Marco nodded."You can write them."
"Thank you."Sienna kissed his lips.
"Will you be able to love me?" Marco looked at her seriously with his deep blue cold eyes.
Sienna nodded."Yes, you are in my heart already." she giggled.
"Thank you."Marco nodded."I will do my best to be kind to you and treat you well."
Sienna smiled at him. "He is so unsure of himself in the matters of love." she thought.
Sienna wrote two letters. One to Sarcos and one to Crystal City. Marco called two wild eagles. He put small necklaces with his marks on the eagles' necks and attached the letters to their legs. Then he threw them into the air and eagles fly high into the sky. Sienna hugged his waist from behind."Thank you." she whispered.
Marco picked her up and took her to bed." Come, let's use our three days fully." He smiled and put her on the bed.
Sienna hugged his neck." As you say, Marco."She relaxed in his hands.
In Sand City, in the late afternoon, Sarcos was getting worried about Sienna's whereabouts. He was expecting Tyrell to send her in the morning, so she should be there already. He watched the desert out of his castle tower longingly. Suddenly he saw a wild eagle with a note. He signalled the guards to get it to pass. The wild eagle landed near him. Sarcos looked at the eagle's necklace. It looked like Sea Eagle King's mark, but was a bit different."Did they get the new Sea Eagle King?" he thought.
He freed the small letter from the eagle's feet and asked Sid to feed the bird. He started to read the letter and his face became dark. He furrowed his brows and became furious." How could Tyrell send Sienna to the storm?" He wrote a letter to Tyrell straight away and sent his falcon with it. "I even got a reply from him then!"Sarcos was raging.
Sarcos held Sienna's letter in his hand. She sent him only a heart symbol, no arrows and it did not have any secret messages in it. Sarcos sighed. He met general Marco. Sarcos was asking before, which eagle saved her, so he was kind of expecting it. He knew the strong cold eagle was secretly in love with Sienna and was watching over her closely.
At Crystal City Tyrell received a letter from the wild eagle and the Sarcos's falcon almost at the same time. He opened the letters on his table and waited for Sharchan.
Sharchan entered his office and saw Tyrell feeding two wild birds of prey with a painful expression on his face.
"What happened?"Sharchan came to the table and stared at upset Tyrell.
"Sarcos raged we sent Sienna yesterday because he sent falcon the night before with warning about the sand storm! Sienna got caught in it and had to hide in a cave with Voltoire. She was taken by Damien and now Sienna wrote she is new Sea Eagle Queen."Tyrell said in one breath tragically.
"What? The old king is her mate?"Sharchan opened his eyes wide in shock.
"No, " Tyrell shook his head."She took general Marco as her mate. He is the new king now."Tyrell summarized the letters.
"Marco?" Sharchan hissed.
"Yes, the one who took her from you at the falls," Tyrell noted.
"Can we kill him?" Sharchan asked.
"No, he is too strong and we need the eagles anyway," said Tyrell quietly.
"What about prince Damien?" asked Sharchan.
"He is dead already, the old king as well," said Tyrell.
Sharchan furrowed his brows as dark realisation hit his mind."Where is the first Sarcos's letter?" Sharchan picked Tyrel's mark packed in Sarcos's letter. "You were betrayed!"
Tyrell nodded."I think it must be Magnus." he sighed.
Sharchan pointed at his sword. Tyrell shook his head. "After Sienna comes back."He said. Sharchan nodded and went hunting. He was so angry, he needed to leave the castle to keep Magnus alive for now.
Sarcos wrote a reply to Sienna and sent her a wild falcon she needed to keep with her at all times. Tyrell and Sharchan wrote together the next day and Tyrell invited Marco to visit Crystal City. Sharchan was upset with Marco, so he was still sulking.
Sienna was locked up in Marco's bedroom for three days. He wanted to have her all the time and he left only for few times to arrange the kingdom duties.
Marco intended to change the laws and structures in his kingdom, so it was tedious work. He also wanted to expand his tribe and renew all armour and weapons.
"Sienna," he asked her, "I know you from a different world, tell me about warfare there."
Sienna looked at him, she knew he was ruthless, but somehow just..."If he has the best army in this world, he will not try to take over other tribes, he is the defender and he believed in freedom for each tribe." she thought.
Sienna liked history, she always liked pretty weapons, so she asked him for some parchments and make some sketches for him, mostly medieval weapons. She was not that good with modern ones, and she saw no need for them in this world.
"If you want more weapons designs you better talk to king Sarcos," she said with a sweet smile.
Marco looked at her curiously."Do you love all your mates?" he asked her.
"Yes, "she nodded.
"Even Sharchan?" Marco asked.
"Yes," Sienna replied.
"But why did you run away from him that day?" he continued.
"He said he will maybe eat me." Sienna bit her lips."We played a game."
"And you forgave him?"Marco lifted his brow curiously.
"Yes, "Sienna whispered.
"So, if I take you very hard, will you forgive me too?"Marco stared at her with his cold eyes and embraced her.
"No need, because I like it."Sienna kissed him deeply and wrapped her legs around his waist.
In the land with dense forests, the huge stone arena was shaking with loud fighting ruckus. Two steel swords ringed clearly in the deadly symphony. Strong burly tiger warrior slashed the leaner muscular panther to the dusty ground. The panther was bleeding from many parts of his handsome strong body, just his eyes were still sparkling darkly.
The burly tiger held his sword to his opponent's neck and pressed gently."You are dead again! If I'm your enemy you will be shredded to pieces."The brutish voice sounded loudly thru the arena.
The old panther king watching from a stony seat clapped his hands loudly. "Well, you are surely impressing Lord Ziran, but are you teaching my son something?" he asked rather curiously.
Ziran smiled at the old king with a wicked grin."Yes, he has already learned how to avoid being shredded more!"He said brutishly. He pointed at bloodied Xander's body laying on the floor exhausted."He received half fewer wounds than yesterday. He is a very talented student."He said nonchalantly. The old king opened his mouth in awe. He was shocked by this tiger's brutal manners.
Lord Ziran offered king Xander his hand to stand up."Come up Your Cuteness, let's go for a swim to clean you up." his lips curled in a wicked smile. Ziran loved to call Xander "cute", it was like a balm on his jealousy toward Xander parted with a little sweet revenge feeling. "Sienna called him cute, so I will too."Ziran thought." Till he will be able to win over me, what will be like never..."Ziran giggled in his mind. He kind of liked Xander now.
Xander smirked at him and took his hand. Xander liked Ziran as a good friend now. Ziran was pushing him to his limits and he felt his strength increase rapidly under his training. And he could talk to him about Sienna freely. Ziran knew so many funny stories about her and sometimes he revealed some to Xander, who listened in awe. Xander kept Sienna's beautiful face in his mind. It helped him to stay focused and train harder. He started to understand why Sienna liked Ziran even past his brutish nature. Ziran was funny and full of life.
Ziran cleaned his bloodied sword and stretched his back. The droplets of sweat glistened on his tanned skin and his brutish playful eyes were scanning his surroundings constantly. He was a guest here, but he was always alert, it was in his nature.
Ziran looked like a picture of brutal strength. One sneaky pair of black sparkly eyes followed his burly figure as he left the arena. One little heart started to beat faster as he went to the river. Keira, the sister of Xander the Cute watched Ziran and her brother fight. As they finished training she ran to the village for the water jug, checked herself in the crude mirror in one of the houses and strode to the river.
Keira pretended to pick some water and watched the muscular tiger swim. Her eyes could not be parted from the strength Ziran projected. Suddenly a pair of hands covered her eyes." Keira, my little sister is staring at Lord Ziran again? Are you on the hunt for a tiger? "soaking wet king Xander was teasing his sister kindly.
"You made me all wet!"Keira complained with a loud scream, which made her noticed by Ziran, who just checked what is going on and minded his own business as he saw Xander teasing his little sister. He noticed her looks and it was not important to him at all. In his eyes, she was still a kid.
"Don't waste your time sister, his heart is taken."Xander embraced her gently.
Keira nodded."By the same female as your heart. You don't love me anymore brother. The gold-haired queen took you from me and is luring Lord Ziran too. She is a king collector! Golddigger and shameless trash!"Keira scoffed. She looked at handsome Ziran getting out of the water. "Why I can't capture his heart? Am I not the most beautiful?" she asked longingly.
Xander looked at his delicate petite sister. She was just around 17. Young, foolish, demanding and cute. She was indeed beautiful to look at, till she opened her mouth and the never-ending orders started to flood out of her pink lips. She was very self-centred and hated anyone who took attention from her. That is why Xander did not even try to argue with her, it was no point.
He started to realize that Sienna was more than mere beauty. She was mesmerising and it came from her kind and playful soul.
Keira noticed her brother is thinking and shook his shoulder."Stop thinking about her again and help me get Lord Ziran!" she ordered him.
Xander shook his head."He is too brute for you."
"But not for her, is it? She doesn't mind he is a brute! Why?" Kiera called a bit upset.
"Sienna is the only person he is not brute to."Xander shook his shoulder." Anyway, he is too old for you, just leave it and get someone younger when the time comes."Xander said patiently."Is hard to sway away the heart of male which is already taken for a long time."
"Taken?" Keira asked more for herself."Yes, it can be taken!" she nodded her head.
Xander smiled kindly at her." She is so cute and innocent." he thought.
Keira stared at handsome Ziran dressing up at the riverbank, "Yes, she could be taken and disappear from this land. Away from my Lord Ziran and my brother. She will become the golden dust under my feet!"Keira thought sinisterly and giggled running away from her unsuspecting brother.
In the high stony mountains, the three days passed quite fast."You will be flying to king Sarcos with Voltoire tomorrow," said Marco to Sienna as they lay in bed.
Sienna lifted her head from his muscular shoulder."Thank you Marco for being so kind to me and saving my life again." She said gently.
Marco nodded."I will do anything for you. Always!" he looked at her with his stoic face. Sienna smiled. Marco pressed her head back to his chest gently."Come sleep, you need to wake up early tomorrow, it is a long flight to Sand City."
Sienna relaxed in his embrace."My fourth mate is cold as an icy iceberg with eyes blue as the sky in the winter."She giggled in her mind." Well, at least I will not get bored. I must find a way how to melt him." she thought and drifted off to sleep.