Fourty One
Author: Xylia Aurora
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Chapter forty one

For a fortress under siege it was all to eerie and shadowy, the air had an ominous flow to it, sending chills down my spine, I really hoped Dracul was alright.

"Stay close to me." Gulliver whispered harshly. "We don't know what to expect."

His warning caused a chill in me, but I kept going reminding myself who I was doing this for, Dracul needed me and I wouldn't fuck up. If Ryder and Delan had so much as hurt a single strand on his hair.

A harsh hand clamped over my mouth and pulled me rather abruptly into a darkened room.

"Shhhh." Gulliver said clamping his hands tighter around my mouth. "Be quiet or they'll catch us!"

I swallow a whimper as the guards marched right past us, the staff in my hand feeling all to small for the defense purposes it was supposed to serve. Hr waited for the footsteps of the guards to fade away before letting go of me.

"Why did you do that?" I snap at him. "They can help us!"

"Have you just lazed around stuffing your brain with fruit!" H
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