There was a thick fog in the city forming from all the vapor, and with both sides wearing masks, it was nearly impossible to know who was fighting who.
Blood was splattered everywhere. Screams were piercing my ears on repeat that I thought it’d never end. If I made it out alive after today, I knew I’d continue to hear them.
I turned to Sie who was fighting next to me. “How long until Rainer and Brock come back with everyone else?” I asked.
“Probably an hour if we’re lucky.”
“We need themnow,” Kallon chimed in next to us. “There’s too many Luxians.”
Agony ran through my body but it wasn’t my own.Are you okay?I shot into Tezya’s mind as panic started to consume me. I needed to get to wherever he was. There was no way I was going to let him challenge the King by himself.
I’m fine, Rumor. Just a scratch,he replied a second later, but I wasn’t stupid. Whatever injury he just got wasn’t a scratch.
Where are you?
Stay with Sie,he said instead of answering.
That’s not what I asked you,I seethed. Rage coursed through me as he kept avoiding my question.Where are you, Tezya?
I’m with Dove.
Are you going after him, NOW?I wasn’t sure if I also shouted the words out loud because everyone turned to look at me.
Just stay with Sie,was all he said.
Tezya, stop. Don’t do this. You can’t do this alone.
I didn’t get a reply back, even though I knew he heard me. I could still feel him, but he was shutting me out.
I whipped my head toward Sie. “He asked you to keep me away from him, didn’t he?” I spat.
Sie’s sword swiped into a soldier at my left, just barely missing my abdomen. Everything was starting to click into place. Tezya was the one who came up with the locations for the different waves, and he put me in the furthest one from him. He made sure I’d be far away from him when he planned to challenge the King. He didn’t want me in the crossfire, but he couldn’t do this alone. If he did, he would…
“He asked me to keep you safe,” Sie responded.
“I’m going to find him,” I yelled. “Don’t think about trying to stop me.”
Sie cursed, running his hands through his thick black hair, and leaving blood splattering across his face in the process. “Fine, but I’m coming with you.”
“A little help before you all up and leave us,” Kallon shouted as three soldiers swarmed her. Before Sie and I could move, Savannah had them knocked down in seconds.
“You guys need to wait until Rainer and Brock show up,” Kallon gritted as another soldier attacked her. “If you all go now, you’re leaving our wave unprotected.”
Kallon was right. My feelings aside, until the fifth wave came, the Luxians outnumbered us three to one.
“Can you locate Dovelyn with your telepathy?” I asked Sie.
“I can try,” he said. “Why?”
“Just make sure Tezya isn’t going after the King right now. Tell her to do whatever she can to stall him.”
He nodded, and I knew he was focusing on pinpointing her throughout the castle. I covered for Sie while he worked, praying he could do it. If he could talk to the princess, she was probably the only other person here who would understand. She wanted Tezya safe just as much as I did.
Sweat was beating down Sie’s temple by the time he finished. “She said he’s fine, and they haven’t found the King yet. We have time.”
“Okay, good. We need to—” I started to say, but was cut off by Kallon.
“What are you doing here?” she screeched as she grabbed a beautiful brunette by the waist and pulled her into her side. She was half the height of her, but whereas Kallon was lean with hard angles, the brunette had curves. Her eyes were bright blue, a couple of shades lighter than my own and looked striking against her dark complexion.
