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{Ciril’s POV} The Palace had been in sight but we had camped for the night.I had wanted everyone to rest up properly and regain their strength as they would be needing it for what was about to happen, they would be needing every pump of it. It was morning now and we had been woken up by a disturbing sight.— People traveling towards the Palace. These weren’t Ferals. These were real people and their actions confused me as I didn’t understand why they were headed towards the Palace when it was readily obvious that there were Ferals within.Plus the Palace was in gory ruins, the opposite of the royalty it once appeared as so it wasn’t a calling sight, but then these people went into it in their scattered batches. They went in despite the fact they were looking uneasy.The sight confused me and I had wanted to intervene but couldn’t because a lot of them had gone in before we became aware of the movement.So now, we were planning to mask ourselves and go in also to join and blend with
{Landon’s POV} I was now ruling beside Abasha. I was ruling beside her, free of shackles and chains but still very restrained. She had freed me but then I felt captured. I was helpless. I had wanted to kill her so many times— just plunge my claws into her heart and end this tyranny once and for all, but then she had made me understand the repercussions of that. Killing her would make the Ferals grow wild and kill everything that was living.., and we had many living things around as Abasha had had what was left of the Palace populations chained in different parts of the Palace— hence there were people chained and starving on every part of the Palace. She had a portion of them killed, a portion of them chained and a portion of them joining her rule as she threatened them with fear.And so now, she had maids, an advisor, a few council elders, and finally, a King to rule beside her.Me.I was the King and for the past two days, it has just been sex and stench. I’ve become a slave of
Ciril’s POV} We had stopped to rest for the night— making it two days we have been on the journey. I had trained with Anika again last night and then we all had gathered around a campfire to talk about life and then get to know each other, as none of us from the ‘old’ group knew anything about Levi or Thor’Al.And so they were made to tell us about themselves during which all that Thor’Al said was that he likes killing people. We had then retired to sleep afterwards— during which I didn’t sleep.Every day, we were getting closer to the Palace, and I couldn’t help but panic a little.— or very much.I was returning to find those who were on my list and kill them, but I was also returning to perform my duty as the Reignile Champion, which was currently putting so much tension on me.Anne and the others believed I would be able to handle anything in the Celestial State but then I personally didn’t see things that way. I wasn’t sharing the same point of view as them. I didn’t know if
~ 2 Days Later ~{Landon’s POV} So many things have gone wrong and it almost seemed like it was now beyond repair. I’ve always been the optimistic and persistent type but with what I’ve witnessed over the past few days, I’ve been made to lose hope.— a little.I couldn’t give up on the Reigns, my home, just like that. Even though all I saw now was ruins in the place of a once-flourishing Palace. Abasha.She is full of evil and I say this without expressing it enough. She is ‘literally’ full of it. Controlling the Ferals— the dead, wasn’t what exactly defined her evilness, but the way she moved, talked, laughed, and killed people at the blink of an eye.She had grown completely cold and heartless… or maybe it was how she has always been and I’ve just been the blind one. Been the fool. We were in the royal Palace buildings now but it shouldn’t be called ‘Royal’ anymore as we could see the skies through the roofs, see weeds growing everywhere, and even see through huge holes in the
{Ciril’s POV}So, a lot of changes had happened in the space of three minutes.Dark one— the name was foreign to me and the concept was strange.I could swear that I’ve never seen a ‘Dark One’ before but then I couldn’t argue with Anne as I believed that she would always, one way or the other, prove to be right.And she ended up being right. “You can’t obviously remember seeing him when you were little but you can remember seeing him as your grown self.” She stated now and I retraced the dagger from her arm as I had finished outlining the claw scraping. I was done making the wound Anita had given her permanent, and staring at it now, I became momentarily gloomy. “I’m sorry about Anita.” I said to Anne now but then she didn’t say anything in response. It was painful losing a sister so I understood that she didn’t want to talk about it.She had mentioned Anita earlier and spoken about not being able to meet her anytime soon. It was a strange way of regarding someone who was dead but t
{Ciril’s POV}So, a lot of changes had happened in the space of three minutes.Princess Anne had shown up from absolutely nowhere and then she had implemented an addition to our team— two males I had never met before. But then those two males were the least of my concerns now.I was excited. I was happy— happy to see Princess Anne.I have tried to hug her like three times already but then she had stopped me, making it seem like she was allergic to hugs or physical contact even.I was excited to see her nonetheless. It just felt like even though we don’t see each other for long, I would always naturally like her. We were travelling further into the west, looking for another place to stay— since I spiked drama in the previous one. We had money now so we didn’t have to stay in the wild anymore. 200 gold pieces is a lot so we could all afford a big room for five days and still have spare change to get what we would eat. But the only issue would be where we would put the Bears because ha
{Ciril’s POV}“You threw that nigga away like he didn’t weigh up to a spoon!” Feryt said now over her munching.. “No, a spoon's too heavy. She threw him away like he weighed a feather!” Clord voiced, complementing Feryt’s utterance. I just shook my head a bit with a slight smile as I stuffed food in my mouth.We were at an eating house, eating, because we finally had money. And then for the past several minutes, Feryt and Clord couldn’t get over the scene that had happened at the fighting pit. “If I’m being honest, that’s probably the most effortlessly impressive thing I’ve witnessed.” Feryt said further and then turned to Anika.“Don’t you think, Anika? Wasn’t that totally wild?” She asked Anika. Anika didn’t speak much but then she agreed properly to them with an evident nod of her head and a good smile. “Alright. It’s no big deal. I just threw a guy.” I said and then looked out of the window beside me to stare at the distance in the market where the bloke had landed.I just hope
{Ciril’s POV}We had escaped GordiusI don’t know the part that broke me more.The fact that we had abandoned him or the fact that he would now be roaming the Reigns like a mindless beast until someone else kills him.I was broken.I didn’t like how I couldn’t do anything to save him. I was just beginning to fancy him after realizing that he had cared about me since I was little. I had always been so hostile to him, returning the jerk vibe he gave me back to him— when I should have pushed for a better relationship, because if not for him, I probably wouldn’t be alive today.We shifted further into the west and rested for the night. We continued our journey the next day when we got close to a pack, we realized that news of the new and real Reignile Champion had gotten to them.My painted portrait was on the walls and buildings around and now most of them were re-labelled to be ‘Champion Of The Reigns’ and no more ‘culprit’.This was a sign that the news was travelling fast. We walked
{Ciril’s POV}I rested my eyes on Gordius, and my heart started to race.I was stoned with shock and was not expecting the sight I saw. Gordius was staring directly at us now— after chewing flesh from Balif’s neck and sucking on his blood.His eyes were dark, and then his hair looked silky… while his face looked dry.Very dry.And then he looked wild.The makeup was familiar. It was something I had seen before on— not one or two people, but hundreds. Hordes of Ferals.Gordius had been bitten. We all started to back away now as Gordius started to creep towards us. “Oh no. Look at his leg.” Feryt started to say as we all shifted back. “He was bitten.” She said in her distress. “Why didn’t he tell us?”“Uh.. I don’t think that matters anymore now.” Clord responded. “What matters is what the fuck we are going to do now because he looks like he wants to chew us as he had done Balif!” Clord panicked and hearing his utterance made me worry. I realized that I didn’t know what to do. I di