The Call of War: The Watchers Chronicles: Book One

by Patricia Halladay

  “It seems that we are both tied into a life of heartbreak, both as bad as the other. I’m sorry that you as well had to go through that. Let’s end this now, so no one else has to hurt like we have.” The hive leader says with a look of determination.

  “Agreed. We need to bring peace not only to our people but for those like you and Ianna the most.” Matthias says with a far off look. His eyes are still red, so he needs to feed and now. I notice at some point Marcus has left us, something feels off, but I’ll deal with it when it comes.

  “Please excuse us Leader Vakor, I need to get Matthias fed, before he going on a feeding spree.” I says and the Leader looks at Matthias.

  “Yes I’m sorry for distracting you, getting his blood thirst taken care of is a serious need.” He says as he walks with us out into the house. “Take care of her Matthias, you’re a very lucky vampire to have such a loving girlfriend. I hope the fates smile on you and the two of you are soul bound.” He finishes when we reach the grand staircase. He bows and take his leave out to the guest houses. The guest houses are just on the left hand side of the property as you walk out, they’re small 2 bedroom homes so that leaders and their staff or children can come and have privacy. Just as we start up the stairs, we meet Meena and Vlad on the landing.

  “Ianna I’m fine. Please go get some rest, I’ll check on the guest ok. I promise I’m fine.” Matthias says, and I look to Meena and Vlad for help.

  “Vlad, Matthias is refusing blood for his blood thirst. Is it alright for me to let him feed from me? I know Marcus does, but I’m not that knowledgeable about sharing blood sources.” I ask just as Matthias hisses at me.

  “It’s fine, truly you would have to ask Marcus. It’s more of a personal preference, but I don’t see Marcus having a problem in this case. Matthias very rarely goes blood thirsty.” Meena says looking at Matthias with sad eyes.

  “Nephew you need to feed. Ianna’s offering to help you, so quit being an ass and accept her help. Marcus won’t have a problem with it, and if he does then maybe he shouldn’t be fucking Angelica right now.” Vlad says with anger. I am left stunned; did he really just say Marcus is with Angelica?

  “I’m sorry Ianna, Angelica is Marcus’s soul bound. He just found out.” Meena says giving me look of hurt, like she’s feeling my pain.

  “It’s ok, it can’t be helped the fates play cruel games with us. Come on Matthias let’s get you taken care of.” I say trying to keep the tears in and grabbing Matthias’s hand to pull him to his room. Once inside I break, and the tears flood down my cheeks. Matthias looks to have gone even more blood thirsty and wants to kill.

  “Ianna, he just told them about Angelica. He’s known for over a month now. I’m sorry, I should have told you.” Matthias says wrapping his arms around me. It seems so weird that I feel secure in Matthias’s hold, but love Marcus or at least I thought I did. Matthias is 6 foot tall, with pale skin, he literally looks like a typical vampire, very vitamin D deficient. His chocolate brown hair and sky blue eyes seem so out of place, since he has a thick Scottish accent. I found out that Matthias in his younger years was in the IRA and ran many of the attacks on diplomatic offices. He fits the bill of a fighter, muscular like Jeremey Renner muscular when he did the movie Hansel and Gretel. But again not something you would think because of the Scottish accent. When I asked him about it he laughed, said the bloody wankers deserved it and he was helping family.

  “It’s ok, I need some help finding information Matthias, could you help me? After we get you taken care of though.” I say turning to look at him, he had his head resting on my shoulder.

  “Anything for you Aretha. What is it you need?” Matthias says starting to leave feather light kisses on my neck where he will bite down. I moan and melt into his hold as he starts nipping me causing my core to heat up.

  “I want to know if Marcus Valarian has blood ties to Captain Orion .” I say causing Matthias to stop and look at me.

  “He doesn’t that I know for sure. His blood line comes from Romania . His ancestors were among the first of the soldiers turned by Vlad during a war with the Ottomans. Why would you think he does?” Matthias asks looking at me with narrowed eyes.

  “He told me that he’s Orion reborn. We will finish this talk after you’re taken care of. Now feed!” I tell him grabbing a fist full of hair and bring his head to my neck. Matthias overpowers me and slams me into the wall with a smile.

  “We do this my way warrior. I don’t want your weapons coming out to play.” He says with his fangs elongated. He kisses me and continues the feather light kisses down my throat. My shirt comes off as he reaches my chest, and each layer comes off as he moves. I hear a hiss when he is kissing my breast and realize I still have marks from Marcus, he never healed them. “I am going to kill that fucking leech!” he says as I feel something warm drip on my chest. Matthias is healing the bite marks made by Marcus.

  “Matthias, you need to feed before you say something that will get you into trouble.” I say when he kisses his way back up my body.

  “Where else has he bitten you?” He asks while flicking his tongue over my hard nipples.

  “He bit me while eating me out, but it’s fine, it will heal.” I tell him in between moans. I arch fully into Matthias as he wraps his lips completely around my nipple sucking on it. His fingers slide between us, once at my pussy he slips three into my core while rubbing with perfect pressure on my clit.

  “Oh Matthias! More please more!” I beg as I feel him pumping his fingers inside of me. I am close to orgasm as my core heats up. Matthias has pulled away from my nipple watching me as I enjoy the bliss his fingers are giving me.

  “Do you like that Ianna? Do you like me fingering your soaking wet pussy?” He asks with a very predatory voice.

  “Y-yes, oh god! Fuck me Matthias!” I scream as my climax hits hard throughout my body. We still haven’t moved from the wall when I feel Matthias pick me up wrapping my legs around his naked body.

  “Good girl. Beg for me to give you pleasure.” Matthias says, normally this would creep the fuck out of me, but for some reason it’s bringing me closer to another orgasm. As I’m about to beg again, he thrusts up into me hard.

  “Fuck Matthias! Yes fuck me hard!” I pant as he continues to thrust deep and hard building a stronger orgasm.

  “Oh Fuck Ianna! Your pussy’s so tight!” Matthias moans and just as I scream from my orgasm he sinks his fangs in. I am panting hard as another orgasm builds immediately. I turn into Matthias’s neck as he drinks, although I don’t have fangs I bite down and suck on his neck. I hear him groan as his last thrust slams into me, causing my walls to swell around him. I feel his release, but this feels different, I can feel him harden more and I can’t pull off. I feel him release again and then I understand what is happening, we’re bonded.

  “Matthias, how’s this possible?” I ask as I start to pant again from another orgasm building fast. I rock my hips, causing the eruption of both my orgasm and cum. I am pulled off the wall as Matthias walks us over to his bed and sits so I can keep riding him.

  “Don’t worry about it for now, just enjoy it. Fuck you feel prefect.” He moans as my movements speed up. “You need to take from me to heal the bite marks please Ianna.” Matthias says using a small pocketknife to make a small cut on his neck. We’re still bonded, it’s getting tighter as I ride him, and he releases more cum inside me.

  I lick the trail of blood that has streaked down to his pec, back to his neck and latch on like I did to give him the hicky. I hear him moan and tell me harder. To which he grabs my ass and starts helping me go faster and harder. The feeling of our bonding is only increased as he releases another load. He flips us so I am now on my back, but I haven’t let go of his neck yet. I am not getting a lot of blood but enough to heal.

  “Fuck you feel so good!” He moans when I let go. Matthias collapses on top of me, leaving soft kisses on my neck and shoulders again. Our bonded bodies slowly release each other, but I don’t move as
I am enjoying this, it feels so different from Marcus. It feels like I am being pleasured and honored at the same time.

  “Matthias, can I sleep here for a few minutes? I will leave shortly promise, I just need to rest for a second.” I say yawning. This must be the aftereffects of being bonded, I have never been this tired afterwards with Marcus, even after hours of sex.

  “You’re not leaving until you’re fully rested Aretha. You were always like that, never knew when to let your body rest.” I hear him whisper as I am consumed by darkness and visions of truth.

  Dream memory …

  “Aretha, bend your knees! You’re too rigid and that makes you easier to take down!” Orion yells. We have been at this for hours and my body is sore! I have been in a defensive stance and when I start to slip, Orion snaps me in the leg or butt with a cloth. It’s not hard enough to break the skin but it stings like a mother fucker.

  On our ride yesterday, we were attacked by bandits. Not that it’s a big deal because it wasn’t, there was at least 30 soldiers from the legion on this ride, they targeted me immediately though. I was able to keep myself safe enough, but the soldiers with us all told Orion, I needed to work and train more on my defensive stand. It’s a point of weakness and they didn’t want me hurt, they wanted me to walk out of a battle unscathed if possible. So now I’m doing this, and my body’s screaming from pain and exhaustion. Suddenly I’m on my ass looking at Alexander and Jason, both of them shaking their heads. Orion’s yelling at me and I just want to cry from the pain my body feels. I lay my head in the dirt and do just that, I cry as I hurt all over and if I don’t get up I won’t move for days. Everything goes quiet and I feel arms pull me into a standing position. I start to hiccup from trying to stop my tears, but all it does is cause Alexander to laugh at me.

  “You’re so adorable when you hiccup, to bad adorable isn’t going to save your ass in a fight.” Jason says laughing too.

  “Again Aretha! Get up and do it again!” Orion yell. “Either you two fuck off or help get her trained!” He says to Jason and Alexander.

  “Orion, you’re stressed, she’s a 9 year old girl, her safety’s important to all of us. Besides, General Octavian wants to see you. I’ll continue her training for now.” Alexander says as Jason slips away.

  “Fine, I’ll be back later Aretha.” Orion says cupping my face. I’m nine and he treats me like I’m his prized possession, but he can be an ass too. A few minutes later after Orion leaves Jason comes on horseback and has a second one with him.

  “Come on, we need to take her out or Orion’s going to have her not able to walk. I think Athena’s in her temple. She might be able to help train Aretha. Let’s go now before Orion comes back.” Jason says as Alexander passes me up to him. I am placed in front of Jason in the saddle, and he gives me the rains.

  “Lead the way little warrior, you know where Athena’s temple is.” Alexander says and I spur the horse into a full gallop out of the camp. I lean down into the horses neck and tell her to take me home. When I was bought by Hyda, it was at a sale in front of a hidden temple. This spot is thought to be where the gods give their blessings to their heroes of mankind. It’s thought that Achilles, Perseus, and many more were brought here to be blessed with their strengths.

  The horses veers off the road onto a forgotten trail and slowed down to a brisk canter. Alexander and Jason both have their swords drawn, ready to take on anything that came out at us. I am pretty sure they were not expecting Iverus to come at us full gallop. As he came running to us both horse reared and I went flying off, but I never hit the ground because Iverus caught me.

  “Oh little one you are finally home!! We have missed you so much.” He says pulling me close to his chest. Jason and Alexander are still trying to get the two horses under control.

  “Father please help my friends; I don’t want them punished.” I ask the centaur holding me. He walks over and places his hands on Jason’s horse. The mare calmed down immediately, Alexander’s quickly follows, and both have stopped trying to throw the boys.

  “Aretha, maybe you should introduce us to your friend.” Jason says gesturing to Iverus.

  “Warrior Jason, Warrior Alexander this is my father Iverus. Daddy this is Jason and Alexander, they are soldiers in the 32nd legion. General Octavian’s command.” I say squeezing the centaur around his neck.

  “We didn’t know that Aretha’s father is a Centaur, no wonder she’s battle centered. She’ll be a strong warrior if she can get her stances right.” Alexander says coming to ride on one side while Jason takes the other.

  “I’m not her birth father, but she use to come here so often that when she started speaking she call me daddy. I left it alone, my mate was killed during war, so I never got to have children of my own, there are a few others that will throw you when she talks to them.” Iverus says starting to laugh. “What’s this about your stances? What’s wrong with them?” He asks looking at me, causing me to start crying because I am in trouble again.

  “She’s too rigid, needs to find her balance but still manage comfortability and fluidity, while deflecting and attacking.” Jason says causing Iverus to hold me up at arm’s length.

  “Practice riding a horse or on a centaur. That’s the best stance and it’s most comfortable. Ok my little battalion?” Iverus says bringing me back to his chest. He squeezes me once more and then puts me on his back.

  “That’s actually sound advice, never thought of that. It’s the most fluid motion and easy to defend or attack. Why the hell didn’t we think of that?” Jason says looking at Alexander.

  “Why the hell didn’t Orion think of that? The poor girl’s been standing in the basic stance all day and getting snapped with a cloth when she faulters.” He says.

  “It still does her some good, yes it’s painful and exhausting, but it’ll help build her leg muscles. Come we’ll eat first and then let her ride on one of your horses bareback. She’ll be able to hold that stance without issue by the end of tomorrow. Just let her ride.” Iverus says bring us to the Temple of Athena. Out in front of the temple there is quite a few people wandering around. Kids laughing and playing, while parents sit talking, trading, and dealing in goods.

  “Aretha! My baby!!” A woman wrapped head to toe comes over.

  “Momma Rumara!” I scream getting off the centaur’s back and running to the gorgon. “Can I pet Relea, Vise and the other girls? Please Momma Rumara?” I ask.

  “Yes they’ve missed you and will be happy to see you.” She says giving me a squeeze.

  “Jason, Alexander don’t worry she’s not like her more famous cousin. You’re safe here.” Iverus says when the guys give him a questioning look. Then Rumara takes off her hood and her snake hair comes to life when they see me.

  “Holy fuck she’s a Gorgon. Wait she doesn’t turn men to stone by looking at them? I thought all gorgons do that.” Jason says getting down from his mount. “Where can we place the riding gear for the horses to rest?” He also ask.

  “They can go there on the fence, and not all gorgons turn men to stone. That gift I gave Medusa for Poseidon’s actions. He can’t touch her if he becomes stone.” Athena says coming from the temple with her priestesses. All of them carrying food to be placed on tables that the people are selling their goods on. Everyone gets their tables cleared and brought into lines in the clearing. There’s about 5 rows of tables and the venders start to help with bringing out the food for the gathering.

  “Welcome to the Descendants Gathering. It’s a meal we have once every month to celebrate our love of our parents, whether they be the gods or human. It’s been so long since this little warrior has been here!” Rumara says giving me another hug as her hair snakes kiss and rub against me.

  “Yes please join us.” Athena says coming over to Jason and Alexander.

  “It would be an honor to share your meal.” Both boys say bowing. When they rise, we all sit for the meal. The conversation after eating brings life to the temple, as the children play and t
he animals graze. A horn sound off and everyone is quick to their feet, clearing the meal and tables.

  “What is going on?” Alexander asks coming to Jason’s side while placing me behind them.

  “Intruders, and with that horn they are not friendly. You must get her back safely. We’ll be alright; it’s why the temple’s hidden.” Rumara says giving me another quick hug. “Take care my little queen, always remember keep your eyes open and your heart guarded!” She finishes by giving me a quick kiss on the cheek and runs to the temple, as the last of the people get inside Rumara commands the forest to reclaim the temple, therefore hiding it. Jason’s quick to the horses that Iverus got saddled for us in the chaos, we mount and start riding.

  “Argo lead us to safety!” I tell her and she takes off in the opposite direction for a bit. Jason’s trying to command her another way, but she won’t obey. “Jason she goes this way because the danger is back the way we came, trust your mount.” I tell him and he lets Argo do her thing. We travel in a diagonal line towards the camp, when we make it there people are mounting horses and starting to get ready for war.

  Chapter 10

  I wake up from my dream to shouting and hissing. When I sit up, Vlad is hold back a pissed of Matthias while Meena’s talking Marcus down. Both of them look like they are ready to rip each other apart. I remember my dream and what Momma Rumara said, to keep my eyes open and my heart guarded. Well I failed miserably at that, because I gave my heart to Marcus when he told me he was Orion. Without the ties to the bloodline there he can’t be Orion, and I have made my first mistake. What I don’t understand is why Marcus would lie about that, or how he would know about my feelings for Orion to start with.