Chapter 172
Chapter 172
Xander’s POV:
“No…no don’t…” Orion grabbed at my arms and held tight.
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“You have to go back home. I undid the last of the ropes that bound him. “Go back to your mother. You have seen how dangerous it is for you to be here with me.”
“I don’t want to go back.” He said firmly. “Damn! You’re so strong! You took them all down! And so fast too”
“Orion, just be obedient, for once.”
“And you came back for me?” He clapped his chest and sighed dreamily. “I always knew you were a kind hearted man under the…um…emotionless aura you give off.”
I rubbed my temples, annoying with him. “For heavens sake…” Sabrina is in danger. And this elf boy won’t listen to me and go back home.
“The lady they talked about, Sabrina, is she someone you like?”
I looked up at him. “What? How on earth would you arrive at that conclusion.”
“Well, you pushed away every woman I brought to you. Is it because of this lady? You like her, don’t you?”
“You won’t go back home?”
He shook his head firmly. “Nope.”
I looked to the heavens and sighed. It feels like I’ve got a rebellious teenager for a son. What on earth was I thinking?
“Fine.” I sighed. I turned my back to him. “Get on.”
“Huh?!” He shouted, his voice startling a few bats. They scurried off into the sky, their wings flapping erratically.
I glanced at him over my shoulder. “Look, kid, I need to move. And fast. If you can keep up, then fine.”
“No no! I can’t. Um…that spell has ran out so…”
I grabbed his arm and slung him over my shoulder. Without wasting time, I sped off. He screamed the entire way. And for some reason, it was easier to ignore his screaming that it was to ignore his yapping.
We arrived at the palace a few minutes later. I dropped him, watching as he swayed and tried to catch himself.
“Are you okay.” I asked. He flashed a thumbs up, but he looked green.
“Do not speak a word of this ever again. Am I clear?”
He nodded. “Yes. I won’t speak of it ”
“Make you self useful elsewhere..don’t follow me” Without waiting for his reply, I walked ahead. The palace guards were ever active. I gave them a command to forget what they had just seen.
The moment I walked into the courtyard, I felt an unsettling aura in the air. A dark presence, one as has never been allowed into these grounds.
My skin prickled and the air felt chilly. Too chilly to be natural.
Chapter 172
Something was wrong. And my mind inestly went to Satrina
Gods. I hope she’s okay, I can’t imagine anything happening to her, not even a scratch on her
I headed into the castle. The hulk were empty, as most of the servants were asleep. My mind race with thoughts of Sabrins, and the things she could be going through at this very moment.
Caldan. If Caldan hurts her then he is going to be one very unlucky man
I headed to his wing, my steps faster as 1 got closer. I clenched my fiers, trying to control the rising rage inside me
The last time I had seen her, she was clear with her word. ‘I hope you never come back.”
I didn’t want to believe she meant that. I had so much I wanted to tell her, so much I wanted to do So much I woulder’t do if
she was hurt.
Fuck it. What the hell was I thinking? I should have been more honest. I should have told her the truth, about how I drove myself half mad with worry looking for her.
I should have held her. I should have…
1 halted in my tracks.
Caldan’s scent was strong here. The evil pres ece I felt got stronger and stronger. Sabrina’s scent was here, faint, barely there.
I picked up the pace and got to his room. The door wouldn’t budge when I tried to open it. It was bolted shut, unnaturally
So.
Muttering a curse under my breath, I took a step back.
It’s been a long time, I think a hundred years or so, since I last did this.
I allowed my wolf to rise to the surface. Strength surged through my veins and my rage intensified. With my new strength, I slammed into the door. It disconnected from its hinges and fell.
The scene before me made me pause.
Caldan stood by the bed, chanting in a low tone. On the other side was a woman. She held a staff which glowed, matching her eyes. Laid out in the middle of the bed was Sabrina, unconscious. There was a red pattern drawn on her chest, her hands and her forehead. The red lines glowed subtly, pulsing on her skin.
My wolf growled.
Caldan turned to me. His eyes went wide and he let out a shout. “You!” He shouted.
I rushed to him and grabbed him by his collar. My body moved on its own, my fists striking every inch of him I could reach. His cries rang out in the air, further fueling the rage inside me.
Suddenly, my body became weightless. I felt myself float into the air and thrown into the wall. I barely felt any of it, my gaze still focused on Caldan. His nose was broken, blood dribbling down his chin. The woman with the staff walked over to Caldan and pulled him up.
He snarled at me. “How are you alive?! How?!”
“What the fuck are you doing, Caldan?” My voice was a gravelly growl. My eyes darted quickly to Sabrina and back to Caldan. “What is this?”
He laughed, wiping the blood off his nose. “Why do you want know? Sabrina is none of your business. Nothing of her’s concerns you.”
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Chapter 172
1 pushed myself of the wall and charged at him. The woman When her seat and melible hand pulled me back to the wat
“Very good Amelia, Caldan said to her. “Keep him right
“As you wish” She replied.
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“I’m finally happy, your majesty, that you’re tally getting of what you’re darting Sabetica di tiste a few fusurs agis?
“What do you mean?”
He pointed to her unconscious form. “You didn’t tell me the hard power Quine the thing to keep away from your brother. don’t you think?
“Caldan, let this ring clear in your head. I will fucking skin you
“Well you can’t do shit” He shook his head. You’re powerless. You claim to be all that and more but when faced with real power, look at you. Harmless”
Oh he has no idea what he’s doing.
“Sabrina, oh she is a well of power. And I am going to use that power. When I get it, I will be superior to you. Finally
I pulled against the invisible restraints. The more I pulled, the harder they became.
Caldan laughed, mocking. He was finally showing his true colors. The stars were gone from his eyes.
I stared at Sabrina. Looking so small, so helpless there.
My body immobilized with magic.
And it hit me how truly powerless i was in this situation.
AD
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