Chapter 23
Rain pounded the streets of Eluvia106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFcCDg6RRn
causing its people to run for cover. Thunder rumbled across the sky as bolts of106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaOUq562QV
lightning shot out illuminating the space above the city. Eluvia was in106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQJbdJuCKz
mourning, and it seemed to many that the Deities wept with them, but a select106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeYUC9IIis
few knew the truth. There was a war coming one where both human’s and gods106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgTxhnmKAD
would have to choose sides.
It had been three months since the106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQKP3vg3vR
King’s murder and as the city wept a man hunt was underway to chase down the106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqTe3ZUU6V
person many believed responsible while the true culprit stayed safe inside the106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0Ko9vhS1g
castle, just biding his time until he could strike. Despite the circumstance,106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmHLgMLFQg
Eluvia needed a new king. Although Cuvera was still in mourning, he bowed his106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSAQf90V1F
head accepting the crown and the power that came with it. His new wife, Kiara106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvg0qF0NF0
stood by him, helping him through his pain while others plotted behind his back106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK8SvrDQtJ
to gain power in the wake of this tragedy.
Peyton stood at attention in front106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rchsfJ758
of the throne where Cuvera sat. His hair had grown long, his eyes bloodshot,106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kDoeOnPg2
while his clothing hung loosely from his body. Since the death of his father,106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVDwpfwlbK
Cuvera hadn’t done much resting. He was too busy learning to run a country and106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKui33hVrdX
dealing with intelligence as to where his friend had gone, searching for106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gIAXs4VI6
answers as to why he had killed his father and run away. No matter how hard he106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZAUr55cC0
tried, he just couldn’t understand. He longed to have a conversation with106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtc4zfEl3oQ
Vander, but he knew that wouldn’t happen outside of a jail cell.
“Any luck?” his voice croaked.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdScWYt5gu
Peyton’s heart was broken seeing his best friend’s son this way, but despite106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rvQyfA6m3
their plan, he couldn’t tell the young King why things had to happen that way.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyl6wESQWK
He wouldn’t understand, Peyton barely understood it himself.
“None.” Peyton shook his head.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqtYcr3u4o
“There have been a few sightings, but when we went to investigate, he was106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7CWTBn1MH
nowhere to be found.”
“Damn it.” Cuvera slammed his hand106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXYV9Kl6cB
on the arm rest. “Damn it, damn it, damn it.”
“We will double our efforts.”106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3sNE8KrRl
Peyton said. “If we ask the General’s for help…”
“No,” Cuvera interrupted him. “If106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyvhktDZpX
Vander doesn’t want to be found, no one can find him. The Warden’s need to head106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2FltYA43k
back to their posts as do their Generals. This will be an internal matter, Lord106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4AccGZyhc
Cranton. We must handle it ourselves.” Kiara walked over, placing a hand on her106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhNgzcnuPo
husband’s shoulder.
“Is there anything else Peyton?”106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx9zA7ytrN
she asked softly, but the way she looked at him told him he had better end this106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJKe4UJqUx
meeting or there would be hell to pay.
“Just one,” Peyton grimaced. “Have106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvo1o8dl11
you given any thought as to who you would make Blade Commander? Since Charles’106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSC07gUaRJi
was forced out, we need someone to…”
“Alexander and the other Captains106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AbTR7U6uH
have it well taken care of.” Kiara interrupted. “We understand that this is an106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSC4OLTCkb
important decision, but based on what has already transpired, this is at the106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu11uuLSC7s
bottom of our list. Understood?”
“I do.” Peyton bowed his head. “If106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwWT4e9Lag
you will excuse me, I have some things I need to take care of.” He turned106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWHnqaI2Ll
around shuffling off. His boots made clicking sounds as he walked down the106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWWB5m2fts
cobblestone path and out the door.
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hall, he could vaguely feel another set of boots walking in time with him. He106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7VQ7v60T1
turned around to see a small, hooded figure wearing loose clothing to hide106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrEJebngyT
their true gender. They wore gloves, likely with metal embedded inside, and had106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG14rVOPmuf
two twin daggers strapped to their side.
“Fang,” Peyton greeted. That106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxWUrbVXJY
wasn’t their true name, it was the code name given to the Serpents assassins.
“Councilor.” They spoke. “Why have106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwtwYqpJD9
you summoned me?”
“Because you failed in your106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGLVyBE0dM
attempt to kill the King and I had to clean up your mess.” Peyton said. “My106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjKxO8Qf5T
master needs Vander, your new task is to bring him to us. Alive.”
“He is a dangerous man,” Fang106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDRC5RCOKF
said, their voice not betraying any emotion. “He already beat us twice; we need106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2S7iaYwiV
more time.”
“My master won’t wait for much106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFJjV7dou3
longer,” Peyton explained. “We only have a couple more weeks before things106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTpUtlOak6
settle, and we separate. Try and have it done by then, I don’t care about your106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9gIoKRsKM
methods. Just do it.”
“I understand.” With that, the106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2g5zwNoqu
assassin stepped into the shadows then disappeared. Peyton let go of the breath106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmjxpZKODH
he didn’t realize he had been holding. He placed his hand on the wall steeling106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7JN2kvsyN
himself for what was going on.
Was this what you wanted Malcolm?106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRE8jueKO1
Was this what you had in mind when you want your son and his friend to bear the106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYLYErFy6m
weight of our choices on their shoulders? Peyton rued the day he had allowed106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwfZ97lRJV
his friend to talk him into such a crazy plan. He wasn’t sure what was going to106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2139n0wVk
happen to him by the end, but his day of reckoning would come. He just hoped106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTT9tWrgisv
his penance wouldn’t be difficult.
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He walked towards a window where106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0UijTyOlN
he could clearly see the storm brewing over his city. He was safe behind the106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHTcGX4ArY
glass, but he was still afraid. He hoped Vander was doing well despite106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqNOmufTnk
everything that had happened. He hopes that one day he will be able to explain106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03YyXZ9158
himself, but he should plan just in case he met his end beforehand. With a plan106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ylpnUfC1N
in mind, he shuffled off towards his office ignoring the sad expression of106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWljGZ2c3AW
Malcolm in his portrait.
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