"No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away."
- Terry Pratchett
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After what we had talked about, I had been hyper aware of my surroundings even more, paying attention to every move and flex of his muscles every time he moved.
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For some reason, ever since we have declared our feelings for each other, he had been very touchy yet playing innocent about it. He would brush himself against me playfully but he would act all innocent once I'd look at him.
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And now, we had to leave for the meeting with the warrior leaders and the kings and queens.
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I went into the bathroom, taking my clothes with me, and I quickly began to change, I had put my hair down letting the curls run free, putting the deep red lipstick female warriors were to wear at the meeting.
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Getting out of the bathroom, I ran into a shirtless Cian, I had instantly covered my eyes as a squeal left my throat in embarrassment,
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Cian chuckled at my response as he shuffled around,
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"We are decent now, my love"
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I peeked through my fingers and a sigh of relief left my lips,
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"S-Sorry, I should h-have knocked"
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There was an awkward silence in the air after what I said, it was a stupid thing to say when I wasn't outside of our room anyways, I rushed to explain,
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"A-As in, l-like, I should have knocked on t-the bathroom d-door to let you know I was going to come o-out of the b-bathroom"
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A finger lifted my chin up,
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Cian was right in my face, his eyes had affection swirling in them, he planted a kiss on my cheek and whispered in his velvety voice,
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"My love, it's all yours, you own our very soul, you don't need to knock, you can do whatever you see fit with us"
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He drew back as his brown and yellow streaked eyes dropped in a wink.
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My eyes widened as I saw his shoulders secretly shaking, he was holding back from laughing at me,
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As he held a hand out for me with the other on the door, we held eye contact as I placed my hand in his,
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He intertwined our fingers together, my hands fit so well against his,
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It was as if we were specifically made for each other,
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We started making our way as we met Evander half way, I didn't realize our hands were still intertwined until I saw the horror evident in Evander's eyes.
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Then the horror shifted into excitement in seconds then to neutral as Cian looked at him.
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I blushed under their gaze as Cian gave my hand a tight squeeze, sending electricity through my whole body,
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I could have him right now,
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As I was thinking of those naughty thoughts about Cian and how much I want to show my love to him in an even deeper level, I got rudely pulled out of my daydreaming by arriving at the huge doors of the Council room,
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Oh this is going to be a long meeting,
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Long and boring,
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~~~~~
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After we were seated in our assigned places, I was next to Cian right where his queen should be sitting,
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He had pulled out the chair for me with his pleading adorable eyes, and I thought that there is no harm to it, so I sat right next to him.
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Evander was on his other side,
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Nemesis and Lycus were with me as well as they were called accompanying familiars,
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Nemesis made sure to glare at everyone over my shoulder while Lycus was resting in my palms as I secretly scratched his head into sleeping,
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I was just as welcoming as Nemesis was, I was sitting next to Cian with a resting neutral face that showed no emotion.
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The kings and queens with their warriors filled the room after us, the councilmen were sitting inside the circle as they watched everyone fill in, there were councilmen for each area that exists, I have heard the job is very challenging to be accepted for and was very demanding, that was their excuse for not accepting women as a part of the council members, they were only men, hypocrites at that, but they still settled problems well and were good at their job.
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Every eye had turned to us, to me, to be specific. I was sitting at the queen's place, wearing a warrior leader's clothes.
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Cian had cleared his throat as everyone cowered at the voice of him trying to get their attention.
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Everyone looked at him with fear yet respect evident in their eyes and demeanor, it felt like the other kings and queens all cowered at his presence.
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I mean he is huge after all.
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"We have an announcement to make"
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Everyone turned their eyes to me, some in distaste, some with curiosity and some neutral.
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"We have found our mate, our queen"
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Everyone rose into hushed voices as they all talked to each other,
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I had expected this, the next move was going to be very obvious,
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As the voices died down, the councilmen had congratulated us,
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Someone in particular was staring at me with hate,
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it was queen Islode.
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I rose an eyebrow at her,
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If she is challenging me, she would lose her position.
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I let the stares slide as we were presented with glasses of water and some snacks,
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I smirked as I pulled the glass to my mouth,
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"Who was stupid enough to attempt poisoning me the first opportunity they got"
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As the words left my mouth, the people who were chattering, those who were drinking, those that were doing paperwork. They all stopped.
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They all stared at me wide eyed,
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There were only 2 furious men and a furious owl with her angry screeching baby.
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The worst of them was Cian, his eyes completely gone yellow, no streaks of brown visible in them.
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Helios was out,
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I rested my hand on his, in attempt to calm him down as I whispered,
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"I'm okay, love. I didn't drink it, I recognized it right away, okay?"
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His stiff shoulders slightly relaxed as his yellow hatred and murder filled eyes had turned to a soft pool of yellow, making it look like a very light honey,
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"Calm down, my king"
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I smiled at him reassuringly as he calmed down before he ripped everyone to shreds, by the look of it everyone was ready to scream their heads off and run away,
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I looked around, Nemesis was hissing at the glass of water every time I touched it, my good girl could recognize it right away.
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As Lycus had climbed on top of me to Cian's shoulder, he calmed down even more to not scare my little boy.
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I looked at the rest of them, Evander already inspecting around the table to look at everyone's plates and drinks as so did all the other warriors that were secretly panicking,
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It could've been anyone,
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I took a look at the snacks as well, they were poisoned too as I could tell from one sniff,
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"Whoever attempted to poison me, they did it in attempt not only to kill me, but also my mate."
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I shook my head in disappointment,
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"The poison is a mix of a few other strong poisons that effect werewolves, it was made meant for my mate, not me".
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