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“We believe that he has done something to most of the beings down there as a few of them aren’t evil, but they are doing his bidding.” Rea explains.
“Why haven’t you attacked when they are at camp?” Darius asks.
“Because this isn’t his only camp, and he isn’t always here, we are trying to understand his pattern so that when we attack, we can root him out.” Vain explains, “and he also has a Phoenix in his group which makes it really difficult to capture him when the Phoenix is around.”
“Not possible,” Brok replies taking a step forward to look through the crack. I can understand that him being part Phoenix, the knowledge that such a regal and powerful being subjecting itself to the evil plans of another seems unreasonable.
“I’m sorry, but it is true” Reality states with a shrug, “that’s why we haven’t attacked yet, we need to understand how he is gettingall these factions under his control before we can attack and maybe be subjected to his mind games.”
“What if he has Love,” Dream says, “we can’t leave her in his hands, she has to be saved.”
“If she is there, we will get her.” Drez promises as he strokes his finger gently over her cheek.
“There must be a reason why he would go into the human realm to get Love,” Trek says.
“Maybe he thinks that by having Love we will also give in, and he can control all of us, we can’t rush into this without knowing what is behind all of this,” Vain states.
“Well, we can’t just leave Love,” I argue, “there must be something we can do.”
“First we need to make sure that he has Love, and if he does, where she is,” Trek explains, “There are a few Centaurs and Troll’s down there, but we can’t be sure that they are the ones that took Love.”
“I will go and scout around, I will be back with information.” Brok volunteers.
“I’m coming with you,” Trek replies, “You need someone at your back” my stomach tightens at the thought of Trek placing himself in danger.
“I…”
“Don’t even think about it,” Trek interrupts before I can tell them that I am joining them on their quest. “We need to be as inconspicuous as possible, too many of us will stand out, especially if one is a princess and someone recognises you.” I know that what he says makes sense, but it doesn’t mean that I will like it. I hate the thought of knowing that Trek is placing himself in danger and I won’t be there to help.
“You better be careful, if you get hurt, I won’t like it,” I mutter.
“Don’t worry, I’ll be back to keep you in line” he teases with a twinkle in his eye which has me huffing. I can feel my cheeks burning with embarrassment, happy that the cavern is quite dark to cover my blushing cheeks.
TREK 8
Brok and I leave the Singing tunnels behind as we make our way around the woods that cover the entrance to the tunnel which we excited, a smile lifting my lips when I think of the awkward hug that Hope gave me before I left. I know that she has feelings for me, I just want to make sure that her feelings are deep enough before I tell her that I’m her mate, as I don’t want to scare her away.
I know that she wanted to come with us, but there is nothing on this earth that would have had me agree with placing her in the middle of danger. Besides, I need to have my wits around me when in the enemy camp and not be distracted with keeping Hope safe.
“When are you going to tell her?” Brok suddenly asks from beside me.
I tense as I was not aware that Brok knew that Hope and I were mates. “She’s not ready yet,” I reply.
“You are just prolonging the inevitable,” his words have me grunting, the truth is that I don’t know how she will take it, Hope is unpredictable and the thought of her telling me that she doesn’t want me as her mate scares me half to death.
“Maybe, but I need to make sure that she is ready” I explain. I won’t ask him how he knows, Brok has a knack for knowing things. I know that he won’t talk about what he knows to anyone, as Brok is loyal to those that are loyal to him.
We continue the rest of the way in silence, until we are at the edge of the camp. “There are no guards,” Brok mutters looking around suspiciously.
“You think he knows that the Dragons can see the camp from where they are?” I ask looking around to try and detect any foul play. Brok glances at me and then takes a step forward, his body and features tense. We make our way around the camp, surprised when we encounter a few beings that completely ignore us. There is a glazed look to all of them that is evidence that something has been done to them.
We see a few Chimeras which keep to themselves and ignore everyone else. There are a few Trolls and Centaurs standing by the main tent. Looking at them I am transfixed by their stillness, glancing at Brok I see him looking towards a tent in the far south corner of the camp.
Glancing that way I see the Phoenix that Vain spoke about, “See…” I’m about to ask Brok if he sees any evidence of Love but am cut short when Brok lifts his hand for me to keep quiet. Instead of continuing I trust his judgement and instead keep my mouth shut, I understand a few minutes later why he wanted me quiet.
Looking around I realize that no one is talking, they are standing around but not actually communicating with each other. I elbow Brok lightly on his arm to follow me, I want to get as close to the main tent as possible so that we can see if Love is in there. As we approach the tent, I feel a strong force pushing me back, the push only lets us approach as far as where the Centaurs and Trolls are. There is a protection spell around the tent, Toron is making sure that no one approaches him.
After walking around the tent to assure that there are no gaps in the spell, we start making our way towards the tent where the Phoenix was standing. Brok inclines his head to let me know that he is going to step inside, I nod turning my back towards the tent, so that I am looking out towards everyone. Brok disappears inside, a few minutes later he is stepping out to walk towards theedge of the camp. We make our way towards the cover of trees turning when we get there to look back at the camp.
