Chapter Fifty-Eight – Nice to meet you.
Chan looked down at the pale boy on the bed. His lower body was white and shivering.
He tied a rope on Han’s legs and wrist as his hands were reddened, trying to channel blood into other parts of his body.
He tried concentrating, reciting the words the monks usually said.
“Do you know what you’re doing?” Lu came into the room. He gave him a disdain look. Evelyn quickly came in and took the dwarf out.
Chan went back, trying to gain concentration. A small golden light shone on his hands and he placed it on Han’s head.
He said the words louder, and massaged Han’s wrists and legs. Some of his veins popped up and seemed to be moving.
He added more energy to his massage and the veins moved faster. They better be channeling to the right meridians.
“Chan?” Han was slowly recovering.
“Channel your inner energy to the right meridians. I can’t see inside your body and this hurts like hell” Chan advised.
Han tried. Remembering the little teachings from the monks, he pushed his inner onto the stringer meridians.
Evelyn was still dragging Lu out of the cavern. Why was this supposed grown ass man acting like a kid?
Was this the dwarf attitude Jackson spoke about? Just liked short people being turbulent. Lu scoffed and walked out of the cavern.
Speaking of Jackson, Jackson coughed from inside their cave, where they kept him at.
Timothy and Lydia had gone searching for the doe since Timothy wanted to hunt it down so badly.
Evelyn wasn’t sure if there was a rule against not killing those animals though.
“Hey, are you okay, now?” she touched his forehead. His eyes flashed orange and he sat up straight. It startled her and she jumped back.
“Where’s he?” he seethed.
Evelyn was well aware who but she still enquired, “Who exactly?”.
“The man that did this to me” came Jackson’s response and he left the bed. His claws crept out and his fangs were really visible.
Evelyn straight up panicked as she blocked his way, “Okay, you should chill. The same man brought you here. He’s human and don’t know any shit. If you touch him, you’d be getting on my bad side” she bellowed as she hit his chest making him stumble backwards.
Jackson calmed down. He didn’t want to get on bad side after doing so much to get on her good side.
He’d never seen her use so much energy defending someone, that wasn’t her family.
He felt jealous, offended. He was injured by that person, didn’t she see?
“He’s my cousin, alright. He was just looking for us then the shit happens. Chill” she used a calmer tone.
Jackson sighed. So the guys was family, after all. And he made a pretty bad first impression pouncing on the boy like that.
In his defense it was his wolf, Damon, that got provoked on seeing hunters at the forbidden forest.
Those animals are protected by the trinity packs law, hunters should stay clear.
“Where’s he? I guess we should exchange apologies” he brought down Evelyn’s hand.
Evelyn smiled but it faded into an unsure grin, “Well, he’s looking around. He’d be back soon… with a catch” she ran out of the place.
Jackson smiled at her cuteness. But what did she mean ‘with a catch’? He shoved it off and touched the place the arrow struck.
That’d surely leave a mark, he hated marks. He heard grunts coming towards the cavern he was in so he came out.
“Chan, how’s Han? I hope he’s still alive?”.
Han came out of the cavern as answer to Jackson’s question. Chan sat on the ground looking drained, Han sat besides him. Jackson just watched the two.
“Did you find Margaret?” Chan enquired.
Before he went in with Han, he outlined lots of reasons why Margaret should be found and saved from the King. Did they not take him serious?
“I got distracted on my way. But if Margaret is the King’s catalyst, then I we have a weakness in him” Jackson sat down to explain to the boys.
The moment he did, Han rested his head on his shoulders, “Thanks. Just sit there for a while, my head is heavy”.
Jackson smiled and nodded. He wanted to continue with his explanation when Chan interrupted
“You could have placed it on my shoulders” the boy pouted.Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.
Han looked him over the placed his head back on Jackson, “You can return to Dark Dynasty. Please bring back my sister. I wanted your help only. Send more dragon birds if you want”.
Jackson shook his head. The kid was pretty ungrateful but he got where he was coming from. Chan looked away hurt.
“You know Chan wouldn’t have planned that. They looked really shocked that day. And you said that he was given to them, he doesn’t have a say then” Jackson tried to help Chan.
Han snuggled on his shoulder, acting defiant. Sometimes he could just have Evelyn’s stubborn energy, Jackson noticed.
Timothy and Lydia returned at that point, holding three coconuts, that Timothy didn’t seem too proud of. He wanted that doe.
The three males sitting on the ground, looked at him questioningly. Jackson realized who he might be and got up.
“Jackson, nice to meet you” he held his hands for handshake, it was the human thing to do.
Timothy looked at Lydia, who had been giving him prep talk about how werewolves were nice and not dangerous.
He smiled back at the werewolf and took his hand shake, “Nice to meet you too. I’m Timothy Sylvester. Sorry about earlier”.
Jackson made an hmm sound but then a scrunching sound followed. Timothy groaned as his hands were being squeezed by Jackson.
“Hey” Lydia pulled Jackson’s hands from Timothy but she wasn’t strong enough.
“What’s wrong?” Evelyn asked. Jackson left his hand immediately. To Timothy’s relief.
“Nothing. Your cousin here brought nice coconuts for us. How sweet” he took them from Timothy’s hands and left.
“Let’s pretend that didn’t happen” he told Lydia as he passed.
She rolled her eyes. Two other questioning eyes were still watching she and Timothy.
“Oh, yes. Chan, Han, this is your cousin, Timothy. Our father’s brother. We stayed with him for fifteen years. And he’s a hunter” he clapped her hands. Han clapped on impulse.
Timothy had heard of them during the prep talk, “So are you better now, Han?”
Han nodded, “But I thought this forest doesn’t hunt animals. Why are you here? To hunt?”.
Jackson turned to them on hearing the question. Evelyn hopped in front of him, “But he didn’t get any catch so no worries. Right?”.
Jackson looked away, “Yeah, this forest isn’t for hunting”. He cracked a coconut open with his hands and tossed it at Han.
The humans looked at him. “That’s a coconut, right?” Timothy asked himself. Damn, how could he break it that easily?