A Dance Of Blades and Hearts

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"you can't possibly be serious "

"I mater of factly am " Tera replied my brother with a blank look on her face

"but baby " he started

"no buts " she replied not meeting his eyes, my brother made this whining noise at the back of his throat as he shot googly eyes at his girlfriend, who is also my best friend.

Tera tried and failed to hide her fond smile

Ever since I found them out and confronted both of them about it, they had become more open about their relationship, I wondered not for the first time how I never noticed the lovestruck gaze azumi always has for my best friend

Tera had gone on and on about how her dating my brother had felt like she was breaking some code and she really didn't know how to bring it up to me, the conversation went like this

"you're both idiots " I said looking at her blankly but then hugged her and broke out into a wide grin, she laughed and hugged me back,

I let go and held her by her shoulder

"I know we always tell each other everything and promised it wouldn't be different if any of us decides to date, but I do not, want to hear about whatever you and my brother get up too " I said mostly serious but half teasing, she rolled her eyes but then proceeded to tackle me again with hugs

"okay fine " azumi grumbled,

" I'll stop following you guys to training "

"and " tera said raising her eyebrows

" and I'll stop sizing up every guy that so much as looks at you" he continued and I snorted

she grinned at him and I rolled my eyes at their antics,

" thank you " she said and kissed him on his cheeks which encouraged fake gagging noises from me. I sighed from my place on the gahma, I had gotten used to the idea of both of them being together, it was almost endearing to see, not that I would tell them that ofcourse. But seeing both of them so happy makes me happy.

A knock came from the door and we all looked at it oddly, as tightly knit has zethna is, most people kept to themselves at this time of the day.

"I'll get it " azumi said, untangling himself from tera.

"greetings " I heard before the sound of whoevers voice it was behind the door reduced to mumurs, azumi came back into the room with a perplexed look on his face and some sort of paper in his hand,

"it's from the elders " he started with raised eyebrows, both Tera and I paired at him curiously,

"and it's for you kiara" he continued, the confusion on his face mirroring mine.

I stood up and took the piece of paper from him, why would the elders send me a letter, the elders only ever dealt with matters of trade and alliances outside the border, they were the heads somewhat rulers of the city. I stared down at the paper, azumi stood beside me with a worried look on his face, Tera watched us with an expression that mirrored azumis.

I opened the letter more out of confusion than curiosity,

"what is it kiara?, what does it say? " azumi asked, " the elders azumi", I said facing him, "they've summoned me "

I replied still staring at the letter in bewilderment , what in the world did the elders want with me, " this is crazy " I said mostly to myself, azumi looked over the letter, his eyebrows crinkled in thought, there was a firm set to his jaw

"we'll go together " he said,

"azumi, it's right there in the letter, they requested I come alone "

"we don't even know what you're walking into kiara" he argued,

"you think the elders are going to kidnap me or something?" I said playfully, azumi was only worried and being overprotective, but I could handle myself.

"kia.. " he started, I smiled at him and turned towards the door

" stay with Tera, I'll be back before you know it " I said, he looked at me with a frown on his face

I was just as nervous but tried not to show it for all our sakes, the elders summoning me was odd and out of nowhere, I couldn't even begin to imagine what it's all about, but I couldn't not go either

"I smiled at both of them and shrugged

"I can hold my own azumi remember, and I'm sure everything is fine " I said more for my sake than his.

Azumi sighed and seemed to realize the fact that he really couldn't walk into the council of elders without being summoned

"be careful okay "he started

"and if you're not back soon I'm coming after you " he continued,

" I wouldn't expect anything less " I said playfully before waving at my best friend who shot me a worried look and stepped out of my home.

The city was quiet and I couldn't shake off the feeling of Foreboding I had as I made my way through zethna.

The council hall came into view, it wasn't the first time I had been there, but only in passing, it wasn't a place people were allowed to linger in or about, except they had business with the council. I took a deep breath as I stood outside the doors guarded by two men, they paid me no mind as I stepped in.

I realized I didn't even know where to go, but I kept on walking straight down the building, the walls were adorned with pictures of past councils and elders, the entire place sent a nervous chill down my spine.

"and what are you doing here " I turned to find a woman staring at me with a blank expression on her face she looked like she was in her 30s. She raised her eyebrows and I realized she asked a question I was yet to answer, I bowed

" my name is kiara and I was summoned by the elders " I said holding out the piece of paper, she eyed it before taking from me

Her gaze swept through it before coming to rest on me again

" follow me " she said and began to walk down in fast swift movements down the hall , I followed behind her quietly still wondering what in the world I was even doing here

"go through that door the elders are waiting for you", she said, eyeing me once more before making her way down the corridor. I sighed and looked towards the door, the sense of foreboding creeping in again

"let's get this over with " I said before stepping through the door.

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Hy y'allll, so we're finally getting closer to the plot, and soon enough the pov will be between kiara and our protagonist loll I really can't wait. Thank you all so much and I hope y'all are slowly starting to love kiara as much as I do. Please don't forget to vote, comment and share 🤗