chapter 49

KAELION POV

Damon was stronger since our last encounter. The way he gripped his sword, his strength, it was all so much better now.

“You must have been looking forward to this day,” I muttered, hoping to distract him with small talk as I dodged his sword which he continued to swing at me. “You must have been hurt by the way I defeated you in seconds and killed your men at the borders.”

“I am winning this, Kaelion. I am going to take your hostage from you and make her mine. I am sure she will be happy to see you dead after how you wiped out her entire pack,” He responded, his eyes blazing with determination. “I am going to make you pay for everything.”

I continued to dodge his attacks while taking notes of his movements. I just needed the perfect time to strike.

Damon had a huge reputation for taking women against their will, I was not about to let him take Seliora especially when I was the reason she was in this situation. She would not have been here if I had not taken her captive.

After a while, I could see Damon was starting to slowly lose his strength.

Without hesitation, I charged at him but he was too fast.

I charged at him again. Only this time, I targeted his legs.

“Fuck!” He let out a loud cry, as my sword cut through his thighs.

“No matter how trained and fast you have become, Damon. I will always be stronger,” I muttered with a sly grin.

I could see it in his eyes. My taunts were starting to get to him. His eyes which were once filled with a huge smile have turned into a frown.

His thighs were bleeding but the injury was not deep enough to stop him.

“Come get me, you do not want to be humiliated in front of your entire pack members. Do you?” I asked him, panting.

“That is never going to happen,” He yelled, flashing his sword in my face.

I could hear the sounds of our blades clashing in the air.

Damon was starting to lose a lot more blood. Seeing this, I seized the opportunity and sliced through the same wounded thigh with my sword.

This time he stumbled on the ground, groaning and moaning in pain.

“I guess you still have a lot more to learn,” I stated in a loud tone, pressing the sword against his throat.

“Seize the girl!” He demanded.

His soldiers instantly rushed to where Seliora was while I watched angrily.

I should have known Kaelion was never going to let me go.

He was going to kill me whether or not I defeated him.

“You take that blade off my throat right now and she lives,” Damon threatened.

“You think I care about whether or not you kill her?” I asked, breathing heavily.

“You do, Kaelion. I saw the look in your eyes earlier before the fight,” He muttered.

Looking back at Seliora who had been chained, I slowly stepped away from Damon. A few of his soldiers instantly helped him up while the others chained me.

I then watched him walk up to Seliora with the help of his guards who held him by his arms.

“Unchain her,” He demanded as I wondered what he was up to.

Afterwards, he and Seliora made their way back to me.

“I am not going to kill you, she will,” He said with a smile looking towards Seliora who stared at me with a straight face.

“I will gladly do so,” She replied.

Seliora switching up was me was not unexpected. I had seen in coming yet for some reason, my heart shattered as I gazed at her.

“I knew there was a reason I liked you at first sight,” Damon said to her, patting her on the back.

“Take him into the cell, we will do this in an hour!” Damon demanded, walking away with Seliora by his side.

The guards instantly dragged me up and threw me back into the cell.

Death was something I was never scared of, the only thing that scared me was the safety of my pack. Losing me at a time like this would only further devastate them.

I thought back to my last moment with Jackson and wished I had just hugged him for a little longer.

“At least I get to be with her soon,” I muttered, thinking about Misha.

The only regret I had was not making sure to kill Alpha Thane.

“It's time,” One of the guards stated, opening the cell gate while another guard pulled me up and shoved me outside the cell.

The crowd outside was even a lot more than earlier.

As the guards dragged me towards the middle of the field, Seliora walked up to me with Damon whose legs had been stitched up.

“My pack is going to come for you once you kill me, they are going to destroy and wipe out your pack just as we did to the Ember fang pack,” I threatened.

“No, Kaelion. They will have no idea what happened to you because your body is never going to be found,” Damon responded, smiling. “Guess who came up with that idea?”

“Seliora,” I muttered, watching her walk up to where the swords were arranged.

She stared at each sword for close to five seconds before finally making her choice.

Afterwards, she made her way back to me and stood in front of me.

“I guess this is it,” I stated.

“Kill him, Seliora. It's the only way you can avenge your pack and truly be free of him,” Damon uttered.

“You should know I meant it when I promised to let you go after all this was over,” I mumbled. “You finally got your chance, do it.”

Seliora’s eyes narrowed.

“Do it now Seliora!” Damon stated again in a loud tone.

“I hope you rot in hell,” She said, looking at the sword one final time. “Goodbye.”