Wolf of Stone novel Chapter 27

Whatever.

"So, the same routine as usual? We skipped out on last Saturday's cleaning because of your stupid hike." I changed the subject.

Liza shook her head, "nah, since we have Axil now, I'm cutting the cleaning equally."

I raised an eyebrow, "you got Axil to agree to cleaning?"

"He said he didn't mind helping out so it wasn't that hard. You're taking care of cleaning the kitchen and living room, I'll clean the bathrooms and do the laundry while Axil will sweep the floors."

I got off of bed and muttered, "so much for equal chores."

Liza rolled her eyes, "we can't make a guest do too much goofy."

"Yeah yeah yeah." I took up the pair of shorts that I had thrown over my desk chair and quickly put it on.

Liza left my room as I continued picking up the clothes that I had thrown all over the room. I picked up my towel that was on the edge of my bed and saw the other book that I picked up from the library.

'Founders of Sylia'.

I haven't managed to read it yet, but I doubt I would find anything useful in it. I took up the book and placed it on my dressing table.

It took us the entire morning and a little of the afternoon to finish cleaning the entire house. After everything was done, I took a quick shower then grabbed the founders' book and headed downstairs to the living room where Axil and Liza was sitting, watching a movie.

Liza said that today was our relaxing day, but I wanted to get this over and done with, so I brought the book to read while they relaxed.

I sat down cross legged on the sofa and opened the book to start reading, blocking out the noises from the TV.

The four main founders of Sylia were Elizabeth Micheal, Justin Parrish, Judith Clarke, and Daniel Bayley.

"You find anything?" Liza asked curiously from beside me.

I frowned and shook my head, "nothing important. They do have a picture of the founders though, take a look." I showed her the pictures that the author attached to the founders' names.

Her eyes glanced at the pictures curiously, "these people look so young here... and beautiful. Imagine being in your early twenties and discovering a settlement that you can built.... Awesome." Liza muttered, taking the book from me to have a better look.

She looked over at Axil who sat in the chair opposite of us and was deeply engrossed in staring at the images in the TV screen.

"Hey Axil, these are the founders of this village. You recognize any?"

Axil looked over at us and took the book that Liza offered, peering at the pictures curiously.

"Right. Not only would I have sensed the members belonging to my pack, they would have sensed me as well. I haven't found anyone since I came here. "

Haven't found anyone...

I thought back on when he thought for that split second that Ms. Belvis was a pack member and frowned.

This was the most difficult situation I've dealt with since I was adopted.

Maybe he did find someone?

When I casted that magic detector, the entire village was surrounded in magic residues, meaning that magic was active in the village. Knowing that there was a possibility that the people beneath the stone could be freed, why wasn't anyone there to guard against that?

Unless... there was no need to guard against them if there was a detector or magic barrier that would alert them of any breaches...

I thought back to the energy that had caressed my body when I entered the cave as the realization dawned on me.

"Axil, was there a barrier at the cave when you left it?" I asked.

Axil nodded, "yes, I assumed that you weakened it to allow me to leave... was I wrong?"