Karry looked out over the scenery that her bedroom windows provided, an intense need riding her hard. It had been too long since she had felt the freedom to go where she pleased and do what she pleased, too long since she had the right to make her own decisions. She would give anything to have the right to decide for herself what she wanted and what she needed. But the demands of her people came before her own, the needs and wants were all more important than what she craved.
She was the leader of a small group of human that refused to ally themselves with any species or kingdom. The group only contained forty people, but those forty people were her responsibly. She hadn't asked for the responsibility, what sane twenty-one year old would, but it had fallen into her lap after everyone had seen what she could do. Karry had the guts to do what everyone else was too scared to do and smart enough to not get caught. Still taking charge over all of these people was wearing her down.
The constant moving and having to fight to stake their claim on some decrepit building was becoming hard for her. Having to find a way to come up with money to get the supplies they need or scrounging around for food was starting to kill her, so was the face of every person that she had to kill to protect her own. Everything was nothing more than a fight of the fittest, it was a struggle to hold onto your sanity and still be able to do what needed to be done. She didn't have anyone to talk to, no one that could comfort her when everything including herself was falling to pieces at her feet. Instead she had to suck it up and put on a mask that said nothing was wrong no matter how bad things became.
She wasn't sure how much longer she could continue this life, how much longer she could slip into her role before she had to break free. Even now she felt like running away, somewhere that no one could find her and stay there. She feared she had very little time left before she left these people, and that alone made her somewhat sad. She cared for everyone and wanted what was best for them, but someone like her was not what they needed.
"Those must be some dark thoughts you are having Karry."
Karry smiled slightly at the sound of the only person she could have ever relied on, her father's friend Thorn. Thorn had been almost a part of the family since before her father passed away, now he was more of a friend that wasn't really a friend.
"I guess you might be right. Are we running low on supplies again?" Karry asked
"No, the supplies are fine."Thorn said
"Then what brings you here?"
"An intruder has been spotted near the back entrance." Thorn said
Karry sighed as she turned to face Thorn and forced the mask of indifference back over her features. She knew without being told that this was something she would have to take care of personally, that no one else would play with their life as she would. Walking past Thorn she headed out the door and down the winding stairs to the first floor before passing others as she headed to the rear entrance. When she got into the room that held the back door to the outside, she closed the door she had come through and locked it tightly placing several heavy objects in front of it.
"I assure you that blocking that door isn't necessary, we do not mean any of you any harm."
Karry whirled around dropping into a defensive crouch at the deep masculine voice behind her, every nerve in her body, both what she was born with and the ones heightened by experiments went on full alert. Several men stood against the fall wall, the only one standing straight was the one in the front, a woman at his side. She could tell by the way they carried themselves that none of them were human which meant only two things. One, they were going to kill her and everyone else for coming into their territory or two, they planned to sell them all off as slaves.
"What do you want here?" Karry asked as she slightly adjusted her body to take an attack if need be
"My brother wishes to meet the woman who leads these people. I would like you to take us to her; I swear we will not harm anyone. My name is Lucian LeSabor and this is my mate Kiryn."
Karry felt a shiver run up her spine at the name LeSabor. The rumors from every place she had ever been was that the LeSabors were monsters beyond even what they were born as, merciless and ruthless. She did not know that she had been in their land; if she had she would have allowed no one to leave the building but herself.
"You are already talking to me. I was informed that someone had entered and came down to check." Karry answered standing up but not letting her guard down
A look of shock crossed over Lucian's face and he knew Kiryn had the same expression. The feeling of astonishment was quickly followed by anger.
"How dare they allow their leader to come unescorted to a potential threat?! Do they have no idea how dangerous that is?" Kiryn growled
