Chapter 171
Chapter 171
Xander’s POV:
All three of them attacked at the same time.
I watched them charge at me, my skin prickling with tension. They moved fast, cutting though the night like they were made of it.
I dodged a sword aimed at my neck, the sharp edge of it nicked my skin.
It burned.
I skidded to a stop a few feet away and touched the wound. My hand came off stained with blood.
They weren’t joking. Whatever it was they had coated their blades with was enough to deal damage to me. At this rate, if I’m not careful, my head will roll on the ground.
A grin lit up my face. My my, Caldan has truly outdone himself. I’m thinking about being careful in a fight, something I haven’t done in a very long time.
I faced the assassins. “You’re good,” I said. I meant it. They were good. Good enough to draw blood before me.
“What do you think?” The vampire said and charged.
When I said they were good, I meant the other two.
I grabbed her by her neck midway. She swiped at my face with her claws, missing by a few inches.
“I feel sorry for you, Aeris. You feel for my brother’s lies.” I said. She grabbed my hand and tried to wiggle out of my grip. Her claws dug through my skin. It burned like a fucking bitch, blood pouring out of the slashes.
Without wasting time, I dove my free hand into her chest. Her scream echoed through the night. I ripped her heart out while it was still beating. Hm, I thought vampires didn’t have beating hearts.
Oh well, the more you know.
The light dulled from her eyes and her body went limp in my hold.
I dropped the organ on the forest and turned to the other two. They wasted no time to mourn their fallen comrade and attacked me. I blocked the snake man’s sword, the fallen vampire losing an arm in the process. The sword came close to my arm. From behind, the yellow eyed one attacked. I stepped out of the way, the sword caught in my hair.
Fucking hell. They’re relentless.
Their swords came from all angles, whooshing through the air, strike after strike after strike. The vampire was soon torn to bloody pieces and useless.
I don’t think I’ve had such a fight in years. I can feel the cuts on my body bleeding.
I am bleeding, unarmed, and cornered.
For the first time, I see the full extent of Caldan’s hatred. But whatever happens, I must survive this night. There’s no way I’ll leave my throne to a child.
I targeted the snake man and appeared behind him..before he could strike, I grabbed the snake coiled around his neck and wound it tight, using it as a rope. His foot slipped and he stumbled back, his sword falling out of his hand and clattering to the ground.
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Chapter 171
The snake hissed furiously and snapped it’s jaws at me. It began to glow a furious orange, it’s body solid like it was carved out of metal. The scorching hit seared the skin of my palms. Yet I held on, tightening my hold around it. This happened in under a second. Using my speed, I moved the snake man right under the attack of his comrade.
The yellow eyed man struck, and his sword caught his partners arm. His arm fell to the ground, severed off cleanly. The snake man howled, his voice full of raw pain. I dropped him and swerved around, picking up his sword and in one smooth motion slicing off the yellow eyed man’s head. His head dropped to the ground, followed by his body. Blood poured in rivers out of his neck, soaking into the earth.
I turned to the snake man. He crawled away, clutching the bleeding stump off his arm. I pointed the sword at his head.
“What did Caldan promise you?” I asked.
He crawled to his knees and bowed his head. His voice trembled as he said; “Please, don’t kill me. I don’t want to die, I beg of you.”
“I will kill you. First, tell me what Caldan promised you.”
He didn’t reply. His body trembled with the weight of his breaths.
I sighed softly. I don’t know what makes them think they can act however they want.
I pulled the sword back and swung it down on his shoulder, slicing off his other hand. He cried out and looked up at me, eyes full of tears.
“Well?” I asked, bored with his screaming. “I don’t delight in torture, but you’ve got two legs I can take. Speak? Or not?”
.
“He promised us seats on the council when he becomes king!”
“Is that all?”
“H–he…oh goddess…”
I pointed the sword at his lap. “Speak.”
“Immortality.” He breathed out.
“What?”
“He promised he’ll give us the gift of immortality.”
My brows shot up.
“And how was he going to do that?”
“H–he said he w–was going to get it a–after he killed the girl in the palace”
“What girl?”
“I don’t know! He just…he just s–said he’s b–been keeping her under his watch in the palace!”
“How was he going to get the immortality?! Speak! I know he told you!”
“There was someone….vermin…told him about the Portal of magic inside the girl. He said it was enough magic to go round for a dozen men. Even more. He is going to kill her and harvest it.”
My blood turned to ice in my veins.
I grabbed his hair and pulled him up. “Who is this woman? What is her name?”
He stared at me, silently pleading. “S–us? S- sabrina, or erm, something…”
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Chapter 171
Sabrina.
My mind went to her. Oblivious, unaware. Fuck. I never should have let him get close to her!
“Sabrina?” I asked.
“Yes. She’s the one.”
1 dropped him on the ground.
Caldan. That little piece of shit.
The snake man turned and began crawling away. Like a fucking snake. I walked up to him, anger brewing inside me. Where does he think he’s going?
I stabbed the sword right through his midsection. He sobbed with pain, writhing and groaning. I pulled the sword back and stabbed him over and over till his body stopped moving.
I can’t believe this! Sabrina’s life is in danger. Somehow Caldan has been aware of her gifts, and the extent of them. Before I even knew about them.
“Caldan!” I screamed into the night.
I’m going to skin that boy when I see him.
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