The White Beauty

Episode Nineteen Getting Ready To Go

Sarahs' P.O.V. 

After that little encounter with Jason, I quickly get ready and mind-link Dae. 

I run as fast as I can to meet Dae in the hallway by the Throne Room. 

"Hey, I'm sorry I'm late," I say as I approach Daemon. 

He turns and smiles at me. "Well, with the way your hair is still damp," He starts lightly touching my hair with his fingers, "I'm gonna assume you fell asleep in the bathtub while getting ready."

"Something like that," I can feel my cheeks heat up as I look away from him.

"Mhm. Now shall we get this over with?" He places a light kiss on my cheek and moves beside me, holding his arm so I can hook mine around his.

I smile up at him as I put my fingers on the inside of his arms. I can't tell if he's flexing his muscles or if they always stay his rock hard. Now I'm blushing for a different reason.

"We shall."

We stood in front of the King the way we walked in, my hand on his arm as a powerful couple would. 

"Well, I see you had more fun with your punishment than I had expected. Guess you're more of a w***e than I expected to have a stranger lay you in his bed. Anyways, you will accompany Jason and Cynthia on their journey to Takenue. You will shift into your horse form and Daemon, you will be her rider. I expect you to do as your told Daemon."

"Yes sir, I'll take Sarah to the stables now and prep her for the journey."

The King nodded and we left as quick as we came. 

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I released the breath I was holding as soon as we weren't in his sight. 

"Well, that went better than expected," I giggled. 

"Yeah, I was expecting him to blow up with your little stunt. Holding my arm like you were glad he got me to do that."

"Hey, I didn't see you objecting." I teasingly pushed him away. 

"Maybe I didn't want you to let go," He says as he moves closer to me. 

We walked and talked the whole way there, flowing naturally. 

When we got to the stables there were a hundred or more standing around. Half of them wore this pack's symbol. You know the one that is branded on my body. 

The other half wore a different symbol. This symbol was an eclipsed moon on a silver shield with a circle encasing it all. 

I stopped talking when we got in hearing distance of the others. We walked into the stables where people were shifting and standing in line to get prepared for the journey ahead of them. 

The wolves were having armor put on there face, neck, back, and some on their legs. The horses were being strapped up with gear and armor being placed on them as well. 

Daemon and I waiting in line until it is my turn to shift. 

"I'll see you in a couple of minutes okay?"

I nod my head and smile at him. As he walks away, I shift into my horse and step forward. I can hear people gasping and murmuring as I stood there. I don't know what I expected. I watched so many people stand still for this and yet I'm having a hard time doing so. 

The man roughly grabs my face and tries to shove a metal bit in my house. I pull away from his grasp and let out a warning breath, a fierce snort leaving my nostrils as I start to back away. I just can't do this. 

I turn to leave when four men jump and grab my mane and try to stop me. With one quick thrash of neck, they fall to the ground but are quickly replaced with ten more men. 

"Someone call for Daemon!" I hear someone shout but I don't care. I'm starting to get pissed. I stand on my back legs and thrash my front legs out. I see an opening and bolt for the door. 

I'm immediately stopped by Damon just outside of the doors where I hear more gasps and murmurs about me. 

He has his and out in front of him like that's going to stop me. I shift to the left to walk around him but he sidesteps me. Did he really just do that? 

"Easy Sarah. It is okay," He says in a soft tone. 

I start to look at everyone around us but he quickly brings my attention back to him, "Don't worry about them. Focus on me, babe. I know this is all new to you but I need you to be with me today." He starts slowly walking towards me, "I know that this is stressful as hell and if I was in your shoes I'd want to run away too. But we can't do that. Cynthia needs us to help her get to Takenue. I don't want anything bad to happen to her and I'm sure you don't as well." 

By this point, he slowly reaches out and puts his hand across my nose and puts the other behind my ears, pulling my head down for me to look in his eyes. "Please don't leave me today. I need you. You're my partner on this one babe." 

I close my eyes over as Dae puts his forehead on mine. In my part, it was a sign of defeat, while his was a sign of victory. 

He places a quick kiss on my forehead before backing away. "Now, may I help you get ready?"

I nod my head in agreement and he walks back into the stable. I'm sure I was supposed to follow his but I just couldn't go back there. 

He quickly returns with the dreaded bridal. Damn metal bit. More of his people came into sight holding all the pieces I'd need for today. 

"Alright. I know this is a pain in the ass but you have to do it." I quickly pin my ears back and slightly turn my head away from him. 

Daemon chuckles, "Okay so you don't have to do it but I'd love if you did." 

Ugh! Fine! I turn my head back to him. I see that little smirk of his as he steps to me. He slowly puts the bit in my mouth and places the bright blue leather behind my ears. He fastens the buckles and steps back, "See now that wasn't so bad was in. I give him another snort. I know we can mind-link but I still have mine closed off. 

As he placed the armor made for my face, everyone else started putting the rest on. He stayed there with me while they added bits and pieces to my armor. He just stroked my face until everything was done. 

A woman came out with a blue and gold cloth in her arms, "May I?" May she do what? I narrow my eyes at her and pin my ears back. I can tell she's starting to get nervous. She unfolds the cloth and lets me look at it. 

It's actually stunning. The pack symbol is gold embroidered in the middle of the think blue fabric. The trimming is gold and is cut into an upsidedown triangle. I can see diamonds laced around the trimming of it. Dae nods his head after seeing I was done analyzing it. She walks up to my chest that comes up to her shoulders. I wanted to laugh at how short she was when I realized it wasn't her. I'm actually pretty tall now that I look at myself around the others. It reminds me of those racehorses I have seen a couple of years ago. 

She uses a small chain to attach one side to my armor and steps to the other side to do the same. She starts to reach out and touch my face but Jake grabs her arm and throws her to the ground. "Know your place peasant," He spits in her direction before walking away. 

I can see the tears whelp up in her eyes. What he did was not right. I don't care who this woman is, you down treat her that way. I can see everyone still watching me but I don't care. 

I walk over to her and she freezes instantly at the sight of me, "Please show me mercy. I didn't mean to disrespect you in any way." I can see the tears fall down her rosy cheeks as she starts to tremble in fear. 

I lower my head down and use my nose to wipe away her tears. She looks up at me in shock. I nudge her hand and she places her cold fingers on my face. It is really hot outside so I don't understand why she feels so cold to the touch. 

One second she is looking at me in disbelief and then she next, she's actually hugging my face. I took this as my opportunity to pull her off the ground. I slowly raise my head hoping she doesn't let go. 

When she's fully standing and gets her balance back, she releases her grip on my face and steps back," I always knew someone would save us from this cruel way of living," She bows her head to me before running back to the castle 

I turn back to see Daemon looking at me in awe. I walk over to him and press my head into his stomach and nudge him. "I'm going to take that as your ready to go." He chuckles and grabs the reins leading me into formation. 

When we are out of hearing range, Daemon leans into me, "See, that's why I said all those things the other night. It amazes me how much heart you have for these people. People to down even know."

I can still sense people are watching me. I don't understand why.

It's okay. They're glad your hear. You don't understand what you actually mean to these people.

I hear Dae mind-link me. 

They won't stop staring at me. It's irritating. 

You should do some research on your kind. Only then will you understand why they look at you the way they do. 

Before I can answer, Jason shoves Daemon. 

"What the hell do you think you are doing Daemon."