Chapter 20

AVERY'S POV

Using the mindlink, I pinpointed Henry nearby but each step in took to where he was brought dread upon me. This was the same place Victor had trapped me in. My senses heightened as I began to smell something fishy. If Henry was here, then it was definitely Legolas' doing.

I used my surroundings as a camouflage, using the shrubs and high grass to my advantage. I stopped when an exotic black car pulled up. The glass was too dark to figure out who was inside.l so o used my vampiric sight. I froze. There were three individuals in the car. Two occupying the front seats and one in the back. The driver I could make out clearly, Victor.

They seemed to be waiting for something to happen or for someone to show up. I wished I could charge right at their car and kill them off but that was a death wish. I was paralyzed with fear knowing he had more men to his disposal. It was frustrating that despite unlocking my pureblood gifts, I was still almost like the former me.

I heard a clicking sound that brought me back to reality. Victor and Legolas wee out of the car, their swords hanging loosely on their hips. The third person was a lady, she looked a bit haggard, with a round face covered dutifully in makeup. Beneath the facade of cosmetic beauty, I could see it and clearly if I just squinted my eyes a bit. She was a dark witch.

God! Why now?

Like something out of a horror movie, I heard a growl behind me.

I turned to where the sound was coming from expertly, hardly making a sound. It was Henry all right! His wolf had taken over and he was just a few meters away from me. Judging by the angle he was, he was going to trample right on me.

What was the worst that could happen?

Henry immediately charged, his muscle filled legs pushing him forward in a mad Sprint.

When he was only an inch close away from slamming his paws bright for my face, I ducked.

It was inevitable but I had done it. I was right in the open. I could see the look of shock on my enemies' faces. It turned to a devious smile almost immediately making me shudder.

"Look what we have here." Legolas spoke."We came for the big bad wolf but red Riding Hood showed up. Who would have taught I would kill two birds with a stone."

His confident smile and vile words were breaking my defenses but I would not let them win or feel that they had.

The trio unsheathed their swords, a warm hie of gold and red illuminating their cruel faces.

I let my monster out, fangs and claws and got ready for a fight, I was not going down without one.

I'll tell you how it went alright. The pain I my legs intensified and looking at where the pain was coming from, I saw black mist escape from my open wound. The men who were out to get me hardly knew the Knight's code or whatever it was called.

Victor reached me first, his blade going for my neck. A numb feeling followed and crimson red painted my face.

Henry seemed to be doing just fine battling Legolas. He had the winning strike with every charge he took. It was unlike him. It was obvious he had lost control over the wolf.

"You seem tired. Didn't feed." Victor spat, his sword pointing to my face.

The same terrible smelling mist escaped my blackened wound. Victor squeezed his face in disgust and reached his sword for my wound. Immediately the silver blade touched the wound, I flinched backward.

Victor's twisted face uncoiled to an evil snicker.

"You've been bitten." I heard him say.

I hardly knew what he was getting at but I let him go on.

"Since you're not human but instead an undead, it will slowly kill you."

OMG! What was happening? I never knew this was going on. Was I going to die?

Victor bent down to see my awful condition more clearly. His devious smile was still plastered to his face.

"You must feel it already. The poison spreading and eating inside you."

I was silent. I just watched him entirely paralyzed in fear.

He stood up as if done with me. I could feel his eyes on me, studying me. I could barely move, half was the pain I felt and the other half was the fear. The man who had hunted me all my life would hardly just let me go.

It was silent but I got the message. I was dead either way.

Victor went to join Legolas in bringing down Henry. My sight began to blur. Everything was spinning and my head was pulsing heavily.

A sharp scream woke me up from my pain induced drowsiness.

The blue moon was gone and the orange painted sky informed me it was evening.

My flustered eyes could make out two figures and when my eyesight cleared. I saw Henry now in his human form, Victor's sword impaled in his chest. My headache was splitting and my breathing was more than difficult.

I could make out purple veins spreading like a virus from my infected leg upwards.

A haunting shadow blocked the evening sun from penetrating my face.

"Still alive?" Legolas taunted.

I used the last of my strength to give him a winning smile. Seeing my image through his intimidating irises. All o could see was a pathetic simper.

I watched his sword go down coming for my heart and ending my pain. I went static, watching him as he left before my eyes closed, expecting the slow cycle of death to come in and take me home.

KALIM'S POV

Whatever force brought me here, I hardly knew. It could have been depression or just downright madness but it called me here for good. Henry was only a meter away from me. His body blue and swollen. I reached over and touched him. He was cold as running water and there was a deep gash in his chest. Despite the blood clotting, I could see the bloodied earth through his chest.

The white noise that led me here began again. I walked dutifully to where I could feel the sound almost like a second sense. I saw Avery's body lying limp with a sword buried deep in her heart. The noise stopped and I could see the skull buried in sand and some blood. I fell to the floor and picked it up, clearing the sand and rubbing off the blood off it. The crystalline artifact glowed a bright red, a jolt passing through my body.

FLASHBACK

"Orvinus will destroy all we have built. Why not destroy it now." A pink-haired Sprite concluded.

The other faery she was speaking too turned to face her, her golden eyes sparkling.

"The future has been decided. You know the seer's prophesy." The golden eyes winged creature said, holding the crystal skull.

"But why don't we leave a message to whoever will find it?"

The golden-haired faery dropped the crystal and turned to the talkative sprite,

"You're right. It will warn them to keep away from it."

In minutes, the two faeries began chanting words out of this world, Vita filling the crystal skull which glowed in response.

"Let's hope they will heed our warning." The golden eyes fairy finally said.

***

Knowledge flowed inside me whispering to me in a thousand tongues. I walked up to Henry first. The alluring power flowing through my veins and letting out bright white Sparks that let my hands tingle. I put it on Henry's open wound and watched the spark revive him. First, his wound began to close up then his color returned. I watched as his chest rose and fell and he slowly started to breathe. His eyes suddenly shot open and he let out a heavy breath.

Still dazed at what had happened, I walked up to Avery and pulled out the sword from her chest and threw it to the floor. Still empowered by the strange energy the skull had blessed on me. I used my Vita on her. Like Avery, her wounds closed up. Her irises glowed cherry red when she opened them and she immediately rises to her feet. She seemed haphazard and checked her leg for something.

"You healed my bite. How?"

The answer rested on my tongue but it was obvious it was the skull.

"Orvinus!" I replied, showing her the small skull.

She reached out for the skull and turned to a naked Henry,

"You found it."

With this power I felt in me I wondered if I could wake my father. I did break the natural laws and with no consequences.

"Legolas is going down." Avery smiled malevolently, her eyes glued to the crystal figurine.

Bummer! I thought the same but with a more sinister motive.

"I have an idea," I revealed, my face lit in a mischief.

They both turned to meet my gaze wanting me to continue.

Legolas was in for it and I was going to make sure of it.