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When Demons Invade
Kaitlyn
I was being dragged by the castle guards after I had completed with my sword training and other weapons that day.
As the flames around the room lit the stained glass underneath my feet, I resisted and tried to fight them off, even managing to break free once running towards the space I had called my room, before the sound of their armored boots clacked against the ground and eventually kicked me in the back causing me to stumble and fall short of where I was running.
I had to get away.
13When Panic Sets InSamanthaI had asked Freya, as we had left the Casino about the twins; to see if they could become like me. If there was a possibility of turning them into Valkyries.Since at this point, I knew that the more numbers we had, there were better odds that could potentially shift in our favors."What you are asking Samantha," She hesitated, knowing the dangers. These weren't exactly treated as easy processes. Like me, you had to be trained all your life, and hope that you also carried the bloodline, or if you didn't that you were worthy enough to be a part of the
14Circle of SixBrittanyThe Drive to Vaughn's place was shorter than I recalled,however it was still refreshing since it had been quite some time since I had been here.During the ride, I was silent, allowing my thoughts to linger, which was potentially dangerous in a situation like this, yet Vaughn and I knew each other well enough that he didn't have to ask. He knew to keep his distance in my moments like this, even if he was worried.He knew that if I wanted to talk—to vent—that I would. It was how I always was. I never spoke up before I was ready. I never tr
15LaurenBraided Promises"Lauren, run!" My father shouted at me, through his panic and shock as he was trying to shoo me into taking cover from what had been happening. He was dressed in his battle armor, sword drawn and all. In his other hand, his shield, our family crest decorated on the front.The commotion outside—it only added to the intensity of skirmish that was unfolding before us. From the window, that was just a short space from our living quarters, I could see the starting sparks of a fire on our outside foyer. The flames, they were spreading out and burning everything in their way.The screams of opposing Vikings, becoming louder with each moment that was being taken from us. From every moment that was being taken from him.We didn't know why they had come here, or why they had launched an attack on us. Only that t
16Double JeopardyAlissaMad. She was downright mad, and her idea?It was also unequivocally insane.Although, I could totally fathom her rationale behind the idea, and wanting to trade places with Samantha, considering all the collateral damage that she had been through.Still, Kaitlyn's idea was completely ludicrous. While she was protecting Sam, she also was placing herself in total inherent risk. The damage that could have been wrought from this—we wouldn't know, until after the fact.
17 Dimitra When Thunder Clashes A Few hours after the girls escaped... Watching the girls escape with their lives, was the only good thing to come out of the past few hours. I begrudgingly was dragged by the other soldiers, Cameron, and Sydney, they called themselves, as they tried to parade me through their base, trying to do whatever sick and twisted things they had planned. Cameron was in front while Sydney was behind me while we went through a portion of the base that I hadn't seen before, but I knew one thing—I wasn't wanting to stay a minute.
18Lighting Strikes TwiceElisaRisking my sister was never my intention.It was never something I ever wanted to resort to, however as I had watched her work with Kait with such ease, and seen Kait break down the way she had, took me back to how I remember their relationship.It was deep, and meaningful, along with passionate and loyal.Mine was the same way with Sam. We had a deeply intense relationship, where we were equally passionate with each other, yet that didn't stop me from ever being a girlfriend to Kaitlyn.Ever.I made thi
19Twin FlamesKaitlynI knew that doing what we did, and the choices that we had to make, would be difficult. Did I agree with them? Not always.Was this the best possibility we had open to us?Probably.And yet, when I saw that Alissa had traded places with Sam back there, I intuitively knew why.She couldn't bear the fact of letting me go into this alone. She couldn't bear losing anyone of us. She didn't want to lose me, or Sam in any sense of the word.Hell, even being separated from her own sibling, her other half was agonizing, since I could just feel the pain, she was emanating from her body.The resistance to not breakdown. The resistance to fight off whatever pain she would feel from this long strain away, that would only intensify as the distance between them grew.They did everything together,
20 A Girl Who Raised A Dragon, Part 1 Alissa As soon as Elizabethhad used her magic portal to escape, I took my moment and snapped the handcuffs—that they had used on me and Kaitlyn—free from the pillar and falling hard on my stomach. I knew I was still recovering after being revived by Kaitlyn's magic, as I laid stunned for a moment; my body trying to get feeling back relatively quickly. However, the delay was short lived. For as soon as I l crashed Julian and Sophie reacted and raced towards me swinging their swords at me, and I had to duck and dodge each of their swin