Far in the south two huge eagles were flying rapidly high in the sky. One of them carried an older man with long silver hair and sparkly flicked eyes on his strong back. It was Sarcos's father Cosimo flying with eagle Bran and the cold strong Eagle King Marco. He was coming back for Sienna!
"You two are too slow."Cosimo complained."We better take a shortcut over the Blue Mountains, "he noted.
"Which shortcut?" Marco asked with interest.
"The ancient Blue Mountains wind way. The current is extremely fast, it may rip your wings off, but it will take us to wetlands much faster. We can be there tomorrow early morning if you are not scared."Cosimo chuckled.
"Are you strong enough Bran?"Marco asked.
"I will do anything for your queen."Bran nodded.
"Good man!" Marco noted coldly.
The eagles flew towards the circling wind vortex which resided over the mysterious Blue Mountains. They could feel its power from quite far, but still, they flew right inside! If Marco and Bran knew Sienna's old world, they would say it felt like a tumble drier mixed with a rocket! The air was really warm and it was pulling them thru at an immense speed. "Change to a human!"Marco called to Bran. The three warriors were drawn thru the airy tunnel so fast they could not even comprehend with their eyes. Marco smiled in his mind."If it goes fast as this all the way, I will see you soon Sienna!"
Meanwhile, in the misty wetlands, two warriors walked side by side. Mathyas and Ramse were coming back to the Underworld. After the hunt, Mathyas calmed down. He decided to show his parents he is serious about Sienna and ask for his father's and mother's blessings!
"Go check on Sienna and make sure she will be dressed extra pretty. I will take her to receive blessings from my parents today."Mathyas ordered Ramse as they entered the lit entrance to his fortress.
"I do not think it is a very good idea for today."Ramse cringed his face uncomfortably."Sienna was too wild in the morning and can be really unpredictable. If something makes her upset, it will just top it up and she will go crazy again!"Ramse sighed.
"Well, she should see how powerful I'm by now, no? "Mathyas shook his shoulders.
"Just make sure she does not get killed."Ramse bit his lips.
"I will come to pick her up before dusk. She should be tired from the day and be calmer." he nodded.
"When was she calmer at the dusk?"Ramse shook his head. "But as you say, I will give her some honey to keep her sweet."
Mathyas nodded and went to see his parents. Ramse went to check on Sienna and make sure she is ready!
Ramse opened Sienna's room with a sigh."This will be no fun." he thought. He hated to force Sienna to do things he knew she will not like. He scanned the room with his deep grey eyes. The black panther was under the window laying lazily like a huge cat. Sienna was drawing frantically laying on the bed and licking honey from a little spoon. When she heard the door open she looked at Ramse and his heart stopped for a moment. She already looked as beautiful as the picture! She wore a golden velvet dress which matched her long golden hair. She had black eyeliner on, which made her eyes even more tiger-like and bright red shiny lipgloss. She looked wild!
Sienna took the spoon out of her mouth and smiled at him, "Hi, Ramse." she get off the bed and came to him."Thank you for saving me today, again."Sienna circled his neck with her hands and kissed his cheek." And for my new garden. I really like it." she smeared the red lipgloss away from his cheek with a giggle.
Ramse held her waist automatically and gulped. Then he sober up a bit and let her go, "How did you know to get ready?" he asked surprised a bit.
"Ready? For what? I just put some make-up on to calm down. Do you like it?"Sienna smiled at him seductively. She saw his stunned reaction and just wanted to play.
"Yes."Ramse nodded."Your smile is really dangerous." he shook his head."Mathyas wants to take you to receive his parent's blessings for your relationship." he said seriously.
"I don't want to go." Sienna shook her head.
"You have no choice. Please, try to behave."Ramse sighed and moved the strand of her golden hair from her face.
"Maybe."Sienna looked at him with the wild tigress still shining in her eyes.
"If you don't behave, I will punish you!"Ramse said firmly.
"Feel free!"Sienna lifted her face to him innocently." You can punish me right now and ground me! I rather stay here with you than there with a snake and that traitor!"Sienna hissed.
"Why are you still so enraged? Is not Mathyas handsome enough to be kind to him, just for a few days?"Ramse asked her gently.
"He called me heavy again! What a weak man he has to be."Sienna shook her head in disbelief."How can I even pretend to like him? His moaning just enrages me! How can he even think of having me, he can't even pick me up without complaining! It is not like I have 100 kilos or something."Sienna raged.
"Shshshs. Calm down."Ramse chuckled."You are definitely not heavy. So what did you do to him?"Ramse asked her gently.
"I step on his foot," Sienna said satirically.
"Just that?"Ramse asked curiously.
"I told him off and his father as well."Sienna chuckled.
"What did you tell them?"Ramse asked curiously.
"Ask Mathyas."Sienna shook her shoulders." His father wanted to put me in the dungeon, so if I will go missing suddenly, you know where I am."Sienna nodded.
Ramse looked at her worriedly."Please, be nice to him. This room is not so bad as their dungeon, ok? "
Just then Mathyas came in."Are you ready?" he asked her firmly. He was wearing shiny new black kimono-like light armour.
"Sure, for almost anything."Sienna smiled a bit satirically, but Mathyas did not spot it. He stared at her in awe. Sienna looked like a beautiful golden queen to be proud of, even though she did not wear any jewellery!
Sienna's heart raged in anger as she looked at him."Bloody man almost killed me today and now he acts as if everything is fine!" her mind was racing. "What does he even wear armour for? Is he afraid I will fight him or what?" she thought as she walked down the dark corridors clenched into his arm.
Mathyas glanced at Sienna a few times, but she did not look at him. She looked thinking. Her long golden hair flew a bit in the soft wind which passed thru the corridors from time to time and shone brightly every time they passed a lit torch. Mathyas took Sienna to see his parents in the decorated dining room.
Marath and Thyasse stood in front of the huge stone fireplace near the massive wooden table. Marath smiled a bit cheekily when he saw his son and Sienna enter. "This will be surely fun. The little queen is not obedient. Let's see how my son can subdue a wildfire." he thought. Thyasse was raging inside. She squeezed Marath's arm hard because she wanted to kill the little brat named Sienna!
"Mother, father, I came to ask for your blessings for our union."Mathyas bowed deeply. Sienna curtsied lightly and stood next to him. She stared at Thyasse and her wild yellow eyes. It kind of made her a bit dizzy and added to a rage in her heart!
"You need to kneel, Sienna."Mathyas tried to push her down gently.
"I do not like a blessing from someone who tried to eat me twice," Sienna said really coldly. "And you almost killed me today, so I do not want to be with you eighter."Sienna hissed."You did not even apologise to me, so there will be no union!"
"That is not your choice to make!"Mathyas hissed."It is our family tradition, so kneel or I will make you."
Marath looked at upset Sienna with delight." She will teach my silly son how to be a man or will I take her for myself. Little tigress." he thought."My wife still asked for blessings even though my own mother held her in the dungeon and whipped her for months as a punishment." he looked at shocked Sienna." Your mother even shed a few snake skins in there. But look, she listens so well to me!"Marath noted to Mathyas.
"What? That is horrible! And you did not save her? How could you? I was thinking you were better than this!"Sienna opened her eyes wide."So now your wife thinks she can eat me, to make out for her suffering because of your weakness?"Sienna shook her head. "I'm so sorry you were so mistreated, Thyasse. You must feel still really hurt."Sienna looked at Thyasse pitifully.
"I will kill you one day." the humiliated Thyasse hissed.
"Well, till then, I'm in my room or you might just let me go. I think I do not fit into your family anyway."Siena shook her head.
"You stay here or I will come to you tonight," Mathyas said seriously.
"Don't you dare to come in tonight! I have still a few days left. You promised! Besides, I do not want to squash you with my heavy body...you might suffocate." Sienna said seductively. She curtsied to Thyasse and Marath and left quickly.
Marath looked at his son seriously, "This queen is too wild...Go mate her son, after she is yours, I will lock her in the dungeon till she begs on bloodied knees."
Mathyas shook his head."No father, she is mine to decide. And you and mother are not to punish me anymore!" he bit his lips.
"That is a loving son?"Thyasse hissed shocked.
"No, that is a king. I can't be less than Sarcos. If you want to punish me, you will need to take the crown back."Mathyas said seriously.
"No, the crown is yours."Marath shook his head."But if you don't teach her better manners I will kill her." he noted coldly.
"Don't you dare father!"Mathyas hissed."She is mine."
"We will see about that!"Marath chuckled. He was quite pleasantly surprised his son finally stood up to him." I will teach them both a lesson." he smiled in his mind.
Sienna ran back to her room in a panic." Barricade, we need to barricade and do not let Mathyas in tonight!" she panted.
"What did you do again?"Xander and Ramse went to check on her.
"He said he will mate me tonight if I do not stay there."Sienna was catching her breath.
"So, what are you doing here, then?"Ramse asked her calmly.
"Hiding and waiting till Thyasse will come to kill me?" Sienna laughed nervously.
"You have some serious people skills!"Ramse shook his head."Let me guess, Mathyas wanted you to kneel to her?"
"Yes, how do you know?"Sienna asked.
"People generally kneel at parents' blessings, is nothing new." he sighed."Anyway, the only one who can stop Thyasse from eating you, for now, is Xander."
"And for Mathyas I will give you a special word."Ramse sighed. "It will call the one who is after you and give him loads of work immediately. He will have no time to mate."
"Sienna knows the word already," Xander noted."Is that one on "d"...you wanted to say with Marath."Don't you say it! Ok?"
"It ends on "n", yes?" Sienna asked."They kidnap princesses and live in caves?"
"Maybe in your stories! They have castles here."Ramse chuckled.
"Wow, I always wished to see one!" Sienna said excitedly.
"Keep away from them ok?"Ramse said worriedly.
"Only use it if you are sure Mathyas is going to mate you. Like when you are naked with him in the bed and he is coming on top of you. In that case, yes?"Xander nodded.
"Ok, "Sienna smiled."Now, I can do whatever I want."She chuckled.
"No, now you can go to bed and sleep. I will tell Mathyas you went sick tonight."Ramse noted.
"Good idea."Sienna nodded and went to the bathroom. She change quickly into her blue velvet nightgown, brushed her teeth and came out ready to sleep in a few minutes. She lay in bed and covered up to her neck under the warm blanket!
"That was fast!"Ramse noted."I wish you always listen to me like this." he sighed. "I'm going to your treasure cave to pick a few things, dresses, shoes, some medicines and honey," he said quietly. He sat next to her on the bed and held her hand in his for a moment ." Go sleep now and don't you dare to wake up till the morning, you are sick!"
"Good night. And please, bring me something nice."Sienna smiled and closed her eyes.
Ramse put his hand on her eyes."You are such a little wild trouble." he sighed. He waited till her breathing became deeper and she fall asleep for real.
"Guard well, Xander!" Ramse went out and searched for Mathyas in the corridors. Mathyas was actually on his way to Sienna already!"Ramse went to him worriedly.
"What happened?"Mathyas looked at his furrowed face.
"I'm going to pick some medicine from the caves. Sienna went really sick after she came from you. Luckily she is sleeping already, I gave her some medicines to calm her down."Ramse said worriedly.
"Sick? I'm going to see her now! I will show her being sick!"Mathays raged.
"She is sleeping deeply. Tomorrow is a new day. She might feel better and be nicer to you. Let her rest."Ramse tried to calm him down.
"You make sense. I have to teach her some manners or my father will kill her."Mathyas sighed."I need you to help me with it."
"If you will be kind to her, she will be nice," Ramse noted."Don't call her heavy again, it enrages her. If you really think she is heavy just don't pick her up."
"Maybe you feed her too much."Mathyas noted coldly."Give her less food from now on!"
"You can't starve her. She might not be able to conceive if you do that."Ramse shook his head."Don't you want to mate her and show your father a strong little baby boy to make him proud?" Ramse said alluringly.
"Sure I do."Mathyas started thinking." Will it have golden hair like hers?" he asked excitedly.
"Maybe."Ramse chuckled."Her baby will surely be beautiful and strong."
"You are right. I will let her rest tonight. You are to feed her well, give her everything she wants."Mathyas said as if in trance." Now, hurry up for that medicine. I will have a golden-haired boy soon." He smiled and went down the corridors again.
"Silly weak lizard."Ramse chuckled in his head, "Not you but I will have a little baby with golden hair from her. Boy or girl, doesn't matter, maybe both!"Ramse smiled in his mind.