“I’m not your kind. I can’t be a mate.” Sybil suddenly said and she felt this kind of panic. There was no way. Look at him, look at who and what he was. She was just… Sybil. Sure she helped some people. The very idea of what he was saying seemed too much. How could she be a mate as he called it to someone rather powerful?  “You are. Kind does not matter. Mate to us are recognized by a soul Sybil.” His tone was rather sharp. “Why can’t you be mine?” He nearly demanded it. She realized that he might think she meant that she was too good or something. That maybe she looked down on him. That wasn’t what she meant and now she had to explain. She was horrible at this kind of thing.  “Well, look at me Aries. I’m kind of pathetically mortal, how could I possibly be? This must be rather disappointing for you.” She wasn’t sure if she was hoping to hear that h

Sybil took a breath and steadied herself to see Aries. Yes they were here to meet the healers but being around him suddenly made her feel nervous. Sybil and Morris came down the hall and into a nice sized open entryway. There were two large intricately carved wooden doors. Just looking at them, she knew that protection had been woven into the doors. They had large hinges and massive door handles. They were beautiful with their swirling patterns and old script on them. However there was a much smaller door built into the one and that was open. As she and Morris came into the room others were coming in from outside. You could feel the chill from the open door. Morris excused himself and left.Sybil saw Aries standing there. He was imposing as always and her gaze couldn’t help but look him over. His tall stature, muscular build and rather stoic face added to him. Clearly he was in Prime mode or whatever

A dark haired man stood before a medium sized cave entrance. His yellow eyes were void of kinder things. He curled a lip at the entrance pissed at how long it was taking. This cave system was massive and he could not find another way to get his creatures up the mountain without being noticed. He glanced up toward the snow covered peaks. Velex nearly hissed displeasure looking in the direction of the keep with the race he hated most. One that had nearly killed him.  “I’ll kill them if it’s the last thing I do.” He meant that too. Velex felt a rage thinking about the last Prime left and how fucking hard it was to kill the son of a bitch. All his attempts were failing, he was now angry that he had no word form Jorogumo. None of her little spiders had crept down the mountain in some time. She was supposed to contact once a month.  His gaze came back to

Sybil heard his deeper laugh at her comment as they moved into the new area. This one was older and different. Still a greenhouse of a type. There were plants growing here but most looked sad or unhealthy. Still she noted some very rare plants in here. Her mind instantly identifying them and logging them away. This was an area that had flora for her craft or other uses. Instantly she had the urge to move forward and start interacting with the flora. She sighed inwardly, she really did have multilayers to her talent. What Niba had said seemed to make more sense now. “This part seems old. It has so much in here.” The floors were stone and the whole place was a dome. She could see that this had been a type of greenhouse for a long time. There was even a kind of tree growing in the center. If her senses were right it was an Ancestry Tree. In the plant world they were considered immortal flora that didn’t die

Aries came back into the keep leaving the ones he’d been with. It would seem that his people were very serious about wanting to have their festivities again. He was fine with it, he wanted it too. It was nice to feel like they once had. Though he was feeling a bit exhausted after the long day today. At least the weather was holding nicely. He and several of his men had scouted a trail up to the large cave entrance a short distance above them. This entire mountain range was scattered with inter-connecting cave systems. It was so very easy to get lost in there. Once inside a cave like that even their eyes would not see in the darkness. However this particular entrance was close to the dragons. He knew that Velex had to negative a very long distance in. So there was that saving grace.  Tomorrow he was going to be taking Sybil up to see the barrier and what