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Click here"Wait." The pain was a distant throb. The reality of communicating with the outside world quieted everything else.
"I have my orders." He spoke quietly, his eyes on Warder. He had moved closer to the radios, examining them as if he still hoped to silence them.
"Tell me what they're saying."
"You need a healer," said Rader. "Alpha's orders."
"You said something bad would happen if we made contact with the mainland," said Lucy, grasping his hand harder. "Tell me what's being said."
"I have my orders," said Rader. He looked at Warder again, but the Alpha seemed unreachable, listening only to the Sylphen words echoing in the cool, cluttered space.
"Please. I helped cause this. I need to know."
Lucy could feel the tension in Rader as he held her. He looked at Warder's back and shook his head. "I can't. He's..." His voice cut off. Sheera had managed to silence all of the radios but one. The small, red plastic radio was directly in front of Warder. She was too cautious to try to reach it. She hurried over to Lucy.
"Luce. Are you okay?"
"Do you understand it?" Lucy asked, looking her friend in the face. "Do you know their language?"
Are you really one of them?
Tears in her eyes, Sheera nodded. "A little. What my Dad taught me."
"Please," Lucy begged. Asking for Sheera to reveal herself to her as something inhuman. Asking her to prove she was still a friend. "Translate. Word for word."
Sheera moved closer to Lucy. Rader did not speak, but neither did he keep her away. "New station, report," she said softly. "New station, identify yourself by order of ..." she trailed off. "I don't know the last word."
"It is a standard transmission," said Rader. "Territories identify themselves by the Alpha's call sign."
"What Alpha rules the territory speaking to this island?" whispered Sheera.
Rader was silent.
"Tell me!" Lucy's voice rose and Warder flinched. He was gripping the edge of Ioanni's workbench with his powerful hands. Gripping it so hard that the wood was beginning to protest, splintering and cracking under the pressure. The radio slid as the surface underneath it buckled. But still, the same sequence of Sylphen language came through.
"Orin," Warder said. The word rumbled from his throat like thunder on the wind. Like he could do to the word itself--and the person he described--what he was doing to the workbench. Tear it apart slowly and completely with the force of his anger. "He calls himself 'King Orin,'" said Warder. "He very much likes your human idea of kings."
"Who is he?" Lucy asked.
In response, Warder lifted his hands from the bench and brought them down on the nearest radio. Everything was brittle this close to the sea, weathered and weak. The contraption shattered to pieces. In the silence, Warder turned, and Lucy found herself afraid in a way that she hadn't been since that day he had towered over her on the surface of the mountain.
"My father."
This is so amazing!! You are such a talented writer. I can't stop thinking about this series. I need more!
This story has haunted me since the very beginning, even after you stopped writing. Please continue! I need to know what happens. Lol
Love this story! I look forward to reading more :] please keep posting! I think you mentioned more was written in this world, can't wait to read it!
Wow, I don't usually stick around for long hauls but I am into this one. Keep up the good work, I look forward to the next installment.
So this is one pf the top stories on here. I really hope/pray you finish it for us huge fans. I gotta say though, Warder seemed rather controlled considering the injuries to his mate? Even after Grace was dead. Or maybe her knee cap wasnt shattered?
This is story is so so good. It was already good and now there’s a REAL storyline (beyond the smut which I obviously love). I am completely enthralled, please continue, i see it being whisked away for a trilogy publication.
Lucy and Warder have some kind of magnetic pull, cant wait to see their relationship develop. He needs to apologise for kissing Grace.. and what happened to his son?
Ahhhh thanks for updating!! Loving this story so far!!! It’s my favorite! So glad you’re back and giving us more of this beautiful world you’ve created! A little sad that this chapter didn’t have any sexy bits but I’m hoping we get more of the incredible chemistry between warder and Lucy in the upcoming chapters hehe.
Hopefully now that you've figured the plot installments will be posted faster! This is great.