The Elderien Chronicles

The Strife with an Old king (3)

"Everybody to the back, now!"

Kay yelled at the mages who began to scramble through the grounds. The thuds from Asmodeus's magic were getting even more intense. There was every indication that if they did not leave, the hideout might just collapse on them.

"Kay..."

Fristborn called out to Kay as she kept directing people to the back. There was a secret way there, one that only leaders of the resistance have known. The secrecy was to serve as a checkpoint should any mage turn to sorcery. However, as Fristborn called out to her, she did not pay any attention.

Was it because she did not hear him or because she did not want to listen?

"Kay!"

He called again but that time, she looked at him and approached.

"I have to go, Kay. There is a way we can end this. There is someone I must find. A mage. I have to leave."

Fristborn said to her but she shook her head.

"No.. we need you here. You are our leader. You cannot leave."

She told him but he held her shoulders and looked into her eyes.

"I hav