Chapter 21
Shortly after the ceremony,96Please respect copyright.PENANAQE6KBj5ZQO
everyone went into the ballroom where the servants had completely transformed96Please respect copyright.PENANAOuhkkgR3Zt
the area into a massive dance hall with many dozens of tables and seating96Please respect copyright.PENANAKn85qj0v2n
arrangements. The tables were covered in purple table clothes as servers96Please respect copyright.PENANAJSDLesMVqd
wearing black and white uniforms were walking around carrying trays of96Please respect copyright.PENANACTNvMIHVug
champagne. There were four long tables filled with food with plates on the ends96Please respect copyright.PENANAEgRkvwmvdy
for guests to go and help themselves to the spread. There was a band of bards96Please respect copyright.PENANAeRWKSPKGCl
playing traditional Bricenian music in the corner. Soon people would be getting96Please respect copyright.PENANAxsw1LyDoUy
up to dance and he hoped to be out of the way when that happened.
Cuvera and Kiara96Please respect copyright.PENANAs77PoKliCV
walked over to the head table with his father and Eliza walking right behind96Please respect copyright.PENANAVQenOoPhdz
them. Vander knew that there was a spot for him at that table, but he wanted to96Please respect copyright.PENANAfiv4ZgWvPx
make sure the Blades were doing their rounds properly, so he excused himself.96Please respect copyright.PENANAq0StFGnj5e
That was just an excuse. He couldn’t tolerate the noise for long, so he wanted96Please respect copyright.PENANAMRwXCBNmae
an escape to be closer to the outside. Shea followed along behind him making96Please respect copyright.PENANAtc1CVTUgNz
sure to stay close lest anyone make the mistake of stepping on her tail. He was96Please respect copyright.PENANA2NggHujlQJ
close to the door when Malakai Whitesun blocked his path.
“Do you have a moment, Captain?”96Please respect copyright.PENANA4yigQZTmbO
the warden asked. Vander didn’t know too much about him. All the interactions96Please respect copyright.PENANAtM6NULdaZl
he had seen were such that he was well liked and respected, but the two of them96Please respect copyright.PENANAa1cgP5JowN
had never had a real conversation before. He didn’t see why Whitesun would want96Please respect copyright.PENANAOMRVj7mC6v
to talk to him, but it would be rude to refuse.
“Of course, Warden.” Vander bowed96Please respect copyright.PENANAVAvJiZIEBk
his head. “I have a moment to spare, what can I do for you?”
“I just want to thank you for the96Please respect copyright.PENANAB98DcfeaYy
security detail you put together.” Whitesun smiled warmly. “I can see no gabs96Please respect copyright.PENANA9ozFfDnPJ3
in their rotations, and they have been trained incredibly. Would you be willing96Please respect copyright.PENANAHVswy6xZXJ
to come with me to Godsville to train some of my soldiers? I’m sure they would96Please respect copyright.PENANAt1EErMFNVe
benefit heavily from your tutelage.”
“That’s very nice of you.” Vander96Please respect copyright.PENANA3lvQ553DTf
gave him a genuine smile. “You would have to talk to my grandfather about it,96Please respect copyright.PENANAPwYKVg1ymX
but I don’t mind as long as Shea can come with me.” He stepped aside giving the96Please respect copyright.PENANATTKxyYC0wl
warden access to his companion. He looked down at her with genuine interest.
“So, this is Shea, I have heard so96Please respect copyright.PENANAueE4BLaVX2
much about her.” He frowned as he studied her. “I thought she was a shadow96Please respect copyright.PENANAcIsdvreB0H
beast, but she looks like a regular wolf to me.”
“There is nothing regular about96Please respect copyright.PENANAFIN1YxxTXC
me.” She snarled. Vander stepped in front of her again so Whitesun wouldn’t96Please respect copyright.PENANAgl5Y7rnvUB
see her anger.
“She is, but since she has bonded96Please respect copyright.PENANAM6itZ3fe6E
with me, she lost many of the aspects that makes her resemble a shadow beast.”96Please respect copyright.PENANAhPdzL8B77g
Vander explained. “However, she is still prideful, please don’t insult her like96Please respect copyright.PENANAxLGg8Jh8ua
that again.”
“Of course.” Whitesun bowed. “My96Please respect copyright.PENANAclsRXBFdxX
sincerest apologies.” The man stuck out his hand. “I hope you and I can work96Please respect copyright.PENANAjYL43h4xGI
closely together in the future.” Vander gripped the heavily calloused hand and96Please respect copyright.PENANA2alRZl4Lo6
shook it. He felt his hand tingle, but he brushed it aside as nerves.96Please respect copyright.PENANAI7CEnMWnVN
Whitesun’s mouth turned up into a grin as they broke contact. “I look96Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZqBiT54Kc
forward talking to you again, Captain.”96Please respect copyright.PENANA4EDOgfvTf1
With that the warlord walked away to talk to Visc who was standing nearby.
“That was weird.” Vander muttered96Please respect copyright.PENANAwnX8wGMtlC
to himself. He looked down at his hand but saw nothing wrong. He wiped it on96Please respect copyright.PENANAeblxh4iV9v
his pants as he walked to the castle doors. Rooster and Eve were standing there96Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZqFX5yvkA
in their Blade uniforms trying to look as intimidating as possible, so Vander96Please respect copyright.PENANA2AY4AB7DRS
decided to prank them. He crouched down then slowly started walking towards96Please respect copyright.PENANAenVU0QIbR9
them. Once he got close enough, he grabbed Rooster from the back and shouted.
“Ah!” Rooster jumped forward96Please respect copyright.PENANAfCqgz39q1e
reaching for his weapon as he did. Upon seeing Vander laughing himself silly he96Please respect copyright.PENANAIvsaVjuRgZ
relaxed, but his face turned bright red.
“You an asshole.” He snapped.96Please respect copyright.PENANAkIRp32xzfd
“You’re lucky I didn’t stab you.”
“You couldn’t stab anyone being96Please respect copyright.PENANAczh2cHgvhP
that flustered.” Eve said coolly. “Your head should always be on a swivel. I96Please respect copyright.PENANAIR49FaIJoL
knew he was coming a couple seconds before he got you.” Vander had noticed that96Please respect copyright.PENANA5Gpo8hTp0y
she didn’t jump once he scared Rooster. It was surprising, but not all the way96Please respect copyright.PENANAjKfqGfqR0F
unexpected.
“The two of you get something to96Please respect copyright.PENANAZJN4tBC81f
eat.” Vander smirked. “I’ll watch the door until you return.”
“Forest and Briar are scheduled to96Please respect copyright.PENANAfHR65XItYe
replace us in a half hour.” Rooster explained. He pulled his uniform down96Please respect copyright.PENANAyh6mUtRv3c
before brushing off the nonexistent dirt. “We can wait until then, plus you96Please respect copyright.PENANAAwEI8qGhr4
don’t even have your sword on you. You wouldn’t be able to protect anyone that96Please respect copyright.PENANAx5emUdhymo
way.”
“Oh?” Vander asked, lifting Eve’s96Please respect copyright.PENANA1l2W4fFosN
sword. “I don’t have a sword?” Eve’s eyes bugged out of her head as she looked96Please respect copyright.PENANAUtUAqU0Qbs
down and realized that he had taken it. “Then where did I get this?”
“Give it back.” She snapped,96Please respect copyright.PENANAlfdQky29up
lunging for the sword. Vander stepped back keeping it from her grasp.
“Don’t do that,” Vander warned.96Please respect copyright.PENANAzLnQ61Ykj3
“You’ll end up hurting yourself.” He flipped the sword around offering it back96Please respect copyright.PENANAXTGZ0kJaZ4
to her hilt first. “Now go grab a plate. Everyone who was invited is here.”
“But-“ Rooster protested, but Alex96Please respect copyright.PENANA7psYXL9u2d
walked up to stand next to Vander.
“Obey your Captain, trainee.” Alex96Please respect copyright.PENANAeGnqmKoS6z
smirked. “Now go before you get punished for disobeying an order.”
“Alright.” Rooster nodded his96Please respect copyright.PENANAUdadUSxjqT
head. Along with Eve he ducked through a crowd heading towards the buffet.
“You are doing alright?” Alex96Please respect copyright.PENANA9VmqtpLZOl
asked. “I know parties like this are draining for you, especially with all the96Please respect copyright.PENANAue0EPVNHbS
sounds and smells.”
“I’m doing my best to block it96Please respect copyright.PENANApB3LzSiu4F
out.” Vander sighed. He leaned up against the door then looked around the room.96Please respect copyright.PENANACjuGzPovvi
His eyes quickly found Eliza and settled in on her. She must have noticed his96Please respect copyright.PENANAQEFQReSiiK
gaze because she looked up then winked at him.
“She likes you.” Alex said. “I96Please respect copyright.PENANASg0NuRuWKs
could tell from the first moment the two of you saw each other you were made96Please respect copyright.PENANAMbWe4tEY8g
for one another.”
“Did you get that from a romance96Please respect copyright.PENANAg6DI26RVfb
book?” Vander snorted. “Besides, I’m damaged goods. She could do much better96Please respect copyright.PENANAJ433GEpwxn
than someone like me.”
“You aren’t damaged goods,96Please respect copyright.PENANAk1iKfvxeKn
Vander.” His friend sighed. “You’ve just been heartbroken. It can fix, if you96Please respect copyright.PENANAG1T2OnUzgN
allow it.”
“You sound like Julianna.” Vander96Please respect copyright.PENANA1nJd7tFQq3
laughed. “I have too much going on right now to even consider a real96Please respect copyright.PENANAImWCMdyoug
relationship. Perhaps in a few months when things calm down I will consider96Please respect copyright.PENANAsMrnufU1mb
it.”
“Don’t wait too long my friend.”96Please respect copyright.PENANAc3cjoL4YyD
Alex clapped him on the shoulder. “Love waits for no one.”
“Now I know you got that from a96Please respect copyright.PENANA6km2mMEvSe
romance novel.” Vander jabbed him in the ribs. “If what she says is true, she96Please respect copyright.PENANAEA09iOau8S
will wait for me.”
“Why, what did he say?” Vander was96Please respect copyright.PENANAbaTbpfnIZG
safe from answering because right at that moment Forest and Briar walked up to96Please respect copyright.PENANA2OB3vnJrjw
take the place of Eve and Rooster.
“Did the two of you get enough to96Please respect copyright.PENANAQASvr07e4y
eat?” Vander asked them. “You won’t be too sleepy to take the shift or need to96Please respect copyright.PENANA9RiuSrnMVc
use the bathroom?”
“If he does, I’ll just slap him96Please respect copyright.PENANAYIp3Z32U4h
awake.” Briar pumped her fist.
“I’d like to see you try.” Forest96Please respect copyright.PENANAGrxdrvejg6
taunted. The two of them squared up, but before they could do anything about96Please respect copyright.PENANAYdfp2ohscC
its Vander grabbed their hands then slammed them together.
“Enough of that.” He snapped. “The96Please respect copyright.PENANAIsUGTqKodt
two of you are trainees learn to act like it.”
“Sorry,” the muttered rubbing96Please respect copyright.PENANALlAHcxOpP7
their heads. They shuffled off to their positions to do what was requested of96Please respect copyright.PENANA5dokyRdNIN
them. “We’re going to have a time getting them to fix that habit of theirs.”96Please respect copyright.PENANAjaeNEY4H7M
Vander said as the two started walking away.
“Nah, the two of them just need to96Please respect copyright.PENANAGhMv9TLv52
fuck and get it over with.” Alex snorted. “All that pent up frustration is96Please respect copyright.PENANALw5TuC4CCt
taking its toll on them.”96Please respect copyright.PENANAytRYkrImrF
96Please respect copyright.PENANAYnsroh0iEd
“Alex.” Vander laughed.96Please respect copyright.PENANA8E2J6YGVAY
“What the hell has gotten into you today?” He looked over to see Alex looking96Please respect copyright.PENANAlz51spHx8Q
embarrassed and that’s when it dawned on him. “You found some. What’s his96Please respect copyright.PENANAfnWBIkWz2S
name?”
“Paul.” He muttered. “He found me96Please respect copyright.PENANAsuGfxO0liF
the other day in the bar when I was drinking. We hit it off then I took him96Please respect copyright.PENANAb51SyazsfY
back to my house for the night. We have plans later if you want to join us.”
“Don’t you have to wait until at96Please respect copyright.PENANAJCoOKmm8T8
least the third date before you introduce him to your family?” Alex96Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0FmnUdgO2
half-heartedly shoved Vander.
“Shut up.” He growled.
“Of course I will meet him.”96Please respect copyright.PENANA3yrQFXIlcG
Vander laughed. “We can go in a couple of hours, how’s that?”
“Great.” Alex beamed. “I’ll come96Please respect copyright.PENANAEIk4YfpZCy
and grab you when it’s time to go.” He clapped Vander on the back before96Please respect copyright.PENANAbFUTskn4CC
shuffling off.
Vander and Shea made their way to96Please respect copyright.PENANAqKpuusKm8N
the table where Cuvera and Kiara were talking to well-wishers. Malcolm and96Please respect copyright.PENANAJuVO3m7C1E
Charles were nowhere to be seen, so it was just the two of them, Eliza and96Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1I3l1KbuH
Leon, who decided to guard Cuvera in Vander’s absence.
“Leon,” Vander greeted. “Did my96Please respect copyright.PENANAAkAsF3isxW
grandfather have you watch the prince so he could protect Malcolm?”
“You weren’t here,” Leon shrugged.96Please respect copyright.PENANA7BQFEOxCZY
“Only twenty minutes into the party and you already left your post.” He96Please respect copyright.PENANAnZwzj0ZHDh
snorted. Vander resisted the urge to sock him in the mouth.
“He’s my best man, Captain.”96Please respect copyright.PENANAcwEGL3eVrm
Cuvera responded, not even bothering to look over his shoulder. “It would be96Please respect copyright.PENANA36BGTalvH6
weird if he had to protect me on duty while he was doing something for me.”
“Yes my prince.” Leon bowed his96Please respect copyright.PENANAxEoLB1rEe5
head. “My apologies.”
“Now that he is here though, you96Please respect copyright.PENANAiaXM5vu3Yq
may go.” Cuvera dismissed him with a flicked of the wrist. Leon stiffened but96Please respect copyright.PENANAwFCemkJjS7
did as he was asked, though he shot Vander a dirty look on his way out. “I96Please respect copyright.PENANAyy5rRhFTk2
don’t know how you stand that man after everything that has happened.”
“What happened?” Kiara asked.96Please respect copyright.PENANAH1cEKPSzwE
Cuvera quickly explained everything that had gone on between the two, including96Please respect copyright.PENANAHpzaP965W8
his wanting to marry Bree before her father got in the way. Eliza sat there96Please respect copyright.PENANAfScxVXxRna
mortified, but Kiara’s expression was one of shock and anger.
“I’ll rip her apart.” She said.96Please respect copyright.PENANAhSAHhSNMiD
Kiara placed her hand on her little sister’s arm.
“You’ll do no such thing.” She96Please respect copyright.PENANAqGAwtNOHd7
laughed. “Vander, have you had a chance to eat yet?” she asked trying to change96Please respect copyright.PENANAqk7TZovg1p
the subject.
“Not yet.” Vander smiled. “With96Please respect copyright.PENANAyuK6wgx2by
all the noise and smells, I haven’t got an appetite yet.”
“Pity.” She opened her mouth to96Please respect copyright.PENANALfZAEq3WcA
say something else, but Malcolm strode onto the dance floor.
“Quiet everyone!” he shouted. It96Please respect copyright.PENANAFRdTqvZUa6
took a few moments for the room to quiet down long enough for him to speak96Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4sGoM4uxi
again. “As tradition whenever someone gets married, they get the first dance of96Please respect copyright.PENANAJbRrgVRQy3
the night.” The crowd separated to create an aisle for Cuvera and Kiara to walk96Please respect copyright.PENANAB40wei1hTw
down. “If you would be so kind.” The king held out his hand. Cuvera stood up96Please respect copyright.PENANAnxt2JY0miE
then offered his own hand to his wife, which she accepted with a slight blush96Please respect copyright.PENANAhYmQYmdpGm
on her face. The two of them walked down to the floor, then the bards began to96Please respect copyright.PENANAy3gF3vrISC
play.
Kiara must have been practicing Eluvian96Please respect copyright.PENANAUDH6k1YiFg
dances, because once the two of them started dancing she didn’t miss a step.96Please respect copyright.PENANAjGSNnZ2q0l
Cuvera took her hand in his then his other arm wrapped around her waist pulling96Please respect copyright.PENANAntxWJH0rT2
her close to his chest. They moved around the floor slowly at first, moving in96Please respect copyright.PENANAZOzwNt8N9G
step with each other before he spun her away, grabbed her wrist then pulled her96Please respect copyright.PENANAHSFfMWvywh
back in. They did that a couple more times before the song ended when they96Please respect copyright.PENANAAz2X9OcGYb
stopped with him holding her as she bent backwards. They stood to thunderous96Please respect copyright.PENANA9SkIO5uixz
applause then, as the band started playing again, more people joined them in96Please respect copyright.PENANAXteSsfjEzc
dancing.
“Tell me Vander,” Eliza smiled at96Please respect copyright.PENANAOuHRcaA3VL
him. “Do you dance?”
“Not if I can help it.” He96Please respect copyright.PENANASoCMEGsCpm
snorted. “I learned when I was younger, but since I received this curse, I96Please respect copyright.PENANArx1HRZTTTT
stayed away. Too many people surrounding me makes me a little flighty.”
“Well, let’s go then.” She said.96Please respect copyright.PENANAzmm3xkhO6a
She got up from her chair and offered her hand. Vander stared at is96Please respect copyright.PENANAhXGy3Kd2AR
suspiciously. “I’ll help you manage your condition, just join me.” Deciding to96Please respect copyright.PENANAYNul7wKexV
trust her, he placed his hand in hers then allowed himself to be brought onto96Please respect copyright.PENANAq9KAsK61bf
the dance floor.
He placed his arm around her waist96Please respect copyright.PENANAvGfwRCAS4A
then pulled her tight against him. If he wanted to admit it, he would have96Please respect copyright.PENANAgleOFCVBoM
thought that it felt good to have someone who seemed to truly care about him in96Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7KwxzI2OR
his arms. The way she held him back made him realize that he never really had96Please respect copyright.PENANA4U47IzDcc8
someone like that, not even Bree, who always wanted to keep him at arm’s96Please respect copyright.PENANAa2nW3ADz2N
length. Despite that though, he wasn’t willing to let his guard down entirely.
“So, how will you make me forget96Please respect copyright.PENANAKoVGH366dV
about the noise?” he asked, already starting to feel flighty.
“Just let me lead.” She smiled.96Please respect copyright.PENANArRIy972Rvo
“Keep your eyes focused on me and I promise you, you will forget that anyone is96Please respect copyright.PENANArBax6lfn8G
even around us.”
“Sounds good.” He said. Without96Please respect copyright.PENANARRg6Dzi6Gj
waiting for permission, she started dancing. Their eyes locked together and96Please respect copyright.PENANA45yVKjgVr3
true to her word, he began to forget anyone else was there and was instead96Please respect copyright.PENANAA91x1sTvyI
focused solely on her.
She was slightly shorter than he96Please respect copyright.PENANAb6YVAxcSrs
was, but not by much. It causes him to have to look down at her as she looks up96Please respect copyright.PENANAQxmvh08Zok
at him causing him to want to look away, but he controlled himself. He looked96Please respect copyright.PENANANlObgOB56w
into her almond-shaped eyes and started to notice all the other things about96Please respect copyright.PENANAqtLl3HsB6t
her face that he glanced over during all their meeting together. She had96Please respect copyright.PENANA0nZl5GbcZL
freckles dotting her face. They blended in with her skin for the most part, but96Please respect copyright.PENANAfq9t1oVCxx
they were a shade darker, easily missed unless you were looking straight at96Please respect copyright.PENANAT7GMEZd1jE
them. The hair on her head was brown, but the strands dancing along with them96Please respect copyright.PENANA3ekqGi5JXe
were almost blonde. As he studied her face, he eventually saw her lips which96Please respect copyright.PENANA6vpiwDZKCH
looked soft, soft enough for him to kiss. As must have noticed before, her lips96Please respect copyright.PENANAuJA3km1UuK
turned into a smile as her pupils dilated.
“See anything interesting?” she96Please respect copyright.PENANAI301MOVdp4
whispered into his ear.
“You have flecks of gold in your96Please respect copyright.PENANAtrn1pxxSBq
eyes.” He whispered back. “They are simply stunning.” She pulled her head back96Please respect copyright.PENANADj96eKG3LG
so she could stare back up at him.
“Anything else?” she asked.
“Your lips are very inviting.” He96Please respect copyright.PENANAhvgkIgxQke
smiled.
“Well, are you accepting?” she96Please respect copyright.PENANA8y9QrMhUyr
asked, leaning forward. He decided that he couldn’t be scared forever, so he96Please respect copyright.PENANAOf9MTF0h0c
accepted her challenge. Her lips were as soft as he thought they were. She96Please respect copyright.PENANAFT4hXGAv1K
removed her arm wrapping both around his neck and keeping him there, with her,96Please respect copyright.PENANAJtUhA7Irqe
for a several seconds before someone tapped him on the shoulder. He broke96Please respect copyright.PENANADV5Vglfu6v
contact to look at a very pissed off Bree.
“What the hell are you doing?” she96Please respect copyright.PENANALlLsf3F2vO
shouted. He hadn’t seen her this entire time, but she had changed her clothing96Please respect copyright.PENANAKq1l5kicKn
since the wedding. She was wearing a long, sleeveless blue dress with white96Please respect copyright.PENANAs3Qc8fcFY3
gloves that stopped just above her elbow. Her hair was tied back in a ponytail,96Please respect copyright.PENANA0V5wGXlJxq
but her outfit had nothing on how angry her face was.
“Dancing.” Eliza stepped between96Please respect copyright.PENANAw0vvYiKALx
the two of them with cold detachment on her face. “I’m not sure why you’re so96Please respect copyright.PENANAAmKaZkQfqk
angry, you dumped in for someone else. What right do you have to be here?”
“Eliza, I’ll take care of it.”96Please respect copyright.PENANAhM1bM9Rwyd
Vander placed his hand on her shoulder. “I’ll meet you back at the table in a96Please respect copyright.PENANAVxhPW3eItc
little bit.”
“You better,” she warned. “Cause96Please respect copyright.PENANA5LA6kw1YXg
next time I’ll break her pretty little nose.” Eliza gracefully walked away96Please respect copyright.PENANA2MV21dQAtL
while Vander turned his attention towards Bree, slightly upset that he had to96Please respect copyright.PENANAOw6OjSk26N
turn his back on her ass.
“Come with me.” Vander grabbed96Please respect copyright.PENANATCWbGpRzCd
Bree by the arm, pulling her away from the crowd. He took her to an obscure96Please respect copyright.PENANAkmaZCnr50l
corner where he knew they wouldn’t be overheard. He felt Shea following them96Please respect copyright.PENANAEjamhY0LHO
but making sure to stay hidden. He pushed her up against the wall. “What do you96Please respect copyright.PENANAOfpUJsshiH
want, Bree?”
“I want you back.” She stammered.96Please respect copyright.PENANAkI2egtyRxj
“I made a mistake accepting my father’s proposal with Leon, but I didn’t know96Please respect copyright.PENANA6vvW0MkqPa
what else to do. I will break it off if you-“ Vander placed his finger on her96Please respect copyright.PENANADGCTPHh9fj
lips.
“No means no, Bree.” He said96Please respect copyright.PENANAa68inb3Hyn
softly. “You made your choice months ago. You longer have the right to demand96Please respect copyright.PENANAvSa7rRN3qR
things of me. Not now, not in the future.”
“But we were so good together.”96Please respect copyright.PENANAoNJRE8aXfB
She pouted. “We were in love.”
“We might have been, but it wasn’t96Please respect copyright.PENANAuBZLG4DRIR
true love Bree.” He said. “Not for me anyway. I needed a distraction from my96Please respect copyright.PENANAR1dtABo8zi
life, and you came at just the right time. You need to go and make your own96Please respect copyright.PENANAzwuHVMUx7M
life, without me Bree.”
“But I want to.” She grabbed his96Please respect copyright.PENANAlwGH5RZExD
arm. “Please.” Vander sighed. He didn’t want to hurt her, but he didn’t know96Please respect copyright.PENANARBUtUkDVCS
what else he should do.
“This is getting pathetic.” He96Please respect copyright.PENANAaBOYqjV8jJ
ripped his arm away from her. “I want nothing more to do with you Bree, I was96Please respect copyright.PENANA9sDkjQOZGm
happier without you in my life. You need to go, now.” Bree brought her hand up96Please respect copyright.PENANAAZPyjWJNzJ
slapping him across the face. The crack echoed across the room causing those96Please respect copyright.PENANADEWliqmvSC
around him to quiet down and turn their heads to stare at them.
“You’re such an asshole.” She96Please respect copyright.PENANA0n4wRWTLOV
said, as tears poured down her face. She ran off covering herself with her arm96Please respect copyright.PENANATIDIIvl0Wf
as she rushed through the crowd.
“Sorry about that.” He muttered to96Please respect copyright.PENANAoCl54WN7MS
those around him. There was no way that wasn’t getting back to Jasper, but that96Please respect copyright.PENANAcZOivAUWEx
was a problem for another day. Now was the time he chose to go upstairs to find96Please respect copyright.PENANAr8cvAEi24M
the book Boar and Eliza had told him about. He looked around, but when he saw96Please respect copyright.PENANAiu8O2e8QMr
Malcolm and his grandfather talking to Peyton near the tables, he quickly ran96Please respect copyright.PENANAhhe5NrT9TO
up the stairs with Shea right behind him.
He greeted the Blades who were96Please respect copyright.PENANAJBEq7rPvxz
walking around the second floor. He chatted with them for a few minutes to see96Please respect copyright.PENANApadSlYBPCQ
how they were doing without raising suspicion about why he was up there. As96Please respect copyright.PENANAdpffW6EqnI
soon as he said goodbye, he snuck down the hallway heading towards the side96Please respect copyright.PENANALuk8r5pIFx
staircase that would lead to the third floor. He couldn’t hear or smell anyone96Please respect copyright.PENANAEobp5uoSWZ
nearby, but he still moved as quietly as he could. He didn’t want to be missing96Please respect copyright.PENANAeBGIrguqx5
for too long or his grandfather might get curious as to where he went.
Since he knew where he was going,96Please respect copyright.PENANANViKsOx7F1
it was an easy task to find the library. He stationed Shea down the hall to96Please respect copyright.PENANA57h4aQGmgl
warn him in case anyone decided to pay him a visit. He carefully opened the96Please respect copyright.PENANAKBjJYYkTeC
door and stepped inside.
The room was dark since no one was96Please respect copyright.PENANAjRIs25yuiL
in there, but he could see in the low light very easily. The trouble was going96Please respect copyright.PENANAmhrXvQt8Yq
to be finding the book because he wasn’t sure if Malcolm had placed it back on96Please respect copyright.PENANA905prMXDBD
the bookshelves or if he left it on the desk. Luckily for Vander it was right96Please respect copyright.PENANAmUrBnHlx2t
there where he left it the other day. He guessed Malcolm must have been busy96Please respect copyright.PENANAQHwFDAVZZG
with the wedding preparations to put it back. Vander tucked it into his jacket96Please respect copyright.PENANAOPNwqcjVD0
then headed towards the door, but he ran right into Malcolm.
“Vander?” The King asked. “What96Please respect copyright.PENANAxbFUiSZLKB
are you doing here?”
“Uhm.” Vander stammered.
“You came for the book?” Malcolm96Please respect copyright.PENANA9FjLNwIG68
asked. “You didn’t have to sneak around during the wedding, you could have just96Please respect copyright.PENANA9IFqT3tnpQ
asked for it.”
“Really?” Vander frowned. “I was96Please respect copyright.PENANAoYO4BBMz5x
told I had to get the book tonight without being seen.”
“Who told you that?” Malcolm96Please respect copyright.PENANAMCz0tZht6v
asked.
“It came to me in a vision,”96Please respect copyright.PENANA0d0PlJeQ29
Vander explained. “I was visiting the tombs with Cuvera earlier and Boar came96Please respect copyright.PENANArITr16vQKf
to me and told me to get the book.”
“Boar?” Malcolm asked96Please respect copyright.PENANAC59CBT1Tjn
incredulously. “The first Blade? How would he have known about this book?”
“I never thought to ask that.”96Please respect copyright.PENANAVqeUkG0WWO
Vander frowned. “But what are you doing here? And where is Shea?”
“I didn’t see her when I was96Please respect copyright.PENANAGKEK2Uq8Ep
walking down the hall?” Malcolm said.
“Shea?” Vander asked96Please respect copyright.PENANA4Fu8hBL7Et
through their bond, but there was no response. “I think something is wrong.”
“Wrong, what do you..?” Blood96Please respect copyright.PENANAW1N3qOp0vu
poured from the King’s mouth as he looked down to see a sword shoved through96Please respect copyright.PENANAKTpnh80RpZ
his chest.
“Malcolm!” Vander shouted. The96Please respect copyright.PENANAmVsM8ddlAm
sword slid back out then the King fell to the floor barely clinging to life.96Please respect copyright.PENANA8TAN8IQNsP
Behind him stood Peyton with a giant grin on his face.
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“Give me the book Vander.” He96Please respect copyright.PENANAPHEep6jdRv
said. “Or you’re next.”