Chapter 5 Little Lamb

I walked by his side and reached out to do work my magic, I had already analzyed him and noticed where his pouch was located. He was unsuspecting and I went in at the perfect time at the perfect angle. One second my hand was holding into the pouch and ready to pull away as I walked past, the next second a huge veiny hand gripped my wrist tightly in a hold, preventing me from pulling back

I slowly looked up to see that the hand belong to the old man, or who I thought was an old man. Instead it belonged to a male...a man who I watched stand up from hauncing to his full height. My head was at the same level as his chest and I had to arch my neck back to be able to gaze at his face...Oh goddess his face....It didn't register to me to be scared or terrified that I had been caught stealing by this humongous male. I was looking into the most savage and unique pairs of eyes I had ever seen in my life.

"Hello little lamb" he said in his thick voice as he looked down at me.

Oh shet.

A man stood before me....a male. He was huge, insanely tall with the wildest shoulders ever. His chest was exposed to me and bronze brown skin glistened as if he had spent time oiling it up in the morning. A sharp jagged scar ran diagonal from his shoulder on his left side down to his hip on his right side. Lazy low hung trousers were on his hips hiding his tights from my gaze, and then a huge cloak was over his shoulders...the cloaks that had deceived me to think he was an old man. I was in so much trouble He grunted and my gaze immediately went back to his face. His eyes caught my attention again as I had never seen any like it. One of his eyes was grey...so grey it reminded me of the moon during a new month, bright and full and dense. His other eye was green, bright green just like the forest during the rainy season. The rest of his face was just ... Rough looking, he wasn't what anyone would call handsome at all. He was just....so primal looking and savage that I immediately whimpered. The notion of death crossed my mind for the first time in a long time. This male was going to kill me today, or do something worse . I just knew it.

"Please... please" I managed to make out through my lips. I was suddenly parched for water and my throat was now dry. There was something seriously dangerous about the male still holding my hand. A slow lazy smile came over his face and his eyes twinkled down at me

"I like the sound of your begging...I want more of it. You are coming with me female" he added and then turned to stroll away and pulling me along. How did he know I was a female with my disguise?? It was then my fight or flight came on and I began struggling to release his grip. I could tell my struggle was futile and I wasn't going to be able to escape but I also knew that I had to try . I just had to.

I was still dressed in my male clothes so I couldn't understand how he had known I was a woman at first glance although that wasn't important right now. My attempt and struggles caught the attention of the market people and soon enough everyone had stopped what they were doing to stare at us.

"Let me go! I have done nothing" I whispered harshly to him

"I will be the judge of that. You will still be coming with" he replied without turning to look at me

I don't know if it was because he truly was slippery all over from some oiling or if my palms had gathered enough sweat from my struggling but my hand suddenly popped free from his hold. I didn't let myself think as I ran off into the alleyway. My chest was tight and I was terrified out of my mind but I couldn't stop running. I wasn't sure if he was following me or not as I ran through the city and far away from the market place. I was sure he wasn't following me after I cross checked and then I finally let myself stop. I pulled long pulls of air into my lungs as I haunced over. I had never experienced fear and overwhelming power the way that I did when I encountered that male...and I wished to never do it again. I immediately went into one of my many changing spots and took off my male clothes and changed back to my normal self and then slowly walked the rest of the way home.

I wasn't sure I was going back to the market anytime soon. I had caused too much ruckus and had caught a lot of unwarranted attention. I had to change the way I dressed and I most likely had to find a new stall to work since I was sure Mrs Wendy would hear that her work boy had been caught with that male. I was terrified of anything that would make me encounter that male again so if that meant going as far as changing the way I disguised or changing where I worked I would do it. If it still enabled me to pick pocket easily and smoothly then that was what mattered. I walked farther and farther away from the market place, hoping to leave everything that had happened behind, if only I knew what was awaiting me back home. I would have wished never to see this day

ISLA

I took the short way home, trying to get back as quickly as I could. It was almost noon and I needed to get back home so my brother could get all that we needed to eat for the next few days thanks to the coins I got. My eyes went far off the road and I saw that some people were still standing by the king's street chattering away with conversation. The Rokhans walking past had really been a sight to behold. The city was still excited and tense and would probably keep being that way until the horde king left tomorrow. My eyes went forward and a frown marred my face. A few people gathered around my home and I couldn't figure out why. What was happening? I quickened my steps and had to push through people to find my brother, and then I gasped.

Three Rokhans stood around my little brother, who was kneeling in the floor with blood all over his face and white shirt, he looked like he had just gotten the life beaten out of him. What could have possibly gone wrong that three Rokhans stood holding my brother in front of my home looking like they had caught a murderer. I didn't know what was happening but I was sure going to find out soon.