Fuck you !

The cold stone room is warmed by the breaths of the couple kissing. The women in on top having her fingers in his hair. Her passionate kiss makes him groan. The man traces her spine and hugs her with his strong arms. She shivers and pulls back.

"What if the guards are coming?" Kai gazes at the fiery women. She really didn't had any shame. Him on the other hand was a little more concern of their present situation.

"Let them hear! It is not the first time they heard us…" She smirks and cups his face as she presses her lips on his.

The truth is that in the past month there were no prisoners that didn't heard their love making. The room had no front wall and if you wanted to watch them the iron bars are a mere detail. Thankfully, Kai's Aura gave them a private bubble.

Just when the spirits are fired up a voice makes them stop.

"When I thought they might be depressed…. "Sigurd leans on the bars as he waits for the two love birds to show their faces. The Aura slowly evaporates and Yrsa runs to him.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? Did something happen home?" She is disturbed by his unexpected visit. He was suppose to stay at home.

"Mom, I am a wolf. "Sigurd grabs her hand through the bars and squeezes it. He knows how worried she is for his safety.

The women remains still for a moment and with big eyes gets closer to the boy.

"For real?" Kai gets closer too and ruffles his hair. He looks happy but the women is not showing any smile.

She is even more worried now that he is a wolf. What will he do? Is he safer now that he was before becoming a wolf?

"Sigurd, I am happy about the transformation but … what if …" Her lips are tightening as she becomes stiffer. Her cold eyes are piercing his. Kai looks at Yrsa and grabs the hand that is already in a fist.

"Darling, is better this way. So, what are you doing here?" The man grabs her hand and glances from time to time at her. Sigurd looks at her intently and decides to sill the tea without realizing that it wasn't really the right time to do so.

"I don't know if Didrik told you but I was reincarnated. Even if I were to die …. You don't have to be so protective. The real Sigurd is gone …I am sorry. "The women has no reaction. But she opens her mouth and from her words Sigurd feels the real character that the woman has.

"I know. Didrik did told us. I know that you are a different person but …. from now on don't ever think of telling me that your not worthy to live just because you are not Sigurd! You are precious in our eyes and we love you. I don't care if you want or don't want to be Sigurd. I will still protect you the same way I did till now. In our eyes you will still be our boy."

Sigurd leaves a tear linger on his cheek as he looks at the women. He never heard this not even from his actual mother. To think that this women is willing to love him unconditionally even when she knows that he is not her son! Yrsa is truly shining in his eyes. Her decisive tone and her motherly smile makes him shed more tears.

"Don't cry…We are here with you .." Kai joins the two who are hugging through the bars.

The tears are wiped by Yrsa and Kai ruffles his hair a little more till he calms down.

'They took me by surprise…Yrsa is a great mother …. 'Sigurd has his thought in a mess as he has his face brushed by Yrsa.

"Now that you calmed down, tell us why are you here!"

Yrsa swats down and sits on the ground. The two do the same. Sigurd stiffens his upper lip and opens his mouth.

"I want to be the hero. I truly decided to become the hero from the legend. So, I came here undercover to asses the situation."

Yrsa frowns and tilts her head as she looks at Kai. The boy wasn't that dumb from their perspective.

"So, you want to be the hero… what happened in the meeting. We heard the guards talking."

Kai gazes at the boy with interest.

"Well, the meeting was a mess. I came and tested them a little."

Sigurd smirks as his fingers are fidgety. He knows that what is about to say will definitely push Yrsa on the edge.

"How did you tested them? " Yrsa is extremely curious since she likes to use the same techniques. Testing people is fun!

"Well, I told them that I was a wolf."

With a jump, Yrsa is standing up and tries to grab his hair through the bars.

"YOU DID WHAT? YOU FOOL!"

For the first time Sigurd is pleased that she was behind the bars.

"Calm down. From this test, I came to understand them much better. Frey is a safe bet. He probably wants just to be the leader and he isn't involved in the wolves' band. The other leaders weren't suspicious either, for now. I proposed a plan to catch the wolves. Do you want to hear it?"

Sigurd knows that this is the chance to drop the bomb news one after another without being beaten.

As Kai keeps her in his arms she struggles to escape. Sigurd continues his talking as the women becomes angrier. The plan she hears is definitely not one she is pleased with .

"You want to be killed?! ARE YOU NUTS ?!YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO HUNT!"

Yrsa yells at the boy who had some tricks under his sleeve that the women doesn't know yet.

"Remember! I have this body but I am not your innocent Sigurd. I was a killer myself in my previous life. Trust me a little. "The women stops and kicks Kai. She grabs the bars and as if they were gum she ruins them and jumps on Sigurd. Her hand grabs the boy's coat as she stays on top of him.

"Look at me. If you want to risk your live I will not let you!" She is pressing on him.

"I told you this because I need your help in order to not risk my life. You guys are the only people I trust. Of course, that I can't let my life in the leader's hands! You must help me save Artara. The Gods told me to trust you!"

Sigurd looks at her with a frown and as he finishes speaking Kai takes her off him.

"Darling!" Kai snitches her and rises her from the ground. She sits in his arms as she processes what Sigurd just said. Kai makes a spell on the people in the near cells.

//Fall asleep! //

To communicate with the Ancestors, it was not an easy thing to do. Just priests and people that had a strong fate could hear their voice. If what Sigurd says is true that means that he has a strong connection with the Ancestors.

"You talked with the Ancestors?" Her tone was low and her eyes are pinning him down.

"The Great Master come to me in person to ask me if I decided to become the hero. I am not kidding. He told me that the steps I take in order to achieve the salvation of the kingdom are my choice. They didn't provided me with the way I was suppose to win against the madam."

"What madam?" In unison the couple came closer and sit down listening to the boy.

Sigurd slaps himself mentally. He didn't wanted to tell them yet about the madam nor about Karlen.

"I wanted to say mad men. The conclusion is that I need to set a trap in order to catch all this people and find the one who is the head. Do you understand?"

They nod. Yrsa frowns and looks suspiciously at him.

"For now I will pretend you didn't say madam … so what are we suppose to do?" Her ears are twitching as the guards steps are resounding on the dark corridor.

"For now, just stay here. I will come another time to instruct you. You must not leave the prison."

He grabs his back pack and the couple enters the cell closing the bars how they were before.

"Be careful!" Yrsa's voice is slowly losing it's sound as the boy runs deeper in the black corridor. He slows down and touches his belly.

The pain is back. After he left Karlen on the corridor he felt a lot better. Must be the pheromones …

Now that the plan is having more shape, Sigurd is thinking where to stay for the night. He will need to be in the Ring city for the time coming when Frey will announce the day when the coronation and the game starts.

Putting Kai and Yrsa watch over him in the game when everyone knows that they are in prison is the perfect plan. He will make sure that he will get alive from the game. The way Talis looked when she proposed the punishment wasn't just a mere wish, it was probably a warning. Sigurd knows that she is not clean. Her behavior revealed her true intentions. How can she lose the opportunity to tax him. Maybe she is an accomplice of the madam.

Either way Talis is a bad apple from his perspective. He will have to be careful of her.

Sigurd gets out of the building and cleans the spiderweb.

'I need to find a hotel…."

He avoids the people and puts his hood on. Given the behavior of Talis she will probably try to trail him or whatever. The small street is empty and he quickens his pace.

He hears steps following him from behind. He turns his head and sees a women and a man with bows and the swords are on their hips.

'I knew it …'

He grips his sword. He is not really confident in his skills but as long as he loses them he will not use his sword. Maybe he is just paranoid.

A hit and a groan is heard. Sigurd turns his back and a man in black fights with the two. He sees that the man is very experience. His swings are powerful.

Without thinking too much Sigurd leaves in a hurry. Thankfully to that man he can be safe for now.

Here in the city the 'hotels' were not really what you would call a hotel but the rooms were fine. The stone makes the room cold, perfect for summer. But with the rain that is ready to fall again the cold from the room could go in your bones.

Sigurd looks around in the room and smiles when he finds in the closet multiple blankets. He throws them on the bed.

'The blankets are the best in Artara! They are my favorites! We are going to be warm tonight.'

He places his sword next to his bed and he rethinks his decision to change in nightwear.

'What if they came?' He closes his coat and puts a knife under his pillow. He is not willing to die at all.

'Baby , dad will be with you ….'

As he swipes under the blankets he warms up and tries to fall asleep. The owl on his window cries as the rain lingers on it.

He moves annoyed and opens the window.

The owl gets inside and places on his shoulder. In a hurry he closes the window.

"Hey, get off!" As he tries to get her off he notices something in her claws.

He takes the tube and inside he finds a letter. He stretches it and just a sentence is written on it. The single sentence makes him shudder.

// I am watching you, my little wolf. //

Sigurd takes a pen from the table and writes something on the back of the letter. He puts it in the tube and than in the claw of the annoying wet bird. He opens the window and tosses the bird in the rain.

He doesn't know exactly what to think. The better option from the two he has in mind is Karlen. He wishes that it was the man.

"Tsk!" He takes off the coat that is now wet from the bird and tosses it on the chair. With small steps he approaches the bed and dives under the blankets.

His sleep is out on the window along with the bird. The owl flies over houses and with her claw grip on the tube it arrives at the destination. The window is opened and a man stretches his hand. The owl lands on it and he puts a towel on the bird. After closing the window, he takes out the paper.

// Fuck you! // That's what is written on the paper. The man is amused by Sigurd who seemed to know who was the owner of the bird. He writes back.

He lets the bird rest a little and sends it again.

The poor bird is the object of their mockery.

Sigurd is frowning when he hears the bird knocking again. He jumps off and looks at the bird that begs to pe it inside. He still has a heart.

"Get inside! Sit here!" Sigurd shows the big owl to sit on the coat that she already messed up. The attentive bird goes to sits were the kind boy told her to stay.

He is smiling when he reads what the man wrote to him.

// Can I come? // He cracks in an uncontrollable laugh. It's been a long time since he laughed that hard. What made him laugh was the fact that Karlen's handwriting was so messy from the way he quickly wrote the message.

The man literally blown his cover. From all the people that knew Sigurd just Karlen would come up with this line.

Sigurd smirks when he writes under the messy letters his response. How would Karlen react to what Sigurd just wrote?

'He can't be that crazy to do it ….' The boy finishes what he wanted to write.

Sigurd let's the owl go and for the third time he gets in the bed. He smiles and closes his eyes.