《Bride of the Dark Lord》#6 His Favourite Horse
Advertisement
We remained in the water until the sun came up. By then, we were certain that the wraiths would have all disappeared, due to the rays of sunlight that they feared.
By the time we stepped out of the river, looking completely drenched, the Dark Lord's friends were already on the riverbank. Waiting for us.
"We knew you'd hide in the river" Nadia chuckled. And with the dry piece of cloth in her hand, she wiped the Dark Lord's silver hair, grinning.
The Dark Lord and Nadia, are they close? And how far did the closeness go? I wondered.
The green-eyed shifter moved and snatched the piece of cloth from Nadia's hand. He threw it on the Dark Lord "you have hands. Use it".
Wow. Someone was jealous. I laughed inwardly. The green-eyed shifter seem to be interested in Nadia.
"Oh please" Ashton rolled his eyes "can we set out now?"
That was when, I noticed something. No one in the group had bothered to speak to me. To ask me how I was or how I felt after several hours under water.
"You brought an extra horse" the Dark Lord stated.
"It was necessary" Nadia's joyous demeanour disappeared. "By the time, Hunter -" The Dark Lord's horse "found us. We knew we'd need an extra horse for you" She said.
And that made me look at the group of four. And then, at the five horses.
Since the moment this journey commenced, we rode only four horses - the Dark Lord's (which He and I rode) and the three horses (ridden by his three friends). But now, his friends went out of their way to look for an extra horse. Why? Since I was certain the North should no longer be far away anymore.
And then, the Dark Lord stepped away from his magnificent horse that he had been holding. Hugging tightly.
Advertisement
And I nearly shrieked from shock.
My heart rate, quickening all over again, like I had been pushed back into the water to drown.
Was that...?
I sped to Hunter.
Oh no!
Not again!
No death or life should somehow be connected to me again! No!!!
"Don't touch him" the Dark Lord said. Anger burning in his voice. "Don't you dare" he stressed each word.
His blue eyes, seeming like a 'calm' lake, waiting for me to trespass. To intrude. And put one leg in. And then, it would show me its claws. The monsters lying beneath it. The horrid beings that I should have feared from the outset.
I cowered.
Feeling my heart break. I wanted to touch Hunter. To feel the wraith scratch I caused.
If I had chosen to be more careful on the stony hill, where I fell, and got cut. No one would be about to die.
"I'm sorry" I whispered to Hunter. To the Dark Lord "I'm sorry".
On Hunter's neck, was a deep wound. Fierce. And angry red. They were indisputably, claw marks from the claws of a wraith.
The Dark Lord climbed the new horse. He faced Nadia, like he couldn't even bear to see even my shadow. Talking about me, he said, "she'll be riding with you, today".
And he spurred his mount forward, as Ashton and the shifter followed.
Nadia waited to let me mount her horse.
No one rode Hunter. He walked alone. Following us.
She'll be riding with you, today.
She. The Dark Lord said. Like that moment of kisses in the river did not happen.
Or perhaps, I was the only one who felt anything from the kiss. While for him, it was just a trivial task needed to save a trivial person, that somehow ended up in the river with him.
Advertisement
She.
Does He even know my name? And was He even interested in knowing it?
Since we met, all He had used when wanting to refer to me was just 'she' or 'her'.
And now, after what I've caused Hunter, whom I had a feeling was his favourite horse. I bet the thought of ever knowing or speaking my name would feel repugnant to Him.
"Hunter was the last present His grandpa, the late King, gave Him before he died" Nadia said.
So, that was the reason, his friends also didn't want to talk to me. I had not just put the Dark Lord's life in danger but also, something else the Dark Lord cherished so much.
"I'm sorry" I said to her "I put everyone's life at risk".
All for what? To read Randall's letter of threat.
"Thank you" I said. "Thanks for returning back to pick us".
She hesitated "I wasn't the one who came back for you, it's the Prince" she said. "We had already fled away from the wraiths when we heard your scream".
She continued "at first when we woke up. We thought you were missing because you'd already been taken by the wraiths".
"But then, after we heard your scream, He turned back".
"We told Him it was risky. His lightning Gift wasn't active. And so, could get killed. Yet, He insisted on returning. Returning without us, three" talking about her, Ashton and the shifter.
"Returning to save you. At great peril to his own life. So, you see, it wasn't me who returned, but He".
Slowly, a tear slid from my eyes. If her goal was to make me feel terrible, then, she did her task well. It worked.
But the truth was, no matter how much guilt I feel now. No matter how much gratefulness and love I was beginning to feel in my heart towards Him. I knew I'd still give up the Dark Lord's life, without a second thought, to save my people.
Advertisement
Of Frost and Steel
After being kicked out of home by her own parents, Emily found herself living in the house of an old woman while working as a plumber to help pay the bills. Her slightly unusual but still very normal life came to an abrupt end one day when an incoming car crashed into hers. When she next opened her eyes, she found no ambulance or hospital room waiting for her. What she found were instead the faces of beings much larger than her who were not entirely human, and the opportunity to live a new life, free of her old one. WARNING: This fiction is dedicated to a friend of mine who spent twelve years of her life hiding who she was because she feared the reaction of her family. For this reason it contains LGBT themes, although they won't be the sole or main focus of the story. The story contains sexual themes, but I will try to keep them to a minimum or make them "fade to black". Chapters will be around 1000 words long and without a fixed release schedule, for the moment.
8 193The Adventures of Hood: Part 1 - The Book of Portals
Hood, a magical protege, gets wind of the location of an ancient tome of magic - The Book of Portals by Albo Pomegranite. After months of studying ancient texts, Hood believes he has traced the book's location to the Library of Aspartemane in the eastern city of Kera'bur. Setting out with his friend Masqued Madeleine and picking up a rag tag assortment of characters along the way, Hood's simple attempt to visit the library and retrieve the book turns into a quest of epic proportions.
8 184Zoomchard: A Journey of War
In a world where the galaxy is dominated by Cybertronians and Earthians and both are in an endless war of immigration. One other robotic organism species are living in the same destroyed galaxy far away and are called Mechanians. One mechan named Zoomchard works in a convenience shop daily, the job does financially well but Zoomchard is tired of working near dead bodies and near the warzone that has taken the planet by the storm and is entering its thousandth year. On one eventful greeting, Zoomchard was walking back home when he gets a call from his best friend, with who he immediately spent a lot of time talking right after meeting each other again. His friend goes by the name "Jasmette" and she was planning on surprising her husband, Zoomchard obliged and planned it out until the moment came. It was a night of his nation's celebration and his best friend's reunion celebration. It was the beginning of new memories, but when Zoomchard woke up the next day, he noticed Jasmette has gone missing from a night stealth bombing. This led Zoomchard to join the Conhuy Army and avenge his fallen friends and parents.
8 173Lazy Guy With Dimensional Group Chat
A Young Man who bested against that being, reincarnated as a lazy guy with a very lazy personality, due to some fate, his life became full of thrills. [You Have Joined The Dimensional Group Chat, Welcome] ====================================This story is for fun, only for fun, yes, fun English is not my main language so you will see a lot of mistakes.
8 216A Study In Love - A Johnlock Fanfiction
It all started with a trip. Sherlock had been acting weird, and everyone thought he was just stressed, so he and John go on a trip to Fiji. Yet, what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation from the stresses of detective work only opened the door for much more stress and confusion when John begins to have strange feelings around his colleague, Sherlock Holmes. And Sherlock is still acting strange.
8 140Halo/ Red vs Blue Strike of the Prometheans
After Cortana destroyed Didact, everyone went on with there life's .... Well almost everyone. Few years later, Master Chief had a mission to go to a strange planet with a team called Red vs Blue and things aren't going to well.
8 131