Chapter 170
Chapter 170
Xander’s POV:
My gaze travelled between the both of them. Without a doubt, they were informed that I’d be taking this route. It can’t be a mere coincidence that they would show up here right now. I laughed to myself, at the sheer madness of it all.
They must be incredibly foolish to pull this trick on me. Some low grade assassins they are.
But then there was a gnawing thought at the back of my mind. I had been so distracted searching for Orion that I failed to be aware of my surroundings. If it weren’t for that, their blade wouldn’t have dared to get closer to my neck.
“what do you want?” I asked,
“You, your majesty.”
“Ah, so you are aware of who I am. So tell me, are you here to kill me or do you want the honor of being killed by me? Which will it be?”
The one with the snake around his neck raised his sword. It caught the weak rays of the moon and glinted. “Say your last prayers, your majesty. Tonight you will meet your death.”
“Meet my death? You lot seemed well informed. Didn’t your findings tell you that I was immortal? You cannot kill me.”
If death was an easy thing to come by, I would have done it multiple times in the past. Nothing I did to kill myself worked. And these band of mercenaries think they can do it with a sword?
“We are aware, your majesty.” The yellow eyed one said with a cackle. “Which is why we came prepared.”
“These swords are coated with a magical potion that can kill even a god. If we can kill a god, who then are you, O great chronicle?‘
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“The best thing to do will be to simply lay low and die. Let us do what we were asked to do.”
A tingle ran down my spine. There was someone in the shadows. I felt their eyes on me, but it was hard to place exactly where they were watching me from. There was one more assassin, I could feel it.
Barely a second later, I felt a solid presence behind. From the corner of my vision I spotted a glinting blade aimed at my side. Using my speed, I quickly moved out of the trajectory and appeared a s–safe distance away.
“Oh come on!” a feminine voice whined. “I was so close! I perfected my technique!”
“Aeris, I could hear you from miles away.”
The last of my assassins was a woman. She turned to me, and I could see her pale skin and fangs poking out of her mouth. She raised her hands up, brandishing fingernails as long and sharp as knives.
A snake charmer. A vampire. And whatever the hell the other one was.
“We’re complete now,” the vampire said. “Have you said your last prayers? You do know you’re about to die, right?”
I’m quite used to people trying to kill me. It happens all the time. When people are faced with something they don’t understand, and something they fear, their first instinct is to destroy it.
However, how these assassins came to find me boggles my mind. I left the castle under the cover of moonlight. There’s no way they should have been able to find me.
“Who
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sent you people to kill me?” I asked, my gaze focused on the one with the snake.
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“We are under no obligation to speak.”
“Meaning it is none of your business, your majesty.”
“Caldan. Your brother.” The vampire spat out.
I turned my attention to her. “Caldan put you up to this?”
“Aeris you stupid fucking bitch! Why the fuck did you have to talk?! We were to remain silent!” the one with the snake snapped.
“Please like it matters! He’ll soon be dead anyway, the least favor we can do him, is to let him know the truth.” She met my eyes and grinned. “Caldan is going to be the king when you’re gone.”
“You’re just desperate to fuck Caldan, that’s why you can’t keep your damned mouth shut.” The yellow eyed one said.
It was hilarious, watching them go back and forth like children.
“Well, Batu, I am going to do more than fuck caldan, okay? He is going to make me his queen once he becomes king. Now, for that to happen, we have to hurry up. We have a mission to complete.”
“Caldan promised to make you his queen?” I asked the vampire. She looked at me with a smug look and nodded. I couldn’t help but laugh. “If I had a gold coin for each time he has made such a promise.”
I’m surprised.
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Not to hear that caldan wanted me dead that was no news to me. I was used to the hatred and anger in his eyes, although he thought he did a good job at hiding it. He thought I didn’t know. He thought me a fool.
I was more surprised he had the gall to send assassins after me.
I had underestimated him.
I thought he was harmless. I thought he was till that starry eyed little kid.
I thought his hatred was based on the fact that I made him my representative and that made him bitter.
But I was wrong. It wasn’t a harmless anger or simple jealousy. It was something darker, more twisted. I should have noticed it the moment Sabrina came into play.
Caldan, my blood brother through and through, just sent assassins after me.
The three of them came together, weapons raised and ready to strike.
“Before you kill me, id like to know where my elven friend is.” I said.
The snake man pointed to a large tree. I followed his eyes, and the sight that met my eyes made anger simmer in Orion, tied up and gagged, unconscious.
“We’re gonna kill him after we kill you. Use his blood for a potion.” The vampire said.
“Oh for heavens sake!”
my
chest.
“He ruined our plans! The plan was really fucking simple. Lay out the trap, and he falls into it. But no! the talkative elf had to ruin it. If he hadn’t, we would have been done by now and on our merry way home!”
I stared at Orion’s body and silently gauged for any injuries. Thankfully, I saw none. They had a trap set for me, one that was ruined because I had to go back for orion.
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If it hadn’t been for him, things could have been much worse.
He just saved my life. And to think I was so againt him coming with me.
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