Chapter 32: The Escape and Loss

Alea's POV

Kairo locked his gaze with mine and he whispered my name. He was so far away, but I could hear him loud and clear.

“Kairo…..” I called again with my voice shaking. If I could make time stop, then I would risk everything to freeze the time, because Kairo could recognize me at the moment.

Alucard stood up from her red bloody throne and walked towards me, then Kairo followed, like he was being controlled by her. I couldn't see Alucard because all I could see was Kairo whose gaze was also on me.

“Kairo…..you can see me right?” I asked, hoping it's true. I really hoped he could recognize me.

Kairo didn't say a word and that made me think that he couldn't recognize me, not anymore. Alucard was also watching us and then she laughed.

“Wait! Don't tell me you think my spell has cast off him?” Alucard laughed and I folded my fist in anger.

“You walked into a death trap yourself, girl” She said and I wondered what she meant. My gaze went back to Kairo who was muttering something I could barely hear.

I tried to listen well, and then I was able to grab what he was saying.

“Run Alea. Please run for your life” I knew it, he recognized me, but the first thing he said to me was to run. Why? What does Alucard have up her sleeve? There was no one to ask, but I didn't obey Kairo. I wasn't going to leave without him.

I watched Alucard again, and then I saw how wide her smirk was. While I still tried to process what the funny thing was, I heard growls of large animals and I turned quickly, my gaze landing on the beasts coming towards me.

My heart raced as I watched their eyes which was determined to kill no one in the room, but me.

“Kairo, let's run!” I screamed at Kairo, grabbing his arms but he jerked me away, making me realize that Alucard had taken control over him again.

I knew I had to defend myself, to try to get out of the situation myself, so I fought the beasts while Alucard watched as she controlled them with her eyes. Who was she? Why are her powers so extraordinary?

I ran in different directions, trying to hide away from the beasts as I attacked them from behind but Alucard's eyes were sharper than a blade as she found out every single place I turned to.

I got injured, my hands bled and I knew I had to be gone from there in an instant.

I took one last glance at Kairo who didn't seem to recognize me anymore and then dashed out to the entrance of the tunnel while Alucard's beast ran after me. I got to the entrance and Raven was waiting impatiently with Valen.

“Let's go! Now!” I screamed as I ran towards them, they grabbed what I was saying and ran exiting the fortress, I was also close to disappearing when the beast caught up to me, one of them extending its hand as it dragged me to the floor.

They surrounded me, and I knew I was done for. None of them attacked as it looked like Alucard had stopped controlling them. Then I saw Alucard climbing up a higher place to be able to get a better view of me. Kairo was also with her but his face was devoid of emotions, just eyes that says he's being fucking controlled.

Then a light lit up the room, with Alucard forming a lightening with her hand, she stared at me with a smirk as she did that. I knew that certainly she was going to strike me with that. I also formed a shield with my hands and protected myself with it when Alucard threw the lightning at me. It shocked me that the lightning broke my shield and was only inches apart from hitting me.

She tried to throw another one, and then the pouch from Raven came to mind. I quickly brought it out of my inner pocket, trying to release the contents to them but before I could do so, one of the beasts had it snatched from me. Alucard had controlled it.

Then I realized how helpless I was. How Kairo was going to watch me die without him being able to help me in any way, instead he would celebrate my death with Alucard.

She made the lightning again, and threw it at me. I closed my eyes, expecting to be struck by the lightning but a groan that didn't come from me made me flutter my eyes open.

My eyes went to the floor and I was shocked, because Valen had been struck with the lightning in my stead. He had jumped in to save me. I crouched down beside him, tears spilling from my eyes like a pool of water.

“No….no……Valen” I called, as I held his face closer to me.

He smiled as he coughed out blood. No! I cried more loudly.

“Queen..” He said, now barely able to breathe. “Please make sure to erase all evil in our world, protect the ones who are supposed to be protected and avenge my parents for me. She…..Alucard killed them” Valen said, his words more like a stutter.

“No, Valen. You will avenge them yourself” I cried, not letting go of him but then he slumped down in my hands, giving up the ghost.

Alucard laughed, happy that she had succeeded in killing one of the people that broke into her fortress. I looked up at her, my eyes blaring with fury.

Before I could say anything, I heard a slashing sound as a sword had been stuck into one of the beast's stomach. That was Raven. The beast fell to the ground, and Raven withdrew his sword with his core power and took the pouch bag from the beast too.

He opened the pouch bag, and then the thread went around, turning into smoke as everyone went distracted, even Alucard. Everyone except Raven and I.

“Let's go” Raven said and I nodded, taking Valen in my arms.

He's dead. The young guy is dead while saving me.