pressure on her now.”
Lara nodded slowly. “She’ll be a better Queen if she works with the Order instead of against it,” she agreed.
“I feel better knowing she’ll accept whoever we promise to be by her side to protect her. Turning her now would make her carry a grudge against all of us and I can’t put Jaden with her. Plus, you heard him. He doesn’t want her,” Colbin went on, but Lara could tell that he didn’t believe his own words. The young warrior had no idea yet what it meant to have a true mate.
“You never wanted an Origin. You never thought you could be fine with one, either. You told me you’d fuck me so we could get over it and…”
“I know, I was there,” he growled while Lara only grinned, feeling good that she had made the big bad warrior feel chagrin.
“Difference between him and me is that I never had to let you go once you were mine,” Colbin said, turning to look at her. He looked tired, exhausted, as if he had already fought the battle they both new still lay ahead of them.
“In the light of his and her heart I think this is the absolutely wrong way because he’ll just fall all the harder in love with her if we keep her around, but I can’t think of him and her first. I need to think of our race, and for that I need to keep her around. Additionally this needs planning and strategizing… Where will she go? We should have the new court here somewhere so she is close by. Until she leaves we’ll try to keep him away from her by keeping him busy with fighting and the rest of the warriors…”
Lara knew what he was aiming at. If she stayed around here, spending a lot of time with them all, they’d fall under her spell. There was just something about Maya that made people trust her fully. They’d all have a hard time letting her go.
“We’ll just hope that once the time comes to say goodbye Jaden won’t be fully broken,” Colbin finished and Lara hated both, the thought about a broken Jaden and the cold, calculating tone Colbin had used to say that sentence.
It made for good leadership and sucky interpersonal relationships. Not with her, but with others, she knew that. He loved all of his warriors, cared for them, but still a few years back they had lost one fighter exactly because of this cold leader attitude.
Lucas, the lost one, had met an Origin some five years back while the warriors had been on a mission up north. No matter what Colbin had said, there simply was no talking to Lucas and so, instead of protesting, Colbin had let him be an example. Lara had never met that Origin, but Colbin had allowed Lucas to bring her back after a rather long discussion. All warriors had met her, knowing she’d die eventually. Only a few had been there for her last breath.
Even though it hadn’t been Colbin’s fault that she had died, they still blamed him. Lucas had left the Order and a few others had considered following him, wondering how Colbin could have been so cruel as to let them get attached. No one had brought another Origin in though. That was until Jaden had walked in with Maya.
“Thinking of Lucas again?” Colbin asked, obviously feeling her regret through their bond.
“We could lose another warrior and I think that could be bad for the moral of the Order. Especially since Kaden wouldn’t stay if Jaden leaves and Ryder… She’s his sister! This could seriously backfire. Almost everyone in this game is being kept out of the loop,” Lara remarked, just then paying attention to the feelings that poured from Colbin into her. Pain and worry were the dominant ones.
“We can’t lose the Queen’s trust. A new generation or Morningstars will be born and raised. That is what needs to matter to me and to them, babe. If I tell Jaden now that he’d one day love her so much he wouldn’t be ready to let her go, he wouldn’t believe me anyways,” Colbin whispered, trying to find justification and, maybe even absolution.
“No, he most likely wouldn’t believe
Lara nodded slowly. “She’ll be a better Queen if she works with the Order instead of against it,” she agreed.
“I feel better knowing she’ll accept whoever we promise to be by her side to protect her. Turning her now would make her carry a grudge against all of us and I can’t put Jaden with her. Plus, you heard him. He doesn’t want her,” Colbin went on, but Lara could tell that he didn’t believe his own words. The young warrior had no idea yet what it meant to have a true mate.
“You never wanted an Origin. You never thought you could be fine with one, either. You told me you’d fuck me so we could get over it and…”
“I know, I was there,” he growled while Lara only grinned, feeling good that she had made the big bad warrior feel chagrin.
“Difference between him and me is that I never had to let you go once you were mine,” Colbin said, turning to look at her. He looked tired, exhausted, as if he had already fought the battle they both new still lay ahead of them.
“In the light of his and her heart I think this is the absolutely wrong way because he’ll just fall all the harder in love with her if we keep her around, but I can’t think of him and her first. I need to think of our race, and for that I need to keep her around. Additionally this needs planning and strategizing… Where will she go? We should have the new court here somewhere so she is close by. Until she leaves we’ll try to keep him away from her by keeping him busy with fighting and the rest of the warriors…”
Lara knew what he was aiming at. If she stayed around here, spending a lot of time with them all, they’d fall under her spell. There was just something about Maya that made people trust her fully. They’d all have a hard time letting her go.
“We’ll just hope that once the time comes to say goodbye Jaden won’t be fully broken,” Colbin finished and Lara hated both, the thought about a broken Jaden and the cold, calculating tone Colbin had used to say that sentence.
It made for good leadership and sucky interpersonal relationships. Not with her, but with others, she knew that. He loved all of his warriors, cared for them, but still a few years back they had lost one fighter exactly because of this cold leader attitude.
Lucas, the lost one, had met an Origin some five years back while the warriors had been on a mission up north. No matter what Colbin had said, there simply was no talking to Lucas and so, instead of protesting, Colbin had let him be an example. Lara had never met that Origin, but Colbin had allowed Lucas to bring her back after a rather long discussion. All warriors had met her, knowing she’d die eventually. Only a few had been there for her last breath.
Even though it hadn’t been Colbin’s fault that she had died, they still blamed him. Lucas had left the Order and a few others had considered following him, wondering how Colbin could have been so cruel as to let them get attached. No one had brought another Origin in though. That was until Jaden had walked in with Maya.
“Thinking of Lucas again?” Colbin asked, obviously feeling her regret through their bond.
“We could lose another warrior and I think that could be bad for the moral of the Order. Especially since Kaden wouldn’t stay if Jaden leaves and Ryder… She’s his sister! This could seriously backfire. Almost everyone in this game is being kept out of the loop,” Lara remarked, just then paying attention to the feelings that poured from Colbin into her. Pain and worry were the dominant ones.
“We can’t lose the Queen’s trust. A new generation or Morningstars will be born and raised. That is what needs to matter to me and to them, babe. If I tell Jaden now that he’d one day love her so much he wouldn’t be ready to let her go, he wouldn’t believe me anyways,” Colbin whispered, trying to find justification and, maybe even absolution.
“No, he most likely wouldn’t believe
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