Chapter 392: The Voice (Ch.392)
Neveah turned over on her bed, her mind still drifting to what narx had said about the rider council.
Davina had beat the petition drum which ant she had a matter of consequence to report to the council, but what exactly was a matter of consequence?
"She would not reveal what she did to the council would she? How would she explain kidnapping
and shipping
off to dwarf territory?" Neveah thought aloud.
But even if Davina intended to co clean, what did that have to do with the elven council and why had they gotten involved?
Neveah heaved a sigh, there was already too much to worry about because she had been silly enough to cover up for Davina for this long.
There was nothing to be done of it now, when whatever matters they had at the council had settled down, Neveah would take care of it then.
Neveah shook off any further thoughts, her eyes going closed as she tried to find so sleep and actually get the rest Everon kept insisting she needed.
It took a short ti but eventually Neveah’s eyes grew heavy and just as she was about drifting off to sleep, a quiet but haunting voice echoed through her mind.
’Oga.’ The voice sounded in Neveah’s mind, barely audible but firm.
"Leave
alone, girl. And since when did you call
that?" Neveah murmured to her wolf aloud as she pulled the covers over herself, intending to ignore her wolf completely.
’Oga!’ This ti, the voice hissed sharply in Neveah’s mind and Neveah shot up with a start, her eyes wide in shock.
Now while Neveah might have mistaken that first voice as her wolf being announced, a fignt of imagination or so manner of trance, she certainly did not mistake the second voice.
Neveah had been bonded to her wolf all her life, she knew better than anyone what her wolf sounded like and Neveah’s wolf would never...never call her oga.
"That wasn’t you in my head...was it?" Neveah thought to her wolf warily.
"No Veah, it was not." Neveah’s wolf confird in an equally wary tone, her words sending Neveah into imdiate alert.
Neveah glanced around her surrounding, a futile attempt since Neveah was pretty certain she would have sensed it if anyone had co in.
Unless of course, it was narx whose presence no longer triggered Neveah’s instinct as possible danger.
But even then, Neveah had been awake since narx had left a short ti ago. It had not even been a half hour and her eyes had only gone closed for a short mont before this, not even narx could have co in unnoticed.
"Narx...are you in here?" Neveah asked cautiously as she slowly got off the bed and headed towards the washroom, she peered in and found it empty.
The entire room was empty, so was the balcony and the adjoined room that was narx’s closet.
Neveah frowned slightly, placing a hand on her forehead just to ensure her temperature was right.
"Am we hearing things now?" Neveah murmured to her wolf, shaking her head in disbelief.
"I’m pretty certain you told
I would not go rogue if I bonded with soone, whatever happened to that?" Neveah thought to her wolf again,
She recalled a short ti ago, they had been on constant edge and it was the only explanation Neveah could think of at the mont.
"This has nothing to do with
going rogue, Veah. And I do not reckon we are hearing things." Neveah’s wolf thought back to her.
Neveah sighed heavily, walking over to the washroom, she filled up the bath with heated water and then stripped off her clothing before getting into the bath.
Neveah exhaled a breath of relief as she subrged herself in the water, leaving only her head out.
Neveah was pretty certain the water was extrely hot, it looked to be but she could hardly feel it, since the rging of fire, Neveah had noticed she gained so form of affinity for fire and heat.
It was not that Neveah was insusceptible to fire, it was only that she now had greater tolerance for scorching temperatures than she did before.
Neveah leaned her head against the edge, relaxing into the water and just when her ease was restored, it happened again.
’Oga!’ That demanding and harsh voice sounded in Neveah’s mind again, this ti, it was accompanied by a pull so strong that Neveah found herself doubling over the edge of the tub like she had been kicked in the gut.
"Creator’s Fur!" Neveah exclaid, quickly washing up and jumping out of the bath.
Neveah dried herself and drained out the water before she fetched a pair of narx’s plain tunics, and pulled on her leather breeches and boots.
’Oga...’ The voice sounded in Neveah’s mind again, this ti a low taunt and Neveah groaned in annoyance.
"I’m standing aren’t I?!" Neveah hissed in annoyance.
"I know when my mind is ssing with
and you are going to have to do a whole lot better that if you want to freak
out." Neveah murmured beneath her breath.
There was a knock on the door at that mont and Neveah did not need to glance over at it to recognize Estelle’s scent.
"Co in." Neveah permitted and sure enough, Estelle walked in with a tray of food.
"Veah...is everything okay?" Estelle asked as she glanced around the room with a confused expression.
"Yes, why not?" Neveah asked back, still lacing up her boots.
"You were just yelling at soone... and there is no one here." Estelle pointed out the obvious.
Neveah sighed, shaking her head slightly before she lifted her gaze to Estelle, a reassuring smile on her lips.
"I am fine, just have a lot on my mind." Neveah assured as she accepted the tray of food gratefully.
"Thank you, really." Neveah said.
"Also, I would like it if you didn’t do things like this for , Estelle. You are a titled lady, not an attendant, and I prefer to handle such things by myself." Neveah stated
"I’m happy to, Veah. It’s nothing, you need soone to look after you till you are fully recovered and clearly, you do not get along with a lot of people around here." Estelle replied with a shrug.
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