Lao Lee (The Old Shaman)
In a deserted apartment near Lan's house, was the old shaman, Lao Lee. He was sitting in front of a table, on the table was a large bowl which contained a light blue colour substance. It was crystal clear and still. Lao Lee was sitting, his eyes closed in concentration. He had the ability to see the future, and also he was Kris's quarternix guardian. Every powerful quarternix had a guardian for themself and Lao Lee was Kris's guardian. His job was to keep Kris from harm, but at the moment Lao Lee was being eaten alive by his own guilt. He had seen what was going to happen, but he was overconfident about himself so he did not get involved much. Even though he saw the future, he did not have the right to interfere in other people's lives. He only had the right to save his master's life. Lao Lee had foreseen that his master would be forced to break his bond with his mate and that he himself will be the one to do it. But he was confident about himself, that he could never be manipulated by the evil. He was wrong at last and failed his master. His master had to pay his immortality as the price for his own overconfidence.
Now he was keeping a close eye on Kris and Lan, he wanted to correct his mistake and that was the reason why he left that threatening letter to Yan. Lao Lee even knew Emily Mackwood, Kris's mother. He knew all about Kris's nature and the reason behind Yan's revenge. It was not the first time that this evil woman tried to harm fated mates, she had successfully done it before to Emily Mackwood and David Mackwood, but this time he was not going to let that woman win. Lao Lee knew that Kris's friends were looking for him to ask about the babies' birth, but he knew that his master will not have any problem in delivering the babies. Kris had enough strength and will to save his babies. On the other hand, Lan also had fragments of memories about Kris, so it was a matter of time that he will remember about his mate. Lao Lee did not interfere but always watched them, to make sure that invincible Li Min will stay in his limit, in knowing information about his master and his master's mate.
His plans were not fully successful as Yan had already got to know about the twins. Originally in the vision that Lao Lee had seen about Kris, she never got to know about the twins. Lao Lee had a feeling that the vision of life will change and not end up smoothly as he expected. He was deep in thought, but in the corner of his eyes, he saw that the liquid in the bowl had started to stir. It was not supposed to happen unless the fated mates were in danger. Panic raised in Lao Lee's heart as he opened his eyes and looked closely at the bowl. As he looked a flash of images ran through it. It showed Kris giving birth, him closing his eyes with a peaceful smile, and Lan drinking wine before he collapses. Lao Lee stretched out his hand, paused the image of Lan, and took a close look at the wine glass in his hand. Lao Lee was momentarily frozen as he recognized the colourless tonic in the wine, it was the enchantment tonic used to break blood pacts.
The main reason that Lao Lee was confident about the mates meeting again, was because of this blood pact. Once a blood pact was made, even though the mate bond is broken, the mates would not fully forget about one another under any circumstances. But if the blood pact is broken, the weaker mate would forget about the other completely. This had never happened in his vision, so he was sure that his master will meet his mate. But if the pact is broken, his master's mate will never go back to his master. He had to fix this. As he thought more about it, this snake girl, Li Mian, never appeared in his vision before. He was worried that something must have happened, which caused the fixed future to change. There was nothing he could do to change it now, all he could do is try his best to save his master at the moment. And the first step will be preventing the snake girl from breaking the blood pact. Lao Lee chanted a spell and teleported himself into the kitchen of Lan's house. There were not many who could master magic spells, and Lao Lee was luckily one of them, while Li Mian was one among those who had mastered tonics and potions of all sort.
Lao Lee slowly peeked to the dining area. He saw Lan unconsciously lying on the dining table, while Li Mian stood up with a victorious smile on her face. The blood pact breaking tonic came in two halves. The first half was to be consumed by mouth, it made the in taker to go numb, feel dizzy, and lose their consciousness when the tonic takes the full effect. The second half was to be injected into the mate symbol, which would eventually fade away after the tonic is injected. As Li Mian stood up, she held an injection in her hand which contained the second half of the tonic. She took steady steps towards Lan, sure that no one will interrupt her. What she did not know was that Lao Lee was watching all her moves, hidden behind the kitchen wall. Lao Lee could not just jump in and save Lan, as he was sure that Li Mian had defence potions with her, so he needed a plan. He quietly whispered a sleeping spell and directed it at Li Mian. As the spell hit Li Mian in the back, she immediately fell asleep and fell to the floor near the dining table. The sleeping spell that he just chanted was only effective for a few minutes, so Lao Lee had to act fast.
He went to Lan and slowly removed his shirt, revealing the golden mate symbol. Then he chanted a spell which would make the symbol invincible for everyone, except his master. As Lao Lee finished his enchantment, he dressed back Lan. Then he bent down to Lan's ear and whispered in a low tone,
"Remember his love, remember your promise. Trust your friends, but don't trust your blood."
Lao Lee knew that even though Lan was unconscious, he could clearly hear his words, he hoped that his master's mate would follow his words. There was one more thing he needed to do, he was sure that his master was weak after the childbirth, so he had to help him regain his strength back. He put his hand into his pocket and fished out a silver locket. It had a simple appearance with a carving which said, 'Kris&Lan'. He had spent the past few weeks, enchanting this locket. Now it had the ability to contain the blood of two fated mates. It could be used to save a mate when they are in a dangerous state, at the brink of death. What it did was help the hostile body to contain it's the lifeline, without losing it. As long as the mate wear this locket on him, his lifeline will be contained, but if they remove the locket, they will come back to their previous state, before wearing the locket. Lao Lee took Lan finger and pricked it with a pin, and pressed it, drawing out blood. He collected that blood into the locket and sealed it, before enchanting a spell to heal back Lan's wound.
Then he turned to the source of all this trouble, Li Mian the snake girl. She was still lying on the floor, fast asleep. Lao Lee could not just kill her as she was the only owner to the throne of the snake tribe. Lao Lee bent down and took the injection from her hand and emptied it into a nearby flower vase. Lao Lee looked intently at the girl that laid on the floor, something seemed very familiar about her, even though he could not properly put his finger on it, it felt like he had seen someone like her before. Lao Lee was about to take a close look at the girl when he suddenly felt like the world was spinning around him, he grabbed the corner of the dining table and steadied himself. He knew this feeling, it only occurred when his master was in danger. Lao Lee hurriedly rolled up his sleeve and looked at the symbol on the inside of his wrist. Every quarternix guardian had a unique symbol on the inside of their wrist, which symbolized their bond with their master. The symbol on Lao Lee's wrist was an enigma symbol, which was black in colour. At the moment it had turned into a lighter shade indicating that the lifeline of his master was unstable.
Lao Lee was expecting this to happen, but he did not expect it to happen so fast. He knew that his master's babies were very powerful, so keeping them inside him would cost his master a great amount of strength and power, bringing him to the brink of his death from draining his own strength. But he did not expect that they would bring his master's death as soon as they are born to this world, in his vision, Kris was able to last for a few months. So Lao Lee had more time to prepare the locket but looked like he had to act fast. It was pure luck that he was able to attain Lan's blood this soon if this happened later, then he would not be able to save his master today. Lao Lee took another look at the scene in front of him and enchanted another sleeping spell, putting Lan and Li Mian into sleep for a few more hours. He hoped that when Li Mian woke up and checked Lan's symbol, she would just fall for his trick. Lao Lee gathered the last of strength and teleported himself to the doorstep of Tyler's house. Using spells drained his strength but he had no time to recharge himself. He gathered his composure and knocked on the front door of the house which his master resided in.
Inside the house, Mike had noticed that his brother's heartbeat had started to seize. This caused everyone inside the house to panic, and in that panic, no one could hear the saviour knocking their front door.