Chapter 23
Rain pounded the streets of Eluvia102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzcwNip7Tr
causing its people to run for cover. Thunder rumbled across the sky as bolts of102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqUyEtxV2q
lightning shot out illuminating the space above the city. Eluvia was in102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZXX4ttFca
mourning, and it seemed to many that the Deities wept with them, but a select102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuMLsDJFzk
few knew the truth. There was a war coming one where both human’s and gods102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBhXpMIpoL
would have to choose sides.
It had been three months since the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6tqKq6teS
King’s murder and as the city wept a man hunt was underway to chase down the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQiHLEvUgb
person many believed responsible while the true culprit stayed safe inside the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREF6PeQVf7
castle, just biding his time until he could strike. Despite the circumstance,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11e9PMkQ3u
Eluvia needed a new king. Although Cuvera was still in mourning, he bowed his102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTK1k84xybm
head accepting the crown and the power that came with it. His new wife, Kiara102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehjNWUzeYJ
stood by him, helping him through his pain while others plotted behind his back102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEixgXUBie
to gain power in the wake of this tragedy.
Peyton stood at attention in front102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIixzT1cPse
of the throne where Cuvera sat. His hair had grown long, his eyes bloodshot,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd0MOdWr7C
while his clothing hung loosely from his body. Since the death of his father,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjCgEYw0wz
Cuvera hadn’t done much resting. He was too busy learning to run a country and102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBU9F4FwVn
dealing with intelligence as to where his friend had gone, searching for102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzr0y19HV6
answers as to why he had killed his father and run away. No matter how hard he102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvKLtsz0tE
tried, he just couldn’t understand. He longed to have a conversation with102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPvrNpBk3b
Vander, but he knew that wouldn’t happen outside of a jail cell.
“Any luck?” his voice croaked.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1KFgK3XiN
Peyton’s heart was broken seeing his best friend’s son this way, but despite102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9G6wFF4sK
their plan, he couldn’t tell the young King why things had to happen that way.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy3PzhbQWa
He wouldn’t understand, Peyton barely understood it himself.
“None.” Peyton shook his head.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyJ228cMVM
“There have been a few sightings, but when we went to investigate, he was102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5W4t6CdPY
nowhere to be found.”
“Damn it.” Cuvera slammed his hand102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPL9IpL2zq
on the arm rest. “Damn it, damn it, damn it.”
“We will double our efforts.”102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyknGkzXoHM
Peyton said. “If we ask the General’s for help…”
“No,” Cuvera interrupted him. “If102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwzooaRnaS
Vander doesn’t want to be found, no one can find him. The Warden’s need to head102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKXIg8BYMQ
back to their posts as do their Generals. This will be an internal matter, Lord102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRE1Iem6cVh
Cranton. We must handle it ourselves.” Kiara walked over, placing a hand on her102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxR7fy2b8g
husband’s shoulder.
“Is there anything else Peyton?”102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOLWsPhXGa
she asked softly, but the way she looked at him told him he had better end this102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9TuAa469Z
meeting or there would be hell to pay.
“Just one,” Peyton grimaced. “Have102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIi9rj4iHW
you given any thought as to who you would make Blade Commander? Since Charles’102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsGfIsmagT
was forced out, we need someone to…”
“Alexander and the other Captains102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPOm84R1F7
have it well taken care of.” Kiara interrupted. “We understand that this is an102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwLFzahpXR
important decision, but based on what has already transpired, this is at the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUP0Hn84LKq
bottom of our list. Understood?”
“I do.” Peyton bowed his head. “If102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1LIJPwmuE
you will excuse me, I have some things I need to take care of.” He turned102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynTc96XCJN
around shuffling off. His boots made clicking sounds as he walked down the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXzYeoqY9n
cobblestone path and out the door.
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hall, he could vaguely feel another set of boots walking in time with him. He102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnrhDTzpLN
turned around to see a small, hooded figure wearing loose clothing to hide102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdI2LQyBkwO
their true gender. They wore gloves, likely with metal embedded inside, and had102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZthC4quZit
two twin daggers strapped to their side.
“Fang,” Peyton greeted. That102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6lybb6eQT
wasn’t their true name, it was the code name given to the Serpents assassins.
“Councilor.” They spoke. “Why have102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfbmgUB9Cd
you summoned me?”
“Because you failed in your102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPKepaGXdr
attempt to kill the King and I had to clean up your mess.” Peyton said. “My102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjffOpJwWpU
master needs Vander, your new task is to bring him to us. Alive.”
“He is a dangerous man,” Fang102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDwNRAbkiR
said, their voice not betraying any emotion. “He already beat us twice; we need102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7Mt5BfZUN
more time.”
“My master won’t wait for much102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8XRiKUQSn
longer,” Peyton explained. “We only have a couple more weeks before things102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbeOv4poph
settle, and we separate. Try and have it done by then, I don’t care about your102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEieYYqNBCJ
methods. Just do it.”
“I understand.” With that, the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn5Z5jyAax
assassin stepped into the shadows then disappeared. Peyton let go of the breath102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2QhUGJnEI
he didn’t realize he had been holding. He placed his hand on the wall steeling102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFJC2GAbin
himself for what was going on.
Was this what you wanted Malcolm?102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gG4UJY7mc
Was this what you had in mind when you want your son and his friend to bear the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiEbufK6Sn
weight of our choices on their shoulders? Peyton rued the day he had allowed102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7l0HFXgTPf
his friend to talk him into such a crazy plan. He wasn’t sure what was going to102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBff3cxSeGV
happen to him by the end, but his day of reckoning would come. He just hoped102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFlN8vNkDw
his penance wouldn’t be difficult.
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He walked towards a window where102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbFm23EnQo
he could clearly see the storm brewing over his city. He was safe behind the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fcjdYRS9R
glass, but he was still afraid. He hoped Vander was doing well despite102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOO5asxXbCV
everything that had happened. He hopes that one day he will be able to explain102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwnpqepVvG
himself, but he should plan just in case he met his end beforehand. With a plan102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3ZHSPxjAy
in mind, he shuffled off towards his office ignoring the sad expression of102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RGiCCRs2L
Malcolm in his portrait.
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