“Listen chief no offense but it sounds like there are three wolves, I know you killed a bear and all, but I think you might be over your head.” As he said this, he found himself without thinking going for his blindfold.

My ability will not matter if I am dead, and it is not like I must fight the chief in school. Though I can not bet on the future.

Before he could come to a decision, he heard whistling and three simultaneous yelps. He heard the thud of the wolves, as he exhaled air, he did not know he was holding.

“Seriously chief who are you”

The hearty laugh of the chief was heard, a sound he was getting very familiar with. However, his laughter was cut short when Alexander heard a low growl from behind.

Alexander turned towards the noise just as a yell came from behind, “Move I can not shoot through you.”

Alexander ripped off his blindfold, finding a giant black wolf inches from his nose. As he looked, he found an orange arrow lodged in the wolf's abdomen.

Alexander dove to the side away from the pathway of the wolf's abdomen as he watched the orange arrow impale the wolf exactly where he saw.

Alexander did not hear a yelp or a cry from the wolf, the only sound was the wolf hitting the ground.

Alexander heard the Chief speak, “How did you do that.”

Before he would hear the question again, he tied his blindfold over his eyes.

“How did you do that” he heard the chief finally ask.

“Well, I’m glad you could not figure out my abilities like you could everything else.” He joked.

Unfortunately. he did not hear the chief even make a sound.

“You moved like you knew where I would shoot, and you did not even know what weapon I had.”

If he wants to know then he will have to teach me

“Chief, I know you have been hospitable to me and my companions, but I will need something more from you if you want to know how I knew.”

Alexander swears he could see the smirk on the chief, even without being able to see. If he did not know for sure then he did when he spoke.

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“Are you negotiating with me after I saved your life and gave you a place to stay?”

Though he thought he heard the flamboyance return to his voice he could not tell for sure as he nodded as a response.

“You are a member of a ruling family, never being able to be beholden to anyone.”

Well, I deserved that

“I need you to train me to fight while I am blindfolded.” Asked Alexander.

In the past I just relied on my improved senses and instincts, I never got a chance to learn to fight with them.

The chief did not respond for quite a while, Alexander waited on edge getting anxious the longer he waited.

“I am guessing you have a reason for this, but if you can see why, you handicap yourself. You should know how dangerous our world is, life is not a Game Boy.”

I know it more than you.

Luckily, Alexander did not voice these thoughts.

“You will understand, but I need to know if you agree to help me.”

Alexander did not hear from the chief, he was about to ask him if he was there when he heard the rustling of leaves.

Alexander looked to his right, the direction of the sounds.

Humming the chief answered, “You have a grasp on your senses, I can help you with defense but I can not help with your senses.”

Alexander nodded, “ I figured once you shot your bow.” Alexander chuckled slightly, “You are not surprised or questioning a member of a family being an enhancer.”

The chief laughed, “You must be from the Godt family boy, your family is stuck in the past still believing and teaching that the family's blood is purer or stronger than others.”

Alexander looked up, “Chief what you are speaking is blasphemy to the gods.”

The chief laughed strong enough to cough, “ Wow, your father must be more than described. You are still thinking that everyone outside the families our common folk but you would be wrong. Let me ask you what you think makes your family or the others so powerful.”

Alexander thought for a moment, “Our blood, it gives us a claim to rule.”

Alexander guessed the chief was nodding, but his answer made him question this guess.

“Again, you are thinking that everyone is common folk without knowledge, and most importantly without power. Do you really think rune-masters with the power to control weather, or the ability to set a whole city ablaze would subjugate themselves to families just because of blood?”

Our claim is legitimate, we are descendants of Titus who would question that? Yet runes-masters have the powers of Gods. It would be one thing if there had been rebellions before, but there have never been any.

“Because of power, the power we have over the common people even if a runemaster started a rebellion the people would not follow them.”

“Exactly, why is that?” the chief asked.

Genius thought Alexander

“The people believe in our blood; they worship the blood in our veins. They believe our blood is the pure blood of our God.”

That is why Father forces me away; he can not allow even the slightest doubt to slip into our people's minds.

“Good, remember that, now do you have something to show me”

Alexander almost jumped, forgetting what started this conversation.

“Before I do, I want to tell you, so I do not know what you say before you say it. My runes allow me to see into the future”