BLOODY THRONE

Cp 29

Jade walked quickly down the hall, ignoring the soldiers who saluted him. Today he wanted to talk to his uncle about Minotars showing up all of a sudden near his town, but instead, he got much more shocking information.

He sat on a park bench, unable to understand the conversation between his father and his uncle. He sustained his chin with thought.

'How can Ashley be born again?'

'In what way?'

'Where?'

'When?'

He pondered the answer to his question, and if Ashley was born again, he wanted to meet her. Jade's biggest regret was that he wasn't around Ashley when the girl was fighting alone.

Jade ruffled his hair, wanting to know where Ashley was now; the moment he remembered Alouise, the man was always around Ashley until he was sick of seeing him.

"Does the boy know where Ashley is? Could he be the one who brought Ashley back?"

If Ashley has been reborn, the thing he fears most is the Dyras; he’s afraid that he might find out and start coming after Ashley again.

"Where shoul