Chapter 37
No one came to see him for the96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi6wAuwgXk
first day. Aside from some lukewarm water and moldy bread, he hadn’t had96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCbLMSFOWi
anything to eat either. He spent his time curled in the corner allowing his96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzs72qnBKRq
negative thoughts to control his mind. He thought about his failure at protecting96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHPcasKuf2
Malcolm that brought him to this place, forcing him on the run because he96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGaC9s8Cet
hadn’t been prepared. If they had taken a little more time to think about it,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBzrcfhmIF
they should have been aware that there could have been another traitor amongst96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyd2xfEftm0
them. Cranton, the one who vetted all the servants, the closest to the king,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeY9it5jO5d
and able to move unseen. There were clues, but they all ignored them.
Now his best friend, the one who96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmSr5ayVWr
risked everything for him, might be in jail as well, or in trouble at the very96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPpgW0ZBfS
least. He betrayed his vow all for the sake of friendship. At the very least he96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxpcGc2Jss
could be removed from the Blades. At least he had someone to fall back on, if96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadXxoX7oJo
this went south, Vander had no one. He didn’t even know where his grandfather96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpt7wxztF9A
had gone and with no way to reach him, he had no one. The despair was too96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlJoCQEUvA
great, so he buried himself inside his own mind hoping that things would get96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviVRTB2EZS
better.
The demon scraped against his mind96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqchNrD5rt
begging to be released. He would make all those who hurt them suffer96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOdVYRoHsx
unimaginable pain. He could start by removing their skin piece by piece until96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeeIIsVwcA
they passed out from the pain. Then he would carve out their organs with his96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEivLWefO9
bare hands, not stopping even after the body died. Then they would be tossed to96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKA3kKChAid
the forest for the animals to have their fill. He begged, pleaded and96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwIDe1QBwr
threatened, but if there was hope, Vander would not give in. No matter how much96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7Mj5XsI2C
he wanted to.
He wasn’t sure how long it had96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAOGkBJuuo
been, but eventually he heard the door open. Based on the sounds their feet96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4n1Of5zByz
made, there were four people coming down to see him. None of them, except one,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5bySfwU7h
was wearing armor. He recognized her scent clearly compared to the others.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22Uo2l2jj4
According to the book, and her, the two of them were bonded. Despite knowing96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDpJuYuijp
nothing about her, he didn’t want her to see him like this so he hid closer to96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvo4yhwExH
the shadows hoping it would be enough. It wasn’t.
“Come out, Vander.” Her voice was96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT54Hgml5AC
soft, full of warmth. He felt the presence of Atza beckoning him, pushing the96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPV688YOzU4
demon further into the recesses of his mind. He looked over to see her kind96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVvc9uEyes
expression staring at him without hate or malice. In the face she looked96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9cUPYPxUQ
worried. Her eyes were sunken in. Her normally glossy hair hung loose around96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PXjstW8by
her face. In the three months he had been missing, she lost quite a bit of96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi14l8p2BJj
weight.
The others she was with didn’t96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCIoqMChCX
really surprise him except Whitesun was there. He had no idea why the southern96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5QDKfHwiN
warden was there to see him, but he couldn’t think of any good reasons. Maybe96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6f2yxmsl2
the council had finally made their judgement.
“Have you decided what you were96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9DDzuhFBc
going to do with me?” Vander asked. He looked over at Cuvera who met his stare96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnOgYBD0zd
with his own.
“The council is split.” Cuvera96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsX3wNpv90
explained. “There are many who don’t believe you capable of killing my father,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsM4hsW9TeJ
but they also don’t believe that Peyton would have been capable either. Then96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDNGYr7Y9L
there are those who think you did do it, and nothing would convince them96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBGLJY7aFJ
otherwise.”
“Not once did we doubt you,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TtY2mBbxT
Vander.” Kiara’s voice was kind. “We were hurt that you felt you couldn’t stay96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiebG2fUdxy
and plead your case, but based on the considerable resources that were spent to96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZNp4yeDcD
track you down, as well as the venomous rhetoric that was spread against you,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPpW0F9VWq
it ended up being for the best. You wouldn’t be safe here, not with the96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9l7cDtBwk
influence many of the nobles have in the city.”
“Then why am I still locked up?”96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sVrI1o9hR
he asked. “If you believe me, why keep me here?”
“Because we can’t release you96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEt4oU6224
without proof that Peyton killed my father.” Cuvera explained. “As it stands96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUhVZDGD3l
it’s your word against his and he has more sway amongst the nobles. I know96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9bkRdNQmU
you’re innocent, but they know that I would protect you because we are practically96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdRPhZMaLq
brothers.”
“How do you know I’m innocent?”96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gBwBJleNs
Vander countered. “I could be the monster they think I am.”
“Vander!” Eliza gasped. “Don’t say96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0m9o2gz1U
things like that.”
“I know because I saw what96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNTHtr7Yp7
happened.” Cuvera sighed. “A week after my father died, the ceremony to take96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsIMzE4MOY
the shard of Humjir into me was performed. I saw everything leading up to his96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTztfzyDbc
final moments, including him telling you to run with his dying breath. I’ve96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJ5IujdyPv
known him for months, but Peyton has the power now that my father’s gone. I96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVN6fgnEdfp
can’t do a thing.”
“However, I do.” Whitesun spoke96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVJvqlPDwv
softly. “Even though I am the farthest of all the Warden’s from the city,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNt4djaif2J
Malcolm and I were good friends. I believe you Vander. I think you are a kind96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRIUdKxE3b
soul despite the stigma surrounding you, I can help you.”
“How?” Vander stared at the man, a96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmdYiUWsph
stranger. He couldn’t quite believe someone would be willing to help him just96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QOGgcWGQE
for no reason. There had to be another motive, but he would be damned if he96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxQ9bjdXT6
could think of one.
“You let me worry about that.”96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJGuYqmdmT
Whitesun held out his hand through the bars. Vander studied it for a moment96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNt41AYgqqX
before accepting it. The two of them held hands for a few minutes past what96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lMm9gmYAa
Vander was comfortable with, but before he could say anything, Whitesun let his96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrlrWrWx3q
hand go. “I wanted to see what kind of person you were, Captain.”
“What have you discovered,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz80BQ2NSvy
Warden?” Vander bit back.
“You are a principled man devoted96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu58APoz1A4
to your goal of protecting those you love.” Whitesun smiled. “There is no way96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANUsYV7VxO
you would have killed your surrogate father, no matter what may have happened96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykz3P8Tbzt
between the two of you.”
“You gained all that from shaking96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBunFrZJ9r
my hand?” Vander shook his head. “Excuse me if I don’t believe you.”
“No,” Whitesun laughed. “I got96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOBpXS6PgH
that from talking to your friends. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some damage96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfj2qbYcbU
control to do.” With that he excused himself by heading back up the stairs.
“If anyone can help you, it’s96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPjVjaQDyc
Malakai.” Cuvera smiled. “You protected us from the Serpents, now allow us to96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4biN1A2iNC
help you.”
“Thank you.” Vander embraced his96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1g4D31JFFd
friend, though it wasn’t complete due to the bar standing between the two of96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIEiQkApB3
them. “After this is done, I will devote my sword to you and you are alone.”
“To us, Vander.” Cuvera wrapped a96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfoIHPrbKp
possessive arm around his wife. “And our child who we are going to name for my96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOAgxFCEio
father and your grandfather: Malcolm Charles Elan.”
“Or Mary Charlie Elan.” Kiara96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufZcMADD63
interrupted. “If it’s a girl.”
“Either way, we want you to be its96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLIiV9d4uN
guard parent if anything were to happen to us.” Cuvera smiled. “Both you and96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NgMjuKh2i
Eliza, even though she already agreed.” Vander was touched, but he knew that96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprOMCO5FuX
there was still a lot of work to be done before that would become a reality.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrT0Y16S5eJ
Starting with him being released.
“Provided I am released, I will.”
“Excellent.” Cuvera grinned, but96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fEMmmqM71
after a moment, he became a little more serious. “I need you tell me everything96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7xGeJqMtx
you can about this assassin who killed Humi. If someone this dangerous is in my96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyZuUTgh48
city, I need to know everything I can about them.”
“I didn’t know about them until my96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8x5LicWUE
attack on the Green Serpent base.” Vander explained. “I found a handwritten96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDFpXq9Wx7
note that said that someone known as Fang was coming after me. I assumed they96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyrelRR1MU
didn’t know where I was because I didn’t end up with a knife in my side while I96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL5REpFAKh
slept. They must have picked me up somewhere then waited until I was distracted96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO82JaMXGc
before coming after me. If it hadn’t been for Humi there was a chance, I would96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw1XPJoK2H
be killed.”
“Any idea who they were?” Vander96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWfSydsKiy
shook his head.
“None, they wore both a mask and a96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHxsqFwfZC
hood.” He explained. “However, they infiltrated a space that was protected by96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmWIyi7DO6
Humjir’s ability. Which,” he glared at Cuvera. “How is that possible? I thought96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74RHLjIGti
only Malcolm, and now you, could use those powers?”
“It’s complicated, I don’t truly96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqr5rUkW7kh
understand it myself.” Kiara placed her hand on Cuvera’s shoulder then96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZN7nNgya3q
whispered in his ear. “I’m sorry, but Kiara is tired. We must go but worry not.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7Kng61C4H
We will get you out of this.”
“Are you going to stay?” He looked96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6INQ1VBlhV
at Eliza. He didn’t know why, but he really didn’t want her to leave.
“Of course.” She grinned, holding96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1yUInKeGF
up the cell keys. “I can’t let you out, but I can go in.” she placed the key96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptZQoGOjAV
inside the lock and turned it. The door popped open, so she allowed herself96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9H6h1lifL2
inside.
“I’ll come to let you out in the96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjv5vs2vodd
morning.” Cuvera held his hand out for the keys, which she returned. “Enjoy96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbOkKJPOBX
yourself.” With that, Cuvera and Kiara left the room leaving the two of them96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexTDWaJ3dZ
together. For the first time in a long time, Vander felt tongue tied. He didn’t96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAedScbCvBv
know what to do.
“Sit down.” Eliza sighed. “You96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgz7zigJYe
look like you’re about to fall over.” She sat down against the wall then patted96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JUY4zIkzF
the open spot next to her. Not sure what he should do, he sat down next to her,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlX7Bwju4y
but made sure none of his body touched her. “Am I that repulsive that you won’t96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2KBaqCmVH
even touch me?” she sounded hurt.
“I’m sorry.” He spoke. “I’m just96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ytEIssvb9
scared. For some reason I get nervous around you, like I don’t want to96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHuy9Oep7v
disappoint you. I’ve had plenty of partners, but this seems foreign to me.”
“I guess that’s to be expected.”96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZT2SXPpXz
Eliza smiled. “I’ve known about you ever since I was young, so I’ve been96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9efKVTHI7e
preparing for my entire life. But you just found out a couple of months ago and96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGEwIgAHEo
we never got to spend any sort of time together. So, for now, how about we just96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSxxebgAlv
get to know each other and let this occur naturally?”
“You’d be okay with that?”
“Of course.” She spoke. “You can96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUE7KzfHCyM
be completely honest with me; I won’t judge you Vander.” He hesitated, but he96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZz8NUWTGuT
didn’t feel any treachery in her words. It was time he became honest with96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VAvPelyIh
someone other than Shea. It was time for him to be vulnerable.
“Are you sure you can handle it?”96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq6D8huMws
he smiled. “You’d be my first actual relationship since getting dumped by96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccDGS9dMXC
someone I wanted to marry. She left me for prestige and for someone I hate.”
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“It’s her loss.” Eliza shrugged.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthafq6mop8
“But if you asked me too, I’d punch her in the face for you.” He laughed and it96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzl7BTNyGA
was the first real laugh he had had since his best friend’s wedding. Perhaps,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcZclcisZ9
just for tonight, everything would be alright.
