Chapter 27

"Alex!" Mia screamed out just before her mouth was covered by one of the masked men. Alex looked in her direction, and with a speed as lightning, and rushed over to where the men were. They fired arrows in his direction, and he evaded each and every one of them. None of the arrows pierced into his skin.

He slayed the men in his way trying to stop him from getting to Mia. Before the masked man could attack him, he subtly thrust his sword in his ribcage in order not to hurt Mia. The masked man stumbled, and Mia bit into his hand. He let go of her groaning from the pain of Alex's blade. Mia ran behind Alex, and Alex stood in front of the masked man who had fell on his knees.

"Who sent you?" He asked him.

"I will not tell you," the man replied Alex without fear.

Alex tried not to get angry. "I'll ask one last time, who the fuck sent you?" He asked again, his tone was a bit harsher than before.

"Go to hell," the masked man spat out as he spluttered blood from his mouth.

Alex turned around like he was leaving, but in a blink of an eye he swung his sword, beheading the man. Mia gasped as blood flowed from the neck, and the body fell on the ground with a thud, and the head of the man rolled to the other side. "I have no time for such nonsense," he said, as he began to walk away.

Mia slowly followed him, her eyes on the men laying lifelessly on the ground. It was such a gruesome sight that she gagged every now and then.

She stumbled on one of the dead bodies, and she screamed a little as she jumped back in fright. The man's face had been bashed repeatedly, with his eyes gorged out.

Alex looked behind him when he heard her scream. "Come on. We do not have all day," he said to her.

Mia made a gagging sound as she walked past the body. "This has literally been the worst journey of my life," she said, as she raised the skirt of her dress up, and climbed into the carriage. Her skirt had some blood spilled on it. It was the blood of the man Alex had killed while he was holding her.

"Tell me about it," Alex replied in sarcasm, as he signaled to the gamma chief, and the coachman to continue with the journey. He got into the carriage, and it started moving.

"I'm thrilled!" She said in excitement, and he stared at her weirdly.

"What's thrilling about being attacked?" He was forced to ask as he pulled a white handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped his sword dripping with the blood of the masked men.

She looked over at him. "Not that," she said with a pout, and continued. "It's the way you swung that sword and beheaded the man that was trying to take me away. It was such an interesting stunt. Will you teach me?" She asked him, smiling pleasantly.

He paused in the cleaning of his blade and stared at her. Yes, she has finally gone crazy. She's so fucking weird. A normal girl would have been hysterical with fear, and would have been silent to due to what just happened, but no, this girl in front of me was not that way. Today, I have finally confirmed the truth that she is a psychopath, he said in his head.

"Will you teach me? Please? I want to swing a sword just like that," she pleaded, giving him the soft puppy eyes, but he was not buying it.

"You have finally gone mad," he replied as he continued with the cleaning of his sword.

"Please," she pleaded again. "I'll do anything you say," she said, placing her hands on her cheeks.

He stared at her. "Really?" He asked with a raised brow and she nodded her head, her curls bouncing at the movement. "Then, keep quiet," he said, tired of her blabbering.

She nodded, and zipped an imaginary zipper on her lips. Alex finished cleaning his sword, and stared at the handkerchief. "A perfect handkerchief, wasted," he said as he tossed it out of the carriage, he sheathed his sword in its scabbard and leaned into his seat.

"How come I did not notice you had your sword on you?" She asked him, unable to stop herself from asking when she saw him draw out his sword and fight those men.

"You did not look properly," he replied.

"Maybe I did not, but I must admit, you..." She began to speak.

He cut her short. "What did I say about being quiet?" He asked as he looked at her.

"But, I..." She started to say, but he interrupted her.

"Zip it," he said, gesturing with his fingers.

"I..." She persisted.

"Zip..." He cut in, narrowing his brows. "It," he added in a serious note, and she kept quiet, and looked away.

He leaned back in his seat, and closed his eyes. Finally, some peace and quiet, he said in his head.

"You'll still teach me that stunt if I stay quiet, right?" Mia asked after a few seconds of silence, and Alex groaned. He wished he could just bundle her out of the carriage, but he said nothing as he played ignorance to what she said.

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They arrived at the cabin of the great medicine man, and they could see some light in his cabin.

"We're here," Reynold said as he jumped down from his seat.

Mia pushed aside the curtain of the carriage as she looked at the surroundings. It was like they were in the middle of nowhere, and it seemed like there was no life present in this part of the woods.

Alex stepped down from the carriage, and looked at the cabin. "I'm guessing the light indicates that he's home," he said to Reynold.

Reynold nodded. "Yes. His lights were on when we saw him yesterday," he affirmed.

"Alright," Alex replied, and look behind him to see that Mia was still in the carriage. "What are you still doing in the carriage?" He asked her, with a poker face.

"Oh," she exclaimed as she realized she was still in the carriage. She stepped down from the carriage. She did not feel so positive around this place, and she could not tell why.

She walked towards Alex, and he noticed her sudden change of expression. He wondered if she was having an after effect from the attack earlier on.

He wanted to ask her what was going on with her, but he refrained. It was better she was quiet. Once she starts talking, she will not keep her mouth shut.

He turned towards the cabin, and walked towards it with Mia and Reynold behind him.

He knocked on the cabin door, but there was no response. He knocked again, but only received silence from within.

He opened the door, and stepped in cautiously. "Is anyone home?" He asked, but still no response. He walked into the cabin, Mia and Reynold followed too.

Just then, Alex stumbled on something and when he looked down, he saw the body of the medicine man, and he swallowed hard.