Taking hold of the bed rope, Fenryn was the first to get down from their current location. Their side of the house had bent so much that he knew it wouldn’t be long now before the entire building would come down around them. Many of the guards had gotten out, but others were still calling out from inside. He felt for them, but he had to get out of the blast zone of the rubble that would surely pose a risk to him.Turning his gaze on Nelson, the King saw a large crack quickly zigzagging under the window. “It’s now or never, Nelson! You’ve not got much time left!” Fenryn called out, urging the man to hurry. They might not have had a good start to their meeting, but he had learned he could depend on the ex-bandit. At least enough to worry about his safety.Nelson peered down at the King. The bedsheets wouldn’t have held both of them, but now that Fenryn was on the ground, he could finally get down himself. With the way the King had urge

While leaving Fenryn to deal with Vaughan, Elena, the two guards, and Nelson went about looking for the other possessed humans in the area. There was nothing they could currently do about Sethis as he was far too large for the silver to even phase him, but they each hoped the others would be easier to contend with.The two guards quickly found another of the possessed mages. This one looked as white as snow and almost bone-like in appearance. Where there were once two eyes were now nothing but sunken holes with evil red orbs floating within.Meanwhile, Nelson took Elena back to the gnarled tree-like ex-mage closer to Sethis. He wasn’t sure how to handle this thing, especially if it kept screeching as loud as it did. He was sure if they were not cautious, their eardrums would explode from the sheer sound.Once the two arrived, Elena hesitated and looked up. She could barely see her father’s face from this close. She wondered if any part of him remaine

Of course, this confession of love had hurt Elena, but deep down she had always known she would never indeed find love from the King. Not because he was unkind to her, but because they had forced him into this arranged marriage as much as they had forced her. Not only that, but she had already known she could never really be the Queen or the mother of his children. She was a mage and not someone he could ever be with, even if to the public’s eye - they claimed her to be those things.With a soft sigh and a gentle smile, she silently forgave him and accepted his choice to find love with someone else. She didn’t feel any resentment and was almost glad it was with someone she believed deserved the King’s affection. Now that her father had shown himself a traitor, her place at the King’s side was no doubt over before it had even begun.Elena wasn’t sure if she would face punishment in place of her father if he didn’t come to his senses and accept punishment himself. Of course, he would ta

Sending the two guards to help the citizens of Ameathon City, Fenryn helped Elena, Nelson and Vaughan with the search for any survivors within the rubble. It had been unfortunate that they couldn’t do this sooner, but dealing with Sethis and the mages had been a far more pressing matter.However, things were not completely done as Nelson realised they still had one outstanding issue to deal with. The old soul within Vaughan was still an issue. He was convinced Yukiro would want that one too, but Vaughan hadn’t lost his mind, and killing him now would spark the King’s ire.As he tossed another piece of rubble out of the way, Nelson dared to ask the question that was probably lingering in everyone’s mind. “What do you think will happen to you, Vaughan? I can’t imagine the Goddess will merely leave you be, right?”The truth was, even Nelson didn’t know Yukiro’s plan to deal with Vaughan’s situation. Out of

After a couple of months, the citizens had cleared away most of the old mansion and whatever they could salvage went into the funds to fix up the city. Nelson hadn’t yet rebuilt a new mansion for himself, but he hadn’t been in any rush. There had been so much work to do just helping to repair the city and to help the families of those who had lost loved ones, that he hardly found any time to work on getting a home built for himself.Then there were the trips he had to make to get his new title made official. He didn’t mind returning home to the Falanthyst Kingdom. It meant he could visit the woman who had acted as his mother all his life, his sister, and a woman Nelson had missed badgering.“I can’t believe he actually let you keep the noble title,” Lynnette said, rolling her eyes as she allowed Nelson to push her chair around the castle to their meeting with the King. “You think he will continue to collect other people like on