November 2nd, 2019

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Zaivinth

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I shouldn't have done this. I've been only worrying about my mate. I sighed, resting my head in one of my hands, absent mindedly looking at the map splayed our before me.

Did she make it back home safe? I should have waited just to say goodbye. Maybe she could have came with me. I sighed again.

Someone jammed their elbow into my rib cage which made my eyes go wide and my spine lock into place. I looked to my right to see Xion give me a side glare, then went back to paying attention. I inwardly groaned, though I knew that decisions had already been made and now I'm living with the consequences.

The meeting between kings ended quickly and Xion and myself walked out into the hall. This palace was angelically white, and gardens were everywhere. "I counted nine sighs total in that hour meeting." Xion looked up at me.

I childishly rolled my eyes, "I have had other things on my mind." I crossed my arms loosely in front of me.

"Clearly." Xion huffed, "gods you act like the world is about to end when you're mate isn't around you." His tone surprisingly serious.

"You will understand once you have a mate of your own to care for." I placed a hand on his shoulder, I think he was just lashing his frustrations onto me.

"They all keep telling me that." He glared at the sky, before taking a very large deep breath, closing his eyes. Once he opened them, he had a smile back on his face. He was a master at leashing his emotions. Eerily so.

"I'm going to go train." He walked in front of me, he was a few paces ahead when he turned back to look at me, "aren't you coming?"

I shook my head, "I need to go think for a little bit." I looked out to the garden. I needed to decided going back to my kingdom and fetching Sheila, or to stay and needlessly worry about her.

He groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Gods, I don't ever want to fall in love." This made us both chuckle.

"I'll see you in the next meeting." I nodded my head to him, dismissing him.

"I'll see you then," he turned on his heels and walked away.

I started walking through the halls, the Maeve castle was up on a castle that overlooked the side of the wall and the forest below. Many say the Maeve kingdom is the watchtower of the Mythical Realm, and rightfully so.

I stepped out into the garden that was overlooking the forest below. I walked to the edge and looked down. I sighed, again, seriously regretting my decision.

When was the soonest I could get home? I had an actioned packed schedule of boring meetings for the next few days. I hadn't received a letter from home, which means there is nothing too pressing going on there. I wonder how Sheila is holding up with her duties as queen.

It surprised me, how flawlessly she did each and every task thrown at her. When I watched her work, I saw that she pours every ounce of effort into the task at hand. I fell in love with that trait.

She would be an amazing general, and that scared the soul out of me. Sheila on the battlefront, leading troops into combat. What if she gets hurt? What if she is too far away for me to save her?

I shook my head, I couldn't think like that. Though I knew fully well, if I did put her on the war front, there is nothing stopping her from risking her own life to protect my people, our people. That's just how she functioned, save others before herself.

She would rather function on less than two hours of sleep, than have our towns less protected.

She would wake up every day, before the sun came up, and run for hours. I don't think she knows I know, though every morning I hear the sound of the door to her room click open and shut.

My men come up to me with smiles, telling me how she inspires them to work harder. I wonder if she knew. I sighed again, I guess everything can wait until I see my mate.

I looked up to the sky, was love a curse like Xion thought it was? Did I hate this feeling of worrying for my mate?

No. No I didn't. I loved knowing that through whatever, even fights like we had a week prior, she will always have my back. And I will always have hers. I looked back at the white castle , Xion was somewhere in there training. Sure he was training for his kingdom, but mostly for himself, so he can protect himself.

When I train, I train to not only to protect my kingdom. But to protect my mate. If she ever needs me to protect her. I used to only train to be stronger, so I looked more threatening. Now looks had no meaning to me. Knowing now that I no longer, besides Sheila, have anyone to impress.

I looked down, the forest was calm, it seemed that there was no worries there. Then I saw a flash of movement.

Something felt wrong with the little movement. I looked harder, trained my eyes to focus on that little black speck dodging the trees. My eyes caught a black wolf.

A black wolf. My heart caught in my throat.

Red eyes.

I jumped over the railing that was keeping me from falling off. I started to fall, though I shifted into my dragon form, soaring down to her.

Why was she running like so? How long has she been running for? Is everything alright? All I had were questions that were filling my mind to the brim with worry.

She passed through the clearing of the trees into the field just before the castle. She desperately tried to climb up the side of the mountain, like her life depended on it.

I swooped down, then I caught the glance of another figure, a human figure, following after her. My heart stopped dead.

Kolgrim.

I let out a roar, free falling all the way down. He was gaining on my mate. Would I reach her on time?

I landed on the ground a the same time that Kolgrim gripped her fur by the roots and slammed her into the side of the mountain. She let out a roar of pain.

She kicked and snapped her teeth at him but he had a tight grip on the scruff of her neck.

Then I noticed something on her neck. It was a bright blue collar. I looked closer, I saw shocks dispersing from it. She was being shocked, tortured, how did that even get on her?

I was seeing red. I attacked when I finally was in close enough distance too. Though he pulled back, still out of breath from the running. He let out a insane laugh.

I was going to rip him limb from limb. I narrowed my eyes, attacking again.

He clicked his tongue, "I wouldn't do that if I were you." He pulled my mate up by the scruff of her neck. She was shaking from the shocks she was receiving. Out of exhaustion she shifted back into her human form.

She looked at me through half lidded eyes, pain clearly swimming within. I grit my teeth. "What do you want?" I growled out. I was against horrible odds. There was no way for me to attack her without injuring her as well.

"I already have what I want." He raised her face up and licked her cheek. How dare he do that to her? I roared, loud enough for him to back up. I was sure that at least Xion would hear me and realize what was happening.

Sheila let out a whimper of pain as her body was filled with electric shocks. She couldn't stop shaking. He now had a grip on the roots of her hair.

"We will be leaving." Her eyes widen. Fear, pure fear lingered there. I acted, though not fast enough to see them slowly disappear into the mist.

Though I saw Sheila pull the sword from her belt, angling it quickly enough stabbed him in the stomach. He roared in pain, letting her go, before disappearing completely. She instantly fell limp, the sound of her knees cracking against the hard rocks sent shivers down my spine.

I ran to her, wrapping my arms around her. Though she pushed me away. Out of shock my eyes widened, but she wasn't looking at me. She was looking down at her neck, where the the collar still tightly wrapped.

"Take it off!" She screamed, her voice hoarse. "Take it off! Take it off! Take it off!" The air was filled with her wails. It was clear that this wasn't the first time she had been collared. My heart clenched, who has done this to my mate before?

"Get it off me! Argh—" She cried as she was filled again with electric shocks.

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I know nobody cares but that was 1500 words on the dot.

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What do you think happened to her from the past?

Will she get it off?

Did she just rewrite the future?

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