The Crown of Humatora

The Beginning (part 5)

I wake up and see darkness surrounding me, after I adjust my eyes I could finally see that I’m inside the cave, and then stare at my hands, an elven hands, I transform back into my elven self without myself realizing it.

I was in laying in a big mushroom bed, actually a very convenient bed, with some cookery in a corner of a room, well, a cave but it actually feels like home, elven is definitely living here, illegally though, Gandor will not be allowed any trespasser, especially if the trespasser not from a Were Clan.

“Oh thanks to hell, you’re awake.”

I heard a man's voice from behind me, I turn around to see an elven man with dark wings, his eye color a very pretty deep blue eyes, with long hair and luscious lips, a very beautiful man, with a very intoxicating smile.

“Err… Hello? Are you okay?” He looks at me with a strange expression, I finally realize that I just staring at him with my mouth open.

“Oh yes, yes, I am totally fine.” I try to smile at him, to defuse any awkwardness between us, and to hide the fact that I just embarrassing myself in front of a stranger.

He tilted his head, staring back at me, and then give me a long white tunic. “Please, wear something. I know that you’re a Werewolf, but still not making me any less comfortable.”

My face has become redden, I never have an elven complaining about my nakedness before, and why am I feel insulted right now, one thing is for sure, this dark Nephilim is a rude one, a beautiful, perfect lip but a very rude elven. I wear the tunic while constantly glaring at him.

“You know you should just put the tunic beside me, so, when I fully wake up I would immediately wear the d*mn tunic!” I say it right in his beautiful face.

He smirks at me, “Don’t worry, not going to be interested right away with your kind, anyway.”

I am fuming with rage, how dare he assume that I insinuated any s****l advance towards him, and then insulted my clan? MY CLAN?! MY BLOOD?!, THAT’S IT!! I AM GOING TO PUNCH HIS BEAUTIFUL FACE AND KICK HIS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ABS!!

“Excuse ME?! WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY ABOUT ME? MY KIND? WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CLAN EXACTLY?!”

“Oh wow, is it the lunacy effect already? How old are you anyway?” He tries to prevent me from getting closer, he is trying to defend himself from me.

Apparently a very informative, beautiful, *sshole, he knows about the lunacy effect of the Werewolf Clan, Lunacy effect is when a mature she-wolf has gone mad once in a full of every colored moon, it happens for our counterpart as well, but they have their lunacy effect when their mate is pregnant with their pups.

“I am not having my Lunacy Effect!... Yet.” I intone it, trying to answer his question most civilly.

“What? How old are you exactly?” He tilted his head and squinted his gorgeous deep blue eyes trying to examine me thoroughly.

“A hundred and ten. Do you have a problem with that?”

“No, not exactly, you’re young and I don’t know, you look… mature.”

Did he just call me, old? Really? I am flabbergasted of how he is just easily mocking me about my matureness, with gritted teeth I say it straight into his eyes.

“Look, thank you so much you were saving my life out there, but may I walk away from here? I just want it to go home.”

He stares at me with his beautiful eyes, ugh… it seems I just have to prevent myself to look into his eyes, or his body, or his wings, oh for hell!! Everything about him is so beautiful! Curse the Nephilim Clan and their beautifulness!

“Sorry I can’t let you out of this cave, right now.”

He prevents me from walking out of the cave by expanding his dark wings, what the hell?! Why he doesn’t want me to go out of the cave?

“Please excuse me! I need to go back! My family… my mother will be worried sick!”

“Not in the slightest chance!”

“Why? Are you kidnapping me?”

He snorted and looked at me with mocking looks, that half-smirk from his sexy li… ugh, I have to stop admiring this rude elven.

“I wasn’t kidnapping you, or something on those lines, I was actually helping you, remember?? Me, saving you from those cliffs”

“Of course, I remember, and I’m already told you how grateful I am, look, if you want some kind of rewards, I couldn’t help you, you maybe saw me as one of the warlord daughters, but I am not, I am just a mud on his sandals or a dirt on his eyes.”

He squints his eyes and now looks more confused. “I am sorry, what?”

“Gandor the Werewolf Warlord? Yeah, he’s not my actual father.”

“Look, you’ve misunderstood something, I’ve already known the fact, in fact, the whole warlords on every camp know about the fact.” His eyes are now looking at me with a bemused gaze. “It’s quite funny that you have to gloat about it though.”

My face got redden, so ashamed that I have declared myself as the shame undeclared daughter of a Warlord, good job Sabine, good job. “Ugh, okay, you win, so, can I go now?”

He folds his hand, and now his rude *ss smile face just goes back to his frowning rude face. “I told you, you can’t, not because I want you to stay, but because of this.”

He retracts his dark wings and I finally see the reason why he told me not to go outside and go back to my camp, my eyes are getting larger, what I see is more frightening than the one that I saw and fought with my brothers.

“Blessing heaven! What are those things?!”

There are three giant creatures outside the cave, the cave is actually located on a cliff, there are small pathways to go down into the thick forest below, but even from this height, I see the creatures huge body protruding from the trees, they have a big head of a Bull, red skin with black veins everywhere, and those black eyes, four black eyes, not to mention their bodies, they have a body of a buff Were Clan males, three times larger actually.

“Minotaurs, they patrolling the area, for a while after midnight every day.”

“What?? Those scary creatures are patrolling? For what?”

“Good question, I never imagine it that way actually,” He tilted his head, I think a bit impressed by how I calculated the word from his line, even though his face still frowning at me. “Anyhow, you have to wait until the yellow sun comes to shine, and you will be able to go back to your hunting ground, reunited with your family.”

I sigh so hard. “Heaven and hell, I will have to wait then, ugh…”

I sit in the other corner of the cave, opposite the dark Nephilim. We sit facing each other, and I don’t know, maybe I have to make a conversation to make the night more tolerable.

“What’s your name? I’m Sabine.” I ask him right away. He looks at me with his sultry eyes, which makes me uncomfortable. I don’t know why.

“Look, why don’t you just get some rest, I will stay on guard here, you can use my bed like before, I’ll wake you up when the yellow sun finally shines.”

I squint my eyes at him. “Were you avoiding my question?”

He ruffles his hair with frustration and then he goes up, and go straight into his bed. “I see that you’re not going to sleep then, so, go ahead, wait until the yellow sun arises, I’m going to bed now. I need some rest anyway.”

My jaw just drops, not only that he refused to answer my simple question, he is now laying comfortable in his bed, and goes to sleep, ignoring me completely. The urge to throw something at his head is overwhelming, but then, he was saving my life, instead, I pick the mature way, sitting in the corner waiting for the yellow sun to finally rise.

I see a bright yellow color of the yellow sun finally risen and then peeking at the forest below me, there are none of the gigantic creature’s heads everywhere, I turn around and see that the Dark Nephilim still sleeping soundly, even though he’s an annoying elven person, but he did save my life, I let out a long sigh and proceed to talk to his sleeping presence.

“Hey, I don’t know if you’re sleeping or just shut your eyes for a quick nap or to avoid me, I just want to say that I am grateful that you saved my life back then, I want it to write a grateful note, but I don’t see any parchment around, instead, I’ll give you my lock of hair.”

I take a sharp stone in one of the corners, and cut some of my golden hair, I tied it with a piece of vines, thorny vines that I don’t even recognize what kind of species the plant is, I put my lock of hair beside him and then whisper.

“In a time when you require help, just send this lock of hair, and I will help you, again, thank you… Kind stranger.”

I walk out from the cave, taking a breather, and then proceed to descent into the forest below, I can’t transform yet, the path made solely for an elven figure, a slim elven figure. After like an eternity, I have finally arrived at the thick and surprisingly misty forest, I psych myself and beginning to strip down, I intend to carry the tunic in my jaw after I transform, when I got ready to transform, some firm hand grip my shoulder, instinctively I use my defensive technique, grab the arms and then throw the attacker into the ground, but he outmaneuvers me and instead, I got thrown into the ground, It’s the Dark Nephilim, he close my mouth and told me to shut up.

“Sorry, I have to do this, but you need to calm down. I need to warn you, I’ll let go of my hand but promise me that you will not shout and keep your voice down, okay?~”

I nodded and he proceeds to let go of his hand and help me to stand up again, I glare at him and berate him, though, with a pitch down voice, I am mad, I am not a fool.

“What the hell?~”

“Look, You can’t transform in this forest, it’s an enchanted forest, full of toxic fog for a surging power...”

“I need to transform to use my instinct. You know that. How am I supposed to go out now? This is a dense forest…”

“I will guide you. I am already familiar with this forest…”

I got taken aback. Can I trust him? But, I guess I can, He saves me once. I decide to trust him just once, I need to go back as soon as possible. Who knows what Gandor is plotting behind my back.

“Okay, I trust you, please lead the way…”

“Okay.” He nodded and signal me to follow him, he turns around once at me, awkwardly scratching his head. “I suppose I have to give you my name now, The name is Riftan, nice to meet you, Sabine…”