Christos stood by the table and waved Amaris and Lyle over to him. Lyle finally moved from the spot that he had been rooted the entire time. He placed his glass down next to Christos' and walked over to stand next to Amaris across the table from Christos. "This first tapestry depicts the foretelling of you being born. It reads... The daughter of the shadow rulers shall be begotten on the night of the brightest moon and shall be born on the same. A descendent of the gods, it will not be known to her what she is, but she will have many wishes for the lycan. With a power unknown to her she will lead them all together into one." Christos paused there to let what he had just read sink in. This was the thing that had lead to the death of so many including her own parents who she never even got the chance to know. Amaris could no longer hold her tongue. "This is it? This is why so many people have been killed? Why they have hunted me? This could be almost anyone!" Amar
Amaris started to shake her head and rose out of her chair. "NO! No. Nope. No way! I am not going to be some oracle that stuck in a cave year after year to have dreams for others to interpret and make or destroy other people's lives." Amaris was so mad she even pounded her fist on the wooden mantle that she was now standing next to. Christos looked afronted, but Lyle looked like he was about to burst out laughing. "What? what is so funny?" She said, now on the defensive. The grin that had surfaced suddenly vanished as Lyle realized the depth of her anger and fear. He got up and walked across the room and took her in his arms. "I'm sorry. It's not funny really." He said pulling back to peak at her face. "You do have to admit, out of all the serious stuff that Christos just told you, that is the one that you draw the line on?" He looked at her amusement starting to show on his face once more. Amaris stopped and began to smile. "Ok when you put it like that it does sou
Anna led the other three back to the control room. When they arrived the three men were in a conference at one computer. All three heads jerked up and looked to see who entered. Anna bounded with a smile to stand next to Taji who stood hunched over at the back. He straightened up and opened his arms in welcome to her. "Anna says you guys found something." Christos says cutting right to the point. Amaris looked around the room. All of them were looking very tired. This constant chase was begining to wear on them. Looking at Lyle, who had come to stand next to her, he looked like he had aged 10 years in the last couple days. Lyle noticed her looking at him, and her concern must have showed on her face. His look of love and that smile that filled her with warmth and strength. She reached for his hand and gave it a squeeze before turning her attention to the others in the room. Marco had started talking and pointing to the screen. "Anna came up with the idea to use the so
The room fell silent waiting for Lyle's response to the news. Since there was none, Christos decided that they should all head to the kitchen and have some dinner. This time he surprised everyone and pulled some frozen pizzas out ansd popped them into the oven. While they were cooking, they started their planning session for the next day and started giving out night watch assignments. It was decided that they would split the night into 1 hour shifts per person with the two couples going first as a two hour block each, together. They made short work of 3 large meat lovers pizzas and one cheese pizza for Amaris, of which she only had 1 piece. The twins just about ate one whole pizza a piece, but they were very funny telling stories of when they were little and all of the crazy antics that they got up to. Amaris saw that Lyle visibly relaxed some, but did not paraticipate in the conversation. Finally the food was gone and the kitchen cleaned up. Christos showed everyone to their
After breakfast was finished, everyone pitched in to help clean up which made it go faster. The little group all moved to the living room in which Christos had spoken with Amaris and Lyle the night before. She noticed, upon entering that the tapestries were gone, but some of the maps were still there. Christos walked over to stand next to the table and everyone stood around it to hear what he had to say. "Amaris. While you were resting last night, we were able to confirm that the king did indeed find that relic that he had been looking for. It was unearthed somewhere in the mountains. We still do not know exactly what it is or what it can do. We do believe that Anna is right in believing that whatever it is, they used it on Marco. If it almost killed you just trying to help him, imagine what it would do to you if they used it on you. We would like to keep you here for now under guard, while a few of us go out to the King's palace and try and see if we can find out what it is
She had not been able to say goodbye, nor had she been able to talk to Lyle since before they spoke with Christos. Amaris got out of bed and headed to the bathroom. She turned the light on and closed the door. As she walked by the mirror she saw writing on the mirror that simply said 'Sorry'. Amaris froze looking at the mirror. "Anna!" was all she could get out. Anna came running in to the bathroom in a flash. "What? What is it? Mari?" Anna said putting her arms on Amaris'. "He thinks that all of this is his fault." Amaris said. "Is that why I can't feel his emotions? Is he cutting me off?" Anna looked like she was confused. "What do you mean that you can't feel his emotions? There is no way that I know of that would allow him to shut off the emotional link that mates have." Anna seemed concerned now. "Lets go ask Marco. I don't know enough about this kind of thing to know for sure if there is something wrong." Anna wrapped her arms around Amaris and gave her a
"Here sweetie. Drink some of this. It will help." Anna was handing her a tea cup. Amaris had not even noticed Anna leaving. The aroma of the tea brought her back to her senses as she recognized the scent. It was her grandmother's tea that she used to drink to relax her and help keep the nightmares away. "I contacted mom and dad and Gran. I hope you don't mind that I told them what is going on. Gran suggested that I make this for you. She talked me through it. I need to write this one down. It smells amazing." Anna was kneeling on the floor in front of Amaris. The fire in the grate was burning, and the room was dark. The only light coming from the fire. Anna watched Amaris sip some of the tea, and then reached over and grabbed a tray off the chair behind her. She pulled the side table forward and used it as a make shift table. She had brought sandwiches and cookies. They ate sandwiches and watched the fire dance and crackle. They both sat together on the floor leani
"What is it that you are not telling me?" Amaris looked between the three of them. Marco rolled his eyes as the other two stood and looked at the floor. "Amaris. Once werewolves mate, they have cycles much like the real wolf. We are not sure if this will even apply to you. There are no instances of this occuring in the records anywhere, so we have no idea if this will affect you or not." Marco said getting fast as he went. Amaris was now getting frustrated. She put her hands on her hips. "What may affect me? I already turn into a wolf. What else happens after you find your mate?" Anna looked between the two men and knew that was as straight an answer as they were going to give Amaris. Anna sighed. "Sweetie there is no easy way to say this. We go into heat." Amaris looked incredulous. "What like the yeowling cat who wakes the whole neighborhood a few times a year when she is looking for a mate. That type of in heat?" Anna made a face. "Well yes but wolf style. Not