>>Amber
The fear reached its peak, sothing within snapped. The familiar but soft burning sensation flared at the base of my neck. The world around began to blur, the edges of reality fraying as the magic took hold.
The assassin’s face twisted into a snarl as he realized what was happening, but it was too late. The teleportation magic surged through , yanking away from the danger.
The world shattered into a blinding light, and for a mont, I was suspended in nothingness, the pain and fear still clinging to like a second skin. Then, just as quickly as it had started, the sensation ended, and I was slamd back into reality.
I collapsed onto cold, hard ground, gasping for breath.
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Unsure of what just happened, I shot my head around, looking for where I was. I forced myself to look up, my vision swimming as I tried to make sense of my surroundings.
I wasn’t in the prince’s chamber anymore. The rich, oppressive atmosphere had been replaced by sothing colder, more sterile.
I was back in the hallway.
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"You might want to run in," I heard Hael’s voice and turned my body around to see him as he was talking with the head butler, "It seems there’s danger in the prince’s quarters."
The butler’s face went pale, he didn’t even spend a second to question Hael’s words and ran towards the door.
"Your Highness!!" He burst through the doors, his voice so loud it alerted the guards at the edge of the corridor and they all ca running.
I watched the butler go in, as the doors opened I saw the assassin standing there, right next to Lyal. Hovering over him, trying to plunge the dagger which was very obviously laced with so sort of magic, into his heart but Lyal had woken up. He was still on the bed, his hands slamd together, holding the dagger in between.
As the butler ran inside, the assassin’s attention got diverted. It was a ga of seconds. The mont the assassin looked at the butler, Lyal kicked the intruder in the gut, making him drop the dagger.
The butler extended his hand towards the assassin, "Stop right there!" A spear ford in mid-air, right above the butler’s hand, made of ice. It had a raw form, but as soon as it ca into existence, the butler launched it towards the assassin.
The other party barely had any ti to react, but he did. He moved out of the place but couldn’t fully save himself. The spear pierced his arm as he was moving, the impact made him stumble and half fall down.
Just then the guards ran past us, running into the room.
The assassin’s eyes went wide and he tried to scramble to his feet to make a run for it. He got up, tried to run towards the window but anyone could see he was done for.
He was against too many people.
"Quite a poor attempt," I snapped back to my senses when I heard Hael again and turned to look at him.
Right,
I had been teleported to him.
I let out a deep subconscious breath as I stared at him while he was looking at the assassin being apprehended.
Right when I was about to get seriously hurt, I got teleported... to him.
"Why are you staring, My Lady?" His soft gaze ca to as he moved his head in my direction.
"Um," I looked at him. " You have enchanted don’t you!" He raised his eyebrows at , "If I’m in trouble I will get teleported to you!"
"Yes" He smiled,"In a way, it gets activated because of your emotions. When you feel extre fear, of fear for your life, it activates."
>>Hael
The being in trouble part was added later. It was really so that no one else can try and touch you intimately
No one else but
But I don’t need to tell her that.
I noticed the blood on her skin and stepped towards her.
On that note, it should have worked imdiately. It might be because the mark I put on her is running out of magic. Teleportation requires a lot of mana, the magic mark might be fading. I’ll have to put more of my magic to make sure it works right.
"But you know what this all ans?" I folded my arms
>>Amber
"What?"
He was looking at in disappointnt.
"It ans you failed." He shook his head at
"I failed?" I had no clue what he was saying
"You failed to protect yourself, even though you can form a perfectly good shield."
’Oh..." It didn’t even cross my mind.
"Not only that, you also could have called out to . All you had to do was call my na." He kept shaking his head and I felt very ashad, "And I would have co, but you-" He pointed both of his hands at after he unfolded his arms, "What did you do?" He was so disappointed he didn’t stop shaking his head. He licked his lips and let out a sigh, "You did nothing."
Damn
...
"Well, no worries," He passed a sinister smile, "I’ll just have to change your training." He ca and held my arm, very gently at that. He moved my sleeve back and looked at my injury. I had a cut that started from the side of my wrist and extended five inches upwards.
I had a very bad feeling at that ti
"What are you going to do?"
He didn’t answer, he just passed a smile as he placed his other hand on that fresh injury that was seeping blood, but to my suprise, he didn’t heal imdiately.
He used so sort of magic to collect the blood first. I watched as the blood dripping down my arm moved into his magic bottle.
That made frown, "What are you doing?" I asked.
"You’ll find out," He answered. The bottle of his was about six inches big. It was just magic though so it was a hazy purple color that collected a more vivid thing in it. And for so reason, I felt like he was actually drawing my blood out of the wound too.
...
No,
He wouldn’t do that. I stared at the bottle, but it’s far more blood than what was coming out of the wound
"Hael," I looked at him as the bottle was almost filled, "I want to know what you’re doing,"
He looked at but didn’t answer. I tried to remove my arms from his grip but he didn’t let .
"Patience," He said and I looked up to glare at him, "I’ll tell you." He then finished his magic and placed his hand on my skin, "I’ll heal you." He slid his fingers on my skin, across the wound, healing it. When his fingers glided over my skin, I felt a tingle.
Stupid of in this kind of situation. I know but I can’t seem to help it
Still, I kept glaring at him, "Tell ," I demanded.
"I will," He replied, "But I’ll have to show you too, so not now."
"Hael!"
He let my arm go and locked his eyes into mine, "Why are you on an edge?"
"You’re collecting my blood!"
"For good reason," He replied calmly
"Then tell the reason!" I was a bit aggressive
"Did I not say, I’ll tell you, when I show it to you," The magic bottle hovered by his side, "Have I ever lied to you? You think I won’t tell you?"
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I paused
That’s right. He’s never really lied to . There are things he doesn’t say, but he never lies...
"Fine," I replied and looked back as the sound of commotion caught my attention. The guards had caught the assassin, "I wonder who sent him?"
"Could be anyone," Hael replied, "Lyal was far too injured to help himself, and if soone had killed him in this condition, no one would have suspected much, since he was near death anyway. Situations like these are perfect for an assassination attempt."
"Don’t kill him yet!" The butler ordered the two guards who were holding the assassin’s arms, "Take him to the dungeon to interrogate him."
"Yeah, but why Lyal? He’s the third prince," We both were looking into the room.
"A prince," Hael replied, "Who has gained a lot of popularity and support from people." We turned our heads to look at each other, "Enough popularity that there’s a chance he can beco the crown prince."
!!!!
I turned my head to look in the room again.
Right,
Lyal was always with Illaris who was purifying the miasma. It boosted his repute off the charts.
The guards carried the unconscious assassin past us. I gave him a glance, the ice spear in his arm had lted and vanished, but the blood was dripping down his black clothes.
I then turned to look inside the room again.
"Are you alright, Your Highness?" The Butler was standing by Lyal’s side, looking worried.
"I’m fine, Sebas," Lyal answered and then looked out the room.
Right at
Our eyes t and I felt a snap.
I turned away, "Let’s go," I began to walk through the hallway.
Hael followed without question.
>>Lyal
I shouldn’t have done that.
I watched Corvina disappear as she moved out of the limited view the doorfra provided.
I was too hasty.
I should have taken my ti to seduce her.
I’ll have to work on it. I can’t lose what I’ve built so far.
I smiled
I survived the monster, even killed it. That is bound to work in my favor.
I haven’t lost yet.
>>Amber
Hael teleported back to my room on the second floor of the cafe but he didn’t co with .
Well, he doesn’t need to either.
I walked to my bed and sat there
I made a bold move today.
I turned my body to look out the window, my eyes traveling to the beautiful moon in the starry sky.
I hope Hael can sort out his feelings soon and tell what I want to hear.
***
>>Hael
I walked in my lab, my footsteps echoing in the quiet place as I grabbed a clear glass bottle from the shelf, then transferred the blood I had just collected from Amber into it and then removed my magic, letting the magic bottle disappear into thin air as I kept walking.
I walked to the edge of the lab, stood between the shelves, in front of the empty wall.
I placed my hand on the wall, "Edro" I whispered the word and a door appeared there. With one hand holding the bottle, I grabbed the knob with my free hand and opened the door to step inside the other part of my lab.
Closing the door behind , I walked to the center of the spacious place, right where the magic artifact was placed
The machine had done its work.
I smiled as I grabbed the other glass bottle from the center of the machine.
It was now filled with blood.
My mother’s blood
The blood that was on her dress. The machine had done a fine job of taking it out in its purest form and transferring it in this bottle, drop by drop.
Once I grabbed the bottle from the machine, it died down and rested as it originally was.
I stared at the bottles of blood in my hands.
Perfect
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