instead bit him on his hind leg. Her teeth were sharp and strong it bit until a sound of bone breaking came out. The grey wolf shook it away and jumped on its back trying to get its neck. By the time the white wolf got rid of the grey wolf it was bleeding from different sides. The other wolf was not in a better condition either, it was limping and leaving a trail of blood behind it. But neither was willing to back down. They were growling went for the other again.

Emma and Ethan had never seen something like this before, so they were shocked.

" Do wolves fight so brutally? " Emma asked

" It can get worse. " Crystal said. She has been in the same situation before and seen her brother do the it too. Her brother is a seasoned soldier. She smiled as she thought of her brother he must be fuming that she left without a word.

On the other hand both the wolves were still bitting and clawing at each other. Both of them were covered in blood but there eyes were shinning. Marcus had a gash on his face barely missing his left eye numerous wounds on his body and broken hind leg. Elina's front leg was twisted many long and short gashes on her back and sides. Both were ready for another go when David stopped them.

" Back off both of you. " When David realized he was being ignored he let two wolves go and separate them.

" You have improved quite a lot Your Highness. " Marcus laughed

" Or maybe you have turned old Marcus " Elina joked while getting up from the ground.

They both were walking out of the ground now.

" Old? Your Highness you got lucky. Wait till next time. " Marcus said

They had already reached the edge where others were standing when they heard a child calling out to Marcus

" Daddy " He was small barely four or five years, he came running and hugged Marcus's legs.

" Your Highness this is Daley my pup. It was late yesterday so you didn't get to see him. "

Elina bend down and shook hands with the little boy who was smiling brightly at her.

" Hello Daley. It's nice to meet you. I am Elina. "

" Hello. I just saw you fighting you were amazing." Daley smiled

" Thank you Daley " Elina rubbed his head and the boy giggled.

" Eli " She looked up to see Lukas calling her.

" What happen Luke? "

" Neil here is waiting for you. " Lukas pointed to the boy who was standing behind him

" Good morning Your Highness " Neil came forward he just saw her fighting and was deeply shocked. It was his first time seeing someone fighting against Marcus and not losing.

" Good morning Neil what is it? " Elina took a towel from Crystal and wiped some blood and sweat from her face and looked at Neil

" Your Highness I am done what you asked me to do. Everyone wants to stay. "

" What Everyone " Emma asked surprised. Crystal and Lukas looked at him too, they expected some to stay but not all.

" Well then. I hope to see everyone who can train on field tomorrow. " Elina smiled

" Yes Your Highness " Neil replied loudly and ran back.

" Luke, Crys from tomorrow train with everyone try to improve them as much as you can. " Elina said seriously to the two. She has observed both of them and knew this will improve them too. Both of then nodded. They knew they need strong fighters for the war.

" I can help too " Cassius spoke. They were going backing towards the house.

" Really " Emma asked

" Yes. They can know how to fight a vampire while your enemies will be caught off guard. "

" That is good then. "

When they arrived back, they saw Ethan coming out of the house.

" Sleepyhead " Emma said

Between the laughter and and getting accustomed to the area the whole day passed in a flurry. It was almost midnight. Everyone has already retired for the night. Only the sound of wind could be heard from time to time.

Elina was sitting on a wooden chair in her room. In front of her was a wooden table on which there were two objects. One clay bowl and another some kind of knife. It was made of a long bone, many weird symbols were drawn on it. She took the knife and while muttering something she slowly cut her palm and the blood started flowing in the bowl. She stared it quietly until the bowl was complete filled with her blood. She closed her eyes and started chanting again. But this time when she opened her eyes she was not in her room instead she was standing in a huge luxurious room. The whole room was covered in darkness, the only light in the room was from the moon which was peeking from a huge window.It had a king size bed. It had a black duvet and white pillows. On one side was a door she knew it was bathroom, the door beside it led to walk in closet. She was standing beside the couch when she heard footsteps behind her, she was quiet. Those footsteps came and stopped right behind her and she heard a voice.

" You are here. "