Chapter 179

Tonight was their departure to Markus City. Late afternoon, the six gathered around the living room, in front of the fireplace, and waited for the night to come. The weather dropped as winter started and the walls of their house were icy cold by touch. 

Zabdiel put down the stick that he used to poke at the woods by the fire and sighed. "It's going to be okay, Zab," Barbie assured her brother. 

He shook his head and ran a hand through his hair. Jared and Blaise, who turned out to be the copy of Prince Ciaran and the actual Prince Zephrain, were at the palace along with Chloe. There's going to be war. And nobody wanted to lose someone they're closed to.

Suddenly, there was a banging on the door and they all jolted in their seats in surprise. They all looked at each other. Zabdiel stood up and went to open the door.

Jucel went back to poking the woods in the fire that died down a bit. Her eyebrows scrunched when the fire died down further, the cold atmosphere see