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“Finnley.” She started, the male looking at her with a worried face. “If things go bad, take care of my people.”

She could see the understanding in his eyes, no more words needing to be exchanged and she saw the slow nod in return. The sound of wings echoed off the rocks and soon she was standing a few feet from the fire looking up at the dark sky.

“I hope Kaden has a good plan.” Boone groaned as he sat next to the messenger boy, the fire flickering in the light breeze.

“Yeah.” she sighed, not wanting to tell him of the plan they had already agreed on and she knew right then their future was in danger.

Chapter 59

Afew hours later she heard the sound of wings getting closer and soon two shadows landed on the ground behind her.

Her bond vibrated and she didn’t have to turn to know who it was.

“The boy was right.” Kaden huffed. “There are Trenchers all over the city.”

She felt both males sit on either side of her and Kaden wrapped his arm around her, pressing a kiss to the side of her temple.

“How bad is it?” she asked hesitantly.

“The city seems to be in ok shape,” Xander started. “But we were able to look in the windows above the throne room and it wasn’t a pleasant site.”

She felt her skin start to prickle, memories of Mavros torturing her coming to the front of her mind and she could imagine whathe had done. All he wanted was her magic, but Emris stole his mate and then killed her.

“What can we do?” She asked quietly.

“Well he still doesn’t know you have your powers.” Kaden added. “I think we need to play off that.”

She glanced up at him, the other two males staring and Kaden sighed with frustration.

“I think we walk right in and catch him off guard. I don’t think he is there to stay, I think he is waiting for you to return and we can catch him by surprise.” Kaden added.

“So you want to just walk her in and hope we can get her back out?” Xander snapped, clearly unhappy with the plan.

“No one there knows Kaden has power too,” she said calmly.

“Between both our powers I think we can do this,” Kaden replied.

“What is the point of all this?” Boone finally interjected. “We have no reason to go back to Elnora if it's been overrun and should return to Mydalsa to plan a defense.”

“We need Emris.” Kaden barked. “If Mavros kills Emris then he will become the true King of Ambros and we will all be living in Helliem.”

“I can’t believe I have to save that asshole now.” She sighed and placed her head in her hands, exhaustion starting to take over.

Everyone stayed silent for a long while, the only sound was the crackling of the fire and the occasional groan from the messenger.

“Let’s get some sleep.” Kaden finally broke the silence, his eyes heavy with thought.

“I’ll stay up with him for a while.” Boone said quietly, gesturing towards the male laying on the ground.

“Come wake me when you want some sleep.” Xander replied and she followed Kaden to their small blanket area a few feet from the fire.

As soon as they laid down pressed herself into his chest, his arms wrapping around her and his wings appearing. He used one to curl around them, keeping the cold air from their upper half and she let out a long breath.

“I don’t like this,” she mumbled.

“I know.”

“I think we need a new plan.”