Burning Soul

“So that is what happened!” Dimitri concluded the events of the past few dejected days they underwent through.

“Are they alright now? Can we go see them?” Theodore asked in concerning tone followed with slightly tendered expressions on his face

“Rest assured kid! The best of my kin are tending their wounds and as for poison….”

“The antidote was genuine and it’s working well!”, Dimitri was interrupted by Herald

“Still,

I can’t believe so much happened in just a few days!” Lumiere was also concerned,

“Isn’t it a bit too much!

Like in the past so many years, things never progressed this fast!

It might really mean,…”

“Yeah!

Something is going to happen,

Unexpectedly!” Dimitri’s reply in such a situation put up a concerning face on everyone, followed by a moment of silence.

“By the way!”

Aeneas broke the silence,

“What are you doing here?” He asked Merida while enchanting his brows in an upward direction and making a little smile; because her arrival was rather unexpected.

“Urgh!

Do you have any problem with that?” She replied raising her one eyebrow followed with an unprejudiced expression on her face. The way she replied filled a wave of shiver in him,

“Why is fate so cruel to me?” he added

“So many dragons around me!

How am I,

supposed to…”

“Supposed to what?” One word from Merida and it was enough to shut him for good.

...

“Actually I’m rather glad to see you!

It’s been a while since I saw you after all, how are you doing?

And how’s everyone else?” Theo jumped in to save his comrade

“It’s not like I wanted to see you or something, Idi...Idiot!” She replied with a flustered look.

“Are you tsundere of something?” Just as Aeneas uttered this he was punched in the face,

“Urgh, grrl, graawwlll” Making weird noises he was silenced yet again.

“Another word from your jaws and I’ll make sure you see the very depths of hell!”

“Shouldn’t have angered her in the first place, are you an idiot!

Oh right!

You are!

A big one at that!” Catherine commented on his state as she was standing with a concerned face and adjusting her hairs in backward directions which trembled over eyes; from the other side of the room

“Thanks to her we came to know what monstrosity took place in our territory!

Right under our nose!

I’ll make sure they pay a good price for this!” Duvrion snapped silencing everyone,

“Did something else happen too?” Theodore asked in concerning tone,

“Yeah!

We’ve never been tested to our limits!” Dimitri had a sad look as well, even Herald and Merida were speechless.

The atmosphere in the room changed dramatically.

“What happened sis?” Theo grasped the situation, taking a few steps towards Merida, he asked her with tendered expressions on his face followed with his gestures as he knew she wouldn't deny his query.

“Huh!

You sure know how to pull out information huh!

Well, I came as an official envoy, as for what happened,

..” She stopped for a moment while taking her breath in she blinked her eyelids anxiously and looked down with a painful expression were her hairs followed the same downward direction,

.

.

…

“Massacre!”

Her reply brought everyone to a pin drop silence,

“What massacre!” Theo and Aeneas looked at her with a stoned expression.

“It happened while I was travelling here!” She replied in a stone-cold voice,

“That is why I came, such massacres are happening for a while now and I have a good reason to believe Clarke was helping someone with that!

Now for us to identify who they are is a bit difficult as we lost Clarke for good and as for the one who was responsible…” Herald took a pause while talking.

“I got him for good!

I couldn’t help it, he deserved it!” Merida defended her point.

“No one’s blaming you for that, we rather appreciate your move!

It’s just his name alone doesn’t ring any bells!”

As they began engulfing in their discussion, Merida who also concentrating on emanate going on suddenly got distracted when she saw Theo’s troubled look,