Chapter 67

Garfield West ~

It was all happening so fast that I found it hard to believe that it's actually in reality and not just some dream.

I, a lycan?

It's crazy enough that I am in a whole new world that's different from the one I grew up to know but to add to the batter, how can Sofia and Ryan come to the same conclusion that I am a lycan just because of what I told them?

The rapid healing prooved them right. What's happening to me?

If there's one thing I'm beginning to put my trust in concerning magic is that the pictue tends to be clearer if you just open your eyes a little more wider and believe what you see. The sooner I believe and get used to things being unbelieveable, the less confusing they'll seem. Althoygh, I have my doubts.

This world has an air different from where the one I grew in. Magic must have an influence over everything here.

"I'm beginning to think this is a bad idea mom. If you say this Cassius guy is extremely dangerous, this isn't something we should be doing? Cassius requested for me alone. Don't you think bringing you all against our agreement would anger him? Gar? I don't mind trading my life for my birth-mother." Elena asked turning her gaze to me with an expression exposing her fear alongside anxiety.

A part of me can help but think this somehow to be a very bad idea but telling Elena would make her more afraid than she already is plus there is no much time left for us to cook up another plan that's going to involve her alone and she, her birth-mother come out unharmed and zero interference from Cassius.

"To hell with his anger? Everything is going to work out just fine. The only anger you should be worried about is mine. If he dares to do anything to hurt you, I'll tear him to pieces. I don't care who the hell he thinks he is or how powerful he may be." I said with a confident and encouraging smile.

All of a sudden, my vision started getting dimmer and the voice in my head grew louder until it was all I could hear. I was forced to close my eyes but when I opened them, I felt different.

The same way I felt at the warehouse. Like someone else had taken control of my mind and body. The feeling was unlike anything I had ever felt even compared to last time. I felt so strong that I could lift up a building from the ground.

Like I did before at the warehouse, I lost control and shifted to a complete lycan.

"I warned you not to shift!" Ryan complain hitting his hand on his head in annoyance. "At least try not to loose control. We don't want to attract more attention than necesarry."

I ran out of the area covered by the cloaking spell Elena's mom casted over us. I tried resisting being controlled but I wasn't strong enough to withstand the opposing force. In a few seconds I was out.

It's like I'm unconscious but someone else more like something else was in control of me.

"Roarrr!!!"

"You have your distraction. Now go!"

"Ryan, follow me. We've gotten their attention." Sofia said holding Elena's hand in hers and walked towards a door guarded by two already shifted lycans. "We have to get to Alessia by the time Cassius gets here. Then, get her to her people." Sofia said taking Elena by the arm.

I stood confused as to what to do. It was clear that with the commotion the lycan guads were making having noticed us, Cassius should have it in mind that we are in the castle.

"What about me?" Charlie asked still holding the duffel bags in his hands as they rested on the ground.

Elena's mom must've did something to the bags Charlie was holding because they shrunk in size. Chalie picked them up from the ground in their dimuntive form and inserted them into his pocket.

"Charlie, like the rest of the warriors, you're bait for Cassius." "Commander Sam, I'm putting him under your watch and protection. Keep him in one piece until Cassius gets here. No matter what, none of these lycans should strike a claw on him." Sofia added still heading for the door.

Commander Sam nodded and drew out his sword as the lycans were slowly advancing towards he, his men and Charlie. The lycans I supposed to be guards walked towards Sofia with their claws ready to tear her to shreds. I can't tell for sure what happened but somehow, the next thing I saw was the lycans in flames.

That has to be Ryan's doing.

"Feels so to be back." I heard Ryan say stretching forth his hands as he stood in front of Sofia and Elena with fireballs forming at his fingertips.

"This way." Sofia directed pointing towards a group of lycans charging straight for them as they walked into the room shielded by the door.

"Where exactly is the queen? You have to forget about me for now and get to her. The best I can do for you both is cover you up from the lycan guards but if I continue, like this, we'll be heavy surrounded in a matter of minutes way before we get to Alessia." Ryan said shooting down three more lycan guards.

"Don't tell me you've forgotten how populous lycans are in this world? Even if we have the upper strength, they out-number us." he added sending another round of fireballs against some other approaching lycans in the opposite direction.

"As much as I don't want to admit it, you are clearly right. The lycans are too much for us to get to the dungeon by foot without Cassius getting to us first. I'll conjure up a portal to Alessia's location wherever she is in the castle. On foot, we'll barely make it there in good timing." Sofia suggested before she released her hand from Elena and joined it with the other in a solid clap.

Sofia closed her eyes and when she reopened them, her irises were glowing in the shade of green. She was shifting into her witch form. She mumbled a couple of words as she casted a spell. She took out a short string of hair from Elena hurriedly, placed it between her hands and continued the casting.

Again, she took it out and pinched it on both ends with a fingers from both hands and then in a slow drag, she pulled it's ends out in opposing directions. Sofia was casting the portal. The wider she pulls the flexible strand, the bigger the glowing portal made from it became.

"This portal would lead us right to the chamber where Cassius has her captive." Sofia noted having made the portal.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Ryan asked walking towards the portal after he had made sure there wasn't a lycan in the room in sight. "I'll go first."

Sofia and Elena followed right behind him. Luckily for them, Cassius wasn't at the other side of the portal. The first thing Elena set eyes on as she raised up her head was her birth-mother, the rightful lycan queen, Alessia Claw Wolfs eyes locked with hers.

She instantly bonded with her.

"Great! Cassius fell for the bait. I'll take care of the watch-wolves. You two get Alessia out of here. We don't have much time before he gets back." Ryan said igniting a sword made of fire in his hand as he walked towards the lycans that were right infront of Alessia and two others.

Rather than move or do anything, Elena froze up. She just stood there her eyes not leaving Alessia. Elena was the spitting image of Alessia so their relation was beyond doubts. The woman before he is truely her birth-mother. They were both speechless until Alessia broke the silence.

"Elena? My daughter??" Tears welled up in Alessia's eyes as she spoke. "No! No! You shouldn't have come! Cassius is going to..."

"We've taken care of that." Sofia claimed untieing the enchanted ropes holding Alessia and two other females who she recognised as witches to different chairs. "We are getting you out of here wheather or not Cassius approves."

"You don't understand. Sophia, I trusted you to protect her and under no circumstances bring her an inch close to that monster." Alessia said with some frequent gasps between her words." "It's a trap." Alessia's wounds started healing after the rope was untied.

"What do you mean it's a trap?"

"Really? After all these decades, Sofia you should've known better than to invade my kingdom with your presence. You must have a death-wish" Cassius said appearing out of thin air with his hands behind his back. "And look, you brought just what I wanted with you." "Perfect."

Before Sofia could react, Cassius waved his hands over Sofia and she fell on her knees. He conjured up enchanted ropes and tied Sofia in them before averting his gaze to Elena.

Elena tried using the enchanted stones but when she threw them to the ground, a portal opened and the stone went in and reappeared in Cassius hand.

"No one's going anywhere!" Cassius said crushing the stones in his palm.

"You underestimate her, Cassius. Your magic is nothing compared to what she has within her. And now that she's..."

"Stop talking." Cassius commanded and instantly, Sofia's words ceased.

By now Elena was in the hands of her mother with the two witches in front of them.

"Get out of my way!"

The two witches rose up in the air towards opposite directions smashing against the hard wall landing unconscious to the ground.

"I remember telling you not to come with anyone else. You should have listened!" Cassius said walking with slow steps towards Alessia and Elena.

His head was directed to the ground.

"You said that you'll let her go if I came. Here I am now let her go. Let them all go." Elena said with stern eyes at Cassius.