The Crown of Humatora

The Wraith of the Tomb (Part 1)

The night finally came upon us, the yellow moon shining brightly, while we are enjoying dinner at the pavilion terrace. There’s a reason why I look into the moon, the view from my left and right, aren’t promising. Although I have two attractive elven men besides me.

Riftan and Rylan decide to eat dinner without any conversation, the tense atmosphere is surrounding me at the moment. The food is tasty, but all of it is spoiled by the sour mood around me. All I could do is let out a long sigh and tried to enjoy the food. Riftan took a glance at me, he handed me a piece of meat, and smiled.

“You should eat.”

“How could I eat, when all I could see in both of your faces make my dinner when sour,” I said to Riftan with a bit of high intonation.

“My apology, we never intend to spoil your mood.” Said Rylan, then looking at Riftan, “Let us try to enjoy the dinner, at least, how about it?”

Riftan suddenly grew quieter, he agreed to Rylan’s term with a simple grunt. Chuckles, finally I was able to enjoy the food, the two of them even tried to have a conversation. They couldn’t stand each other, but, they still tried to be civil, all for the sake of me.

After the hearty dinner, the three of us decided it was best to have the conversation on the terrace. By the yellow moonlight, shining upon us.

“Alright, I need to know, why are you so sure that I am your true mate?”

While asking the question, my eyes never go away from Rylan’s face. I need to see his reaction, though I am not an excellent judge of character, myself. Rylan staring at the moon, a smile blooming on his lips.

“When I saw your elven face, the moment I laid my eyes, I knew, you’re the one.”

“What? That’s different for me.” Said Riftan, his face was so confused, “I knew she’s the one when she saw me on her wolf form for the first time.”

“It was strange, how both of you have a different experiences.” I was fascinated, by Rylan and Riftan’s experience with me.

“What about you? I mean, you know about how the two of us, looking at you as our true mate. Now, what about you?” Asked Riftan.

I saw Riftan and Rylan's faces, and their curiosity peaked. Let out a sigh, and smile at them, I tried to explain my experience.

“Alright, the truth was, I never had the same intense revelation as the two of you.”

Riftan and Rylan look at each other, and both of them have the same expression. Disbelief is how I saw their expression.

“You don’t have the moment when you saw our face, then it takes your breath away?”

“I… I feel something, but, it wasn’t intense, believe me, I do feel something!”

“It’s alright, I believe you.” Said Riftan, he is smiling at me, later on, he is staring at Rylan, “Now, what should we do about you?”

“I am not some item, I do have the same right as you are including Sabine.” Rylan glared at Riftan.

The atmosphere is getting intense again, my head is throbbing like crazy, I need to stand up and voice my side of the story here.

“Please, would the two of you just be quiet for a while!”

Screaming at them, while I hold my head, I was so frustrated, I don’t know how to handle my situation, let alone handle two elven men with super testosterone problems.

“Riftan, you can’t dictate anything about me? I have my own voice, my own mind, my own choice! I am your mate, but it doesn’t mean you’re the one who needs to make every decision.”

Riftan seems shocked, while Rylan’s chuckled. I turn my attention to him as well.

“You! You’re almost the same as him! You said your goodbye and gone, never even explained about how you imprinted me, and now, you dare to claim me, without my consent!”

“I need to make sure this bond is real, true mate is something unexpected to happen, for the likes of me, and I thought you’re fine with it?!” Said Rylan, protesting at me.

What does he mean with the likes of him? He is a Weredragon, something rarer than my kin. I need to ask him about this, but for now, I just want the two of them to feel my wrath. So I do what he thinks I will do, I shouted at him.

“Oh, for hell! You never asked me anything! You dare to ask the oracle, but doesn’t even concerned about my feelings?!”

The two of them seems taken aback, Riftan saw me as the rebel step-daughter of the warlord, but I was also gullible about the outside world. Rylan? He just saw me as a beautiful elven, a damsel in distress. Hell no! I am my own person!

Riftan face becomes hardened, he looks at me while his finger pointing at Rylan. “You are not going to answer my question about him?”

“Riftan, what do you expect me to say? That I will reject Rylan as my mate? You do realize what is going to happen to Rylan if I rejected his mate bond?!”

“You are going to accept his mate bond?!”

I saw Rylan, he becomes so quiet, he looks at me, without any expression.

“Yes, I am going to accept his mate bond,” I said to Riftan, my heart beat faster, and I could sense a sense of relief on Rylan's side.

“Then, let me go away, I don’t want to disturb your mate's bond ritual with him!” Said Riftan with gritted teeth.

“Riftan, please be calm, I don’t want to rush anything, we need to know each other first.”

“That’s not what happened between us? You’re so eager to have our mate bond ritual right away.” Riftan says the word with a sneer.

I slapped his face so hard and run away from the pavilion. Riftan and Rylan shout my name, but I ignore them, transforming into my she-wolf, I run as fast as I can, descending to the mountain path. My heart throbbed faster, the shadow of the yellow moon followed me, engulfing my body.

In the middle of the mountain path, I howled at the yellow moon. Finally clear my mind, I yip at the yellow moon, trying to converse with the yellow moon, talking about my sorrow. Maybe because of my Werewolf blood, who befriended the colorful moon.

After a while, finally, my tensed feeling become calmer. I lay on the ground and wiggled my tail, the wind blows make my eyes heavier. Drifted away, I feel a whisper, resounding from my left ear.

“What are you doing here, wolf?!”

Surprised, I turn to the source of the voice, even in my wolf form I jump from the ground. What I have seen will haunt me for a while, and I feel my surrounding, spinning, and everything went dark.