‘Ever heard of the saying, don’t give me more problems without possible solutions?’ Rex asked with a sigh, seeing the troll leading the chase come to a sudden halt next to the corpse of the one he had just killed. Grunting and roaring at the group when it seemed to recognise who had just died at his hand, whatever it said seemed to incite bloodlust, he could tell when the lead troll looked back at him, as did the rest of the group, the sheer rage in their eyes spoke volumes, ‘oh shit.’ ‘Solution could be…run?’ Fafnir added in with a low roar. “Sküülen, we gotta go,” Rex shouted, just as she giggled after slashing the throat of another troll, her kill count being three already. “Please sweetness, they taste foul,” she replied with a curt nod, wrinkling her nose in disgust after licking her gauntlet. ‘Tastes foul? Is she eating something on them?’ Rex asked himself, eyes widening a bit, his thoughts being brought back as the ground shook under the weight of the trolls behind him cha

‘More like smart not bold, I don’t have time to kill them all before something or someone ruins my plans, so while I still have a semblance of the upper hand, I’m trying it this way,’ Rex said to Fafnir, looking back at each soldier before sighing, “Very well, Sküülen?”“Gladly sweetness,” Sküülen chirped happily, a greedy smile appearing on her face as she leapt forward from the sword where she was hiding, opening her jaws, sinking her sharp teeth deeply into the closest blackguard soldier’s neck, as she pulled back she tore the man’s neck open, the blood gushed out in a splash causing all the soldiers close to him to yelp and gasp at her appearing seemingly out of nowhere, then seeing her licking the blood from her fingers and lips, the soldier now laying dead at their feet with a large piece of his neck missing.‘So much for the elite,’ Rex smiled to himself watching the fear in their eyes, as Sküülen now paced a few steps eyeing them hungrily.‘The fae believes deeply in not offen

“Ok, so the beetle lays eggs, we will have to deal with a lot more of these things kicking around when they hatch and grow up?” Rex asked, watching Rowina slice carefully and slowly into the abdomen, muttering things to herself he barely understood.“Shit!” she exclaimed suddenly as she carefully opened a small pouch on the inside of the beetle, alarming everyone, Rex included, “Of course it has.”“What’s the issue?” Rex asked, leaning forward to see what she was cursing at, “Wow, stinks worse than I remember.”“There are five eggs inside of the beast, three are damaged and embryo dead, and two remain and seem to be intact, give me a vial Leonis, now you have contaminated it with your bare hands get me another clean one you imbecile. Thank you, I have asked you here because I have a proposition to offer you young prince,” Rowina said, scowling as Leonis passed her a new clean vial from a leather pouch on his belt using a small set of tongs.“I’m all ears.”“I will take this healthy eg

“How do you feel this morning my prince?”“Kealy, haven’t seen you in a while,” Rex said with a smile, seeing the neat pile of clothing set next to his bed. After a few sighs and groans as he stretched, he disrobed, picked up his new clothes and dressed again, stopping at a little coughing sound.“You should have said something so I could turn away. I confess I may have peeked a look while you changed,” Kealy said the edges of her mouth curled into a smile she was trying to hide.“I think we are past the point of embarrassment by now,” Rex shrugged, he wasn’t sure why she was saying something now, Kealy had watched him, even helping him bathe and dress sometimes.“Your harem left in the early hours, none said where they were going for me to pass it onto you, I presume you wanted breakfast? The kitchen has only just started up so it might be a little while before food is served,” Kealy said, grabbing his old clothes and throwing them into a basket, Rex could tell something was off with

Rex and Markus both flowed into the open area, weapons drawn, working together to scan the room for threats, “Got a body,” Rex called, “No threats.”Markus called the same, not seeing any threats, both men sheathing their weapons at the same time,” Be calm, tell me what happened,” he said to a hysterical woman sobbing near the corpse of another woman.“It’s Jessie, I just saw her this morning, she was fine, and now…and now she’s dead,” the woman sobbed, placing her hands over her face.“Markus, come look at this,” Rex called out, kneeling over the dead woman called Jessie.“What is it?” he asked, joining him, a clatter of armoured feet rattling in the distance.“Claw marks and a bite to the side of the throat,” Rex said, pointing to the tell-tale marks on the woman’s body.“That wasn’t, you know,” Markus said, pointing with his eyes at Rex’s sword, motioning to Sküülen.“I am not allowed to assault anyone that is not directly harming my sweetness without his command, so no, not my doi