Would like to meet you
RENEE'S POV
"You're dying." I stopped running.
"I was-" He parked himself by a large oak tree. His body slumped over the large over ground root. "I was coming."
As Bane found time to catch his breath, I found time to look around, waiting and watching my surroundings. We were off of territory. Now, anyone could come along. There were no patrols. There were no other members. I haven't even told others where I was going, what I was doing, or who I was meeting.
"You okay?" I eyed the shadows that were casted by the dreary trees. "Yeah just...need some water." He heaved. "Is there like a lake, or dirty pond around?"
Despite me not laughing, I found his humor sort of enjoyable. No wonder he was Bane's left hand.
"No."
"Okay." He wiped away the beads of sweat that had formed on the flesh of his forehead. "I'm ready. Can we go wolf form though? I may be able to keep up. I mean, I'm fast and all but no Alpha. Matter of fact, maybe I should go wolf form and you run in human. Maybe that would help. You know, you are fast and all but-"
"Stop talking Bane." "No problem."
I looked over the trees, watching as shadows deep with the trees began to move about. They were watching, waiting for me. I was here now. Hiding was unnecessary now.
We were here for business.
Bane had finally caught his breath. Just in time to see the two figures that had approached us. A woman. The same woman we had met before. She never gave a name. She just spoke and disappeared into the woods when done.
She never really conversed too much. She did always have her 'words of wisdom'. She would always keep her face partially hidden. A black silk scarf would cover a portion of her face. I was not sure if she was hiding her face or covering the brunette-like eyes that confirmed her new introduction into this world.
The other was slimming male. Maybe in his mid-twenties. Black hair with brownish gold eyes. Just as the others, he reminded me of stone. Stiff posture that made them look like some sort of statue.
However, they were no longer strangers to me. We have been meeting for some time now.
"What-" Bane stood straight up. I wondered if this was some sort of battle, would Bane get killed because he was so exhausted. "What is this?"
"Sshh Bane." I glanced over my shoulder slightly. Not enough to take my eyes off of the company.
I turned my attention back. My company had waited for our meeting to commence.
"Why are we here?" I asked. I had kept our meetings short and most of them far from home but today, they insisted coming immediately.
The two eyed each other for a moment before their attention returned to me.
"It's about the captive." My jaw tightened. I cut my eyes toward a stunned Bane.
"You know about Ms. Renee?" Bane pressed. He pushed himself away from the tree and stood in front of me.
"Wait Renee." I touched his stiffened shoulders.
"They know about Ms. Terra. That's great news right?" He was somewhat excited. However, I did not return his excitement with an emotion.
"I will explain it to you later." I looked at the lingering eyes that watched me.
"Our leader would like to meet you." The male fixed his collar to perfection. These Vampires were so neat. "Why now?" I had to ask. Normally he would send his companions. The woman. The boy..The woman became slightly uneasy. It was until now that she showed any sign of discomfort to my questions. What was the problem?
"Where is he?" Bane pressed. I looked at him. He had no say-so in the matter so silencing him was needed.
"Bane." He looked up at me, worry and curiosity circulating through his eyes. "Shut up."
"He is still away, awaiting the confirmation of the meeting." The woman pulled back her scarf. The silky black hair shined under the falling sun.
"I remember you. You were the woman that came here before." Bane wagged his finger.
I pinched the bridge of my nose, my mind rotating on two different topics. I was debating on which to talk about first. Zeiden's need to continue to talk or the fact that their leader suddenly want to speak to me personally.
"When?" I pushed him behind me. "Your call." The woman nodded. I thought for a moment. It would be almost impossible to have them at my home. "I will keep in contact on the place and time." I confirmed. "But the meeting is a go."
"Good we will inform him." As soft as they spoke was as soft as they disappeared into the trees, out of sight and out of mind. I turned to leave, almost forgetting the stunned person who followed closely behind me.
"Let's walk." "You damn right we will." Zeiden skipped and pushed pass trees to take his place in front of me to see my face.
"What the hell is going on?" "Hard to explain."
"Well you need to." He stopped me. I eyed him, warning him that he did not want to go down this road. Confronted with nervousness, he moved his hand, allowing me to pass by.
The trees were quiet and so were we for a slim moment before I decided to speak.."I think I brought you out here for a reason." I admitted.
"Why?"
"I guess I needed someone else to know of this." I have kept these meetings private, making sure I was out of range and out of mind. "Aaron?" He would assume my right hand would know of this. "No."
"Bane? A.J?"
"Bane is no good with secrets, especially with you. I decided to leave A.J out of a lot of this. Even though he is one of my warriors, I decided to give him the space he needed. With him and Keisha yearning to begin a family in a new home, I thought he did not need this pressure."
"So just you...and me." "Yeah." I answered. I heard him stop in his tracks. I turned to see him standing there.
"I don't think I can handle this pressure." "Pressure?" "The damn secrets. I'm no good at that shit."
I shook my head.
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