It was early morning when the two Druids found themselves in the great hall of Sterlingshire. The library door was open and the MacAlisters were waiting for their arrival. Amira and Yasmin were pulled gently in the room with them, and Yasmin looked around and clutched her sisters arms frightened by her new surroundings.
"There is nothing to fear Yasmin, they are good people and will not harm us." Her sister whispered in her ear.
Yasmin silently watched the giant warriors who got down to business quickly as they discussed something about a battle, and was fascinated with Tristan, who she thought was the handsomest of all the men present. Why had he taken her with them, and what is this place that he brought her to? Her sister didn't seem scared at all, in fact, Yasmin looked into her sisters eyes and found warmth in them when she looked at the man who claimed to be her husband. Could her sister really be in love with this warrior?
Focusing her attention back on Tristan, she realized that she too would find it easy to fall in love with such a man. He was very tall, dark and handsome. His body was rock solid muscle, and she longed to run her hands across his muscled chest. His face resembled a Greek God, and she knew she never looked upon a more gorgeous sight than he. His emerald eyes sparkled when he spoke, like flames of fire, and burned with passion. His nose was chiseled to perfection, and his sculpted lips looked like they were made for kissing.
Yasmin's cheeks flamed from such sinful thoughts that filled her mind, and she lowered her gaze to the marble floor, hoping no one saw her blush from shame. The warriors were debating what to do next, when Yasmin sneaked a glance at Tristan again and found him staring at her. Her heart did a somersault and almost stopped beating. Oh God, she thought, as she lowered her eyes to her feet, he knows.
"Get rid of your shyness Yasmin, these people do not judge you by your innocence, they are kind and loving, we are lucky to be here!" Amira whispered.
Yasmin stole another look at the warrior. He looked like a wild beast, with his raven black hair that framed his ruggedly handsome face, falling down his shoulders, and his big body with muscles that rippled with every move that he made.
"Oh, you are back!" Lidia said as she walked gracefully into the library. "And who do we have here?"
The warriors stopped what they were saying, and looked at the women. "This is my sister Yasmin." Amira said, and tugged at Yasmin's elbow to stand up straight.
"Well hello Yasmin." Lidia said, with a welcoming smile, "Please come with me, this is no place for a lady, let me take you to the sitting room and introduce you to the MacAlister women."
The two sisters followed Lidia out of the library as she made her way to the sitting room, and they found themselves surrounded by the MacAlister women. They were a great bunch who welcomed the two sisters with open arms. Right away the girls felt the abundance of love that was thrown at them, and were pleased immensely.
Back in the library, the MacAlisters were waiting for Lucious, and Kalen's arrival. The witches already had returned with hundreds of supporters who were willing to help save the world. They made camp around the thousand of acres of MacAlister land, and waited for orders.
"Has anyone sent word to Lanie, where the hell has she been all these months?" Michael said, creasing his forehead with worry lines, "she has been gone for a long period of time with out so much as a word on how she is fairing, mayhap she is in a bind and needs our help!"
"I would have seen something if she were suffering." William said.
"You can't possibly see everything!" Edward reasoned.
"In this case I would have, because it's Lidia's daughter and I love Lidia more than life itself and whatever or whoever is connected to her, is connected to me, therefor I would have had a vision if she were in any kind of danger. My guess is, she is either very happy and forgets to send word to us, or she's not happy and is embarrassed to show herself because she made a mistake choosing the wrong man." William said and all heads turned to look at him.
"What do you mean she chose the wrong man? He's not her soulmate?" Stephan asked.
"Nope, he's not!" William said simply, "and don't tell Lidia just yet, I don't want to add to her worry, she's already hyped up about the battle!"
"Wow! If and when Lanie finds out she is with the wrong man, she's going to have a heart attack! I hope she kept her virginity in tact!" Silas said.
"Lanie wouldn't give that up too quickly if she wasn't feeling the pull in her heart!" Daniel added.
"Great! Now were talking about our sisters virginity instead of Armageddon!" Thomas laughed nervously, "you would think we were having a tea party or something!"
"Shut up Thomas! Our sister is just as important as anything else, I'll kill the bastard if he stole her virginity!" Nicholas, who was very close to his sister, threatened. "But I highly doubt she would give it away to someone unless she felt the pull."
At that moment, the door crashed open and Lucious walked in the room followed by Kalen. "I'll not have the witches fighting next to my men!" Kalen growled, and marched to the table
Where the MacAlisters sat. "The witches use dark magic and their not to be trusted!"
"The witches do not used dark magic!" William corrected, "these witches have crossed over to our side by choice and are friends not foes!"
Lucious loved the witches and was ready to come to their defense had not William done so, he was raised by them and knew them to be the nicest bunch of witches he had ever met. "Abby is rounding up the Valkyries, they should be here in the next hour or so."
"And the Fay's?" William asked Kalen.
They are ready and able, and waiting for my call." Kalen said quickly, wondering where Violet was, he was hoping to catch a glimpse of her before the battle.
The men were in the library the entire day planning for the battle. It was going to be a blood bath of that they were sure of, and every single life on earth depended on them.
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The sun had turned to blood and darkened the sky. In the four corners of the world the winds picked up and swirled angrily, carrying across the earth the howls of the beasts as they prepared for battle. The dark forces teamed up with the witches of the north, and waited patiently for the beasts to arrive and lead them to battle. The most powerful beasts were chosen to stand guard and protect the entrance way in the other dimension to the universal doorway. They were not going to allow anyone to enter in that realm and stop Armageddon.
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In the realm of the Gods, Aphroditis looked down to earth and fear gripped her for the first time in her life. Were the humans ready to fight the biggest battle of their life? Why hadn't the Druids taken care of business? They should have opened the door to the universal room and read the blue prints, what was taking them so long to do so, she wondered, they have made many mistakes and she thought to aid them before earth was destroyed.
"Father, why are you not helping earth? They are in serious trouble!" Aphrodites said, a worried frown creased her forehead, but somehow she managed to looked even more beautiful if that were even possible.
Zeus raised an eyebrow, he did not like the tone of voice his beautiful daughter was using. She meddles too much in the earthlings lives and he didn't like that. "You need to get a new past time Aphroditis, and leave earth to me!"
The Druids have been too busy with their own lives, and had not taken care of business. They were in charge of the worlds disasters and were supposed to avoid Armageddon. They were entrusted with the secrets of the universe, but they failed to protect earth, now he had to step in and fix their mistakes.
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Clotho, Atropos and Lachesis, watched the Druids from their realm and they too shook their heads with dismay. They knew that Zeus was going to remove the Druids from their place as the protectors of earth unless they hurry up and do something fast.
Atropos took a moment to spy on Foster, her heart skipped a beat when her eyes raked over his muscled body. Memories of a long time ago claimed her, and a single tear trailed down her beautiful face. Deep in her heart, she still loved him, but she was angry with him for deserting her and taking a wife. Atropos almost died with grief when she had heard the news, and she cried a river, but she knew that one day she will cross paths with him again, and she waited for that day with great anticipation.
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William got the word that earth was surrounded by the dark forces, and his heart sank, they were not ready yet. They needed the treasure so Kyra, Julia and Amira could open the universal door, all the answers lay in the blue prints and they must find the treasure and hurry and get to the universal door before it was too late!
"Father, where could the treasure be? Can you not see in your visions where it hides? We can not make a move until we have the treasure in our hands!" There was urgency in Michael's voice and everyone in the room understood the importance of the treasure.,
William sighed and raked his fingers through his thick mane of raven hair. Where was the damn treasure? He thought angrily, as he swallowed a tankard of ale and felt the liquid burn his throat. They must find the treasure!
"We are screwed!" Hawk admitted, before he dropped his huge body on a chair, and studied the plans before him. The charts were drawn carefully by William, and the plan could work if all went according to plan, but to move forward they needed the treasure.
"Damn!" William yelled and hit his hand on the wooden table. "Where the hell is the treasure?"
At that moment Bella appeared out of thin air in the middle of the table. Holding the treasure by her teeth, Bella opened her mouth and dropped it by her feet. Everyone in the room froze as they watched the cat narrow her eyes and look around the room, Fools! She thought angrily, before exhaustion claimed her and she passed out.