Chapter 17

'Stubbornness is like setting yourself on a path with your eyes closed. In other words, you are not seeing and listening for information that is available to help you make the right decisions. The primary information you are missing is information from others and information from your own internal voice. Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But life looks different through everyone's eyes.' ❤❤❤❤ FALLING IN LOVE WITH RAE ❤❤❤❤ "You will cut it off?" Tamara laughed wickedly at Rae's comment. "You don't know my dream girl." Tamara said with a smile. "And I don't wish to know it. If you came all the way here just to touch my hands, am afraid your coming here is useless." Rae said and moved closer to Tamara, nearly touching her, the Priestess was taller than her by inch. "Why would the gods ask you to check on only witches and not the rest of our supernaturals, why would they do that?" Rae said prying into the eyes of Tamara. "Or are you hiding something, because to me, I see a conspiracy in this, prove me wrong oh high and mighty priestess." Rae bowed her head mockery at the priestess. Tamara was livid in anger as she stared down on Rae, she saw why her daughter had given her the task to deal with this witch girl. She had thought she would intimate her with her mere presence, but she wasn't expecting it to go this way. "Rae! Show some respect for the priestess." Lillian said to Rae with pleading eyes. "I am grandma, but she doesn't appreciate it." Rae said with a shrugged shoulders. "Y-yo-yo-" "Oh is the high and mighty Priestess of the gods speechless now?" Rae asked her with a smile as she turned to face her grandmother, flipping her hair backwards with her hand, she makes sure it wiped Tamara's face since she was near her. "Please grandma, remind me once again why the priestess is here again?" Rae said with a singing tone as she flipped her hair once again to stare at Tamara's face. Lillian rolled her eyes, Rae is impossible. "I can see I am not welcome in your home Lillian, I will take my leave now." Tamara said cleaning her mouth on where Rae's hair had touched, glaring dangerously at the girl. "You will soon hear from the king." Tamara said and move closer to Rae, bending her head to Rae's height, their noses nearly touching. "Then we shall see who the King favour." Tamara added and vanished before Rae will reply back. Stretching her neck as she stands to her full height, Lillian looked at Rae in amusement. Her fears about Tamara finding out who Rae is, wasn't discovered yet, thank the gods she gave Rae the bracelet in time before the un-announcement of the priestess. "Rae, I think Tamara is scared of you, you were a badass to her, and the scary big cat got scared of the little rat, that she wants to report you to the king." Lillian said with a smile. "What will she say to the king?" Rae said and cleared her throat to speak. "King Roen a little riffraff insulted me and I don't want her to get away with it, it will tarnish my image." Rae said in Tamara's voice. They were silent for a moment before dissolving into laughter, clutching their stomachs as they laugh. "I can picture her face right now Rae as she tells the 'King'." Lillian said in between laughs. "But on a more serious note, why aren't you scared of her?" Lillian asked, she was a witch and people who knows her late daughter and husband knows them to be very quiet couple who doesn't have time to be looking for trouble like Rae does. "You've always taught me that the eagle has no fear of adversity grandma. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror, I followed it and see myself not getting scared of anything or anyone." Rae said as if it was a normal thing. "Besides that is how I gain the trust and respect from Jorkallun." Rae added with a smile as she remembers the pretty red haired boy. "But she will really tell the king how disrespectful you are to her." Lillian said, the laughter gone fully from her face. "Don't worry about that grandma, the king won't say a thing once he sees me." Rae said dismissively. "And I told you some few minutes ago how he invited me to his palace, he will be glad to have me in his palace." "But nevertheless, be very careful, Tamara might not take this lightly." Lillian said in a warning. "What can she do? Call the gods on me or Lucifer? Nah, she can't do that, I am not scared of them." Rae said. "Well you never can tell Rae, I will be going to my room now." Lillian said going towards the staircase.. "Yeah, me too granny, I need my beauty sleep." Rae said with a yawn as she followed her. "Before I forget Grandma, do you know of anyone who is seriously sick in the kingdom?" Rae asked. "No one, I would have known if someone is sick." Lillian answered her after thinking about it. "Why are you asking me Rae?" "Nothing grandmother, I just feel like asking." Rae replied sweetly. "I thought you said you want to sleep?" "Yeah, I will call on you after I have prepared our dinner, so you can sleep all through the hours." ***** Appearing in her cave, Tamara blow out part of her cave in anger with her magic, which quickly rebuilt itself. "How dare she talk back to me in such manner, who the hell she is to talk to me in such a rude way?" Tamara asked no one in particular. "I will deal with her that next time she hears my name, she will be afraid." Going further into the cave she stopped at the front of a wooden door, she opened it with magic. Tamara entered a much lower cave room that one has to bend half way through to enter it. And even inside the cave, you can't stand to your full height, it was very small. Tamara was already used to the dark and didn't bother to lighten the cave room. She walked straight to where a bowl of clean water was kept and began stirring at it with her right hand. A beast head came out of the bowl. Bigger than the bowl itself. "Possess a girl call Rae Fey, I need you to put fear into her, make her lose her courage." Tamara commanded the beast. Without saying a word, the beast sink back into the bowl to do as it's mistress has commanded. Tamara smiled wickedly. Now she has to visit the palace and report Rae to the king just in case her beast fail. She has this sudden doubting feelings that it will fail. Leaving the cave and shutting the door after her, she went back to the old cave her things were. She teleport herself to King Roen's palace. ***** Tamara was filled with rage as she made her way to the King's throne room, she snarled at whosoever that stood in her way. Opening the throne room and entered it without closing the Oak door, Tamara saw Roen who was discussing with his general, she quickly dismissed the general. "I want to talk to you, alone Roen." She told the King but her eyes were fixed on the general, it shows he wasn't needed here. Nodding his head, he gesture with his hand to his general towards towards the door, "I will see you later Iroh." King Roen said. Bowing to the king. "Of course my king, my priestess." With that he left them alone, closing the door behind him. "What is it Tamara, your face isn't looking bright, did something happen to my wife?" King Roen asked worriedly because that can be the only reason why her face is like this. "I have been insulted by a riffraff Roen and I want you to do something about it." Tamara said finally. "Insulted? By who?" King Roen asked not getting it. "A girl named Rae." Tamara answered briefly. "Rae? You mean the girl who goes to my son's school?" King Roen asked to be sure. "Yes, she attends that school." Tamara confirmed. "How can she insult you when everyone knows fully well who you are." King Roen said not believing her words but couldn't voice it out. "I don't want her to get away with it, it will tarnish my image once it leaks out." Tamara said. "Who and who was there when she insulted you?" "Her grandmother my king who wasn't disrespectful, Rae was the only one that insulted me." "Oh, I will send for her, she will have to tell me why she insulted the high Priestess whom the gods speak to directly, she must be punished." King Roen said not meaning any of his word. He was very curious of the girl and would want to draw closer to her, she reminded him of Avonmora. "I know I can always count on you Roen, I take my leave." Tamara said with a hidden smile that Roen didn't noticed. "How about my wife's health, when will she get better? It has been long her strange illness came and she is getting worse every day." King Roen said sadly. "She will be fine my king, trust me, the gods will one day tell me the solution to her illness, but for now she has to be managing the herbs I give to her." Tamara said convincely. "The gods are testing my patience Tamara, and before that one day will reach, I will question them myself." King Roen said with seriousness. "You don't have to do that Roen, you have the priestess with you, I need time, time to purify the gods for an answer. They will give me the solution Roen, time is all I ask for." Tamara said and was able to convince the Wolf King. "Okay." King Roen said finally. "You can have the time you want, but nothing should happen to Rosa." "I give you my word, nothing will happen to her." Tamara said. "I will take my leave and check on Rosa on my way out." "Jason is with her Tamara, so there is no need for that, he specifically said you shouldn't be coming to see his mother, and any herbs you want to give to her, should be given to me and I in turn will give it to him, he will be the one to apply it on her." King Roen said replaying the conversation he had with his son, in his head, a few hours ago when he came back from school. Concealing her anger with a bright smile. "I will do as the Millenium Wolf has ordered my King." Tamara said. "And do not forget about the girl who had insulted me." She added. "I won't Tamara, you have my word." King Roen promised. Tamara left his presence. If her beast fail, Roen won't. King Roen sighed and left his throne room in search of General Iroh to continue their discussion. **** The Vampire Palace: Dean who just returning from his hunting, entered his room (Dean was the vampire guy who fought with Rae in chapter 13) He had been thinking lately about the girl he had fought with and couldn't get her off his mind no matter how hard he tries. He was so engrossed with his thinking that he didn't notice the presence of his father in the room. King Darin, the king of all Vampires, cleared his throat to alert his son of his presence. Dean was pulled out of his thoughts by that, he was surprised when he saw his father in his room. They had just returned from hunting, they usually go hunting every week to catch mountain lions and kill them, storing the animals blood which they drink instead of the humans blood (their slaves). King Roen had ordered them not to drink from humans again and rather told them to be drinking from a wild animals. "Dean, what is going on, since the past few days you have not been yourself." The vampire King Darin said in concern written all over his pale face. "What is troubling you son?" "There is a girl I met, she is a very good and strong fighter, and also a witch." Dean said. "A girl who is a witch and she is a strong fighter, who is she?" King Darin asked curiously. "Her name is Rae father, I was very impressed by what she displayed that very day to me." Dean said smiling as he remembered his encounter with Rae. "Hmmm, so because you were impressed by her display, is that why you didn't notice my presence in your room? If I was an enemy, I would have killed you." "I am sorry about that father, I just won't get her off my head." The attractive vampire Prince said. "I knew it, the girl has taken all over your thoughts, isn't it?" King Darin demanded. Nodding his head, "Yes she has, I think I am falling in love with her already father." "Then make her yours son. You're a Prince and a handsome one at that, she will fall for you." King Darin told his son. "And what if she doesn't fall for me father, what will I do?" Dean asked. "Then I will force her to marry you, it is simple as that." King Darin said with a smirk which Dean returned. Though it will be very difficult as she has proven to be a strong fighter, but he will surely make her his wife. "Thank you father." Dean said with smiles. "You don't have to thank me son, you are my only son and I can do anything for you. So tell me more about this Rae of a girl, where did you meet her?"