The Devil's Cursed Witch

“Erlos!” Draven called for him, who had gone out to see off Leeora.

He immediately entered the chamber, “Yes, Sire?”

“Send a message to Cornelia that Ember would be visiting the Witch Clan today,” Draven informed.

“Today? Oh Okay! I will do it right away,” Erlos said as he was ready to leave.

“You will be accompanying her so have Midnight send the message,” Draven suggested.

“Midnight?” Erlos laughed a little to which he received a questioning glare from Drayce.

“Well Sire, these days Midnight is busy just like you,” Erlos replied.

“Where did he go?” Draven then thought about it, “I have not seen him for days now.”

“Sire, you were so busy to not pay attention to him so he found someone to give his entire attention. He found his mate and just like his master he is busy everyday.”

Ember, who was sitting quietly after Draven’s last remark, finally understood what Erlos was talking about and felt embarrassed to see how boldly people here talked.

“His mate has even laid eggs and we will be having a little Midnights soon,” Erlos continued, “I have thought about their names. Sunrise, Sunset, Dawn, Dusk, Noon, Evening and so on….”

“Are you done?” Draven didn’t show any interest in his talk.

“Yes, Sire. I was just wondering what to name your children. Finding names as good as their parents is a difficult task.”

“You don’t have to worry about it yet. Don’t waste your time and do as you have told.”

“Yes, Sire,” Erlos left the study.

Ember had nothing left to do so she stood up, “I..will take a leave as well.”

Draven’s sensitive years caught some movement and he stood up, “Let me send you out.”

Ember said nothing as Draven was already ready to escort her out. On the way out, she heard him, “When you are in your fertile days, you should stay away from other beast males. Just like me, they can smell that scent from you as well.”

Ember looked at him, “Can they?”

“Hmm!” Draven nodded, “Beast males are sensitive to these things. Regardless of whether you are their mate or not, they can smell the scent of any female in heat. As you are a human female, it’s your monthly cycle and fertile days they can smell.”

She glanced at him who said it all with a straight face without a tinge of hesitation and as if it was the most normal talk. ‘I keep forgetting people here always talk so openly about mating and everything…But…I am fine with this talk with him. It feels completely normal like a human husband and wife talk.’

She had another question. “Erlos is a male as well….”

“He is not a beast male but an elf so he can’t. This only applies to beast clan members. About identifying beast men, every shapeshifter clan member is a beast and there are various kinds of shapeshifter clans we have here.”

“Umm, I have seen eagle and white tiger shapeshifters.”

“Just like that, there are others. For example wolves, foxes, hawks from feathered races and so on.”

“Understood! I will be careful.”

“You are going to a Witch Clan territory so you will be fine there,” he assured.

Draven didn’t just walk her out of the study but continued to walk along with her along the corridor which had an exit way towards the garden.

Just as they stepped out of the corridor, Erlos arrived there as he tried to catch his breath. “Sire… I have passed a message. I personally met Lady Cornelia as I didn’t wish to disturb our Midnight from taking care of his female.”

Ember looked at him with surprise. He had left just a while ago and he returned already. “That was fast, Do you know how to teleport?”

Erlos smiled at her, “No Miss. I don’t teleport but I am way too fast on my feet. After all, I am high elf.”

Ember understood as she recalled him running so fast when she was living in Ronan. “That’s amazing.”

Draven didn’t disturb both of their talks while Erlos asked, “Miss, will you prefer the same white horse from before to ride on?”

‘Huh?’ Ember realized she had forgotten the fact that she had to ride a horse if she had to go anywhere in Agartha. Here she was excited to visit other cities but that excitement was now affected by the fact of riding horse.

“Is the Witch Clan too far?” Ember asked.

“Not really, Miss. Just a double distance of  what we traveled to white tiger clan for the festival.”

“Double?” Ember could not believe her ears and this silver haired elf easily said it was nothing. ‘I am a human if you can see,’ she cried out inwardly.

“Yes, Miss. I will accompany you there so rest assured about the journey,” Erlos replied like the best guide who was going to do his best.

‘Not like you will be riding my horse, Erlos,’ she said and pulled out a forced smile on her lips. “Oh..Okay!”

Her hesitation and discomfort about riding horse, didn’t go unnoticed by Draven but he didn’t wish to pamper her. If she wanted to be independent and wished to roam around the kingdom, she needed to either learn horse riding or have to posses powers like him to teleport. Out of that, only the first option looked possible for her.

“You will get used to horse riding soon. If you wish to travel everywhere, you need to learn it. I believe you will,” Draven commented.

Ember simply nodded. He said nothing wrong and decided to learn it. “I will keep trying until I learn it properly.”

Draven offered her a light nod. If he wished, he could have just teleport her directly to Witch Clan and save her from the efforts of riding, but he decided otherwise.

“Who is riding a horse?”

Morpheus landed there as he was there to get Aureus who reached there just in time as well upon getting a silent signal from his uncle which only he could hear. The moment Morpheus and Aureus landed closer to others, strong sweet scent played with their sane senses and both looked at Ember.

Aureus took steps back and increased the distance between her and him while Morpheus stayed in his place, controlling himself from not getting affected. Morpheus had been successfully tolerating such scents from other females and no one could affect him, but Ember was different and her scent could affect him every single time. He didn’t know if it was because she was human or there was something special about her.

This particular scent reminded Aureus about Seren. He remembered how he stayed away from her since she started getting her monthly cycle after arriving in Megaris. She didn’t know why he didn’t come to her often but he knew when he needed to stay away from her. He was a beast and he was scared of that beast inside him.