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PART THREE <b>– </b>CHAPTER 95
As soon as I got everything settled in the house and Stephanie was taking care of the baby Elias and I were able to sit down with Arthur and find out everything that has happened in
Avalon since I left.
He exined the whole situation as nothing short of horrific, painting a picture so grim that it was hard to believe it was the same ce I once knew. The realm that I had walked through, full of light,ughter, and life, was gone. In its cey nothing but ruin. The forests that used to sing with the sound of birds and rustling leaves had been reduced to ckened stumps, their ashes scattered by a relentless wind. Viges that once bustled with people and color were nothing more than hollow shells, crumbling under the weight of silence. The air itself seemed poisoned, heavy with despair, and the sky was a dull gray that refused to let the sun break through. What had once been a thriving realm now resembled a vast, lifeless wastnd, stripped of all hope.
Creatures were being killed all over the ce and Morgana’s dragons, what was left of them, were making her presence known and that she was the one to be feared.
I didn’t think there was anyone worse than the ck witch, but I was obviously wrong.
“Lyra. We need you toe back to Avalon. I need your help.” Arthur said, voice t with
urgency.
“Wait. Thest time she went there she couldn’t find her way back.” Elias folded his arms, every word a barricade.
“She can get back now.” Arthur snapped. “She learned the routes. She knows the portals.”
“No. I don’t care about routes.” Elias shot back. “It’s reckless. Have you forgotten we’ve just had a baby? Grayson needs her here – now. Not lost in some ce where time runs on a different clock.”
“I understand that.” Arthur said, but the patience in his voice was paper–thin. “Time moves differently there. Days and weeks aren’t the same.”
“And what if one day there equals a year here?” Elias pressed, voice rising. “If she goes, she could miss Grayson’s whole childhood. That’s not ‘a risk‘ – that’s abandonment.”
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“Morgana is furious because Lyra left.” Arthur barked. “She wanted to finish Lyra herself and when Lyra vanished, Morgana tore my realm apart.” His fist mmed into the chair; fury reced reason.
<i>“</i>So because your realm got wrecked, we should hand Lyra over?” Elias exploded. “She’s not
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your saviour, Arthur. She isn’t some one–person solution you can ransom to fix what you
broke.”
“Is she only mine then?” Arthur shot back, incredulity cutting sharp. “Is she only here to save
you and
wolves? To be your handy champion when things go wrong?”
your
“She’s here to protect this realm.” Elias said. “Not to prop up your crown. Not to be sacrificed on the altar of your guilt.”
“She started this.” Arthur’s voice was cold now, the me a razor. “She crossed into my world, killed the witch, the queen–left me to finish Morgana after she murdered her sister.
She walked into it.”
“And you expect me to swallow that you can handle Morgana without her?” Elias’s stare was blunt, usatory. “You want to drag Lyra back because you can’t–because you’re out of options.”
“What are you implying?” Arthur demanded.
Elias didn’t soften. “I’ve seen you look at her since you arrived. Don’t pretend it’s only duty. Don’t pretend there isn’t more tangled in your reasons.”
Arthur’s face went ck; he looked away. I met Elias’s eyes when he turned to me.
“Lyra.” He said.
“His guards told me he’s falling in love with me.” I answered, steady and deliberate. “But I made it clear – I’ming home to you.” I didn’t flinch. I wouldn’t lie to Elias, not about this.
Arthur looked at me like I had betrayed him by telling Elias the truth.
“Morgana’s dangerous enough to wipe out the whole realm.” I said. “I started it – I killed her dragon and her sister. She told me she’d take our baby in return. That’s how unhinged she is. I can’t just leave them like that.”
“Then I’ming with you.” Elias said.
“I expected you to.”
“We’re not leaving empty–handed.” He went on. “We’ll take an army and go after her
“Grayson-“I began.
“I know. I don’t want to be away long either.” Elias said.
– fast.”
“He’s a newborn. He needs me now.” I said, louder. “If you want to go straightaway, Arthur, you can – but we won’t rush off until we’ve nned this properly.”
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Arthur snapped, “My whole realm could fall while you’re hesitating.”
“Time moves differently there.” I replied firmly. “A few weeks here is only a day or two in Avalon. Morgana already took a long time to do the damage she did
she’s not going to destroy everything in forty–eight hours. We’ll prepare and move when we can do it right.”
I saw Elias smirking at Arthur and Arthur didn’t look too pleased. But he wasn’t going to <fn798f> For original chapters go to f?i?n?d?n?o?v?e?l?</fn798f>
argue.
I was the Queen in this world and I wasn’t going to be swayed into doing anything I didn’t
want to.
I just had a baby and he had to be my main priority. Right now, that’s where my focus was. But we were also going to gather the army and get them ready to fight whatever we had to
battle over there.
They weren’t prepared for the types of creatures that we were going to encounter which
meant I was going to have to train them myself.
That was something else that I don’t think I was ready for. But I knew Elias would be there to help me, as long as I exined everything to him beforehand.
We got a worker to set up a room for Arthur and he went to get settled in while I went back upstairs to Grayson’s room.
Stephanie asked if everything was alright and I told her that I would exin everything to her
After she left I sat on the floor next to Grayson’s cot, just watching him sleep.
Elias sat behind me and I leaned against his chest while I was trying to run everything over in my head<i>. </i>
“What are we facing here?” Elias asked.
<i>“</i>Warlocks. Werebears, but they’re on our side. I hope. Dragons, Giants if there are any left. Luga, he is in charge of a n of sphinx–like creatures. I killed a lot of them when they attacked Arthur’s castle, but I don’t know if I got all of them. There’s probably a lot of things in that realm that have joined Morgana because I hurt their kind.” I exined.
<i>“</i>You’ve never told me what happened there.” He said.
“I never thought I’d have to. I guess that was just wishful thinking.” I said.
I leaned my head back on Elias and I started going through everything. From the second I arrived at Avalon until the second I left. Every creature I encountered and ally I made.
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He sat back on the floor, his arms crossed tightly around my waist, and just listened to me. I could see in his eyes that he was hoping–maybe even silently begging–that I would hurry up and finish the story, to finally bring it all to a close. But the truth was, there was always another detail, another memory that wed its way to the surface, demanding <i>to </i>be spoken
aloud.
So I kept talking, and he kept sitting there, silent and patient on the outside. Yet, beneath that calm exterior, I could sense the storm brewing. Every word I spoke seemed to gnaw at him, piece by piece. His jaw tightened, his shoulders stiffened, and though he tried to mask it, I knew he was getting pissed off–angry not at me, but at the weight of everything I had gone through.
And more than that, I could see the nervousness creeping into him. It was in the way his eyes shifted when I mentioned certain names, or how his fingers tapped restlessly against my stomach when I described the wastnd. He wasn’t just angry; he was afraid. Afraid because he knew that we weren’t done with this nightmare. Afraid because going back there wasn’t just a possibility–it was a certainty.
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