Chapter 15
Cuvera was super upset that Kiara128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MOyDxrNFW
had told him to stay behind while Vander escorted her around the castle. He had128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u2lsn8KLe
missed his chance to spend time with her because he was out with Vander, so she128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPHfaJ7SsE
wanted to see what all the fuss was about. It felt uncomfortable being between128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkeA0YmXKq
the two of them, but he felt like he had less of a choice than the prince did,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8tNTDRS5h
so he did as she had asked. Eliza had opted to stay in as well, mostly to keep128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURcXFabkgw
an eye on Cuvera, but also so Vander and the princess could be given privacy. Whatever128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cnZq0OgKT
for, he didn’t know, but he expected it would become clear to him soon.
He took all around the castle,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPnM1g3JRj
introduced her to as many servants as possible then she took the time to chat128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8ER4OOXkp
with them for a couple of minutes to get to know their names as well as what128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahp40774T9
they did around the estate. As the future queen, he thought it was a good idea128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCApzpHQp1A
for her to get close to those who served her because, as recent events could128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMmkrliy88
attest, you never knew who might try to kill you. The tour of the castle ended128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpdmjO7sSs
in the middle of the night and in the central garden where only a few were128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXpu6W0Lma
allowed to enter.
“We can go no further.” Vander128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlX47uwCp9
said, stopping just on the outside edge of the garden. “This is for the King128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20IiILSBsB
and Prince only. Not even the servants are allowed to tidy up in here.”
“Must be a special place.” Kiara128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1dLNWmXR7
beamed. Looking up into the sky, the moon could be seen shining just above the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNGYNCE6gg
garden giving it a blue-ish hue.
“This was the Queen’s project128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsYYX85Vu2
before she died.” Vander explained. “It’s the last thing they have from her so128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBiEYxyQtW
the two of them keep it close.”
“What was she like?” she turned to128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNIFT7El2R
look at Vander. “The Queen I mean.”
“I don’t remember much about her.”128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8bTo5AWcZ
He admitted. “She died more than a decade ago, I was still young and didn’t get128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvitiFXacc
to spend a lot of time with her.” He frowned, trying to remember the last time128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewqk6Z5PdO
he had seen her. Kiara didn’t pressure. Instead, she just looked out into the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMOmRHKQrg
garden with a slight smile on her face. “All I can remember from her is her128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzQAoZGWal
smile. It was warm and inviting, it was as if nothing else mattered in that128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKv9GtknnJu
moment other than her smile.”
“She must have been special.”128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0tEnh3a7c
Kiara sighed. “I wish I could have met her.”
“She probably would have liked128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugejWtHdq9
you.” Vander laughed. “She liked everyone.”
“Guess so.” The two of them sat in128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GGm8IoH15
awkward silence for a few minutes. He didn’t want to break it mostly because he128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7E0dUIBiS
didn’t know what else to say to her. Anyone could have taken her around the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWB6welxo4W
castle, including the prince, so why did she want his company? He got his128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLkOKkKQDZ
answer a few moments later when she asked:
“How long have you been the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPewB11N6y
Ma’akti Unnatun?” he must have had a confused expression on her face prompting128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgQeWvRjeI
her to laugh. “You don’t try to keep it a secret. I’m surprised more people128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BtuWdn5Fk
don’t know.”
“It’s a closely guarded secret.”128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhiqFnSh4x
He didn’t want to tell her about Veyar’s warnings. It might freak her out, but128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4rOttYxed
since she knew who he was, it made no sense to lie to her. “I’ve been with her128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi9R8RlgVy
for about ten years at this point.” He suddenly wished he had Shea with him.
“I’ve heard the rumors.” She128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieXKaMlS7F
explained. “I wanted to meet the man behind the myth and see if it was true or128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLe6Fdzqby
not. I had my doubts, but after meeting you in person I can feel her power128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxQfw4c5wf
radiating from inside of you.” he froze.
“Can anyone else?” he asked.
“What do you know of the Bricenian128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptFKNCsCPE
royal family, Vander?” she asked, changing the subject.
“Not much.” He admitted.
“Our line has long held the power128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHG2gksmdIE
of sensing the power of the deities.” She explained. “Think of it like a second128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7KwY5CCgl
sense. However, mine are heightened even further.” She held out her hand and a128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlQCAbnCkb
small little flame appeared. She quickly snuffed it out before anyone else128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Liz0XBjOf
could notice.
“You have the blessing of Azta?”128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tLM5Cqs4g
he asked.
“That’s something that only Eliza,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmoFcCTk6v
my mother, and I know about.” She smiled sadly. “Not even the man who sired me128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsBx3bIXA2
knows this secret.”
“Sired huh?” He leaned back on the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdohCjkk4St
bench. “I guess you have no lost love for your family either huh?” She looked128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdWcvc8ZSQ
surprised by this admission.
“You and your grandfather seem128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aH6TfBaAj
close.” She said. “You don’t like him?”
“I wasn’t talking about him.” He128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvWhG0qJS3
clenched his hands. “My father left me when I was born, after my mother died128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrOa0WR4Gb
giving birth to me. My grandfather took me in and raised me here in the palace,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBEwAG2cqH
but I never got to spend time enjoying myself. I was being molded to take his128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO31Pkq4m5t
place, just like Cuvera becoming King at some point.”
“That’s terrible.” She sighed. “At128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0O3QfCfLYI
least the commander was there for you. And now you have Shea. How did you two128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNmdnevWRA
meet anyway?”
“That story and the story with128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXUvcf1GjG
Unna are the one and the same.” He said. “Since you already know my secret, I128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIqN0Uo7M9
might as well tell you. It started ten years ago…”
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“Come on, move128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NT50WO8Wz
faster!” The Blade training captain, Jeremiah, shouted. He was running ahead of128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡup6mIeYjLa
the small group of recruits. Vander was ahead of the group, but his lungs were128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbSZyGkQYR
beginning to burn with exertion. They had been on this run through the woods128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDzet0GfN9
for an hour now with no sign of slowing down. Some of the recruits had stopped128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIl5fVBbk3z
to rest, only to be left behind. If they stuck to the path, they would be fine,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhk2OkYzwkn
but you shouldn’t be out after dark. It was dangerous. Jeremiah had stopped at128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSVgC9LJ8u
the top of the hill then turned around to watch the struggling recruits.
“Take a break once you get up128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4avvuZFQy
here.” He commanded. “We will wait for the others to catch up.”
“Yes sir!” Those who could shouted128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ85XdbwVQA
at him. The rest just wheezed and waved their hands.
Vander was the second one up the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1M2gqFb8g
hill. Bree was first and was already drinking heavily from her canteen. She128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAAMvS1yIN
looked over at him, smiled, then offered him the canteen. Vander wiped his128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVhsFW67F7
sweaty black hair off his face and fixed her with a small smile. They passed128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvVZ9mOzkE
the canteen back and forth while they waited.
Muun was the third one up the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzUz5QmOdR
hill. He had removed his coat, wrapping it around his waist, showing off his128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL5jPrzuqV
muscular arms. He was the son of a blacksmith and had been working in the forge128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelj8cB4OYX
from the time he was old enough to hold a hammer. He joined the Blades, but he128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ867e9sr4eE
and Vander had become quick friends, and so Muun had told him that he really128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNc7vJfT0P
wanted to have a farm out in the countryside. He just didn’t want to disappoint128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL8Pzklw8v
his father.
The fourth one on the hill was128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcYg2FfjmZ
Leon. He looked over at Vander and Bree. A deep scowl traveled across his face128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6pE2nwrDH
as he stood as far away from the others as possible sipping his water. Vander128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S1E6vZE3U
had no idea why Leon hated him so much and when he had tried to talk to him128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwP6wXINt7
about it, he just scoffed and walked away. If he had to guess it was because he128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7u6CfI3Of
was the grandson of the current Blade Commander. Not that it mattered, he128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAej12aB0z
didn’t get any sort of special treatment. If anything, the instructors were128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPDBf0TtT3
harder on him.
After about thirty minutes of128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWiQr3iKJj
resting, all but five of the recruits had made it up the hill and Jeremiah was128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSxxWK0et8
getting nervous. He kept looking up at the sky as Humjir started to dip below128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioK58FFOyx
midday. They had to make it back to camp before dark or they would be in128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuJulBLOfu
danger. Jeremiah opened his mouth to give them orders when they heard a loud128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjReWXk43C
scream coming from the trail behind them.
“Stay here.” Jeremiah shouted. He128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kN8n22HIt
gripped his sword before running back down the hill at full speed. Bree, Muun128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhW1OIVSEg
and Vander shared a nervous look. All of the other recruits were muttering to128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfkoHYcdtg
each other with fear prevalent in their voices. Vander got up from the ground128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0k6iXr7AZ
to stand next to his friend.
“What do you think is happening?”128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCbTlujpDE
Muun whispered, his blue eyes alite with concern. Vander knew that only two128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8VafiDVgD
things would make someone scream like that in the wood: either bandits or a128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFyqxBhJXl
shadow beast. They heard another scream, this time a man’s voice, then the iron128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtAJ0I9AOP
tang of blood filled the air. Vander recoiled, but the others didn’t notice it.
“I’m going,” Vander said, gripping128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CNvcPLXFV
the metal sword hidden in his scabbard.
“Don’t be an idiot.” Leon snapped.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2viaaOJCBt
“Captain Jeremiah went to deal with it, you’ll do nothing, but get in the way.”
“As opposed to just sitting here128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxXtLJw0xf
even when our companions are being hurt?” Muun shook his head, glaring at their128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HecDrhYHu
classmate. “I knew you were spineless Leon, but I didn’t think you were a128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2H0NvmJRO
coward.”
“What did you say?” Leon snarled.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjMVPiPWvo
He drew back his arm to throw a punch, but Bree stepped in.
“Enough.” She spoke. “Leon, look128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqpRqYF65f
after the others up here, the three of us will go down after the captain and128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AvBQdzdbP
see if we could be of some help.”
“Fine,” Leon lowered his hand.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAlDaRSdYM
“But if you die don’t come complaining to me.” Vander didn’t wait for the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7oFusHnp1
others. He just ran down the hill as fast as he could with the other two128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwLfyEArEo
following behind. The shouts and screams of fear had quieted down, but there128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEeoRSLxiJ
was still the unmistakable smell of blood lingering in the air. Bree and Leon128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfW3qtrla9N
must have noticed it because their faces became pale, but they stayed the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhuLh6IxXX
course.
Vander followed the smell until he128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLPakDx3Tl
noticed that the foliage around them was becoming darker despite the light128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX0VCwQjJU
shining through the canopy. Sounds of battle was coming from straight ahead,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUW0hXBr4E0
but the dark gripped everything around them.
“The Dark Forest.” Muun wheezed.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTTOfshYVF
He placed his hand on his knees gasping for breath. “How did any of us get lost128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtEpHKtWiv
in there?”
“It’s easy to get lost in here.”128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpPUdGsexX
Bree said. “They probably got off trail and got lost. We should-“ There was128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGzdzRiOuV
another scream coming from up ahead. However, this time it sounded like128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoTy6i8D1B
Jeremiah. Vander didn’t wait, he just dove through the bushes and into the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXTC5LXuFd
clearing. What he saw shocked him.
In the clearing was a giant Shadow128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTb5dXZPYi
Beast. Its inky black fur rippled in the setting sunlight as its teeth dripped128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYmsoG95Lm
with saliva. Blood soaked the ground around it its paws covered in red. The128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuAtFzt1K6
shadow beast was the most dangerous creature in the woods, but they didn’t128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiBKeLM4ik
leave the inner circle of the forest which was why they were normally safe.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatAZwLdxz0
They were the creatures of the dark, created by the Goddess Unna to kill128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDvptt648G
humanity. And they did a very good job of it.
“Why are you here?” they heard a128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRX3d6jI0a
man groaning from a tree next to him. Vander turned to see Jeremiah sitting on128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnzmhg3thm
the ground holding his hand to his stomach. Blood dripped between his fingers128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiQww13hT5
and his face had gone deathly pale. He didn’t have long to live.
“We didn’t want to stay behind128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIXwCWGdao
while you were saving the others.” Muun explained.
“There are no more others.”128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsFrwQIdgS
Jeremiah leaned his head back against the tree. His body shook as he coughed,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEKXDomYzq
blood dribbled down his chin. “The beast got us all and now that it has your128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRWqrMacoX
scent, you’re dead as well.”
“We will have to see about that.”128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxntm9k032t
Vander gripped his iron lump of a sword. He placed it on the ground before128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRXkzaZTF6
bending down in front of Jeremiah. “I’m going to borrow your sword, Captain.”
“I can’t let you fight that thing,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ewY6CCQcD
Vander.” Jeremiah’s body trembled. “Your grandfather wouldn’t approve.”
“I can’t hide behind him forever128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJQoDKf19L
if I’m going to be a Blade.” Vander said. “If we are going to die, I’d rather128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShGK2TTVJN
do it facing the enemy and not running away.” Jeremiah thought for a moment128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffGKFMgnnc
before nodding his head. He gripped his sword and held it out towards him.
“I wish I could have lived long128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6BG7eJ0C9
enough to see what kind of Blade you would have become.” As soon as Vander took128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxJPBUixfS
the sword, Jeremiah’s eyes dimmed as he died.
“Goodbye Captain,” Vander lowered128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNDI0zfrRK
the man’s eye lids then bowed his head. A moment later he stood up with the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nyutYD7T5
sword.
It was lighter than he expected,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3b12uYxEy
much lighter than their practice swords. There was an elegance to the sword, it128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfBQay8R6v
was a symbol of status within Eluvia, but above all it was a weapon for128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfR2kwH5eg
killing. There was no other purpose.
“You can’t go out there.” Muun128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnceCHrWCqi
grabbed his friend’s arm.
“This is something I must do.”128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvHEcSoJas
Vander gave him a grim smile. Bree just watched as Vander removed himself from128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2h5pMnWftv
his friend and stepped out to face the creature.
He felt light and ready to take on128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqymrxtfkfr
the challenge. The beast was probably ten feet tall and covered with muscle. He128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMnIZxoiJs
could feel the animosity the beast had for him, but the feeling wasn’t mutual.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bB8croItH
It was just bad luck that the two of them had to face each other like this when128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKXuVFVWfB
normally their paths wouldn’t cross at all. But blood had been spilt and his128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMEJYdSeCF
friends must be honored.
Vander moved first. He ran towards128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPXgS8I7o4
the Shadow Beast with his sword ready to pierce the creature’s hide. It jumped128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgXcMh4Qlt
aside at the last moment, slid on the ground, then lunged at Vander’s throat.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrg0kfiUCmO
He fell backward, bringing his foot up to catch the beast’s stomach then128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdL785rQmW
throwing it over him. It landed on its feet then lunged again forcing Vander to128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fGKG89DCe
roll to avoid the strike. He got to his feet before jumping backwards seconds128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6gItqMdrZ
before the Shadow Beast would have flattened him.
They circled each other warily,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcWgsCSY4I
both exhausted. For the first time since the fight began, Vander realized the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJaqWM8js0
creature was also bleeding heavily from its side. That confused Vander because128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVzdHcjZnT
when creatures are wounded, they tend to run away to tend to them, but128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpU7eMbUvHP
something must be keeping it here, fighting. He didn’t have time to question it128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjfyE1A7QM
as it lunged at him with its mouths opened wide.
Vander shoved his sword up into128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLBoIKBlCU
the creature’s path and there was nothing it could do as the point skewered128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqf0fA4K9t
through its throat out of the back of its head. The beast’s massive body128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5PLOVpmVZ
slammed into Vander knocking him to the ground. It struggled to right itself as128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvGdJQsrB7
black blood poured from the wound all over Vander. In one last ditch attempt,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLSXnTp0TR
the creature scratched Vander’s face. He screamed and kicked the beast off him.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX83siYVhBv
Their blood mingled together then flashes of light shone in his eyes. He saw a128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl78GDDlIkM
small white cub curled under a tree with her eyes hidden under her paws. He128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbe9TBaYAu0
felt the beast’s last wish:
“Keep my child safe.” Before128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsllcuk4II
it died. Holding his bleeding face, Vander limped to where the cub was hiding.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdukJcxfF6H
He pushed back the bush protecting it from outside forces. Once the cub128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe13bZDTMVX
realized he was there, she jumped up baring her tiny teeth. Unlike her mother,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdUTYbIV3A
the cub was pure white. Vander held out his hand. She eyed him suspiciously but128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoRP7v3Q7U
sniffed it. Deciding that he meant her no harm, she walked up to him curling up128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgH1sBmJHS
on his lap.
After that, Vander passed out128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lOS9MinwE
holding the cub in his arms.
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“After that, Bree was removed from128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3gPMwIIP1
the Blades.” Vander explained. “Leon held an inferiority complex due to the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLyQWIVIcd
attention I received, while Alex stayed by my side.”
“And Muun?” A sad expression128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCQS65FRNL
appeared on Vander’s face.
“He left three years ago after a128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKPKyCp95i
mission that almost killed him.” Last I heard he’s living in the woods128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ek2h69JsB
somewhere with his wife.”
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“At least some good came of a128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJmOrg6mnT
tragedy.” She sighed. She clapped her hands and stood up from the bench. “Come,128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvpNBthbcE
let’s get back inside before Cuvera sends out the guards.” Vander stood up then128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOK89hnBU5L
she wrapped her arms with his. “How do you feel about Eliza joining the128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXDZQgAUQ6
Blades?”
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