Chapter 60

Fauna takes vines wrapping up the creatures, they put them back into the containers that they came from except for the Elf who first came out.

Fauna stood a few feet from its body staring down at it, a memory of a young fit male who had long golden hair and handsome features flash through her mind. Fauna felt love for he man, not like what she has with Lillian and he thought he left thousands of years ago. Her eyes travel over to the two small silver axes, she walks over picking them up and grips them tightly.

" hey is everything alright " Lillian said walking up next to Fauna, she looks at the two small axes that was all silver with leaves and vines engraved on them. Lillian could tell they were forged by elves, they also was forged with magic and make very good weapons.

" hold on to those, they'll be handy for you especially with all of this going on" Lillian said

Tanka brought over a stretcher he made of wood and vines, they carefully load up the creatures body and start heading to the great tree.

Thea walks over taking Lillians hand into hers, Fauna was lost in thought and not paying attention at first a d right now her emotions were a mess.

" You two seem close" Fauna hissed

Lillian looked at her, she noticed she seemed off a d releases Theas hand.

"Thea stay beside Yasek, I'll come to you in a minute" Lillian said

Thea rolled her eyes and stomped off to her nephew, she turns to look at Fauna and grabs her wrist to stop her from walking. Fauna refused to look her in the eyes, Lillian grabs her chin and makes her look her in the eyes.

" there is alot we have to discuss and it concerns not only that woman" Lillian said while she kisses Fauna deeply a d getting a moan from her kiss.

When they arrive at the tree all of Lillians people look up in awe, at how tall a d wide the tree is and they notice windows around the trunk and going up.

" it has 8 floors if your wondering, also a basement below the roots surround the floors down under. Trae said to show you where to take that" Brandy said looking at the creature with sad eyes while motioning them to follow her inside.

" MAASSTERRR WEEE HAAAVE AA PROOOBLEM" Faustus said while motioning both Lillian and Fauna to follow, when they walk through some vegetation they found Saul laying on the ground with his Bark taking on whitish brown colors, bark was crumbling off around him.

" what is happening to him" Lillian asked while moving closer, a hand grabbed her shoulder and she turns to see Fauna looking at her.

" so these things can even affect the tree folk" Fauna said pointing at the wound on Saul's chest.

" seems so, he's already used a tree to graft and it only slowed he process, it wont take" Trae said while hovering beside Fauna, Lillian moves closer to Saul and sighs while looking at the wound with the black goo leaking out.

" Saul where is Gus and that Imp, the others are in danger. There is over sixty of your people who are in the same position you are, we need to find out how to stop this or to save the ones we can" Lillian said while holding Saul's hand.

" they are at the other end of this cavern, the ogres that live in the other part of the cave and please stop them from opening up the old tunnel that will lead the ogres here." Saul said

Faunas eyes go wide when she heard this, the ogres will kill and eat everyone. Fauna bows to Saul, she grabs Lillians hand leading her inside in tree house.

" we need to rush your friend and get people ready" Fauna said while they ran down the stairs, large roots went everywhere and when they entered the room. Yasek was cutting open the elf, Tanka blocked Lillian and Fauna.

" when he is done he'll call you all, but we cant stay in the room" Tanka said while Lillian kept looking for Thea, Yasek turns to her.

" I'm thinking this might be some kind of parasite, the less people we have the better and Thea is with Brandy looking at the other floors" Yasek said while walking closer to the three.

" be careful Yasek, Tanka we'll go to the rest of he men to get them, I think the two that brought these creatures have plans with the ogres and that might give the goblins reason to act. Trae is waiting on you to take you" Lillian said

They all head back upstairs except for Yasek, Fauna set up a floor for the ones who were wounded by the creatures. Fauna made her way into the first room, everyone looked sick with patches of hair missing, pale skin and they're running fevers.

" in this room, only the Sprite still seems normal and her wound has already healed." Anna said.

Fauna walks over to the sprite grabbing her hand and leading her outside the room, she motions the guards over. Lillian nods to her and looks at each guard, pulling out several ropes.

" save your energy, use the ropes to tie them down, make sure their comfortable and remember their good people who are sick" Lillian said while leading Anna away from the room.

" Anna take her down stairs no one other than these guards are allowed up here" Lillian said