Dragon king's Angel

Chapter 5

Ase

I couldn't make up my mind about what to do with the questions. I went to my mother, Lori, to ask for some advice to help lead me in the right direction.

Mother is amazing at helping you to the right path, even just listening it helps you get the answer you need. She has such a calm aura surrounding her, it helps to stop the jumbled mess in your head and be able to think straight. Her power was a rare one from the Goddess.

Mostly it is a fae power. She can calm a room within seconds. A fight between everyone. Suddenly they are all happy and thinking straight again.

She calls it the love aura as a joke, because everyone suddenly gets along and is happy, like a drunk being happy. She has no control over it, so she mostly stays back to not affect people. I remember asking her if she was lonely as she had to stay away from people, but she explained she is a introvert so this is heaven to her.

The only ones that can control this power is the fae and they would never expose their secrets.

She told me it was up to me, but if I wanted to keep the can of worms closed, it could be the best decision. Sometimes it is best to leave things alone. Soon they will come out in the open.

Nothing is kept secret for long, sometimes it just takes a little longer to come to the open. But the truth will always shine brightly.

With that, I went to bed as I had early training. I am going to go with what mother said and just leave it. I have the best life I could ask for. I am not going to rock the boat, the truth will shine bright soon enough no matter many lies it is buried under.

Two days later

I am so excited! My brother Gunnar is home today! He had to leave and visit one of the Kings. I do not know the ins and outs of the trip, but I can't wait to hear his story of his travels.

I won't see him till the tournament. I really can't wait! Me and Gunnar are so close you would think we are blood related brother and sister.

I got ready for the events today. We all wore our outfits that are passed down through generations. Some parts are altered as they must be fixed from blood stains or rips.

My outfit today is a black pleated leather skirt that has shorts built in on the inside. It has fake-looking red jewels along the bottom.

The top is a black corset with straps that go over the shoulder, which is good for me as I need help to keep the girls in.

A leather vest is a bronze colour that has strings on the front to do up goes over the top. It has metal plates sewn inside the leather.

The shoes I had to pick out myself as I had small feet. I picked out black boots that went up to the underneath of my knee with big lace on the front, but not on top of the foot.

My father's mother passed this on to me, before she passed away back to the Goddess. Gunnar was the only child, don't think he would suit, let alone fit this outfit.

The tournament is just amazing. We always do our rituals.

A load of warriors lined the paths towards the training grounds, beating the drums, male warriors on one side of the ring with the warriors banging the drums each side of their path and female warriors on the other side all of us wearing our capes with hoods pulled low.

We marched up to the training grounds, standing two across, singing our old song. It is so powerful and exhilarating.

For new people to see it can confuse and intimidate some. It was us waking the magic of the land. We have always stuck to old ways.

Our pack was based off Vikings who found the land.

We started our march up the footpaths singing:

'Ships on vigor of the waves are skimming

Barren summits to the vendent plains, each horizon is a new beginning, rise and reign,

Far from the fjords and ice-cold currents, ravens soar over a new frontiers.

Songs and sagas of a fate determined, shields and spears

Vows of favor of the thrill and plunder, pull together for the clan and kin

Clank of hammers and the clash of thunder, pound within

Oh oh oh oh oh

The echos of eternity,

Oh oh oh oh oh

The Goddess calling me

Oh oh oh oh oh

To pluck the strings of destiny

Oh oh oh oh oh

The Goddess calling me

The Goddess calling me

Sails a swaying on the crimson rivers blood and glory in the fighting fields

Shields a shattered into splintered timbers

Iron and steel

Fires are rising, and the bells are ringing.

Glory take us into Goddess halls.

Golden glimmer and the sound of signing

Goddess call

Oh oh oh oh oh

The echoes of eternity

Oh oh oh oh oh

The Goddess calling me

Oh oh oh oh oh

To pluck the strings of destiny

Oh oh oh oh oh

The Goddess calling me

The Goddess calling me

When we finished singing, we all threw our hoods back. We bowed our heads to the warriors opposite, Gunnar at the front. I couldn't stop the big grin that came over me. Then turned to father, Odin and Loki.

We took a bow to them and acknowledged them as our leaders.

Today we had a special guest, he sat with mother and father, so of course we bowed to him as well. I quickly bowed to him, but standing up, we locked eyes and something strange happened. I got butterflies in my stomach a gasp leaving me, goosebumps all over my body, those dark eyes I could get lost in. He was so handsome. Gunner had to pull me out of the trance taking my arm to go and sit.

Taking our seats, as we waited to watch the trials and waited for our names to be called. The other pack warriors all line up next to the training grounds where we have all sorts of agility courses. At the end of this agility course, we have a ring for the last part, fighting, we battle until one tap out or has been knocked out. The course at the beginning helps to show off strength and durability. Anyone can get in a ring and fight, but after this course it shows just how fit you are as by the time you to the ring you are knackered, muscles aching, just wanting to sleep.

The warriors from other packs stood there not sure what to do, so the alpha asked a few female warriors to go and show them what they needed to do. For us, it is easy to do this as we practice daily. The fighting part we do not need to show. When they finished doing this, they went and took their seats again.

I could still feel those eyes on me, and I had to look up again, a pull to look at the handsome stranger as I could feel his eyes watching me when the girls done the demonstration. It was hard not to stare up at him.

The special guest is very handsome, with jet-black hair, his eyes so dark they looked black, olive skin. He looks to be very tall as he is sitting down and towers over the leaders. He had a sharp jaw line and looked to be pure muscle. His aura has that dangerous vibe to it. I wonder why he is watching me. I couldn't tear my eyes away from him, I felt a pull, as if someone was tugging me to go to him. His eyes never left me. A small smirk came over his lips. Hearing the drum beat for the warriors to start I managed to pull my eyes away to watch the trials. Out of respect we had to watch each team.

We watched as the other pack warriors took the trials. A lot of them are good, some of them sloppy.

It is a shame to see that the warriors are sloppy and not well-trained. They are the easiest to be targeted by outsiders.

Outsiders can all be different, from wolves, Lycans, faes, sprites and more.

They are the ones that have been kicked out of their homes due to being evil or have gone beyond the rules and put people at risk. Traitors are the worst. They know how to manipulate to get themselves help, then they show their true colors.

Alpha Williams warriors are up next. I looked over at my cousin and saw him sitting there with a smirk on his face.

The warriors all got into position, but they seemed cocky. A different attitude to what they have had the past few days. It seems now that William is there, they have a different attitude.

This will not go down well when going against others. It can get you killed. William’s warriors are up against the Blood Moon pack who rank the second strongest.

Good luck to them.