Chapter 16

WARD

I am proudly showing King Erebus my car when an ear piercing scream reaches us from inside of the royal mansion. I know that voice, it can only be Keena.

"Keena," I gasp out and I leave the King standing beside my car stunned.

As I run into the royal mansion I can hear his heavy footsteps running quickly behind me. We burst through the door of the mansion and try to locate the origin of the screams.

"The basement," I murmur as I head towards the basement door.

I throw the basement door open and a blast of wind hits me in the face. I fight my way down the stairs and am stunned at the scene that is laid out before me. An elderly woman is fighting off bursts of blue flames that are bouncing off of the walls and the Queen is trying her best to walk through the flames and wind to get to Keena.

Huddled on the ground, Keena's body is covered in blue flames. She screams out in pain as the flames burn and engulf her body. The Queen is yelling over the wind for Keena to cont