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As soon as we reached the front of the castle, Luke and our remaining warriors were waiting
for us.
<b>I </b>started walking in a different direction than towards the vige where we had been staying and all the warriors quickly fell in line.
“Lyra. Where are we going?” Elias asked.
“Arthur’s castle. If he’s hiding the warriors, they’ll be in the dungeon.” I said.
“Are his dungeons strong enough to hold werewolves?” Luke asked.
“They’re strong enough to hold anything with magical powers. So I believe they can hold werewolves.” I said.
“Do you think he might have fled back there?” Elias asked.
“Honestly, I’m hoping he did.” I said. So Elias nodded his head and I heard him crack his knuckles as he fell in line with me ahead of the warriors and we led them to a possible battle
at what remains of Arthur’s castle.
“What happened when Morgana did that to you?” Elias asked.
“I got a lot more than I bargained for. By the way, we’re not leaving just yet. I only needed her to believe that.” I whispered.
“Yeah. I thought so. You’d never leave people in need.” He said.
It took a couple of hours to get there and by the time we did, it was already after sundown.
It was a really eerie feeling as we stopped short of the ruins of the once autiful and delicate castle that I stayed in while I was here the first time.
As I took a step closer to the castle Elias grabbed my hand tighter and kept me in ce.
“I don’t like this.” He said.
“I know. But he doesn’t have anywhere else to hide such arge amount of people. They have to be under these ruins.” I said.
“Do you know how to get down there?” He asked.
“Yeah. But there’s a lot of damage. I wasn’t here for very longst time.” I said.
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“Alright. Luke, take the warriors and search every inch of this building. If you see anything move, kill it.” Elias ordered. <fn33e4> This text is hosted at fινdnοvel</fn33e4>
So Luke led the warriors inside the castle while they were all in wolf form and Elias and I walked up to it in human form.
We walked inside the front doors and we could see ceilings that had caved in. I stopped for a moment to take in the site before me so I could get my bearings and find out where I needed
to go.
Luke was reporting back to us as they were searching the castle and they couldn’t see anything.
I looked at Elias and let out a deep breath before we ventured further into the ruins.
The path narrowed, littered with broken statues and shattered banners. Every step echoed.
“Stay close.” I warned. “Something’s watching us.”
We moved carefully, avoiding runes etched into the stones. A low growl from my mate made me freeze. Shadows shifted unnaturally between the ruins.
“Over there.” He hissed, pointing to a pile of rubble that seemed… wrong. The stones moved subtly, like they were breathing.
Before I could react, skeletal forms rose from the debris, glowing eyes fixed on us. The king’s minions, enchanted beyond death, snarled as they lunged.
“Now!” My mate yelled, and I leapt forward, fangs bared. Shifting in the air as we attacked.
The fight was a blur of teeth, ws, and sparks of magic. One minion swung a jagged weapon, but I twisted, shing through the air and sending it crashing into a copsed wall. My mate <i>tore </i>through another, growling with unrestrained fury.
I wasn’t sure what was fueling these creatures because Arthur has no magic. But as I managed to rip <i>one </i>of their heads off and threw it across the room, causing it to smash, the rest of the body fell as well.
As soon as we realized that was the way to kill these things, it was easy to get past them all.
When we were sure they were all dead, we shifted back and made our way down to the dungeon. But not before Elias had managed to stop and find me a in white dress that was more like a night gown and we went downstairs.
As soon as we got down there we heard a whole heap of noises from wolves and people.
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Arthur had locked his own people in the dungeons when he took our wolves.
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I don’t know why I was surprised, but there were so many people locked in this one cell because that’s all that was left. It was like one massive cell at the back of the room.
I raised my hand and released dragonfire at the lock, instantly melting it and we were able to open the door and let everyone out.
We got them to the front of the castle and that’s when Luke and the other warriors met us out there and we started running from the castle.
We’d already battled skeleton type creatures and I wasn’t prepared to see what else there was
inside there.
So we started running along the vast nothingness while Elias and I were still in human form and the wolves couldn’t run at full speed.
But that didn’t matter because we didn’t have far to go.
As soon as I stopped I made sure everyone was behind me and the locals of this realm knew of another ce where they would be safe. They swore that they would be safe where they were going so they all bowed to me and thanked me for getting them out of there.
I stood there concentrating as I moved my hand in front of me and a portal opened and the wind became unbearable for a moment.
“Get the warriors back to our world.” I ordered.
“Just them?” Elias asked.
“They can’t help us with what we need to do.” I said.
“We’re not leaving you.” Luke said.
“This isn’t up for debate. Go.” I ordered.
He looked at Elias, and since we both had more information than Luke did, Elias went along with it. He trusted that I knew what I was doing, even if I wasn’t entirely sure myself. So all of our warriors jumped through the portal, their figures fading into the shimmering light, and they were back home <i>to </i><i>go </i>back to their families again, their faces filled with relief and joy.
As soon as the portal closed, it was eerily quiet in the night. Elias walked beside me, his presence steady and grounding, the only sound our footsteps against the soft earth.
“Do you know what you’re doing?” Elias asked, his voice gentle but probing.
“No. But I can’t risk losing them because of who I am.” I said, my heart tightening at the
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“You’re their Queen. They will do whatever you need them to do.” He said, his confidence in me unwavering.
“Exactly. They will die for me, and I know that. But I won’t allow it.” I said, determination flickering in my eyes.
“Where to next?” He asked, tilting his head slightly.
So I turned around and looked back toward the vige that we were staying at with Arthur, my mind already racing with ns, knowing that the night held more secrets than we had yet uncovered.
Someone suddenly grabbed me from behind, and a cold, sharp knife pressed against my throat. My breath caught, panic wing at my chest as adrenaline surged. Elias stepped closer, his growl low and dangerous, like a predator ready to strike. Arthur only pressed the knife harder into my skin, the steel biting sharply, drawing a sting of blood. His eyes glinted with cruel satisfaction, every movement deliberate, proving without words that he wouldn’t hesitate to kill me if Elias dared to intervene. My heart hammering, mind racing for any escape, any move that might save me from this imminent danger.
But then the anger started to set in.
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