Forest Outside the Dancing Winds Palace
The moon was high in the sky, and the wind gently rustled the trees but no creature moved . The shadows were thick and almost physical barriers to motion like water under pressure . Ravens and crows, beautiful black birds lit on trees and flew in lazy circles above the heads of the gathering below . Three royals, two guards, a shaman, a old wolf, and a maiden stood beneath the trees .
Kan looked at the other worried faces, his own heart hard . No one was quite sure what to say as they looked at eachother . They all knew why they were here but that was about it .
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"Who is with her . " Mordakai asked, noticing the two Knights were here in the circle .
"Cora, she's a healer and good with children . She will be keeping an eye on Kyera and Clovis while they sleep . Her venom is potent enough if needed . " Daxin offered from where he stood by the tree, there was pain in his eyes . His appearance even more haggard than the old wolf normally was . He just didn't know what to do . Leaving Cora with Kyera was the best he could offer . The baby… if she lost the baby and Talis didn't pull through he didn't know if they could handle her .
The old Shaman nodded . "Kyera's shadow magic is strong but dangerous . There has been so much betrayal in that child's life that the darkness is consuming her . She can tame it if she wants but . . . " Half eye trailed off, unable to find the words he needed . Kan let his hand slide off his hip as he spat on the ground near his feet .
"But she has to want to . Losing the only man she considers a brother left on this planet, and her baby plus this betrayal… she will become wild . " Kan replied softly saying the words no one else would say aloud . "His betrayal will be what turns her beast . "
"What do you mean by beast? Who was he?" Mordakai asked, these terms new to him . He hadn't seen the attack earlier, and to be honest all tigers looked the same to him still .
"That was Verone . Wasn't it?" Sansor asked gauging the room as he said the name . The old wolf he looked at for an answer dropped his head, but Kan didn't make him say it .
"Yes . It was . Kyera needs us . All of us . Going beast means to lose all control . Her magic will consume her and she will fight to her death to protect what she loves from anything that threatens it . " Kan added shaking his head slowly .
"That's a good thing though . " Alexi pointed out, speaking for the first time since he had arrived to this groups meeting . His wife had been adamant that he go, now he knew why .
"Yes and no . Your brother and his daughter will be safe and I doubt the Dark Ones could handle a wild Kyera . they will perish but at a great cost . Kyera will not he able to sense her power run low . She will end up like her namesake . " Shaman Half Eye warned and all eyes turned on him, except for Mordakai, who turned pale .
"What happened to her?" Alexi asked and Mordakai spoke .
"Kyera's namesake saved my kingdom . She watched her sister and her lover attack as a mated pair . They intended to destroy Shadow Veil for their own use with the help of the southern kingdom . The betrayal and anger turned Kyera to a beast and she… she defeated them . Soldiers and all . She poured her soul into protecting my forefathers and in doing so exhausted herself . She collapsed and died in the forest of our border . My great grandfather laid her to rest in the hollow of a tree, a cradle tomb because her spirit is captured forever in those trees . She will never cross over or reach her father's kingdom of Mora . If she beasts, she won't be able to control herself . " Mordakai explained the legend shaking her head slowly .
"Is she close to that?" Alexi asked honestly lost at this point . He had no idea what to think .
"Yes . She is honestly . " Sansor shook his head slowly . There was no mistaking that look in Kyera's eyes as she had picked up Raina and walked away . She was at the edge, but the child in her arms was like a lifeline . It stilled the beast wanting free . He wasn't sure how long that would last . Would she follow the fate of her elder sister?
"It's true . I can feel her bleeding heart from here . What do we do?" Mordakai asked and everyone fell quiet . They cast looks at one another then to the ground . No one is quite sure what to do . Kan sighed deeply and went to speak but a voice beat him to it .
"Daxin prepare the knights, Mally prepare the Rebellion . I will speak to Rashan . He will prepare the palace familiars . " Kyera's voice was cold, the emotion in it chillingly nonexistent . The word that hung on the air was thick, and heavy enough to make them feel as though each breath was a struggle to breath .
"Prepare for what, exactly?" Mordakai asked, having a feeling he knew the word that hung from her words . A word she had never said before . Would she now?
"It is time to end this . No more pity, no more understanding . The time for peace has come to an end . I will not allow this land to suffer any longer . It is time to Wage War . " The words left her lips and the sensations changed . The air was light and ready . Energy seemed to surge around them .
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