Athinna stood rooted to the ground, her fingers trembling. Her Blue eyes were round, her pink lips parted. Her eyes remained on Ale's figure as she walked forward slowly. A couple steps to the newly arrived duo, she stopped. Tears! Tears fell out of her round eyes. Her parted lips let out a soft sob and she sped into Ale's arms. "There there" he set as he patted her Green wavy hair. Ale's lips twitched as a sweet smile threatened to bloom. Raven watched dumbfounded at the sight, a dull suspicion that she was stopped from helping her father just to save Ale's 'lover'. Damian on the other hand, couldn't help his red eyes turning darker. His aura flared, his heart in a wretched state.
Ale's eyelids twitched at the sight of the crazed vampire. 'Childish'.
Raven grunted at Ale in disdain as she moved to help her father. A red pill was stuffed into Damian's mouth, his hunger suppressed for the mean time. His head grew clearer, his breathing more stable. He finally let out a sigh and closed his eyes to sleep.
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Salva's army of 20,000 flew in formation, their black wings covering the sky like black clouds. Gloom trailing after their figures. Salva's eyes shone leading his men toward Bovelie; the eastern part of Brusselie. He and his men could smell the blood from miles away, their eyes growing more feverish.
Salva raised his hand, their speed increasing.
Bovelie was a land filled with Trees. Thick trunks and multiple leaves. Natural Canopies. At the Eastern border, a clearing lay at the edge of the forest belt. Charred trees filled the surrounding, their fumes an unnatural purple. A bloody mist rose to the sky from this clearing. Screams, cursing and magical blasts filled the air. The Vampires overhead were ecstatic. They had arrived at their element. Blood and ash.
Salva was the first to land. The tents around him looked worn out from constant use. "Who are you?" a soldier pointed his sword at the Vampire commander eliciting a smirk from him. "Stand down." a soldier covered in moon steel armor walked forward. His eyes stern covering the anxiety in his heart. "Commander Salva, thank you for coming." He said as he eyed the twenty thousand behind the commander. "Where is your Alpha?" Salva's blood was boiling. So close to all the blood and chaos. His bloodline was riled up. "He is on the fields..." Tobias didn't get the chance to finish his statement. The Blood ash army had set off. They needed no directions.
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Kronan's bloody back twitched as he snapped the neck of yet another dark witch. 'The bastards were never ending'. Another whimper escaped his parted jaws as yet another dagger lodged in his side. The magical pulse rattled his inside. He turned to the witch beside him, rage in his eyes. A claw plunged into the witch's chest. His heart was shattered but he had achieved his aim. Kronan howled in pain as blood seeped out of his side. The injury wasn't superficial at all.
"Aah...Alpha Kronan, you've been injured quite badly" Salva teased, stating the obvious. Kronan Grunted, annoyance in his Golden eyes.
"Salva, that old monk sent you over?....I am deeply honored" Kronan grinned. "Since you're here, I can rest easy" Kronan sped off, leaping around in the field till he got to his army encampment.
Back on the field, Salva licked his lips as he eyed the numerous witched filing in from the eastern border. The meal had been set. With a deep roar, the wheels of battle had begun to move.
Like phantoms, the Blood ash division spread out on the field spreading chaos everywhere they went. Salva sank his fangs through a witches neck, draining her of all life. He let the corpse fall to the ground, his eyes narrowing in disgust. 'why does her blood taste soo awful?' His brows scrunched up as he wiped the blood on his lips. He had no choice, he could only make do with dark witch blood.
He moved around on the field, his steps silent. The incarnated blood savage.
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Athinna slept off sticking close to Ale's body not letting him move an inch. Raven had set down her father in his room to rest. her shoulders aching from the surprisingly weighty vampire.
Kavriel walked out of his room with Dareevah following closely behind, an arm on her belly and her brows scrunched up in a frown.
"What trouble did he get into while i was resting?" Dareevah asked her eyes narrowed as she sensed Damian's chaotic aura pervading the entire mansion. The aura was still thick and heavy even after he had been calmed. "Did the old guy go on a rampage?" Kavriel asked with a little tease in his tone. Raven looked at her mischievous uncle, her eyes dull.
"He got into a fight, so.....there was no rampage" Raven said, the annoyance in her voice clear for all to see. Dareevah's frown deepened, she could tell Raven was pretty angry. Kavriel's eyes trailed over the railing to the ground floor. His eyes taking a shade of dark red and gold. "Who did you bring back this time?" Kavriel's eyelids twitched as he sensed an extra presence in the house.
Raven grimaced. her scrunched up features catching Dareevah's attention.
They all walked down the spiraling staircase, their paces slow to accommodate Dareevah and her big belly. Raven truly suspected the baby would be born soon enough.
On the ground floor, Ale sat with the large adult female sleeping in his arms, his brows scrunched up. He turned his gaze to the trio coming down the staircase and sighed. 'How troublesome'
He sat on the couch waiting for them to come over. He couldn't stand up anyways.
Athinna shifted in her sleep, drool pooling on Ale's shoulder. Another helpless sigh escaped his lips. At the sight of the duo, Raven hmphed, anger visible on her pretty delicate features.
Ale sighed again. Dareevah raised her brow, a questioning look in her eyes. 'When did the old man get a lover?' Kavriel silently thought his eyes returning to their normal red shade.
The trio sat together on an adjacent sofa waiting for the sleeping guest to awaken.