All Chapters of A Kingdom of Corruption and Chaos: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

I jumped awake at the sound of someone knocking on the door before looking at where Xavier pushed back from his desk. Bane jumped down from his lap as he went to answer the door, but I noticed Nova was lying across his good shoulder. I only questioned it for a moment before my head started up its pounding rhythm once more. Closing my eyes, I tried to block everything out as I just lay there. How long have I been out? 'For most of the day now.' Nova's soft, soothing tone floated through my mind. 'And I was with him because he was worried about you, and Bane wasn't exactly being helpful.' That made me smile.'Thank you, Nova.' I told her before, just relaxing back down for a moment more. I vaguely heard Xavier talking to Devon before footsteps came over closer to the side of the bed. "So, good news, I found out what the poison was, but the antidote to it is going to knock her out for at least a couple of days, with how long the poison has been in her system." "How long did you make he

As I walked into his private bathroom, I instantly decided that I was absolutely going to take him up on his offer of a quick shower the second I caught my disheveled appearance in the mirror over the sink. My hair was a wild mess of auburn waves, sticking out at every odd angle in a tangled mess that I was dreading attempting to tame, my blue eyes were bright and lively, probably due to all the excess sleep; my cheeks had far more color than the last time I had looked, bringing out the soft splattering of freckles across my nose and cheeks, but after the subject we had just broached, my lips weren't tipped up in the corners like normal. Instead, they were cast down as his words played through my mind.'Ari, will you let me in with you?' Nova's soft tone popped into my thoughts. God, I had been so distracted with him this morning that I hadn't even thought to ask if she wanted to shower with me. 'Of course, I'm sorry.' I told her as I quickly made my way back over to the door, crackin

After making our way down off the mountains, Xavier led me back through the empty halls into the mess hall, where there was a wiry old man with wild tufts of white hair that stuck out in every different direction. "I was wondering when you would bring her here, boy." He called as his sharp amber eyes locked onto Xavier. How did this man know about me? "You act like I had much of another choice," Xavier answered, giving the old man a slight smile. "Well, I know you're not very well mannered, but I would hope you have enough to introduce me to this pretty little thing." The man said with a wry smile as he looked to me once more, and I instantly started to like him. "Ari, Arthur. Arthur, Ari," Xavier sighed out, vaguely gesturing between the two of us with a roll of his eyes as I just grinned."And she's got Nova, no wonder you're so attached to her." Xavier just huffed at him, but I giggled, even as Xavier raised an eyebrow at me. 

The flight there felt far too short, and when we landed in the field just outside of the small village, my nerves finally fully kicked in. I hadn't realized just how prepared I had been to never have to see this village again, but here we were. The long, lush grass of the plains that covered all of Celestia swayed around us as we stood just outside the waist-high, mossy stone wall that surrounded the whole village of Galia. I looked over all the quaint, little, unassuming houses and knew that every single one of the families was well aware and just as disapproving of the two large dragons that had landed just beyond their walls, and probably scared the shit out of all of the livestock in the place.That small wall used to feel so big. It had been big enough to contain my entire existence up to this point. I had barely ever even known that there was a world outside of Galia, but now, that wall felt far more like a cage than ever before. One that I had escaped, but was now will

It wasn't long before the waitress came back over to the edge of our table. She seemed to blanch slightly at the sight of the large dagger that now decorated the table top. Although, to her credit, she slid our drinks across the table to us before setting a rather large plate of various slices of meat on the edge of the table, where Xavier slid it over, closer to Bane, who promptly took a large piece of it. Nova was shifting her weight from foot to foot, obviously wanting to join, but it seemed like she couldn't quite make up her mind as to where to go. Bane had taken up the entire spot in front of me, and the only open space was in front of Xavier, but apparently, that was good enough for her. She carefully climbed across his shoulders before jumping down onto the table in front of him. She took a piece of the meat for herself before pressing back as close to Xavier as she could get without being in his lap. My father took a drink of his ale before looking between the two dragons for