Tyde parked her mustang and got out. And as she walked towards what looked like a warehouse near a bar, she could sense the energies of three people.
She saw a young man in his late twenties, with long red hair. That was her cousin, Ares. He was already on the floor panting, trying to get up, he looked quite drunk.
"You bastard!" he was shouting at what looked like a man in his sixties.
That man was from the fire clan as was obvious from the red aura surrounding him. This man must be an Adara. The Adaras were the most powerful descendants of the fire clan. Of all people to pick a fight within a bar! That Adara looked as if he was ready to land another blow.
A third person was lying on the floor, wounded. He did not look as if he was from the fire clan, thank God.
"Ares, let us leave." said Tyde trying to help her cousin back up.
"You provoke me and now you want to get away?" shouted the fire clan dude powering up. But Tyde knew after weighing his power that she could handle him.Only it would bring trouble later on.
" Please excuse my brother who is drunk and become senseless, Lord Adara." Tyde tried to apologize but the old man had drawn his sword.The next best thing to do was to make a barrier, so she quickly set up a water barrier separating Ares from the Adara. She would hold it up till they got out of there.
But the very next moment she regretted her decision for the old man had attacked the barrier. Big mistake. He was thrown backward with what looked like hot steam. Tyde ignored the old man's scream as she dragged her cousin to her car and fled the scene. He would be alright, that servant of his had enough power to walk, thought she.
"Hey, Ares wake up!" Tyde could not help but scowl at her drunk cousin who was peacefully sleeping in her car. Ares opened his eyes and looked around.
" I need to puke." were his first words.
Tyde parked her car by the roadside and helped Ares out. After Ares had finished,he made his way back into her car.
"Little Tyde, what are you doing escorting me back, where is the driver?" asked Ares
"You idiot! You wanted to die?" cried Tyde.
" Provoking the Adaras of all people! "
She looked at her cousin who had lowered his eyes.
"By the way, your family driver quit last week for lack of pay."She said after a pause.
"Is that so?" Ares sat back in his seat and smoothed back his red hair that grew to his shoulders. If not for his rotten personality he would have even looked handsome.
"A handsome dead body."Tyde whispered under her breath.
"You did not have to interfere." said Ares
"Your mother begged me to!"
"If I died you would become heiress, of course, you wouldn't help me on your own accord." said Ares.
This is why she hated her cousin. He was rotten, hot-headed, and foolish.
"Little Tyde, are you angry?" asked Ares "I was joking! joking!" he said laughing.
"Don't call me little" she said looking at her cousin. "By the way did you get burnt badly?"
"What do you think I am, a commoner?" asked Ares. Of course, nobles healed quickly, but it also depended upon the damage. What would take a month for a commoner, would take only a few days for a noble, it was all in the blood.No wonder Helios was desperate to preserve bloodlines.
" Stop! Stop the car there." Ares asked pointing at a mansion in the way.
"Your new lady love?" asked Tyde sighing.
"Yes, she would heal me..." said Ares smiling.
How do they tolerate the likes of him, Tyde wondered. He smelled of puke and blood...
"It is the power of love." said Ares as if he read her mind. He helped himself out from her mustang and bid her goodbye.
"Hey Tyde, don't tell mom on me." said he before disappearing into his lover's house.