Chapter 58: Rescue

“There’s only one way to do with a soul that proves stubborn and doesn’t want to leave this world” Claudia said as they walked towards her chambers to bring something from there.

“What is that?” Edgar said curiously as he wanted to know fast enough.

“Mistletoe, it was used by the people of the old times to chase away witches from their homes, witches that reincarnate and come back to chase the soul of a child out of its body” Claudia said and they followed her closely.

“Just like Rachaela chased the soul of the girl and took her body?” Edgar said.

“Yes, exactly Rachaela did this to make sure that she remained in charge of the body and decide how the body ages” Claudia replied.

“She’s way too ambitious and what she’s doing now makes no sense at all” Brandon said with annoyance on his face.

“I keep mistletoe everywhere around the citadel and that was why Rachaela was unable to do any big spell in this pack house” Claudia said and Edgar now understood why she let her stay in the citadel for so long.

“So with this we can actually defeat her?” Edgar said.

“It cannot kill her but it will weaken her soul which will make her body useless, after that you use silver chains to bind her, silver burns witches” Claudia replied.

“We’ll need extra hands then because we cannot do all these ourselves” Brandon said looking at Edgar to make sure he wasn’t planning something nasty in his head.

“Yes I think that too” Edgar said after few moments of contemplation and Brandon gave a sigh of relief that that they weren’t going on a solo mission.

“I’ll give you my best ten men so they aid in finding Elaine” Claudia said.

“Too much, we’ll need only five so she doesn’t detect is before we get close enough” Edgar replied.

“Well then, let me get you the most important part of your mission” she said as she entered into the closet, shut the door and came out with a box designed with gold platings and looked it very ancient.

Claudia opened the box and brought out the whitish substance and handed it to Alexander.

“Trap her with this and she will be powerless” Claudia said and Edgar took it from her carefully.

“Thank you, your majesty” Edgar said

“Don’t thank me yet, bing her home safely” she said and they both nodded.

They gathered everything they will need for the mission and set out on a mission to the red stone pack house crypt where Elaine was held hostage by Rachaela. Their journey was fraught with tension and uncertainty as they were insure of what they were going to face when they reached the red stone pack house.

They finally got to their destination, from up a hill, Brandon looked down on his home that was taken away from him by Skylar, they all grew up here and lived a very happy life, he expected to grow old one day and show his children every inch of the pack lands, every street, every market, every fun place and his sons every brothel. There was no way to do that now because what remained of his home was just a structure emptied of all the life it had.

“One day, you will come home to your pack house built more gloriously than it was before” Edgar said standing next to him as he knew exactly what was going on in his head.

“And what if that day never comes?” Brandon replied sincerely speaking what was on his mind.

“That day will come, with Edgar in here that day is coming soon” he replied pointing his chest.

“I hope it does, I miss home” Brandon said as he kept staring and envisioning the place returning to its glorious beauty.

“Let’s focus on rescuing Elaine for now, because without her there is no Edgar and neither is there a corruption” he said patting Brandon shoulders and walking away.

Brandon thought about what he just said and it was the simple truth, if something happened to Elaine, Edgar wouldn’t hesitate to go on killing spree which might drive him to being very reckless and uninterested in life and after that there will be no one to rebuild the already destroyed pack house.

“Let’s keep moving” Edgar said and everyone stood up from their resting point.

They approached the house, the did not walk in from the front door instead they took the back gate that had a hidden passage, they kept on moving forward despite the pungent smell of the decaying corpse that was scattered all over the place.

“The crypt, that’s where she is keeping Elaine” Edgar said reducing his voice a little bit because the halls were echoing.

“How do you know that?” Brandon said whispering.

“Why are you whispering?” Edgar said stopping and looking at him in weird eyes.

“I thought we were whispering for now” Brandon said still whispering.

“We aren’t whispering Brandon, we are completing a mission” Edgar said and Brandon agreed with him.

“Alright then let’s do this” Brandon said and Edgar stared at him for some moments before he shook his head and continued walking.

“The crypt is below the ceremonial throne room and to get there we must use the great door which is really creaky and able to blow our whole stealthiness” Brandon said and Edgar mind wandered for possible solutions to the problem.

“Are you sure it the crypt?” Brandon said again wanting to make sure they wouldn’t risk their life for a wrong location.

“Yes, her real body is in the crypt and that’s where contains more power than any other place in this building” Edgar replied.

“Is this the big, creaky door?” Edgar said and Brandon nodded his head in confirmation.

“Well then, let’s get to it” Edgar said and they approached the door.

“The door will be opened as small as possible and everyone would try to squeeze theirselves in to avoid the door feom making any sound” Edgar said to all than and made sure tgey understood.

“And what it it made a sound?” Brandon asked and Edgar threw him a death stare.

“”If it sounds everyone retreats except Brandon” Edgar said and everyone chuckled lightly.

They opened the door and were successful in passing through it without making a single sound then they headed for the crypt.

As they descended deeper into the crypt, the walls seemed to close in around them, and whispers of ancient spells and curses filled the air. They kept their silver weapons ready for any attack from Rachaela.

“Edgar” they heard a female voice behind them and they all turned to see Elaine very hurt, her body covered in blood.

“My Lady” Brandon said and tried to run towards her when Edgar held him behind.

“That’s not Elaine” he said and when Brandon looked back at her, she changed form to another person.