After getting the body of the warrior's mate in which Lion used magic to restore it somehow as the Nemean Lion had consumed it partially and the body decayed a bit due to passage of time, he finally noticed me and cheerfully went towards me when he saw my situation.
I didn't call him earlier since I don't want to be a nuisance as he was quite busy.
I also didn't tell the rest of the pack as they were busy too in trying to remove the boulder and the hide of the Nemean Lion.
Since the bubble didn't pop yet, I was stuck there with blood all over my legs as the bandage on my lower self was fully soaked.
You can imagine Lion's reaction when he saw my appearance.
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I snuggled towards Lion as he embraced me inside the vehicle after washing me and putting a new set of bandages on my lower self.
He kept apologizing until I got annoyed in which I told him that some situations can't be helped.
The look on his face seems to tell me that he's curious why I was bleeding so much.
I told him everything about a human female's menstrual cycle in which he seemed to look too interested about the fact that back in my previous world, human females tend to ovulate every month. Majority of the female creatures in this world tend to be in heat for at least once a year and in some cases, may be longer.
I guess that must be why the female creatures give birth to multiple offspring as they can only manage to get pregnant once a year or more.
Lion looked delighted about the fact that the human females has higher chances to get pregnant anytime within a year though I told him that I'm not sure how often it will be as my cycle has been irregular since I came in this world.
He became thoughtful as he admitted that since time flows differently here, there's a chance that my cycle will change.
Telling him that since I came back to my previous world, I realized that a month in this world is equivalent to a year in my previous world, in which his eyes widened when he realized that I've been spending 30 years back in my world waiting for a chance to return here though I admitted to him that I did gave up after sometime and was planning on killing myself due to weariness.
Ah.
Now our conversation became depressing.
He looked like he is about to cry in which I hurriedly tried to distract him by telling him that if we follow a human female's regular menstrual cycle like on my previous world then I would be in heat almost daily as a month in my previous world would be a day in this world which isn't possible at all.
Good thing that he got distracted as he said that it made sense now as it won't be possible in that kind of situation, though I definitely got in heat more often compared to the female creatures in this world.
I became sleepy in which he positioned me properly on the rug as he lay down beside me, embracing me from behind as he continued to nuzzle my shoulder.
I was about to fall asleep when I felt his tears on my shoulder as he sobbed silently while holding me tight against him.
He didn't get distracted.
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Lion carried me in his arms as we waited outside the warrior's hut. He kept on nuzzling my hair while I snuggled towards him.
The rest of the pack returned the body of the warrior's mate in which we can hear heartbreaking cries of the warrior from inside the hut.
Lion silently walked away from the hut, his eyes looked like he is in deep thought.
I wonder what he is thinking.
Suddenly, we heard footsteps running towards our direction in which we can see the warrior, holding the body of his mate in his arms, trying to catch up with Lion.
They spoke to each other in a different language, in which Lion nodded as the warrior looked like he is finally at peace.
After that, Lion called the rest of the pack, who hurriedly went towards him and spoke to them about something in which they all nodded towards him.
Lion kissed me gently and whispered that he will be back after a while then gave me to Sly who carried me tightly in his arms.
Then Lion nodded towards Orm and Alpha, in which they went with him and the warrior as Lion performed a spell that made them all fly with him.
Ghost and Sly slowly went back to the vehicle, looking like someone died in which I asked them if they are allowed to tell me what happened earlier.
They looked surprised as they thought that I understood what they were talking about earlier in which I told them that I do not understand what they are talking about sometimes as it seems like they are speaking different languages at the same time.
Sly told me that now he understood why sometimes I had a blank look on my face as he assumed that I understood all the languages that are spoken here. Ghost told Sly that Lion had performed a spell on me that will make me understand what they are talking about but it is only limited on the language that was commonly spoken in the territory.
Sly then said that everyone in this world knows all the languages that are spoken from different kinds of creatures and beings. He realized that they took it for granted as they just spoke all kinds of languages when they are talking without checking if I understood or not.
With a curious look on his face, Ghost asked me if I could talk in my own language as he wanted to hear it.
That's the time that I realized that I've been speaking their own language all this time, including when I'm singing the lyrics of the songs from my previous world.
Can I still remember it?
Good thing that I didn't forget it even though it's been a long time that I spoke it.
They seemed intrigued as they asked me all kinds of words in my own language.
I happily obliged until I soon remembered what I was asking about them earlier.
Sly asked me if I want to see in which I nodded as I'm curious to know as Ghost told us that he is going to stay here and keep watch on our vehicle.
Sly told me to hold on to him tightly in which I wrapped my arms around him as he carried me securely in his arms, flying towards the place where Lion and the others are going.
He then landed on a hill, in which he told me to look towards where Lion and the others are standing.
The warrior then bowed his head towards them and walked away while carrying his dead mate's body. Then after several steps of walking, he stopped and sat on the ground.
Lion, Orm and Alpha raised their hands towards him in which a huge magic circle appeared on the sky and a massive whirlwind of dust and smoke covered the area where the warrior is sitting.
The ground began to shook hard in which the smoke began to thicken around the area as the ground suddenly began to rise.
Sounds of thunder and shaking of the ground made me cover my ears as two volcanoes suddenly appeared on the place where the warrior used to sit while holding his dead mate's body.
Oh.
I see.
What just happened is similar to an Aztec love story that I read about back on earth, though the love story ended up in a bittersweet ending, at least they finally ended up together for eternity.
Sly murmured, saying that Lion, Orm and Alpha did a forbidden spell but it was for a good cause.
I began to bawl in which Sly tried to comfort me to no avail.
My heart hurts for them.
Seeing that I kept crying, he embraced me tightly as he nuzzled my cheek. He didn't say anything but continued to keep nuzzling me all over my face.
After a while, I finally managed to calm down in which he began wiping away my tears, telling me that he understood the warrior's decision as if he were in his place, he would do exactly the same.
He thought for a bit in which he told me to hold on to him tightly as he is going to show me something that he saw while he was hunting.
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This is breathtaking!
Sly brought me to a mountain top where there's several flowers that looked like red crystals scattered all over the ground.
He grinned as I began touching the flowers excitedly, pulling his hand as I tried to show him what I saw.
It is truly beautiful.
The flowers have a sweet scent to them in which I excitedly picked one and put it on the top of my ear.
I smiled at him and thanked him for bringing me to this place in which he simply looked at me with tenderness in his eyes.
The flowers simply looked lovely that I sat on the ground and started to make some sort of a flower chain while singing softly a random love song.
Engrossed while making a flower chain, I nearly jumped out of my skin when Sly embraced me from behind, telling me how I simply looked too precious that he is tempted to take me away to a faraway place where there is only the two of us.
With a sigh, he told me that he can't do that as I won't be happy with it and my happiness is important to him that he is content staying by my side as my secondary mate.
I then spoke to him using the language from my previous world, telling him that I love the fire in his heart and that he is worth far more than the violet jewels that I adore.
He tilted his head slightly to the side and asked me what I'm talking about.
I can feel myself turned red and averted my eyes in which he grinned as he somehow felt that I spoke something interesting that soon he began nuzzling me all over my neck and shoulders, nudging me on my back that I soon told him what I said.
He stopped and began to wept in which I knelt in front of him and gently caressed his cheek.
Then I held his face with my hands and kissed him softly. I told him that he is precious to me too and will protect him as much as I can to the best of my abilities, making him sob loudly.
I told him that I also cared for him a lot and apologized to him that I'm selfish for wanting him too.
Upon hearing me saying that I wanted him, he immediately kissed me passionately as he held me in his arms. Our kissing soon intensified that he gently laid on top of me on the ground, intertwining my hands with his as he whispered that hearing me say that I wanted him too brought him so much joy. He told me that since he met me, he learned about what warmth, joy and peace is as he grew up not knowing about any of those.
Then he knelt in front of me, raised my leg towards him as he kissed my mating mark with him on my ankle in which he made a vow to me.
He said that despite being my secondary mate, I am his and he is mine and that I am his treasure, his hoard, the one he cherished far more than his life and he will burn down whoever breaks me and that his life is bound to mine until the end of eternity.
As my life is limited compared to his, he vowed to follow me as I am his fire, his breath, his heart and his light.
Then he fiercely yet tenderly kissed me in which his wings covered us. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he began to lick my ear, whispering words of desire as he bit my neck gently.
He thanked me for wanting him as he never felt he was wanted before he met me.
Then he slowly licked my neck, touching my cuff in which he told me that he would make sure that I won't suffer anymore as he and the rest of the pack will try to find a way to free me.
With that, we shared a passionate kiss.
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I can't believe that we are going inside a volcano.
Lion carried me in his arms as the rest of pack tried to hide our vehicle.
He gave me small kisses around my neck in which I giggled as he smiled towards me, telling me that the magic stone is not located inside the volcano but we are going to use a secret passage inside the volcano in which there is an exit at the end of the passage.
It is a well kept secret that the warrior gave us in exchange for getting his dead mate's body back and turning them into volcanoes.
Our things were placed inside a magic bag that Ghost carried then afterwards, Lion used magic to place all of us inside a bubble, protecting us from the extreme heat and toxic gases.
Everything looks fascinating as I haven't seen the inside of the volcano up close.
I seemed like a child seeing something fascinating for the first time as I tried to get a closer look despite the bubble being transparent.
I exclaimed how marvelous, dangerous yet beautiful the inside of the volcano is. I continued to marvel the sights around me in which I suddenly began to realize that the pack is staring at me with fascinating yet passionate look in their eyes.
That's so embarrassing!
In a small voice in which I turned my back against them, I asked them if I was talking too much.
Everyone began talking at the same time, telling me that they were used to this world that they soon took it for granted. Seeing me fascinated at the insignificant sight before me opened their eyes in which as soon as the mission is over, they are planning to take me to a place which they know I would enjoy.
The rest of the pack looked towards Lion, as if they are asking his permission in which he nodded and told them that they should make sure of my safety as they haven't got rid of the creatures who tortured me.
They all began to looked determined in which Lion smiled at me and gave me a kiss on my neck.