First I would like to say HELLLOOOO, it has been awhile yes I know. I have been very busy which had not helped my writers block. It had been so long I had to reread my stories and I have got to say my grammar still sucked. Ah well if you can't make fun of yourself who can you make fun of right? Ok for those of you who have read my stories here is a little recap. Aiden and Shinai are on their way to meeting Hawkens and Lucifer. While Talli, Kai, Yu, Tao and Ruma ....plus two I have not named are held captive at the Sentari capital. Oh and for all those who have not read my first two chapters...Go back and read them!
With this chapter I will introduce two new races into the storyline....even though they may not appear till a later chapter. First we have the Fairie which are in fact what everyone knows them to be, mischievous beings that look like a cross between Fairy's and elves. Well who can have a fantasy story without them right? The second race I will be introducing today are called the Waren, similar to the Katsuri but much older, these beings are thought to be extinct in the world. They are wolf like humans. Most of them are tall, lean and swift. Their skin tone is an ashy tan or nut brown depending on their tails and pointed ears. Well I'll go more into their description when they show up. Well now its time to start the chapter.....wish me luck.
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Hawkens yawned as he arrived at the meeting spot early. He wore a loose white shirt and close fit brown trousers. A side bag holding god knows what, tall leather boots that held at least 2 daggers and a long pistol safe in its belted holster. Aiden owed him big time for this. He scratched his short sandy blonde hair with his hand. He knew Lu would not arrive till later that night, the damn lazy ass cat. He stretched his long arms out. Sure he was not made out of muscle like Lucifer or Aiden but he knew how to hold his own in a fight if he needed to..... Just not with those two. Knowing he had a few hours to wait he climbed the largest tree and found a good branch to sleep in. He knew better then to sleep on the ground in these woods, unless he wanted to be something's lunch. He closed his jade green eyes and began to dream of beautiful naked women.
Lucifer stayed in his panther form carrying a small bag in his mouth. Large powerful muscles worked together to create beautiful poetic movement that used absolutely no extra movement. His bright electric blue eyes saw everything as he ran. It was not long before he arrived at the meeting place under the light of the moon. He could smell Hawk in the air, knowing that clown he was in the trees again. When did that hot head get here? He thought. The man was either far too late or way to early....at least he was the later. His cat form dropped the bag and yawned lazily; he circled around a tree before dropping in the grass and closed his eyes. He would know when Aiden and this client would enter the woods..... This job was not going to be an easy one especially for Aiden. This would not be the first or second time that man has tried to take the Sentari capital....The man had demons haunting him and going back to that place would waken them all over again...even he did not know what those demons were. Only Hawkens knew, and that man would never break his silence unless Aiden's life depended on it.
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Shinai watched Aiden as he moved. Every step he made caused her toes to curl and she hated him for it. Neither had spoken since the night before and the tension was just making her more uneasy. She hated this weakness she had for him, the way every time he looked at her she wanted to purr with glee or whenever he smiled she had these butterflies fluttering in her belly. It was maddening. Do you know what was worse? He was completely fine with the way things were between them. It was infuriating. She couldn't tell wither she wanted to jump him to slit his throat or to fuck him senseless. God she loved the way his butt moved while he walked......she stopped all together and froze. Did she just think love? She did, didn't she? Absolutely not! She thought. He turned and looked at her. There, bam was the need to purr. The damn bastared did this on purpose.
"Is something wrong? We need to hurry." Was all he said to her. She nodded and picked up the pace. God she hated him.
Aiden could feel her eyes on his back and it was driving him insane. He was crazy about her. She got under his skin like no women ever had. He loved it and hated it all at once. He could still feel her anger towards him and it was rightfully so. He treated her horribly the night before, but it had to be done. He was already far too emotionally involved with her as it was. If this continued he would jeopardize the job he was hired for. They would arrive at the meeting place in another hour and then the fun part would begin. They continued on their path towards the Sandrine woods. The silence was killing him. He was exhausted with all these damn contradictions. He wished he would just choose something already. Chose to avoid her for the rest of the job, or chose to chase after her like some idiot in love.....god he just thought love didn't he? Crap he was in love. Wasn't this just what he needed, more complications. They reached the woods in good time and by the time they reached the meeting spot the sun was high above them.
Shinai looked around the small clearing. Large, lush green trees surrounded a small clear spring. You could see the fish swimming up stream; the only other life was a large sleeping panther. What stunned her was Aiden walked directly toward him.
"Aiden what the hell are you doing? Are you insane?" she whispered. He turned and looked at her with a mischievous grin and winked. She watched as he actually kicked the panther awake. The beast growled and glared at him but did nothing else. Aiden burst out laughing and gestured for Shinai to come closer.
"Shinai, I am guessing you have never met your Panzarz cousins' right? This is Lucifer, one of my buddies. He is just like you but prefers to stay in his feline form with others. Panzarz are notorious loners. The only time they are seen in pairs is if they find their mate. This pain in the ass stays like this to make my life difficult." He explained.
"A Panzarz?" She was confused. She had never known another type of Katsari outside of the Jaguari.
"Yes, there are four Katsari clans scattered across the lands. The Tigree, the Lepari, the Panzarz, and the Jaguari. Most of the clans don't know about each other. Lu, you could change for her you know." He asked the large cat. He just yawned and closed his eyes. "Yeah you would say that." While he was speaking to the cat she moved slowly towards them
"What about this other friend of yours?" she asked him keeping a safe distance.
"Knowing Hawkens he's above us." Aiden replied. "He has a thing for sleeping in trees."
Out of no ware something came from above. A tall light skinned man with the greenest eyes she had ever seen.
"I keep telling you, I sleep up there because I don't have the super sensors you to have. I don't know if something's going to try to eat me while I am sleeping." He had a warm voice with just a hint of hoarseness that made him sound very cute. "And hello, where have you been all my life you lovely lady." He grinned at Shinai and she could not reset smiling back.
"Don't even think about it Romeo, do you have the old capital plans?" Aiden did not like Hawks flirting in the least.
"Yea, yea" He replied. He took off his side bag and sat on the ground, pulling out a pair of glasses and an old rolled up map. He put the glasses on and unrolled the map.
"Wait, how did you get a map of the Sentari capital? No one outside of the Sentari and a few traders have ever been their." Shinai grew cautious.
