Chapter 1
I walked down the hallway towards the commanders office. The only sound i was able to hear was my boots taping against the thick cobblestone and the flames on the side lamps that lit and burned off one by one as i passed. As I stood outside the office and knocked.
"Section leader Atos?"
A sweet yet rough voice followed from inside "Come in"
As I stepped in that well organized office, from the files to the quill on his desk. I noticed him but the window staring down at the few people from the kingdom of........, he spoke before I could, "I've told you countless time to call me Dain, after all what kind of friend would I be if I didn't allow a bit of informality between us, Squad leader Zerveryn", the word captain in his sentence stretched like it was intentionally done.
He turned around to look at me with the same softness in his eyes yet i am the only few who get to see it what a shame.
"Sorry, your just that your post just makes me forge"
He smiled softy and asked, "Soo, why did you bring them here? "
"They say that they want help, more like alliance....."
"For what?"
"To fight against the abyss order"
"The you mean like the Vishaps from the folklore.."
"I guess, yeah that's what he said, he also said that he on behalf of 100 other people at Arcanum adding these ones over here it makes up 107"
"Soo, they require troops.''
"No training"
"Training?"
"YES. Cause the order uses powers similar to cinder and unknown to them."
"And you believe them?"
"No. But i do believe in the trials during the taking and Artemis has no issues with is. In fact she suggested it and that's why i brought them here."
"What if they use the same power against us?"
"Well then i shall give this nation a trophy of 108 heads including mine."
"Well I'll talk this to Henry and get back with u till then wait in the arena with them." he spoke with a sigh.
I walked of that room down the grand staircase and through the moon hall ,where the moon's light illuminated the hall in the most elegant way.n As soon as i entered the arena Nia my Executive Squad Leader showered me with a ton of questions.
"What did he say? Are they staying here? Are we going to have the spirits take their taking?"
"I don't know the verdict is not passed yet." i spoke looking a them.
I usually don't tolerate people like her but she was a special one. It just wasn't that she was strong but also that she was the cutest human alive for me, she was always a shy person but around me don't know how could she talk soo much. Glossy and soft hair braided into a crown on her head, fair skin, big jade green eyes and small pink lips, she almost came till my shoulders and man she looked soo cute like a doll. she always wore clothes with long selvees that covered half of her fingers and her hands were also very soft, unlike mine rough from all the training yet i sucked at hand to hand which for a fact only did Nia knew about that's cause we both skipped hand to hand combat classes like a plague and we always used long range for all known reasons.
"Now, Where is you leader?" I spoke looking at the group of people standing nonchalant.
All looked behind them and my eyes followed suit, a guy leaning against a large, "formidable" navy-blue dragon with glistening blue horns. She has large golden eyes, which looked straight at me like she was judging my soul, and a single fierce talon crowning the top joint of her wings. Her tail features knife like spikes capable of disemboweling enemies with a single flick. I knew my history and from all the knowledge I could grasp I knew she is a rare blue dagger-tail dragon, specifically a descendant of the Gormfaileas line, vicious and intelligent, no doubts about that she was Oriana.
My gaze drifted back to the person leaning earlier who now had towered covered me.
He had windblown hair, drak browns The hine of his jaw is strong and covered in his warm tawny skin and dark stubble. When his arms crossed over his torso, the muscles in his chest and arms rippled, moving in a way that made me swallow and his veins..... his veins poped up just enough were I could eye their path easily. His features were soo harsh it looked carved, they were just perfect everything about him was. I feel like the gods took extra care to bless a devil with an angel's face.
Living in the war college means I've seen t a lot of men, but he's the most a exquisite of them all I've ever seen.
Even the diagonal scar that bisects his left eyebrow and marks the top corner of his cheek adding to his sharp details. His eyes… his eyes were dual colored, right. one with a beautiful icy blue and the left one with a cool with dark undertone of grey. He looked at me like a hungry beast ready to feast on me alive. My heart thunders for all the wrong reasons as his tall frame was towering over mine.
A rebellion relic, curving in dips and swirls, starts at his bare left wrist, then disappears under his black uniform to appear again at his collar, where it stretches and swirls up his neck, stopping at his jaw. My eyes trailed up his relic as his face lit up in a smirk.
“Third year and an Archon in the Arcanum Nexus war academy,... Nyxar Voss.”
Artemis spoke in my head, “One understands he is as appealing as Thanatos, yet one knows not to keep a reply waiting.” Artemis was always a good judge of character, also a reason why she liked the god of death Thanatos, and also a reason why I am putting everything on the line.
I cleared my throat. “First year and second squad's leader of the fifth ward,... Zerveryn Damselette. You all muzt wait here as the higher ups still discuss about the current situation.”
Well i knew i didn't need to say my name after all this man's father was the one who killed my mother and sister 5 years ago....and my honey blonde hair with Intense deep red streaks braided in a 'x' pattern were a dead give away
"Damselette huh." His mirk had disappeared for a intense glare that pierced a hole through me but didn't back down.
I lifted my chin slightly upwards as I looked him eye to eye,"Yes DAMSELETTE. The same one that you are thinking of. And you must be the same VOSS "
My father was the open who had caught him and executed him on these same grounds so we're all the officials of the rebel but the children were spared and I think that was tooo soft for my dad,agreed they don't deserve to be killed but looking at him right now I just wish he was dead no special reason but just that one instinct telling me 'HIDE'.
After a few minutes in the stare competition
“First year, huh? Don’t you Blueveil people know one should salute upon seeing a senior in position?” he said with an arrogant look on his face.
“Well I would, but you’re not my senior as you don’t go to my acad, do you?” I spoke in a challenging tone, looking straight into his eyes, forgetting just how good they were. “Also do remember this—if any one of you try something fucked up, then I’ll gladly be the executioner of all 107 of you. Yes, my heads also on the line but that’s not a bigger concern cause at the very least I would enjoy slaughtering and wreaking havoc especially on you.”
His smirk returned and was followed by a deadly smile which could nuke up the entirety of the women population in one fell swoop. “With that in mind I guess I should call you…...” he smirked again and my stomach did the same shitty thing again.
“Zerstung.”
