---- I said get over here! Im ordering you! Sheshed out quickly, and I tried to shield myself, raising my arm.


    The deadly whip coiled around my wrist like a venomous snake, embedding itself into my skin, burning and searing like a hot iron.


    Instinctively, I thought about using my curse, but something told me I shouldnt reveal more of my secrets.


    Tnsolent! She started pulling me now that she had me ensnared.


    She was stronga supernatural being.


    I resisted with everything I had, my muscles tense, my heels dug firmly into the ground, trying to free myself from the binding with my other hand, nearly tearing my nails off, scratching and wing without sess.


    I found myself giving in, being dragged, panting and writhing, fighting like a wild beast, but she kept pulling the whip in, inch by inch.


    Pm going to teach you your ce, you filthy elemental! Neither Electra nor anyone else will save you! she shouted, raising her other hand, blinded by rage, beginning to conjure an attack spell.


    I felt every instinct in me screaming danger.


    Bound like this, struggling with this elemental body, sweating and gaspingif she threw that fireball, it would hit me head-on.


    I couldnt pass out, I couldnt fall, I couldnt be used to harm mydy! Inasplit second, I stopped thinking, I just followed that extreme, ---- dark, murderous emotion that erupted like a torrent from every pore of my body.


    Like in slow motion, tendrils of ck magic emanated from me, and at the same time she cast her spell, I pulled up a shield.


    AAAHHHH NOO000! Agonized screams echoed in my ears.


    A sinisterugh escaped my lipsat least you, I could get even with.


    Amidst mes and smoke, darkness and crackling magic shing against columns, shattering chunks of stone, I jumped without thinking twice into the void.


    I''d rather die a thousand times than betray the person who had be my entire world.


    Damn it, damn it! I heard curses, the agonizing screams of that ve now engulfed in mes.


    My entire body turned immaterial.


    I willedno, I ordered that damned thing inside me to carry me safely to the ground.


    I felt my mind drift, the rushing breeze roaring in my ears.


    I closed my eyes, expecting the worst, but as I reached the ground, my bootsnded on something soft.


    Topened my eyes, dazed, and looked aroundonly darkness and sinister magic surrounding me.


    I lifted my head toward the tower, and for a second, my gaze met that witchs.


    She was stunned.


    She had seen me, my oddities.


    She was so shocked she hadnt even reacted.


    ---- But I did.


    I wasnt safe yet Without a second thought, I ran toward the stables to find a horse.


    Mydys horse was there! Help me, help me find Electra, I whispered, stroking its mane the way she did.


    Adrenaline surged through my veins as I clumsily but quickly mounted its back.


    I spurred it on, gripping its mane tightly so I wouldn''t fall, my legs mped to its sides like shackles.


    The hooves thundered as we galloped through the city, echoing in the night, the wind whistling past, leaving the murmurs of people behind.


    It felt like the horse understood my urgency, my desperation to reach its mistress.


    I lifted my head slightly, ncing behind me.


    Storm clouds were gathering over the mansion.


    Soon, they''d be hunting me down.


    Come on,e on, faster, faster, I urged, and soon we reached the first obstacle.


    The city gates were closing to trap me inside.


    No, no, I couldnt be imprisoned here! I couldn t!