Ancient Eyes

Nero's POV

My head felt heavy,I found myself near the bank of the creek. How did I get here? Many images flashed through my mind but all were hazy. I stood up slowly and I saw Damien sitting near a tree, I trudged slowly towards him. And when he looked up at me his eyes were very red and puffy. I sat down beside him in silence.

" He's dead"he said. He's voice raspy, but who is he referring to?

'Who' I asked

" Our Dad" he said. Our 'dad' or my dad. What is happening

' what do you mean'? I looked at him. He breathed in deeply and looked at me

' Mr Patel is your dad as well as mine' he said. The blood in my head start moving,I felt drained and shocked. After years of my life, I found out my best friend is actually my brother and the man I called Dad is dead all in the same day. I felt the tears, I never cried,I never saw the need to but today I needed to. I never told him,but I loved my dad, he wasn't the best but he was everything I needed,now he's gone. I wasn't going to see him again,no one to visit at the house, no one to scold me, no one to bother me about alpha responsibilities,no one to look up to and now I have a brother. Ohhh heavens....

" How"? I asked, this news was overwhelming.

" Well" he started 'Dad was a bit of a playboy and so he hooked up with my mom, who was already betrothed to a guy,who was also an alpha. Well she married the alpha guy and I stayed on their pack grounds for a while,then when he found out  I wasn't he's son he killed her. He didn't care,cause she wasn't his mate after all. He was just betrothed to her cause her parents were erm,how will I say this, they were immensely deep in sorcery and all those mystical stuff. After killing her he tried to kill me too,but luckily one of his children, a girl who was also there helped me escape and then I lived on the streets till dad found me and I found out I had a brother,you, but I didn't want to tell you since you became my friend,I didn't want to ruin our friendship and even dad didn't know,he later found out though but he figured he shouldn't tell you" he said. Not once did he look me in the eye, was he shy? No. Damien is never shy,he's broken cause he lost he's dad and he thinks I'd forsake him too,after hearing the truth, and that is what I wouldn't do. And so surprising him, I moved closer and hugged him and he did too. We're in this together, always.

' Do you know who did this?' I asked. He looked thoughtful and then he said

' the scroll is gone and we all know who is after it.'

' You mean the witch, the leader of that Creed?' I asked.

'Yes, she is the only one with the zeal so far,so yes she's the one'.

' How do we go about it?' I asked with pure rage in my veins. I guess it's time to prove myself to my dad and the Brotherhood.

' We need to infiltrate her Creed, get payback but not without the map and the scroll' he said with a pause ' we would shed blood, he's death cannot go unpunished and he's pursuit can't die out,it must be completed'

' yeah it must' I said, I certainly wanted revenge,it's absolutely necessary.

I just needed a lead and the only thing that comes to mind is the ancient eyed lady with dark long hair. I can't remember the face, only the eyes. But I can't make out the color, she was there but who was she?

' let's go back to the fest' I heard Damien say. So I got up and we started back on our way in silence,each of us lost in our thoughts.