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Kaya’s POV.
The sun rises with me locked inside this room, and now it has set. I am pacing from one end of the bed frame to the other, my brows arched downward as I remain lost within my thoughts.
I really do hope that Chester hasn’t forgotten me here or his Lords. And most importantly, if he doesn’t, he comes to save them.
I don’t want to use force until I know that I’ll be getting some help as well, as I’d need someone-someone who would always remind me not to go back into that trail of darkness. It’s why I didn’t try to use my magic against anyone yet, even when the maids came to bring me food.
I can’t rest, so I have been standing ever since, my thoughts wider than the large space of this room. I’ve walked over the balcony many times with the thought that maybe if I could turn myself into a bird or maybe an insect, I could find my way to where the triplets are being kept.
While I could have tried working on that spell since morning, because I have the book that Olivia gave me with me, I know better that that can’t solve anything. I’d only be endangering them more.
When I saw Kade, Kyle, and Kieran, they had been completely rendered useless. The straps used to hold them to the lab beds aren’t so strong that if they had their energy, they wouldn’t have broken.
My eyes snap over to the door to my room and narrow at it when I hear a loud bang followed by a distant silence. I try to listen well, but I can only hear someone grunting-or perhaps it’s just my imagination.
Although I don’t plan on being without guard, I whisper, “ignis…” And fire lit up in both my palms.
I’m walking close to the door to pay more attention since I can’t open it due to the alphas’ orders to have me locked all day long until I come back to my senses. The door opens, and Chester flashes his pearly white teeth at me. In response, I smile as I cock my head in fake disgust at his actions.
“Oh, it seems like you didn’t need any help after all.” Chester looks down at my palms before he raises his gaze at me. “That explains much.”
“Remind me again why I decided to listen to you. Sometimes you talk with so many senses, I wonder where you learned the knowledge from, and sometimes…”This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.
“And sometimes, I am cockily handsome and perfect.” Winking one eye at me, I exhale, absolutely giving up.
I’m not going to have an argument with him, especially not in such a delicate situation that we’ve found ourselves in.
“Bro, we’ve got three powerful beings to save, don’t we?” I remind Chester, and he beats himself on the forehead.
Oh, goodness, don’t tell me he forgot.
“Well, let’s hurry.” And that’s what we did. I run out of the room, and at the end of the hallway, I narrow my eyes at the split path.
“What are we waiting for? It’s only a matter of time before the alarm starts ringing, and the three men I have with me can’t buy us enough time.” The way he speaks aloud annoys and distracts me at the same time.
I honestly don’t understand why he’s being facetious at this time.
I turn to him and place my index finger in the middle of his chest. “I would really appreciate some silence, and rather than you being facetious, perhaps try to be very serious. We could be killed at anytime.” I turn back to the path, reeling inside my head what path leads to the basement once again. “I’m trying to remember the path the guards bought me through, and don’t forget that you’re with a witch. We are stronger if we remain serious.”
Then, it ticks in my head, “this path.” I run towards the left path, and he tsks.
“Well…”
We make our way to the basement, nearing the triplets, as I can begin to feel their energy. Chester is behind me, watching our backs while I watch our fronts, and suddenly, I catch two guards at the doorway and stop in my tracks, “hide,” quickly, I state, wanting us to hide behind one of the pillars, but considering the idiot that Chester is, he hits me, pushing me to the front such that I grunt lightly.
The guards attention is called only to me, and I raise my hands into the air sharply. “Who’s there?”
When they see me, they look at each other in confusion. As they walk closer, my brain working on what spell I could use at this point, I see that they are the two guards from earlier.
“You are supposed to still be in the room. How are you here?”
“Well, I have a surprise.” I say and expect Chester to come outside just then to fight them, but he continues to hide with his sword in his hands. “Chester, for heavens sake, that was your click.” Saying, the guards are confused for a moment before he jumps out, chuckling lightly with the same playfulness.
“Sorry, Kaya.” He twirls his sword and faces the guards, “want to have a taste? Don’t worry. I don’t like to dirty my claws.” As they come for him, peeling their sword from its sheath, he attacks back.
The clanking of swords pierces into my ears while I run to the door, finding it locked, and speak, “reserare.”
My powers are heightened due to the dangers my body naturally feels, causing the door to break off with great force.
Hurrying, I make my way to the triplets. Kade is the first I stop next to and hit him on the cheeks as hard as I can. “Kade, open your eyes. Kade!” But he seems to be comatose already.
Regardless, knowing I can still feel his energy, I am a bit calm and raise my gaze as Chester enters the room with blood having spilled onto his body. At the same time, the alarm bell rings, penetrating into every wall.
My eyes flare, and my heart elevates in its beating. “We must hurry. My men can only hold us for a bit.”
“Laqueo et libero, impero.” In general, the triplets and everything used to hold them down are broken or torn to the ground.
“Wait, did you even think of how we’d get them out of here?” Chester shakes his head.
“Oh, fuck!”
Having no other choice, we wheel the triplets into the sick bed. Chester is pulling Kieran and Kyle behind him, the tire of the bed screeching at its fast pace against the ground, while I help in driving the bed of Kade’s.
We’ve reached the center of the room when Chester’s men break through one of the many doors that lead into this room. They are fighting off the werewolves of the other packs with swords; however, the wolves of the other packs fight back in their true form.
“We are locked.” Chester says, his tone etched with so much seriousness that I thought it was unreal until I saw in his eyes that he was serious.
My breathing has ragged, and right then, Olivia, Frederick, Damon, Xander, and Lucas all show up at the top of the stairs, walking down to meet us.
“You must think us fools to go against us, Kaya. My heart bleeds from your betrayal.” She speaks, and it seems she means it as she clutches her chest.
Her eyes shift to Chester and the three men he has with him. “Drop all guards, or I’ll kill you right away where you stand.” But well, Chester isn’t the type who would follow her command.
His neck cracks, and he shifts into his wolf. My eyes grow big in response when I see that the other three also shift into their wolves, meaning they are ready to die right here if that’s what it would take.
No, I must think. I can’t allow this to happen. I’m supposed to be the balance, the bridge to settle darkness from light, but here, this is happening, and I am useless.
My voice raises as I shout to the top of my lungs, “stop!” I breathe heavily. “All of you, stop!” Then, turning my eyes over to Chester’s wolf, I give him the gesture that I know what I’m doing. “No one is killing themselves here today.”
When I say, Olivia’s lips shift into a dark smirk, but unmindful of it, I raise my hand into the air, showing that I’m not going to hurt anymore, and proceed with my words.