Chapter 3 The Rokhans Arrive

She came to me immediately, almost as if he was waiting for me

"You found her" she said to me. She was air and water and sound, surrounding us.

The female shook and then slowly opened her eyes. She was awake and I could see that she knew what was happening.

"You found each other" the goddess repeated to us.

"What is happening? Who is this?" AKHIR asked

"You are mates, you will fight a great war and you will sire seven children, but only if you both make it alive....only if the world is still alive after the war" she said

"I don't understand. What war?" He asked calmly

"I cannot give you all the answers you seek now. The other part of my message awaits you in the other tomb. I will see you there" she says and then goes away

King Akhir looks down and see that the female's eyes are slowly closing backz the strength the goddess had given her to awake was gone. The female would most likely forget this even happened.

The horde king on the other hand knew exactly what to do.

A few hours earlier...

ISLA

Kingdom of Ozai...City of Armasia...The king's street

The streets were packed with moving bodies and people, chatter and noise as the people gathered around. The people were all anxious and nervous, you could feel the tension in the atmosphere as they all waited around the king's street. This was a one way street all the way from the city's gate all the way to the king's Palace...and every one of the residents had all gathered around this road to watch their arrival. Today was the day.

Today marked the three years that the Kingdom of Ozai had been at war with it's neighboring Powerful Kingdom of Xion, ruled by the most powerful horde king of their time. Today marked the end of that way...or that was what they all hoped because the horde king and his highest ranking warriors were arriving at their city today to meet with the king and to sign a peace treaty, something that they had been discussing for the last few months. They had lost many a warriors on both sides, lost women and children and homes during the long war. Finally it would come to an end today when the horde long arrived and signed the treaty with their king. They were all anxious and afraid for many reasons you will see...I will tell you why.

My name is Isla...Isla, daughter of Mirad. This is my story. For as long as I can remember, Our two kingdoms have existed and occupied the entire south hemisphere of the planet. The kingdom of Ozai, which is my kingdom and the powerful Kingdom of Xion. The kingdom of Ozai has twelve cities that make up the kingdom....it's capital city was Armasia and that is where I was born and brought up. The other Kingdom, Kingdom of Xion, is the most powerful Kingdom not just in the Southern hemisphere but in all the half of the globe. It is rich in rare resources and is especially blessed by our moon goddess Kasia and hence is very influencial and wealthy. The kingdom is one of the highest ranking kingdom in all of the globes and known for its might, it also had twelve powerful cities under which it is all ruled by the powerful horde king...whose name shall not be called. He is feared and revered so, so much that I can't say his name out loud to save myself. He is a mighty warrior born in the midst of blood and war many years ago, who rose from the gore and the ashes and took the throne of Xion from his father, and led the kingdom to greatness. I have never met him, and hope I never do...not face to face atleast. I have heard too many scary stories about him to want to meet him, although today is a different scenerio. He is arriving here in our City and I can finally get to see him from a distance, get to see the male who is admired and also feared by so many. I shivered just at the thought of him, and as if I had summoned him...them....they arrived.

The people all shuffled around as their noise increased with excitement and fear, and just when I thought I would see their entrance through the gate, some stranger came and blocked my view. I was short for a girl of nineteen, but I wanted to see the horde king and this was the only chance I would ever have to see someone whose stories had kept me awake at night as a child. I was out here by the king's street with the rest of the people and wanted to catch a glimpse of the horde king as he walked by.

Out of nowhere there was a sudden increase in the noise of the people "I see the entourage! He is here!" Shouted someone on the crowd and then everyone began shouting and shuffling trying to see him.

One second I was standing in my toes trying to catch a glimpse and the next second I was down on the ground as someone pushed me from behind. I huffed in frustration and wiped at my hands to remove the dirt and then I realized also that everyone and everywhere had gone quiet... too quiet. I slowly made my way up and stood up to see what had caused the thousand of people standing to go this silent. I found out why when I saw them...The Rokhans...the Xion Warriors.

I don't know exactly what it was but I felt my skin prickle and goosebumps went all over my body, I felt as if someone or something was watching me. I immediately looked around the crowd but nothing was out of place. Nothing extra that is...the feeling didn't shift or move as I stood there watching the rokhans

Among the many rare phenomenons that the kingdom of Xion had over all other kingdoms were The Rokhans. A rare species of males, warriors whom had been blessed by our goddess Kasia, goddess of virility and strength, goddess of moon lycans. She had blessed the Rokhans with strength far greater than a normal males, speed and virility and also, she had blessed them with the ability to shape shift into lycans... they were alpha males, alpha warriors, these were the Rokhans. The most feared warriors in all the regions, and the horde king was thier king, he was thier commander, he was their ruler. Shiver went down my spine just remembering that. I couldn't have taken my eyes away from them even if I had wanted to. Hundreds of them were currently walking through the city gate into the kingdom, dressed in their traditional warriors clothes with spears and shields and swords all around them. They were at the ready and with straight cold faces walked by along the street headed for the palace.

Everyone was in awe as we watched the Rokhan entourage as they walked by until they had all passed where I stood. It wasn't until they had all passed by and I blinked before I realized that I hadn't seen the horde king. I was so engrossed in looking at the warriors that I hadn't paid attention to where he had stood amongst them and I had missed him....Shet.

"Isla! Isla" I heard my brother call from afar. His voice was frantic and I wondered how long he had been looking for me. I had been gone from home for a few hours and I needed to get back. I looked back at the street and caught the last view of The Rokhans before they returned a corner and disappeared. I hadn't seen the horde king like I wanted to. Disappointment made my breathe catch and I breathed through it. He was supposed to be with his entourage today, he should be in the kingdom and in the city. He had to be! I was going to find a way to see him. I just had to.

"Isla!" My brother screamed again as he squeezed through the people searching for me. I turned away from the street and headed to where I heard his voice.

"Arlo!" I called out to him as I got closer. I stood and waited for him to find me and then he rushed to where I was, he was breathing a little hard

"I knew I would find you here" was the first thing my seventeen year old brother said with a huge smile on his face

"I knew you could find me here too" I replied with a smile of my own "Is father awake? Is he looking for me?" I asked him

"No. He is resting" replied my brother

I pulled him to me and slung my hands over his shoulder as we walked back home

"Have you had something to eat?" I asked him. It was almost noon

"Yes. Dried meat that you brought yesterday" he nodded

"Alright. Go home and stay with Father. I need to quickly check in something and then find some food for us to eat later okay?" I said to him as we got close to our small home

He nodded and then pulled away from me as he ran the rest of the way and then into our house. I watched him the entire time and then once I saw him enter the house I turned away and look up at the palace far away atop a hill on the southern side of our city. Time for me to get to work.