"Killian"
For the ten years that I have been a personal guard of Serena, I learn to be more patient and hide all my feelings and emotion? I couldn't have that, a zeta couldn't have that. My father always reminds me that I will be his legatee. Next in line… I will be his heir, the one who would lead the troop of the crimson blood pack. I need to learn to hide my emotions.
I admit sometimes I slipped… and the only reason for that was this brat girl, who always escaped away from my protection.
How many times have I told her not to step outside of the manor? Yet, a hard-headed person would stay like that as always.
I took a deep breath. I was thinking that it's much better to come with the war zone than to be a guard of this nuisance princess.
I close my eyes to have my temper moderate. Yet, as I open my eyes, a lightning arrow hastily passes over through my eyes heading to the princess.
My eyes wide open as I saw the princess fall to the ground.
I ran toward her in an instant.
"princess!" I saw a wound on her right arm near the shoulder. Her royal tint of blood was dripping to the ground. Vestige that she was came from the first clan. While the second blood that next to the first clan was not too red it's almost orange-red, like mine. Her eyes were closed and seemed so hurt.
"Serena!" I shout then she slowly opens her eyes.
"What was that face Killian? you seem so afraid"
I grit my teeth. Serena has always been like that, every time that she's been hurt.
I remember when she was still little, she loved running around, and because I was her guard I had to follow her around, but she was a clumsy girl despite being hard-headed so she always ended up being hurt. Every time she's been hurt I was the one her father blamed. Been punished for short. And on top of that, she didn't know about it. Maybe that's why she keeps on doing that. I doubt if she will stop even if she knows about it. I know that she loves to see me in pain.
That's the reason why I hated her more each day. But at this time being my anger faded away just like that, I don't know if that was because of my fast heartbeat or what.
I was about to carry her when I heard footsteps all over the place. I immediately put on our shawl to hide our faces. They may recognize us as the first high rank in the group, if they were a rogue they would surely kill us in an instant. And the princess… Just a few of the crimson blood clans know her true identity. If this person would know it, I don't know what will happen? Good thing that she was wearing a royal blue dress. It hides her bloodstain and I cover her with her coat. Even if I knew her wounds would heal after a few hours. Yet I still do cover it.
Alert, I need to be alert. Serena was with me. I need to keep that in mind.
Yet… how could I save her if the one who attacked us was a group of rogues who were thirsty for vengeance.
There were the people who seek for justice, the ones who lose their families at war. The one who didn't accept help from their leader but blamed the Alpha instead.
"At last, we captured a well-heeled. I guess your family would give us a ton of gold just to save the two of you"
I pulled out my sword and blocked Serena, Who's been laying on the ground unconscious.
But, I was shocked when the whole place was hedged in, with a lot of rogues.
I wonder how they could get inside our perimeter. I thought that there were a lot of soldiers who were guarding every corner of our boundary.
"don't come near us!" I shouted, the old man and his gray long hair in a ponytail was moving up and down every step he made. Yet, one of the rogues wags his weapon. I parried the thrust of his sword then I swayed my sword.
The blade of my sword almost cut the opponent's neck. I move faster yet the other companion of the rogue appears out of nowhere.
"You're good for a young man like you," the old man said.
"Who the hell are you, people!" I asked while I was pointing my weapon at them. I know that they were a rogue yet, I need to distract them to buy some time. I'm sure by now that the other soldier has already found out about their dead comrade who is guarding the perimeter.
"It doesn't matter, the important was we will bring you to our leader, stop struggling if you want this pretty little one head still be intact"
I turn around and I see that some guy was pointing his sword at Serena.
looking at his smirk like that I can tell that he was not lying. Serena was wounded, the alpha would be furious, and if these people would hurt Serena more. My whole family would be in danger. But If we come with them there's a small chance that we could escape with them?
Yet, I guess I don't have a choice other than to come with them.
I walk forward to Serena.
"We will come but don't lay a finger on her, let me carry her myself. If you refuse then I don't have a choice other than to fight till dead" I said, then I positioned myself to fight. I was bluffing, of course, I'm not crazy to let them hurt Serena. Not in every way.
"faster we don't have any time in the world young man"
That was the old man, I was planning to move slowly yet I guess they wouldn't allow me to do that. They maybe ended up snatching Serena from my arms, and I'm not allowing that.
After walking for about an hour we stopped in front of a huge mountain. This place was well-known as a dangerous mountain because of a lot of fatal animals which is one of the reasons why our place was slowly losing food.
I wonder what we are doing in this kind of place? Are they going to let us eat the wild animals here?
Someone met us at the bottom of the mountain. They were wearing animal skin fabric. Their faces were full of black paint, and their eyes were horrifying while looking at us.
We are in deep trouble…