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Moon Lake ~
Elizabeth popped out of the cart, "stop wiggling there!"
She hushed Rof who now was in her saddlebag. She looked at the huge mansions that were close to the quay. Two streets away but the Lake's quay was visible.
The scent of fish, grilling in the near restaurants was perfumed in the air as the sun was going down. Some crews set fire in a bucket to get warm. Elizabeth stood beside her uncle, looking back she saw broken ice on the surface of the water. This Lake had a canal that could lead the ships to the Griffin sea and a river was joining the lake to run to the sea.
"Uncle, is that merchant Hamoon's ship?"
She was staring at the quay and everything that was veiled in snow but the crews were conveying the cargoes to store them in the lodges.
"Yes, darling!"
Elizabeth took a deep breath and followed her uncle and Charles who were carrying her stuff.
Miguel told Dorian to come and join them perhaps he could earn some men from Hamoon. He had strong men in hand.
"Miguel, my friend."
A man came out of the building, his hand wide open, and greeted him with affection.
"Hamoon! Seeing you is such a blessing."
They reached to each other up the stairs.
"Hello, Merchant Hamoon."
The man's face glowed, his hazel eyes twinkled as he saw Elizabeth. He was wearing a gray tuxedo. His forehead had expanded since he met Elizabeth.
"My dear Elizabeth, Welcome here."
He strode to her, kissing her knuckles. The sentiments ended and they heaved inside that was as fantastic as outside. The facilities and pieces of equipment were all antique. Rugs on the floor were from Parsa and the woodworks were all polished and perfectly carved.
"Lord James, you brought pleasure, here!"
Elizabeth jolted as she heard the warm deep voice and the figure that emerged to view. Not only her was marveled also the men beside her uncle.
"Alpha!" She blurted, the merchant shot her a glare as a maiden passed by.
"Let me introduce you to my stepson, William."
Elizabeth's mouth dropped and Charles coughed.
"We have introduced already, I have seen them a week before," William added, moved toward.
Now she realized why her suggestion sounded ridiculous to him. His godfather was a merchant, a human! What was going on here?
"I think we must talk, a little bit!"
Dorian was the keenest one because he was a victim in the faeries border.
"Sure!"
Lord James was agreed and they were guided to an office to talk over this surprise.
The merchant took his seat at his table which was large one full of maps that rested inside a vase. A glob copper map rested on there.
The Merchant's fingers knotted and began, with a gentle smile, eyes filled in curiosity, "my son returned home after fifteen years! What a coincidence."
"Perhaps, he needs salt!"
Elizabeth snapped at that werewolf who kept staring at her. She caught her uncle's irritated glare.
"Salt! Do you need salt, William?"
"No, father!" He tugged it with a smirk while looking at Ell meaningfully.
Elizabeth clenched her fist! Her skirt wrinkled among her fingers, he was playful and enjoyed mocking her. Perhaps she had to kill him with his own sword, pity, he was madly gorgeous and dangerous that she couldn't find the courage to even harm him. And the reason was stupid itself.
"Anyway, if you need it let me know! A salt cargo will be here within a few days!"
Hamoon took his eyes off the lads who had some unsolved issues together.
"My friend, when I saw your letter I could not believe my eyes, are you sure that you want to let her be among many men?"
Hamoon found the girl having sharp mouth, blunt, and troublesome, therefore, she couldn't stay alive among many disastrous men.
"Yes, it is her choice! And I believe she must learn more from life."
The merchant nodded, his eyes averted on Elizabeth who was looking at him in eagerness.
"Do you like trips and Voyages? Do you know how dangerous our path is as we carry valuable wealth?"
"I do have the inkling of what might be on the route, trust me I can protect myself and people around me."
William raised an eyebrow, sitting there in those fantastic Nobel black uniforms. His hair had tied up his head.
"You are bold, lady Elizabeth!" He uttered.
"The south is unrest. We can feel the lack of help, many of merchants scared to trade with south as the rumors spread about imps."
"Not rumors, Hamoon! Some smugglers are transmitting the imps. Pines in Alovena have been stretching and even crossed the faeries borders."
Miguel's gaze drifted on William.
"Yes, father! My pack is guarding the gate and I confirm that the lord is telling the truth."
He just admitted that his father knew what he was.
"So you know what my son is!"
"We do!"
Dorian replied, adding, "your secret is ours but I am wondering why is he here now?"
"I was looking for someone but I changed my mind!"
Elizabeth grasped those sharp eyes on herself. He wasn't here to kill her, was he?
"Hamoon, we need more men to stop the imps, physician Remington had studied the imp's body, we found the weak points. We will gain the knights but still not enough."
Miguel told him.
"Are we talking about Daniel Remington? Is that genius a physician?"
Asked the Alpha.
"Yes, son! Your childhood friend is an excellent physician like his father."
William gestured.
"Yes, he was lady Elizabeth's suitor. But our daughter is an adventurous one."
Uncle Miguel noted.
"Impressive, I hope she learns my lessons."
"We are distracted from the main issue!" William's face ran stern.
Elizabeth just listened to them, studying their faces and reactions, touching her saddlebag, she noticed that Rof wasn't there.
"Yes, my bad! I was saying, we need more men."
"Moon Lake doesn't have many men and the governor is the princess devotee so I doubt he helps us without a decree from her... but I have fifty men to help you!"
Miguel heaved a breath, not enough but better than nothing.
"But you will be left with no guards, father!"
"If the imps attack us, I will lose them all at once."
"Then I will stay here until we hire more men!"
William cared about his human father too much.
Elizabeth was thinking that even the Alux didn't know this man enough. Elizabeth was trying to control her heart and throbs under her skin, why was his aura so heavy for her that could frighten her?
He was after someone, did he come to avenge the Queen?
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