Smoke and Mirrors Book One

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night sky. With each cut an opponent made, blood decorated any canvas that was available to it and hence, painted all of us. It dyed our clot

time that it would take from me, as of now, time was of the essence. I needed to get to my nephew as soon as possible, no matter what. I

htened I could smell every drop of blood that was shed, I could hear every scream my comrades made. It

e rest broke through the night sky as they too felt the same pain I did, the feeling of your heart

s. We ran at full-speed till we came to the gates of our last barrier against the enemy. Three of us howl

ny arms around my large head, burying his little head in the thick fur. I glanced around the room to meet the eyes

to my training as Head Warrior Commander. We were forced to shift multiple times during training and being embarrassed by one's own body was just ridiculous. I thanked my generals as they handed me clothes and signalled them to return to the

er body had the chance to become mangled beyond recognition. I could not help but reach out to stroke her caramel ha

the lands would be invited to honour her and it pained me to think that she would not be able

e to happen to me or my husband, you will

our strongest, who wo

l take Antony and run to the human settlement b

hat if anything were to happen to you I will ensure An

ht' could protect us forever and that our peaceful

ul in death as she did when she lived. I will honour my promis

hed them to their limit. I knew the enemy was trying to force their way in and they most probably had the entire area surrounded which would allow them to break t

r places in front of our flimsy last barrier. They no

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dumped him onto his bed, I paid him no heed as

I packed a few pieces of century-old jewellery that I knew would fetch a pretty penny at the human settlement. I was so focused

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innocence, he did not deserve what happened, h

ing on a t

sting because she got hurt but she will heal soon, I remembered what

he paired with it, how could I tell him that not even our accelerated healing could restart

urse,

removed his armband before doing the same to my circlet

dy along so that he can keep me safe f

ning to get his bear, unaware that h

smiled as I remembered how he was adamant to change it to gold fabric because he thought it was pretty which caused Ryder to nearly faint in shock. My eyes turned to the w

nd I quickly tied the bag close. Running to the large mahogany shelves that sat on the other side of Antony'

ay for the fake wall. Antony ran to my side when the sound of footsteps making their way up the staircase grew

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cked with red, but I kept going till it gave way under the pressure. I pushed out enough rocks such that there was a small hole th

against the wall before dropping them on Antony's duvet. I quickly crawled into the hole in the wall before turning back to see the room that held so many

ng of rats echoed down the hallway. Antony's grip on my hand tightened with each

t by, the passage was soon forgotten until I dug up the old records in our library when I was hiding from our Elders. I traced the scratch marks that covered the wall