Mrs Rogue's attack

King Adrian's POV. Unedited.

"I fucked up, Lucas!" I snap at myself, hitting my hands against the wooden pole of Lucas' chamber.

We are currently in Lucas' wing after he told Ana to go to my chamber. Lucas is sitting on a chair, at a near distance where he used to store his inventory games or whatever he calls them. I'm standing opposite him, restless and on the verge of losing it.

"So?" Lucas ask, unfazed by my drama.

I eye him angrily. "Is that all you're gonna say. I mean...you know the pain and distress it brings, right?!"

"Yeah." Lucas replies monotonously. Jeez! I'm going to break his arm brutally with what he's saying.

"You're unpredictable." I say and run my shaky hands through my messy hair.

"Adrian...I don't know the reason why you're getting angry with yourself. It's not like she wouldn't come around. Trust me, she will." Lucas says. I'm still feeling the regret of what I've done at the meeting earlier to Liliana. She doesn't deserve it, only if I hadn't gone rampage then she wouldn't have hated me more now.

The pain of getting disappointed by one's mate is unbearable in a way that you'd feel like you can never be enough.

"I..." Lucas cut me off.

He take a stand while talking. "You're not to be blamed for whatever happened there. We all know that the darkness drives us sometimes..."

"But Liliana doesn't." I chime in. Lucas take a wine cup and pour fresh blood, probably the blood of his emit into it. He takes another cup and wanted to pour me tainted but I stop him, hand-signalling him that I don't want. He looks concern for a bit second but take his own cup and sip from it before continuing.

"Yes. I'm aware of that. Even if anyone's to be at fault, it should be me. I made you go barbaric." Lucas says, gulping more of his cup.

"No." I say firmly. "If anyone's to be blamed, it should be those harlow's."

"What about bivatar?" Lucas ask interestedly as he pours himself another fresh blood.

"He's fine now. I can't believe that now that we all are agreeing to accept Liliana is when she's now hating us." I take my sit on the edge of a sofa near him.

Lucas too along with my other commanders can turn to three like me- the bivatar, the monster and the bender. The only clause in this separation is that the other two beings can't make an activity of their own even though they think dependently. And so is for me. The other beings are sort of an hologram-like creatures.

"I promise she'll come around." Lucas vouches.

"We have many odds. I don't know what to do Lucas. My mother is out there with her army of bloodied acies that would never accept Liliana as their queen and then the benders population at whole."

If I accept my race's contestant to rule by me as queen, I'll totally be torn and become more dangerous thereby the Harlow's will be able to reach me and probably control me just like they've done to Lucas and Oliver''s men. But if I turn the tables around and follow my wants and needs, I'm sure things would work out.

But, the amount of those who would want Liliana out and dead will be uncountable. My mother included. She'll do all she can to kill her. I can't jeopardize Liliana's life in the name of love.

Lucas walks closer to me and says very firmly and I know that he totally means every word he's saying. "Fuck the acies. Fuck our race." I can see the flecks of tears brimming his eyes. "I'm regretting my whole life because I put our race before my beloved."

Lucas looks down for a fraction of seconds. Tears dripping from his left eyes. "Only you! You will be the only one to live with the regrets. The pain. The discomfort. When I put them before the love of my life what did they do. No one tries to sooth me, not even mother."

"None of them tries to make me feel better but only blamed me when I start to act weak. You helped me, Adrian. To stand again. Only you and Felix. Well, maybe Lorenzo too. No one, not even mother would stop this adjoining of Liliana and you."

Lucas stop and smirk before winking. When last have I seen him do this act that only makes me feel jealous of him? "Claim her when you still have the chance and don't worry. I'm here to protect her with you. Liliana will surely be your queen. Nothing." He says undoubtedly. "Nothing would stop it."

I'm stunned to hear Lucas say this. He...he hated humans more than anything hate-able. He detest them so much that I can't believe he's trying to save one. Not just one, but my mate. My beloved.

He turns his broad back to me, walking back to his chair when he ask. "What were you doing in the dungeons?"

"Talking to the hospes." I answer curtly.

"The mysterious creature. She knows things." Lucas says, taking his seat.

"I think so." I say.

"I know so." My eyes widen to his saying. "There's a reason she came to the castle that night and attacked the benders at the people's palace. There's a reason she never fought even with the punishments she's received. I know she's powerful than she looks but it's not to hurt us." He chuckles lightly.

"I have a feeling that if she's evil then she would have hurt us long ago. She sure is mysterious." He finishes. When I say Lucas knows things, believe me. He actually does.

I mean...how did he figure everything that I just figured out? No surprise that he didn't bother to help Lorenzo and I figure out who the hospes is and what she wants.

He knows things.

"I'll take tainted." I tell him and he nods, bringing the glassy bottle out.

Just as he's pouring the substance, I feel something. Something bad like a nauseous feeling. Lucas quickly catch up and looks at me with concern.

"You okay?"

Heck! I know who and where this is coming from. Liliana!

My beloved is in danger!

In a matter of second, I'm out of the room...........definitely inhumanly.

Liliana Roslyn's POV.

"Nice to see you, Ana." Mrs. Rogue says nicely lethally. She has those perilous dark glint of barbarism in her deep hazel eyes.

"Mrs. Rogue." My tone squeal while my body shakes terribly. Nothing good is going to come out of this.

I take a step back with a shaky leg while Mrs. Rogue walks towards me. My eyes dart to Jasmine. She's still on the ground, not moving and I'm scared, seeing her like that. I hope she's not...I don't even want to think there.

Blood is dripping down the side of her head as her hair is scattered all over her face.

Mrs. Rogue's evil laugh breaks me out of trance and my eyes fixates on her instantly.

"Please don't hurt me." I beg, making a sorrowful facial expression. Where the hell is Lucas? Or anyone. Even king Adrian. Just anyone.

Mrs. Rogue fakes a hurtful expression and clutch her chest. "I wouldn't." Behind her soft smile, you can see that dangerous monster of hers. You can see the white flecks in her mesmerizing deep hazel eyes. And when there's a white flecks in a benders eyes. It definitely can't be good.

"I just want to ask a question." She smiles again. Now she's inches away. Too near me. Her hands brush my cheeks and I shudder, deeply swallowing a heavy lump.

She continues. "What was I doing to you before commander Lucas came to interrupt us?" She ask too sweetly. Too sweetly isn't good. It's very bad. Worst even.

I didn't reply but out of the blue, my mouth speaks by itself. "You were taking my breaths by controlling my brain." This is bbbbaaaadddd!!

"Good answer, Liliana. Shall we continue?"

My body bolt up from the ground few feet's away just to land heavily and I release a high-pitched groan. My breathing has quicken and so does my heart rate.

My system's in disorder and I can't think straight. I'm doomed!

Mrs. Rogue twirls her body and just as she's almost faced my direction. She kicks out her legs, swiping them past and making a whiplash of air to lash me in my abdomen.

My body flies in the air backwards and hit the recliners. The drink, Jasmine has made for our enjoyment spills around my upper body.

Mrs. Rogue laughs again. "Forgive my manners, Ana." She suddenly go full serious-minded. "Thanks for saving my life." Pathetic bitch!

She snicker. "Didn't commander Lucas call you queen. Oh, girl! I'm gonna make you feel like a queen."

I should have let commander Lucas kill her in that cell. Ouch! My body hurt like mad everywhere. Awww!

I try to stand but can't say anything. She's still controlling me.

She bends a ball of air and hurls it with a great shot towards me. Oh, god! I'm thrown aback to a far distance. I'm at the edge now. Blood indeliberately gush down the side of my mouthe.

I'm going to fall if another hits me. The whiplash ball-air has already shifted me to almost the edge of the skyscraper-like castle.

Please god! Save me! I don't want to die this way. Yes, I want death. It's all I've wished for. But not this way.

Is there even any good way to die nowadays?

There is none. I consciously answer my subconscious.

I'm scared. Really scared. Mrs. Rogue could see it because suddenly she's smiling, twitching up one side of her lips.

The air-ball in her hands has formed fully. She rotates her hands around it and push it forward. The air start to turn to a long, and straight gust of wind. Like a horizontal whirlwind.

I flare my eyes subconsciously, forgetting to take breaths.

The air rushes towards me and somehow, perhaps instinctively. I close my eyes firmly shut. My lips trembling, rhyming with the shuddering of my teeth. My forehead's squeezed together and my brain's telling me that it's over.

Realizing a foreign feeling, I see the air direct to another path with one of my eyes fluttering open as my lips' still in a firm thin line. Just before it could meet me and I can feel the coldness it carries. Oh my...she wants to freeze me!

The gusty air flies up and suddenly changes direction again. Coming towards Mrs. Rogue herself. She takes multiple steps backwards and quickly bends another air. Before the gusty air could hit her, she uses the air she just bended to split the gusty air. Her head snap to a direction and mine snap there too.

Thank goodness! I don't even know how to describe how happy I am to see him.

"Rogue!" King Adrian calls dangerously. Surpassing Mrs. Rogue's perilous tone and smile. She starts to fidget but tries to still maintain her posture.

"King Adrian." She bows lightly and add. "With the power bestowed on me as a member of the acies, I shall kill her." Her now dangerous deep hazel eyes dwells on my terrified body. She has guts to speak to king Adrian that way.

"Acies are those gifted with two elements to bend. Last time I checked, you have one. You're just an instructor employed to the academy by the acies. You have no power." King Adrian bends air into a air-ball, rounding and encrypting his hands separately.

"I have powers." She says again. This time, meaning her words. Seriously?! I can't believe she's talking back to king Adrian. I need to go read that book Lucas gave me. Maybe the acies will be there and I need to learn more about them. They seem like benders that can confront king Adrian.

Mrs. Rogue doesn't even budge anymore. She's frowning towards king Adrian and for a brief second, king Adrian looks over at Jasmine.

Why is he not killing her or at least attacking Mrs. Rogue for wanting to kill his emit? Apart from that. For disrespecting his authority!

A bluish glow comes from the entrance and in a matter of second, Lucas is here with water above him, being embedded by his powers. He lunges a icy slash at Mrs. Rogue but she's able to dodge it.

King Adrian's startled while Lucas continuously attack Mrs. Rogue. She dodges some but due to Lucas being an expert, some slash hits her and she falls.

Before she could regain her stand, the water Lucas' bending spills on the floor, filling the ground.

With a roar from Lucas, just as Mrs. Rogue stands, the water on the ground freezes to her direction and cracks at the same time. Oh, my...!!

I want to puke!

Her foots gets detached from her body. As she falls due to lack of foots for standing and in a shrilling tone coming from her very wide mouth. The water from the same ground freezes again and in the process turns into a spear.

Her heart-ribs pierce open as the iced-spear-shape water splits her heart. Blood gush down from her mouth, chest and legs.

Instantly, I puke on the floor.

What an horrible way to die!

I look at the two masculine figure and see that it was king Adrian that killed her finally.

His eyes wanders to mine, his hands still in the air supernaturally. As he drops them, the iced-spear-shape water turns to bloody water. His eyes, so full of hurt and hurt and hurt. I don't think I see any joy or happiness in them.

I don't know what to do. Should I blame him? Should I not? If he hadn't killed Mrs. Rogue then she would have killed me. What Jasmine said is true. I need to see the world through king Adrian's view. If I'm seeing it in my soft and pure way, I'll always hate every bender and even humans. It's the darkness. It's it fault.

If king Adrian or Lucas doesn't kill Mrs. Rogue, she'll kill me. And as far as I can tell, Mrs. Rogue will never rest until she kills me. So, I think I can't blame them.

I think I know what to do. I think I know.

Lucas is beside Jasmine as his glowing water breaks me from my train of thought. He's healing her. The way he's acting makes me know that he really cares for Jasmine. Her eyes squeezes for a brief seconds, indicating she's healing and will get better soon and Lucas sigh.

He couldn't be happy more because he's already filled with more happiness a man could wish for. He truly doesn't want to lose her.

I can feel him before I can see him, my back turn to him and I feel like the pain he's passing through is piercing into my soul through our eye contact. I drop my gaze and look at the ground. This way I feel even worst. What's happening?

Seriously, I don't think I hate him or something. Yes, I'm angry and will never forget that he killed two humans yesterday but I can't help but feel attracted to him. Why?!

"Are you okay?" He ask calmly. Gratefully, sparing us a space between.

"Yes." I answer, eyes still fixated to the ground.

"Are you sure, Ana?" How does one saying my name makes my stomach twitch and flutter? Just my name! He mentions it in his saying and I'm feeling...absurd?

Actually, I don't think it's absurd.

Just as I want to give him a definite answer and look into those hurtful eyes, pleading for me to meet their gaze, something pick me up.

"Ahh!!!" I yell.

A water with dark strings on it. Isn't that the type of strings produced by Lucas powers when he was being controlled. Oh, no! The Harlow's!

Can today get any...fucking...more worst?!!

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