In the sunny but cold mountains, the dark eagle screeched in the sky.
"What's the news?"King Aiden asked standing on his castle terrace high in the mountains.
"The queen is back, but King Sarcos is nowhere to be seen. I heard he is stuck in wetlands for a month." the dark messenger landed next to Aiden with a bow.
"A whole month?"Aiden's red eyes glittered excitedly."No magic for a whole month? I can wipe out Sand City. And then I will take over Crystal City. Then Snake Castle. I can claim all their treasures and their queen." he chuckled darkly."Hey, did you see the queen? How is she?"Aiden asked curiously.
"Even more beautiful than ever. Her hair grew longer and her body is more plump, she ate well in the wetlands." the black eagle chuckled.
"Is she soft?"Aiden licked his lips.
"Just right."The dark messenger smiled.
"Ahh. Shush, you are making me a taste now!"Aiden swallowed hard."Fly to the Lion King and tell him to readen his armies. He can take half of the females from Sand City and half treasures. The queen is to be mine." he sent the dark eagle off. Then he went to his Throne Room and stared at Sienna's portrait.
"I long to see you. And I want to see how my little white queen will beg me to spare her cities. What you will offer me? But I will not spare them. I will kill every disgusting bloody scorpion I get my hands on. Poor little tigress. Get your knees ready." Aiden chuckled and blow a kiss to the painting. Then he went to gather his armies.
"We are going to take over Sand City. King Sarcos is out of the picture for a whole month, so we will have a clear advantage. Get ready!" he ordered.
In the chilly Crystal City, the next morning Sienna woke up in Tyrell's embrace! She looked at him in disbelief!
"You are not working today?" she asked in pleasant surprise and hugged him tightly.
"No, I'm taking you dancing." he rasped tiredly. His body felt heavy somehow.
"Thank you."Sienna kissed his lips and cuddle up to him. Then she ran to the bathroom and rushed back laying next to him again."This is so nice."She lay on top of him, touching his face." But how am I to get out of bed when you are right next to me?" she moaned sweetly and held him tight.
Tyrell looked into her eyes firmly."If you want to go dancing get ready. The lessons start in two hours. So hurry up."
"That is a lot of time, you can cuddle me some more!" she pressed her still-naked body onto him.
Tyrell started to feel agitated. He felt as if forgot something really important and just could not remember it."Sienna get out of bed or we don't go anywhere today."He was really much more firm suddenly!
"What's wrong Tyrell?"Sienna asked.
"You behave as a child," he told her firmly."You are a queen, be a bit more serious."
"I'm not pretending to be someone else? What is your problem? Why are you upset with me? I did nothing to you!" she rolled off his body and stood up.
"I know, I'm just not myself yet."Tyrell shook his head a bit shocked by his grumpy outburst.
"Look, I did not lock you in the ditch. Crodius is dead, so you don't need to be so tough with me. It is enough that Sharchan is." she looked into his eyes a bit sadly."Where all the kindness went..." she shook her head."You start to talk like Ramse."
"Ramse? What do you mean?"Tyrell looked at her.
" Do this or else! You said, that I'm not your slave, so don't "else" me!" she said a bit grumpily.
Tyrell looked at her."Talk to me with respect, I'm your king."The tiger was taking over, he was firm and tough.
"Where is my gentle Tyrell?" Sienna sobbed theatrically.
"Gone...he was long overdue." the grumpy tiger was talking from Tyrell.
"So who are you now, then?" Sienna flinched and covered herself in a light blanket.
"I'm your king first, then your mate, so behave yourself. You should learn the rules long ago! You can't be so wild all the time." he said seriously.
"You are the wild one."Sienna giggled at him wildly." I will be not doing the stupid rules. And you are my mate first and then a king. I'm not your subject." she threw a cushion at him playfully. Tyrell caught it with his hand. He was not laughing.
"You are my possession."Tyrell looked at her wildly." Get ready for your dancing lesson. Or you can come back to bed and mate with me..." he licked his lips.
"What? Don't mate me if you don't like how I am," Sienna shook her shoulders and went out. She walked to her room quickly covered in the light blanket, it was just next door anyway! She was upset. Sienna dressed in a blue velvet gown and went to the kitchen to get a few buns for breakfast. Then she waited at the gate for Tyrell. "He still promised to take me dancing after all!" she thought.
"What are you doing here?"Ziran asked her after an hour she was waiting. He was looking for her after he saw Tyrell on his way to his office.
"Waiting to go dancing!" she looked at him.
"He will not come till you don't apologise to him."Ziran shook his head.
"I did nothing wrong."Sienna furrowed her brows.
"Then you can wait here for nothing," Ziran said."You should be more careful with him if you wanted to go out." he sighed.
"He is holding me here as a prisoner!" she bit her lips.
"Well, I warned you, he is stubborn!"Ziran nodded.
"You know what? I will stay all day drawing in my room, I'm not going anywhere! I have enough of his games!"Sienna said grumpily and went back. Then she thought about it as she walked the corridors and went to the library instead.
"Good day, sir Magnus," she greeted the old tiger holding her anger.
"Good day my queen." he bowed.
"May I ask you a question?" she asked him.
"Sure. That is why I'm here." he nodded
"Did you say something to Tyrell?" Sienna asked Magnus.
"Yes, I talk to him all the time, "Magnus smirked amused.
"About not being too kind to me?"Sienna asked coldly.
"Yes, he needs to act as a king and you need to be more serious and obedient as a queen. And do your duties better. You should give him an heir."Magnus said seriously with a fake humbleness.
"But don't you think he is getting too cold as a king?"Sienna asked innocently. She decided to play with Magnus a bit to find out more.
"You need to know the rules. I think Tyrell is trying to make you feel safer."Magnus smiled in a pitiful way like most of the old people who like to lecture others at her. Sienna felt her blood boil, but kept calm!
"Safer? Like this? I don't think I can stand it for long." Sienna shook her head. She wanted to let Magnus know, that she will leave if he don't stop messing with Tyrell's head.
" Don't worry, maybe your problem will be solved tonight." Magnus chuckled knowingly.
"Tonight?"Sienna blushed." I don't feel like mating without him being kind."She bit her lips."I will go back to Sand City when Marco will come if he does not stop this."She bit her lips.
Tyrell was also on his way to the library and overheard their conversation. He stood at the door upset suddenly! "You are not going anywhere! We agreed with Marco that you will stay here these two weeks, so you are not leaving," he said firmly.
Sienna looked at him and said nothing. She did not expect this from him when she asked Marco to join their weeks! "If I want Marco can beat you to mush, bossy tiger! Then you will be stuck in bed and I can go dancing at least!" she thought a bit surprised with herself. She started to be really upset with Tyrell. She smiled at the idea and went out of the library.
Tyrell was following behind her in the corridors. Sienna saw she is not getting away from him, so she stopped abruptly and faced him.
"Yes Tyrell, would you like to talk to me?" she asked with shiny tiger-like eyes.
Tyrell went past her."No, we just have the same way." he said coldly and kept walking.
"Scaredy-cat!" Sienna said after him.
"What did you say? "Tyrell turned abruptly and pressed Sienna to the wall gently holding her wrists in a split second!
"Are you scared to talk to me now?" Sienna lifted her eyebrow. She was angry and felt the adrenaline rose in her body!
"No," he shook his head and pressed his body on hers. She looked so alluring when she was angry! Sienna felt the wave of excitement pass her body as he touched her. Even though she was upset with him, she still craved to have him!
"Are you trying how much I can handle?" he rasped. He felt her body react to him and he swallowed hard.
"Kind of?" Sienna burst into laughter. "Just stop this game, it is annoying, hm?"She touched his cheek with hers as a cuddly cat."Be my sweet Tyrell again. I want to play with you." she said seductively.
"I will play with you tonight."He bit her neck gently and went back to the library.
Sienna went to her room to draw. She was not sure about what is going on with Tyrell, but felt that Magnus definitely knows something!
As the dawn was coming closer, Tyrell was working in his office but was getting even more restless."Magnus. What is going on tonight? I feel weird." he noted. "Everything is as it should be my king."Magnus smiled."Just follow your instincts."
"My what?"Tyrell furrowed his brows.
"Maybe have a little breath in your room to get ready, before you go to your queen, hm?"Magnus smiled gently.
"She seemed upset, do you think she will have me tonight?"Tyrell held his head. He felt a bit dizzy.
"I'm sure she would not refuse you. She loves you too much."Magnus smirked at him."And she will no choice anyway."Magnus chuckled in his mind.
"You should send Ziran and Bran to hunt, so they don't disturb your time with the queen," Magnus added caringly.
"What?"Tyrell looked at him in a daze, he felt feverish somehow.
"By giving her ideas, on how to leave you."Magnus nodded."You heard her today, she wanted to go to Sand City."
"Should I punish them?" Tyrell heard himself to ask.
"No, you will upset the queen. Just send them out for tonight and all your troubles will be gone."Magnus smiled knowingly.
Tyrell nodded. He went out of the library a bit dizzily. He passed around Ziran guarding Sienna's room."You and Bran will go hunting tonight, and I will stay with Sienna. I do not want to see you here till morning. Take it as a treat for good service," he ordered him firmly.
"Sure," Ziran nodded carefully."Thank you." Ziran saw Tyrell's weird behaviour so he rather did not provoke him!
Ziran went to find Bran."Tyrell sent us to hunt." he said to him. They both ran to the forest, killed a deer and ate together. They were not feeling hungry, because they both felt wrong. The eagle was suspicious."What is going on with Tyrell?" he asked.
"The queen is not happy, so he is raging inside."Ziran noted."He is acting bossy and she does not like it."
"It is also something else," Bran shook his head.
"She is upset with him, he is grumpy, but he said he will keep her company tonight. It is weird, he is not himself."Ziran noted.
"Let's go back in secret and keep an eye on her, hm?"Bran suggested.
"Yes, we just have to keep clear from Tyrell's view."Ziran smiled brutishly.
Meanwhile, the dawn long passed and the small crescent of the growing moon appeared. Tyrell stretched in his room as he looked out of the window. He stared at the moon and a little lonely star blinked suddenly just inside the moon's empty circle."The Tiger's Eye!"Tyrell called disturbed just as he fell on the floor and changed into a huge tiger." Too late, Tyrell," the tiger chuckled and went out of the room!
Bran with Ziran walked thru Crystal City. Ziran stared at the sky with a cheeky smile. "I totally forgot tonight is the Night of the Tiger's Eye Star," he chuckled.
"What does it mean?"Bran asked as he looked around the city a bit shocked. The streets were almost empty and Crystal City was eloped in the wild tiger's growls, female's screams and cries of mating!
"Everyone with female mates as tiger today. It is just every four years, four weeks before the red moon, "Ziran explained to the shocked eagle."The tiger takes over for a night till the star shines. Generally, a lot of babies will be born the next year."Ziran chuckled.
"Does it works on every tiger?"Bran asked worriedly.
"Only the ones with mates, it is pretty rough, but tiger females can stand it. Some even take painkillers for the day." Ziran chuckled.
"What about Sienna!"Bran called disturbed.
"What about her?"Ziran asked brutishly.
"She is with Tyrell!"Bran called and changed to the eagle.
"Oh, no, be quick."Ziran leapt at his back and they flew to the castle!