Semua Bab No Escape From Fate : Bab 41 - Bab 50

The pleasantly warm water relaxed us and provided much-needed comfort. I leaned my head back against the edge of the pool and closed my eyes in pleasure. I felt a light blush spread across my face, and a pleasant languor passed through my body.Perhaps, for a while, I even dozed off, enjoying the sensation. But I woke up when I heard some commotion among the guys.Opening my eyes, I saw the dancer from the vines leaning over Kays and sensually massaging his shoulders, her hand slowly and languidly sliding down his torso, dipping under the water, and seductively looking into the brunette’s eyes.Something inside me turned bitter and very unpleasant. Could it really be that Vasmiya was right, and Kays actually appeals to me more than I wanted to admit?Several girls were already in the water, straddling the men’s knees. By the way, the court magician also didn’t rush to push the dancer away, watching her actions with interest. Damn womanizer! He won’t miss a chance to get someone on his

Our procession had stretched out, and there was no one nearby. Fisa rode alone, at a sufficient distance from us.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” the girl said, blushing and playing dumb.“Really now?” I raised my eyebrows.“Okay, fine,” the girl relented with a heavy sigh. “But what’s the point?”“Well, he likes you too,” I shrugged.“Again, what’s the point?” she shot back at me, now angrily.“Why not? If the king doesn’t choose you, then there’s a point!” I stood my ground. “Ogis didn’t even go near the promiscuous girls yesterday, unlike some others…”“Iza, no one hears anything about the queen candidates after all the viewings,” Vasmiya said in a trembling voice, tightening her reins. “I think the king is so angry that no one suits him that he simply kills the girls.”“And what about their bodies? Has anyone seen them?” I pressed.“No. No one has seen the bodies,” the brunette sighed. “They just disappear without a trace.”“See! And that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re

Her bright eyes burned with contempt and cosmic rage. Long, dirty, matted gray hair flew in the wind. Her face was truly hideous, riddled with deep scars and warts. A huge crooked nose completed the grotesque image, and the slobbering snarl of brown, rotten teeth made her appearance even more repulsive and vile.With a powerful strike of her staff against the frozen ground, I only managed to notice how a huge, almost explosive wave threw us into some sort of wormhole.Bright flashes and deafening sounds of thunder disoriented and confused me. It felt as if I were tumbling through the air from somewhere, or had ended up inside an enormous washing machine running on the spin cycle, wringing all life out of me.But after a few seconds, everything stopped, and I fell from a height onto some loose, hard surface, painfully hitting my ribs.I gasped raggedly, coughing up dirt that had gotten into my mouth. I got down on my knees, bracing my hands against the ground, coughed, and spat out the

It was a relatively small creature, with matte, rough black skin. Its body was about the size of a large crow, and it had a thin, semi-transparent, veil-like tail that moved in a strange way—not so much fluttering as floating through the air, resembling fabric moving underwater. It had no wings, but strong, gripping limbs with curved claws, and that tail, which moved smoothly like a fish. Its face vaguely resembled a monkey’s, only far uglier, and when it opened its mouth predatorily, we could see multiple rows of sharp yellow teeth, from which came a nasty clicking sound.We didn’t linger to examine the beast. Yafi sliced it in one swing, and we continued running, fully aware that more clashes were inevitable. There were far too many of them, and they were fast.Glancing back, I saw about a dozen more of these creatures spotting us and swiftly gliding in our direction.Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying!A doomed world! Where was my boring stability and daily routine?! I almost missed

Hunger started gnawing at us badly, so the guys went out hunting. Thanks to that, two hours later we were eating the meat of some small creature.Dusk had already settled over the forest, and we decided to stay in the same spot until morning. We all needed a well-deserved rest, though Ogis and Yafi couldn’t afford such luxury—they divided the night watch into four-hour shifts.Ogis was first on guard duty, so Yafi settled comfortably under a tree by the fire and tried to doze off. Vasmiya and I positioned ourselves on the opposite side of the flames, next to Kays. Just in case the brunette woke up and needed something.Well, I was worried about him! He did save all our lives, after all. Figaro had darted off into the darkness to practice his combat skills, as usual.When the twilight grew thick and heavy, we heard a melodious trilling—some kind of birds singing. It was so beautiful and musical that I simply stopped to listen, surprised they weren’t asleep at this hour.But Yafi did no