Number 4!

Claiming Fate

The next morning Kylie awoke to the sound of snarling out her window, flinging back her blanket she hurried to the window only to see Mourdrid below it trying to get past two smaller beasts, one a mouse like creature the other a proud looking deer. “Mourdrid behave yourself!” She shouted.

Mourdrid flinched and looked up. “Then tell these retched beasts to let me pass! They say I am not to see you and I will not stand for that!”

Shocked Kylie looked at the other two animals. “Will you not allow him to pass and visit me?”

The deer craned its head and looked up at her with dark eyes that seemed to see right into her soul. “This wolf shall not set foot into the castle! Not until he can act accordingly instead of like a mangy dog!”

She was just about to speak again when she saw Christian walk outside to stand beside the Deer.

Christian glared at the wolf. “What will it take to for you to realize that Kylie is hurt and needs her rest?”

Mourdrid growled low in his throat. “She is bound to me! I must keep my word to Calzaak and protect her!”

“Then protect her by letting her wounds heal you fool wolf! She will only be bed ridden longer if you try to push her!”

By now, Mourdrid’s eyes had darkened with immense anger. “Do not be so bold as to think you can order me around you human waste!”

“You really are a stupid beast are you not? You will not see Kylie and that is final, if you try and get to her then,” Christian motioned to the Deer. “Blind Song here will stop you.”

The Deer called Blind Song stepped forward and stood in front of Christian then faced Mourdrid. “Learn your place Mourdrid, you are still but a cub and though a promise you have made you are still to young to keep it on your own.”

Kylie saw the look of hurt and anger flash in Mourdrid’s eyes, unable to take it anymore she pushed herself up on to the windowsill then called down to Mourdrid. “If you wish to protect me Mourdrid then you had best catch me when I fall.”

Mourdrid looked up surprised then even more stunned still when he saw Kylie jump from the window, without hesitating he leapt into the air and caught her on his back then landed on his padded feet. “You fool girl! What possessed you to so something so foolish?”

She merely smiled at him “I wanted to prove that you could protect me, and you did so very well by not letting me fall.”

Christian was dumbfounded that she would do something so reckless just to defend a beast whom she barely knew to begin with. “Kylie you need to be resting!”

Kylie looked over at Christian then at the Deer. “Blind Song is your mount correct?”

Confused Christian nodded. “Yea he is but what does that have to do with anything right now?”

“He is blind am I right?” She asked looking into Blind Song’s dark eyes.

Once more, he nodded. “Aye that he is, still I do not know what his being blind has to do with anything?”

“Tell me Christian would you let any of your fellow warriors say Blind Song was lacking merely because he was blind?”

Rage colored Christian’s face red as he yelled. “NEVER! Blind Song is more of a warrior then half the men alive out there; he lacks nothing due to blindness!”

“Yet you condemn Mourdrid merely because he is a youngling?” Kylie pointed out calmly.

Christian’s anger ceased when he realized she had proved a point. “Look Kylie I’m sorry but it does not matter. You are a woman and Mourdrid is to be given to a male fighter.”

Mourdrid growled once more. “I will fight for no one but Kylie! Put as many men as you wish at my feet, I will merely bite them in half!”

Kylie closed her eyes and tried to gather her thoughts. “Perhaps I could speak with your leader to sort this out?”

Blind Song lowered is nose to Christian’s cheek and nuzzled him before speaking. “Girl, do you wish for a quicker death?”

Stunned Kylie looked at the buck with weary eyes. “What do you mean by that?”

“The king will merely spill your blood for trying to defy him, and also behead my master with accusations of treason!” He said with a stamp of his hoof.

“But Christian said they would not harm me because they were thankful!”

Christian rubbed the back of his head and glared at Blind Song for saying anything. “I was
going to tell you…”

“Tell me what?” She asked frightened by the look in Christina’s eyes. “What are they going to do to me?”

Sighing Christian walked over and held out his hand wanting her off Mourdrid. “Come down here and I shall explain it all to you.”

She hesitantly took his hand and much to Mourdrid’s dismay slid to the ground below. “Very well tell me what is going to happen to me?”

“The King was pleased to have most of his army spared…but to be saved by a girl is shameful so he has decided to…” He looked away as if he couldn’t bare pain of what must be said.

Mourdrid rose to his full height and opened his mouth to reveal his full set of deadly fangs, then in a snarling voice said. “Human it would be wise to tell us what fate they wish to bestow
upon Kylie!”

“The King is going to have Kylie thrown into the wastelands for the Dark ones to do as they will with her for the killing of their General, he hopes it will cause them to rethink attaching for a bit.”

Kylie gasped and then turned throwing herself at Mourdrid sobbing into his thick furred leg.

Mourdrid saw red at the mere thought of letting the Dark ones have her. “Then I shall flee from this place with her, I will take her someplace safe!”

With pain written in his eyes, Christian looked away. “I’m afraid I cannot let you do that.”

“Tis not a matter of letting me or not, tis a matter of if you are willing to die as well as your
buck in order to stop me!” He said with a snarl snapping his fangs at Christian.




Welp here is the next part...people tell me this story is good so maybe I'll keep up with it.