The Awakening Of The Luna

013: Agred ✨✨✨✨

Chapter Thirteen

The next morning was abrupt. The cart had come to a stop and noises filled all around. The girls eventually woke up to the sound of someone hitting the cart loudly, ‘’Wake up !!, Wake up!!’’, A deep voice had shouted from outside the cart, jolting the girls awake. Marceline had woken up first. She roughly rubbed her eyes, all while trying to understand the reason for the commotion. She turned her back to look through the windows, but hit her forehead when she realized she had none on her side. What was the reason for the commotion?, she asked herself.

‘’We have arrived’’. Delphine and Odette both said at once. Marceline raised her brow confused, while Giselle pried herself off Delphine and stretched her hands awake. Renee still slept peacefully and needed her sister to tap her a few times to wake up.

‘’We have arrived at Agred. It is our first stop. I told you we would be making three stops on our journey to the Capital?’’, Odette threw the question to Marceline and Marceline nodded, quickly realising.

‘’You promised to tell me the important details, I apologize, but I know nothing but Olrod’’, Marceline begged as she drew closer to where the other girls were, which was only a feet away, Delphine sighed and gave her a sympathetic look She turned to Odette and gave her the go ahead to speak, Odette cleared her throat...

The state of Agred was formed by Alpha Lucius after the death of his father. He named the state” Agred” from the native werewolf language, Raeg, and it means ‘Green’, which is related to the fact that seventy percent of Agred is covered in greens and the major export of the state is green. They are in charge of food and meat for the whole kingdom. The Alpha in charge is Alpha Gonzalo and his Luna Brulina. He has three children; Greil, Grogan, and Deemothy, and they are all boys. The major red flag is that Luna Brulina is a very jealous woman. She had lashed a slave to death for just being close to her husband.

‘’Stay away from the Alpha’’....... Odette had ended with a threatening stare at Marceline and got her thinking to herself.

The walk to the Palace was extremely tiring. The sun was out and it was hot and the floor beneath their feet was hotter. The girls had been forced out earlier , and were put into chains. Their legs had cuffs around them with a few inches apart from the others. The cuffs were made of steel and with the hot sun heating them, it made walking less and less bearable.

Marceline was dehydrated and her head became lighter with each step, but she held on and refused to fall to the ground or show any sign of weakness to the four guards, who kicked and screamed at them at any chance they got. Marceline tuned them out, she had not been kicked yet and was at the front of the line. It was nothing new to her and if she had been trained for one thing while working for Madame Alicia, it was Agility and the ability to bear anything. The same wasn’t said for the girls though, who were getting more and more tired by the second.

‘’Delphine you good!’’, Marceline yelled loudly enough for Delphine to hear. Delphine gave her a weak. ‘’Hmmm’’, She was not doing so well. Delphine was surprisingly at the back of the line. She towered over them all and was having the hardest time. Her legs were much thicker than the cuffs and, thus, the steel was burning through her skin with each step. Not to mention how closer she was to the sun than the other girls and the guards never ceased the opportunity to kick her down. She was practically exhausted and wanted to fall on the ground. The only thing keeping her sane was, surprisingly, Marceline’s row call for all of them.

‘’Delphine You Got this!!’’, She would say a few times, which would give Delphine more emotional courage for the next five minutes until the next.

‘’Giselle. You good!!?’’, Giselle was fine, tired? yes, but she was right behind Marceline and was also taking it easy. She was ready to rest, though, ‘’Yeah, You GOOd Marceline?’’, She always asked back and Marceline replied, ‘’I am trying’’.

‘’Enough with the talking’’,. A guard beside Marceline always said, but that was never followed by any of them, instead Marceline and Giselle would laugh out in response and Marceline swore that she had seen the guard laugh once too. Marceline appreciated Giselle for her kind nature, and was sure more than ever that they would be good friends too.

‘’Twins You Good!!’’, Marceline asked, ‘’Barely holding up Celine!!’’, Odette yelled back as she tried holding on to her half passed out sister. Marceline smiled as she spoke. If anything she would say, Odette was the strongest out of them all. She loved her sister a whole lot and maybe even more than herself. It was a love that only family and loved ones understood. She could see her mother through Odette’s eyes and she prayed they would never separate from each other.

‘’You are the Best Odette!!’’, Marceline screamed back, she wanted her to know that she was very much appreciated and that her efforts were not in vain.

Marceline looked around the path they were passing through, just as Odette had said, it was a vast land of greens and flowers, they were passing through a mountain and at the bottom of the mountain, was a beautiful lake were the natives sung in, Women and men stood around the lake with baskets full of clothes and they laughed and worked. Ahead of that was a cassava and yam farm where people ploughed and laboured there, while a rose farm was just ahead as well. It was amazing and felt like a painting being brought to life.

‘’It is beautiful Odette, don’t you think so Marceline?’’, Renee asked. Marcline raised a brow. She was shocked to hear her speak to someone other than her sister, but she did not dwell on it for long and simply enjoyed the moment, ‘’Yeah it is, How are you feeling, Renee?’’.

‘’Odette’s the best, I am fine, she isn’t though’’. Her voice sounded sad and Marceline dropped her eyes as well, the excitement wearing off. She looked down at her legs. They were peach red and she sighed, it was the realization of the pain she was about to face.

‘’We are here’’. Delphine announced, forcing the girls to look up at once. Just ahead of them was a huge gate. Carriages entered through them and guards stood around. On the top of the huge structure was a piece of writing saying, ‘Welcome to Agreg’’.

‘’ Welcome to Green’’, Marceline said out loud and the girls burst out laughing,