Chapter 86

Chapter 86
Elora POV

Just as he nears the entrance of the cave, I speak to him.

“He told me to Silas, told me he wouldn’t let our child pay for his sins!” I screamed to him as he starts to walk out of the cave, he froze for a second before turning on us.

Matitus and Dragus both walk toward me when his voice calls out. Both are covered in the blood of the Dragons they killed as well as from their own wounds.

“You mean the Fae’s sins, everything has and always will come back to the Fae.”

I shake my head. “That’s not true Silas, we never killed her, that was your father, your father did it and caused the war.”

“Yeah, but it started with a fucking Helcate!” he screamed before shifting and flying off.

“Come Elora,” Matitus says.

“You’re really not going to say anything, anything at all?” I ask as he holds out his hand toward me expecting me to take it.

“He is right, the Fae started it, and if his father asked for death, you should have let him do it. His father didn’t need to die by your hand, you took his only chance to say goodbye,” Matitus answers.
But I know he never would have gone through with it, his father also must have known that too.

“He will calm down Elora, he just needs time, time to wrap around the fact he had his father for a few minutes and lost him again,” Dragus tells me also stepping forward. I look at both their hands, they genuinely believe he would calm down, yet I could feel his hatred, it feels hotter than the day he met me, hotter than anything I have ever felt.

If it weren’t for the child I carry, he would have killed me that I also knew without a doubt, he wanted me dead even if it meant killing him in the process, killing our mates, history with the Dragons always seemed to be doomed to repeat itself and never-ending cycle of anguish between to species destined to never quite be together.

The activity in the cave resumes slightly. Those that remain, who aren’t dead, are standing around awkwardly like they’re too scared to move in the presence of the kings. Too scared to move and draw attention to themselves. The air here is so thick with death and bloodshed. Silas’s father’s body is lying on the rocks below unmoving, a reminder of what I had done, what he made me do, yet I knew his intentions were good. I also feared that he doomed us to repeat the past again.

“And if he doesn’t?”

“He will, he loves you Lora. He is just upset,” Dragus says, reaching for me, but I step back. I wasn’t willing to take that bet, I have taken that bet more times than I can count now and only just narrowly won. I won’t bet again, not when it comes to our child.

As soon as I step out of the cave’s entrance, I let my wings free, before letting them carry me, taking my weight as I get higher. I look around and see the castle, see Aldrin trudging through the snow back toward the castle with Pluto’s brother, I let out a sigh of relief when I realize he is okay. Without a second thought, I take off. Silas must be nearly all the way home so I have time. I hope I have time. Matitus shifts, giving chase but it wasn’t him that caught me, Silas new instantly I was intending to leave by the stupid blood promise I foolishly made. I heard his roar of anger blast over me as I flit over the mountain, heading for the trees on the other side to offer coverage. What I don’t expect is for his anger to fuel him. Suddenly, he sweeps past me, knocking me with his wing. I feel the brute force of it hit mine. A searing pain radiates through my back as I screech in agony. Before I know it, I am falling, tumbling towards my death.

He broke my wings, broke my chance for freedom, but with it he broke me. I hear him growl as his talons cage me in just before I hit into the trees below. The force of my landing knocking the air out of me, my scream dying out as pain ravishes my body. My wings are forced to close but not before I see the damage. One wing looks like it was snapped in half, the veins of magic no longer purple but black as the light in them faltered before being snuffed out completely.

He grunts when Matitus collides with him. I can hardly see anything from outside my cage of claws, but I see the black of his scales as he lunges and attacks Silas. I feel Silas’s pain as Matitus bites into him before hitting him with his tail. The force sends us spiralling toward the earth, Silas spinning at rapid speeds.

I scream, my stomach turning just as he does, hitting the earth I thought for sure he would let go but his grip just got stronger as he turned, hitting the ground on his back before rolling as he let me go. Matitus’s black Dragon collides with him as they tear shreds off each other.

Gaining my footing on solid ground, I run trying to regain the magic that started to fizzle. I try forcing it to heal me. Instead, I only feel it move lower to where our child grows. Blood is running down my back as I run, tearing off on foot. I can hear their snarls and fighting above. Suddenly, I see Aldrin, who has stopped to watch the fight along Pluto’s brother. I don’t even make it halfway before I feel pain seize my body. But it isn’t my pain. It’s Matitus’s pain. Silas had bitten him, injured him. Forcing him to shift before I find my feet leaving the air, caged once again by the man I love.

“How many times do you think you can escape me and get away with it, Elora,” Silas’s furious voice flits through my head.

“You broke them!” I scream hitting and kicking but his grip just tightens as he flies towards the castle, leaving our mates behind.

“They will mend, but after our baby you won’t,” his voice echoes angrily through my skull, the venom behind his words make my blood run cold.

He lands in the field by the greenhouse. As soon as his grip loosens, I run, trying to escape. He shifts before grabbing me, his arms securing around my chest in a vice-like grip as I kick and scream, trying to fight him off. My magic surges but not enough to do anything with it, besides making me glow like a beacon in the night.

Abigail’s shocked scream bellows as she rushes towards us from the castle gates. Silas growls at her, making her freeze. Dakari and Pluto are also rushing toward us. I feel relief seeing Pluto was still fine, fine like the rest of the Dragons. But that is short lived when Abigail tries to speak to us, trying to find out what was going on.

My panicked expression must have been enough when I see her hands glow green. I scream knowing he would no doubt kill her if she tried. Dakari grabs her hands just before she unleashes on him, making her drop her magic or risk hurting her mate.

“Silas what’s going on?” I hear Dakari call to him.

“Worry about your own mate, I will worry about mine,” he snaps coldly as he kicks the castle doors open so hard. They smash into the walls on either side. People come out to see what the commotion is before I watch as the chefs dart off back into the kitchen not wanting to become victim to his wrath as he storms up the corridor.

I thought he was taking me to the dungeons again, panic seizing me, and I start thrashing wildly. He continues past the door, leading to them before I am shoved into the room. The very same room I was in when I arrived. I stumble onto the rug as he steps toward me. Scrambling back on my hands and feet, trying to get away from his blazing eyes. His hand reaches for me before he grabs my chin as I come in contact with the bed stopping me from going any further.

“You try and run, try and leave before that child is born, I will kill Abigail and her entire family, then I will burn the entire city to the ground but not before you watched me rip her to pieces,” he says before getting up and walking out, the door slamming before I hear him lock it.

A sense of Déjà vu settles over me as I look around at the familiar surroundings. It felt like a lifetime ago that I came here, though then I wished for death, prayed for it as my life changed at their hands. Now I look around and wish nothing more than to live, to watch my child grow. No, this time I had a reason to live but after his words, after feeling the hatred burning inside him, I had the feeling death was all I was going to find in this prison.

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