Malric and I had been far too hopeful. Chase didn't survive the fall and we hosted a burial for him two days later. Malric was gloomy the entire day and Liam, alongside Ethan were also present to comfort him. I had been too occupied with trying to wipe out Marla and her sister that I didn't even see Chase risking his life. For some reason, Priscilla had survived the fall and instead of killing her the moment I found her, I decided to get a healer instead. I wanted to build a new world, as Marla had said I would. What difference would there be if I built it up from bloodshed? “I still don't understand why you're keeping both of those witches alive, Alruin,” Malric said, “it just feels wrong to me.” A few days ago, under a blood moon, I had lured the beasts away from Darkmoon’s mountains to the sea. Malric was already waiting and had cut his blood into the water. At that point, I knew that if it didn't work, then we would definitely have to kill Andralita and Priscilla, but if i
Alruin His scream got my attention for a split second and the energy zapping through every part of my veins slipped for a split second. I could think again, I could see with my own eyes rather than the red light that had blurred everything. There was the scent of blood all over me, and my arms were covered in it. How many people had been consumed by my rage? Why was Marla still standing with a shocked look in her eyes as I calmed the violent wind around us. She squinted at me in confusion and shook her head, as if she had just woken up from a coma. “Alruin? What are you doing here?” she asked and looked around, her eyes widening when she saw her fallen sisters. She gasped in shock, “who did all of this?” I saw Malric kneeling at the edge of the cliff, staring down gloomily. I ignored Marla and rushed to him, clutching his shoulders firmly. “She was going to get me with that shot,” He said, “for some reason, I couldn't move my limbs. I should have gotten out of the way instead
Malric I looked at her in shock and Lyra took a step backwards. “I should wring your neck right now!” I bellowed at her and she sighed. “You took everything away from me, Lyra, even though we had a fucking deal. You could fuck whoever you wanted and more times than I could count, you were in bed with that bodyguard of yours.” Her eyes widened with surprise and I rolled my eyes and scoffed, “Good lord, you must think I am a fucking idiot, no? Of course, I knew about your affair with him. What was his name again? Was it Bruce? Was it…” “Eli.” She said in a choked voice, “Malric, I have done a lot of terrible things, yes, but I can assure you that we do not have the time for this,” she said hastily, “I have to get you out of this place, out of Darkmoon as a whole. If there is anyone that is in danger more than anyone else, it's you.” I stared down at Nyari's dead body, that should have been enough to convince me that Lyra was on my side, but it wasn't. “No,” I said firmly and sh
Alruin "So what's the plan?" I stared ahead as we approached Darkmoon's threshold, "Don't die and wait for Malric to return." I replied. "I am not certain we will meet Marla and Priscilla here, so we will secure a spot in the mountains and wait." Liam frowned, "The mountains are heavily guarded, Alruin and if there is one place those beasts are sure to be, it's there." He said and I nodded. "Well if you know, then why are we going there?" "First of all, we will need me. When I was at Snowfang mountains, for some reason, when we were being attacked by three of those things, they suddenly stopped attacking the others and came at me," I said, "I plan to use that when Malric arrives. I will lure them to the sea where Malric would be. At that point, you and Chase will go with Malric." "Why do we keep leaving both of you behind?" Chase suddenly exclaimed. "Now it's Malric and then you two? You both must think you can really do it all on your own." I saw the annoyance on his face a
Malric I was going to keep my promise to Alruin no matter what. I knew it would be difficult to try and trick Nyari, but this was our best chance of getting to Andralita. It was all happening so fast. It felt like we had suddenly been catapulted into the future we had been dreading. I sighed and mounted my horse, watching Alruin and the others gathering up the wood from last night and throwing it into the woods. Chase frowned at me as he approached the horse, "Why do you have to set off on your own, Malric?" He asked and I smiled at him when I noticed that he hadn't included my title. "I told you I could come with you. I always want to be by your side. We make the perfect tag team, don't we? You always said that." "No, I didn't, Chase." I said, grinning at him but he looked away stubbornly and mumbled, "But we do make a good team, you can't deny that." I grinned and ruffled his golden hair. He pulled away from me, frowning with a hurt look in his eyes. "You're a man now, Chase
Alruin "I won't use it, I know how to, but I won't. We can kill all of them, Mal. All of them." He stared into my eyes and his narrowed, "Did you get any sleep last night, Alruin? You have bags under your eyes and they are fucking red." He said worriedly, "And you do not sound like yourself. I don't like it." I glared at him, "What do you mean by that, Malric?" I asked, "Of course, I sound like me. I just need some hours to rest and we can resume the journey." "So you did spend all night practising?" "Something like that," I replied, "it was the only time I could find some peace and tranquillity okay? I train best when I am alone." He nodded, "I see, and all this talk about killing the three witches?" He asked, "You've never sounded so desperate to kill, Alruin. I know for a fact that you do not speak like that. There's this look in your eyes when you talk about it. You were always scared of blood-" "And now I have seen too much of it, Mal. And if we do not spill the blo