Drax heard the growl again, and that time, he was looking at what was going on. He could still remember, but there was Corvius holding his face in place and making sure he was beholding the horror.Drax watched as the younger boy growled again, and when he did, the other boys quickly took their hands off him and stepped back. They watched in fear and horror as the boy began to grow scales. Large red scales soon covered his entire body and his eyes turned red. Two large horns grew from his head and black claws popped out of his hands.The boys were terrified by what they were seeing. They screamed and tried to run, but the beast caught up with them. It tore the first boy into two and quickly beheaded the other one. "No..."Drax tried to close his eyes but they no longer responded to him. Corvius had control. He made sure he watched. The third and oldest boy tried to run but the beast caught up with it. The boy screamed as the beast cut him down.Corvius laughed afterward. The beast sl
"Arghh!"Alastair groaned as he tried to stand, but his body was badly rough-handled. He could even feel the strain in his mind, and the more he tried to stand up, the more the pain persisted. But he knew he had to get up so as to help Cara. Corvius was after her and he would not stop until he gets her.Alastair groaned again and stood up. His bones cracked as he did, and he felt a terrible wave of pain sweep him off the ground for a moment. He quickly used his powers to maintain his balance. But then, he wondered.How was Corvius so powerful? Corvius was not a sorcerer, he was a mage. How was a Mage so powerful? What about the primal cubes made him so formidable? And how was he absorbing them in the first place? He knew that there were mages who could absorb energy, but those mages had a limit. They usually exploded if they absorbed too much. The level of magic Corvius has absorbed was enough to destroy him.How was he tricking death?Alastair took his first step and felt his bones
"No."Cara slowly stated as soon as Alastair completed his statement. She had expected to hear something bad, but what she heard was nothing she could cope with. Cara shook her head dismissively and closed her eyes."No. You cannot go. It is too risky. It's unpredictable. Its-its dangerous. No. You can't."She added."I know it is all of those things. But I also know that perhaps it is the only shot we have. The cube is a primal source of energy, and it is also a portal. I think I can find the realm of the dragons through it.""You think. You are not even sure. What if you end up inside a volcano or the middle of a storm or in an entirely different world where you would get vaporized in an instant? What would you do then?" It is too dangerous. You can't do this."Cara insisted, but she knew that she could not hold Alastair back. Alastair, on the other hand, knew that his mind can not be changed. It was a great risk that he was willing to take for the sake of the kingdom and for Cara's
Reynolds could feel the air getting tighter. Even though the capital he was guarding had a sun sphere surrounding it, he could feel the chill. He did not fully understand what was happening, and why the world was suddenly freezing up, but Reynolds knew that there was more to it.So, as he watched the sun sphere from the top of a balcony situated centrally in the capital, he tried to imagine what would be going on in the palace at that moment. The battle started from there, so, it made sense that it was mostly concentrated there as well. He had tried to find ways to reach out to the palace but he could not. He did not even have a telepath with him among the mages that defended the capital with him. And when he did a head count, he found out that there were only four of them left. They were about a dozen, but the northerners had killed the others when they attacked."Reynolds..."Reynolds suddenly heard a mage call to him from behind. He turned around and a tall, lanky mage walked towa
Reynolds watched as the man approached the sun sphere. The rest of the guards looked at him with uncertainty, and some of them thought that he would perhaps drag the man back as soon as the man was getting too close to the sphere. But Reynolds did no such thing. He just kept watching, and the man kept walking.Collin who had seen what was happening rushed towards Reynolds. He could see the intent on Reynolds'face and he knew that whenever his brother was like that, nothing could change his mind when he had decided on something. But Collin knew that something terrible might happen to the man if he was not stopped."You have to stop this. He is going to get himself killed."Collin said to Reynold who did not give him a response. He just kept watching as the man trudged towards the sphere.Collin sighed and tried to make a move but Reynolds held him back."What are you doing? We have to stop him!" Collin cried out but Reynolds did not let him go."We have to teach a lesson here. So you w
The first thing that Vera heard was the guttural growl followed by the clicking. She froze there, thinking about what sort of animal could possibly make such a noise. Vera felt her anxiety increase but she did not show it. She had to maintain a calm composure. The fate of her guards depended on it.Then, she saw something move in a blur. She could not figure out what it was exactly but it was there, and it was watching. She took a step back and helped some of the people cross into the dome, and then, she saw another blur."We have company. Get ready!"She called out to her guards who drew their Weapons in a single, precise, and uniformed move. The guards then arranged themselves into a formation, one of each facing opposite sides, with the rest of them and Vera standing in the center.The mages were helping more people into the dome, and when Vera looked at Reynolds' face, she realized that she should have trusted him completely. He was right after all. There was something there."The
Vera watched as Reynolds slept calmly on the bed. She could observe the way his chest heaved up and down, and she had never been any more grateful than she was at that moment. Who knows what could have happened if he hadn't saved her? Vera tried her best not to think about the possibility, but the more she tried, the more the possibility filled her mind. It would have been her, lying on that bed, wounded, or possibly even worse. She would have been dead, lying outside with the other corpses, waiting to be buried. She shuddered and shook her head in an attempt to free her mind from the horrid reality.Reynolds took a deep breath. Vera glanced at him and actually got to appreciate how good-looking he was. They had met a few times in the palace whenever he would accompany Alastair to the palace, and if she was on duty. They never spoke, although, she had always been quite fascinated by him. Being there with him, so close to him, she could feel a lot of things-gratitude, sorrow, determi
Collin stood there and tried to decipher the reason behind the drama he had just experienced, but he could not find any. He knew that Perhaps his brother might have a thing or two for Vera, but why did they fight?He walked closer to Reynolds who seemed a bit absentminded. When Reynolds finally came back to his senses, he gazed at Collin."Do you have anything to report?" He asked Collin was shocked by his tone. What was going on with him?"I came to see how you were faring. Is anything the matter? You seem distressed.". Collin told him but Reynolds laughed. He walked towards the bed and sat down, sizing Collin from head to toe. The teenager stood there and wondered why his brother was so pissed off. What was happening?"Distressed? Collin, do you know what day it is today?" He asked Collin who shook his head negatively."It is the anniversary of our parents' death. On this day, ten years ago, they went for that trade and they never returned. Do you know what happened on that day? I t