Michael and Kyra chased each other as they ran back to the castle to where they had dropped the blanket. Collecting it off the ground, the Prince threw a quick kiss on the Godesses lips, and they both hurried back to the bonfire before her father noticed how long they were gone for.
Michael's brother Edward, held everyone's attention, as he told of the battle with their enemies, the MacBain clan. Chief Douglas threw a quick glance aknowledging his daughters return silently, and then returned his attention back to Edward.
It wasn't until hours later that everyone decided it was time to go. They all went inside the castle and each disappeared into their chambers. Michael could not wait, pulling Kyra into his arms as soon as the oak wooden door was closed and locked.
"You drove me nuts out there Kyra!" He whispered hoarsely, while his fingers quickly pulled her gown down her shoulders, exposing a set of round and firm breasts. His lips claimed them before she had time to respond, and thus they spent another passionate night together.
As the wedding date neared, Michael and Kyra spent every second together getting to know each other very well, and their bond was rock solid. Michael's twin brother took over most of his responsibilities, giving him more time to spend with his betrothed, but never the less, Michael still had a million and one things on his mind.
One morning as he looked out the giant glass windows from his chambers while his soulmate still slept, he saw his powerful warriors training aggressively with the Bruce warriors out in the courtyard. Both clans looked amazingly strong and fearless, as they battled against each other, practicing their skills.
Michael could not help the feeling in his gut that something was going to happen to interfere with the wedding plans. He has been walking on eggshells since Kyra has come to his palace. There was raw fear in his heart that someone or something will take her away from him.
Chief Douglas was out in the courtyard, and Michael saw how he lead his warriors in training as if they were really battling the enemies. He trained them aggressively, and that didn't sit well with the Druid. He knew that something was not right, what was the Chief preparing for? They never did find time to sit down and talk, but Michael was smart enough to sense that the Chief was hiding something. It would explain why his caravan was so huge, did he think something will happen at the wedding? He made a mental note to have a private word with him after dinner, because now his mind eased itself back to the sleeping beauty that lay in his bed.
Being a Druid, he had a huge sexual appetite, and he eagerly made his way back to her, and butterfly kissed her face until her eyes fluttered open, and she smiled up at him. Michael could never get enough of his golden beauty, even when he kept her in his bed the entire day, devouring her beautiful bronzed sexy body, his appetite was still wanting more, but when the sun dipped back into the sea, he finally pulled her out of bed, and they dressed for dinner.
"I'm famished!" She said, having gone without food the entire day, "hurry up!"
Michael grabbed her hand and placed it on his huge erection and said in a husky tone, "I fed you the whole entire day and still you're hungry?"
Snatching her hands back, Kyra turned around and marched to the door, because she knew that if she stayed another second in his chambers, Michael would ravish her again, and she was exhausted and starving. Her prince quickly threw his kilt around his tapered waist, and chased after her, as she stepped out into the hallway, and ran down the stairs to the dining area, where all eyes fell on them, as they made their way to their table and sat down.
"Well it's about time the both of you decided to come out of your chambers, having missed breakfast and lunch, you two must be starving!" Kyra's father said, in a not too pleasing tone.
Kyra averted her eyes away from her father, ashamed of her behavior. She was behaving like a harlot, and gave her clan many things to talk about, shaming her fathers good name.
"I assure you Chief Douglas that my intentions are good, I would never dishonor your daughter. Spending quality time with your daughter has gotten us much closer. We are in love, and I feel it is important for our relationship to be rock solid before we marry." Michael was quick to say, hoping that his words will ease the tension between her family and his.
Chief Douglas returned to eating his dinner without saying another word, and Kyra just wanted to run and crawl under a rock from shame.
When they were done with dinner, Kyra and her mother, along with Michael's mother and his two sisters, went for a walk in the rose garden, to talk about the wedding plans, while Michael and his brothers, walked with Chief Douglas and his two brothers to the private library to discuss a few things.
As soon as Michael closed the doors, he took his seat next to Edward at the round table and waited for the chief to start, knowing very well that he was itching to say his peace.
Chief Douglas threw his piercing eyes at Michael, and went straight to the point. "I have let slide the fact that you keep my daughter in your bedchamber throughout the night, even though her reputation is at stake. I trust you to keep her virginity in tact until the marriage bed." He said, not once taking his eyes off the Druid. "My daughter is a delicate flower, a rare jewel, and I am entrusting her to you!"
"You have my word sir, that I will treasure your daughter with every breath that I take. I love her, and I would never bring shame upon your good name." Michael told him. "I am a man of my word"
"Yes, I knew your father for hundreds of years, he was a very honorable man. He was like a brother to me, and I know that all his sons have followed in his footsteps." The chief said, "if I did not trust you, I would have never come here to hand over my only child, but you must understand my position as her father, to want to keep her reputation in good standing."
"Yes, I see your point." Michael said, with a sinking feeling, "I will place Kyra in her own chambers tonight until the wedding date."
"Good, let's move on with the next issue then." The chief said, "Since you will be Kyra's husband and protector, I feel the need to tell you a few things which are very important to my child's welfare, but first I need everyone in the room to take an oath that whatever I say, will never leave this room."
The MacAlister brothers looked at each other uncomfortably, before they threw their attention back to the Chief.
"You have our word that what is said in this room, will stay in this room." Michael said, anxiously waiting to hear what the chief had to say, because he knew it concerned his betrothed.
"Almost twenty two years ago, a very good friend of mine, and his wife, came to my castle and asked for my help. I took them in my home and hid them in the dungeon, because their life was in danger. My friends wife was pregnant, but it wasn't with just any baby, the child she carried in her womb was the chosen one, the one that the prophecies write about!" He said, as he looked around the table to see everyone's reaction.
Michael's already had an idea what the next words that would come out of the chiefs mouth would be, and he braced himself, knowing that pain would spear in his heart if his suspicions were true.
"My dear friend asked me for help, and I had no other choice, but to do the right thing and help him. My wife stayed in her chambers for a few months, claiming that she was pregnant, and when my friends wife delivered her baby in the dungeon of our castle, with the help of our entrusted servants, we brought the child upstairs to my wife's chamber, and my wife and I claimed the child as ours." He said, and Michael witnessed tears in the Chiefs eyes.
"What exactly do the prophecies write about the child?" Asked Edward, who had already determined that the child was Kyra, and he threw a sideway glance at his brother, worried about how his older brother would handle this new piece of information.
"Their are many writings in the Emerald Tablets, but in the last section of the first book, it writes about Armageddon. And as you all have probably guessed by now, the child is none other than Kyra, who my wife and I have raised as our own all these years, and have loved her more than life itself." His voice sounded tired, and Michael detected a hint of fear in it.
William, who was the third oldest brother of the six, asked, "What happened to Kyra's parents?"
"Kyra's parents were taken by the witches of East Wick and they are most likely dead now, because I know they would never reveal Kyra's whereabouts, they guarded their secret with their life, and unfortunately it may have cost them their life. I think the witches killed them, or they may be prisoners in a torture chamber somewhere, who's to know?" He said sadly.
Michael was overcome with fear, if anything happened, and he lost Kyra, he would not be able to keep on living without her! "Do you think the witches know that Kyra is here?" He asked, already knowing what the Chiefs answer will be.
"Of course they do. They can smell her blood from miles and miles away! The only reason they have kept her alive all these years, is because the witches were too busy collecting allies. They have joined forces with the dark side, and prepare as we speak. Michael everything I am telling you is already written in the Tablets. Why haven't you read them yet?" The chief asked.
Michael had always been to busy to read all the Tablets. His mother scolded him many times to finish reading them, but he was too busy running the land, and screwing the wenches to have left over time to read them.
"I assure you that I will get to it tonight! Had I known about the threat against my betrothed, I would have taken care of it immediately!" He said, "I gather your warriors are here to fight with us if the occasion arises?"
"Exactly, and my friend, it is not if, but when the occasion arises, and my guess is that it will be on your wedding day, for that is the day that my astrologers claim that the next total eclipse will happen, and if that is true, I will post my entire army, around your castle for protection, and I should hope that you would do the same!" He said wearingly. "For it is whispered that the writing in the tablets states that on that day Kyra's blood will spill, and I for one am going to change the course of history! I will not allow for anything to happen to my child!"
For the first time in his life, Michael was trembling with fear, "Chief, why is Kyra targeted, what makes her so special?"
The Chief sighed, and looked down at his hands when he answered, "When her biological father was a young man, he slept unbeknown to him with one of the witches that was disguised as a young, beautiful maiden. After he was done with her, he saw on her naked arse a half moon, it was the mark of the witches, he was very angry that she had tricked him, and he put a spear through her heart. When he realized what he had done, he knew the witches of East Wick would hunt him down, and he hid from them for years, until he met his soulmate and married her." Chief Douglas wiped a single tear that glided down his handsome face, and continued. "The witches found them and were ready to kill his wife, but he begged them not too, and on that night they made a deal. A life for a life, the head witch told them that she would claim their first born child, to compensate for the witch that my friend had killed. My friends thought that by the time she got pregnant and delivered their child, they would have come up with a plan to outsmart the witches, but they did not know that in the Emerald Tablets, it is written that Kyra is the chosen one, the whole thing was a set up, including the death of one of their witches!"
Everyone stared in silence at each other, not wanting to believe the truth to this horrible tale. Michael slammed his fists on the wooden table and looked around the table with his tear stained eyes, "I will not let them have her, she is mine, and I love hear!" He cried in anguish. "We will find a way to defeat them! I will place Kyra in the tower where it is surround by Druid magic, and she will stay there until it is safe to come out!"
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