The mark of the wolf

chapter 4

Cinaed felt himself listening as she talked about the black soldiers coming into her home killing maming anything in its path . How she fought as hard as she could until they surrounded her and dragged her outside. The memory's where still fresh even after a hundred years she shuddered the blood coating her face and hands the dirt clinging to her skin . She showed them her fangs her green eyes feirce . She snarled and snapped her jaws the wolf was coming out and could not be contained than a hit so hard on the back of her head and she was out . The soldiers picked her up and threw her in the cage. She awoke to darkness and death blood and fire and screams . The screams that would not end . She found herself strapped to the table . She strained against the straps but to no avail. That's when a woman with white blond hair almost silver it was so pale walked into the room. Blue eyes cold and dead . She turned to the guard and said what is the name of this one? Alana your majesty . She smiled at Alana than walked over to a table near by and selected a small knife than turned back around. The smile she gave Alana made her stomach turn. She walked over and rolled up Lileas sleeve and began to cut . Alana gritted her teeth at first not wanting to give that evil woman the satisfaction of seeing her cry . Than the woman waited Alana felt her blood roll off her arm and onto the floor. Than her arm started healing again and the torture began anew. Cuting, healing cuting, healing. She could feel her wolf weaking from the blood loss she was getting very tired. Than they shoved a stick in-between her jaws and pride them open making her drink a dark foul smelling liquid . She gagged and almost vomited. Her eyes changed her voice came out more vicious and she growled at them. The drink of whatever they gave her started burning it's way through her system what had they given her. She felt lightheaded her vision seeing sparks and the ringing in her ears. Than the burning again she screamed and writhed trying to get free whatever they'd done to her she swore she would pay them back . Than everything was still she found she couldn't move the drink had paralyzed her . Gamorah said interesting she turned to her assistant and said so if you give a wolf a drop of vipers blood they turn into this ? Vipers blood crap she thought this isn't good vipers blood can paralyzed you and the side effects can last year's . Gamorah then reached for a different drink they wedged the peice of wood between her jaws again and dumped a different drink down her throat this one was tasteless and clear almost like water but not. Than there was a freezing in her veins and bone coldness took effect. The burning and the ice at the same time she opened her mouth to scream. But no sounds came out this was not good. She could feel her mind slipping is this what death felt like? cool cold empty ? The darkness was sweeping in she almost felt like she should give in than a light started battling that darkness and a figure told her to fight and fight hard. She tried she felt so weak so helpless. The queen smiled than and said if I give you the cure would you serve me? Alana felt like she had no choice she she blinked twice the queen gave her another drink this one dark blue and she could move again think again. Than the queen smiled and she realized her world everything she knew would never ever be the same again.

She stood up and unrolled her sleeves that's when Cinaed saw the tattoos on her wrist black intercate bands on either wrists it was writing in the old tongue ancient writting. Than she opened the collar of her shirt and a black band was wrapped across her neck with more writing all these tattoos where script inked on flesh . She than turned around and took off her shirt showing him the rest it wound it's way down her spine . He stood up and ran a hand down her back she stiffened than threw her shirt back over head and turned back around. So that is how I am one hundred years old she looked at him some pain was there but feirceness too. As long as the queen is alive I serve her and her household. Have you tried to remove the tattoos? She nodded than flipped her right wrist over he saw a deep scar on her wrist and it whent straight through the tattoo. I tried but it just healed up again almost immediately. So what do you do in service to the queen? Asked Cinaed. She said anything she wants.

With that she decided to call it a night. Cinaed curled up on the couch under a pile of blankets and fell asleep thinking what a strange turn of events this day had been but he also was glad he found someone who understood the wolf. Alana didn't go to sleep for a long time her wolf was restless having a male wolf in the house so close by. His scent was driving her up the wall. She finally fell asleep if only for a few short hours. She awoke to the sunlight coming in and than his scent she couldn't smell it anymore. She raced downstairs to find the blankets folded onto the couch and a note on the table .

Alana thank you for a wonderful day yesterday I hate to run, but I need to get back to my house. I would like to see you again . Signed Cinaed

She smiled and than noticed a bouquet of roses that where orange and red and gold fire roses as she liked to call them. She sniffed them than sneezed and grabbed them to throw them out too bad she was allergic to roses.

Einarr stared at the ceiling and tried to move his wrists as chained as they where . The door to his cramped cell swung open and a big man entered he was huge . Einarr sensed he was no normal human and growled the man's eyes where black ringed with gold. His hair was long and black and his face was covered in scars. He folded his arms they where scared as well . He rolled up his sleeve and reached for Einarr 's chains pulling him to his feet. Einarr was not sure what to expect but he had some ideah. This man was going to teach him in the fighting pits . Einarr knew how to handle himself in a fight he was four hundred years old . But he decided to play along for now.