Chapter 67
Elena spoke with a high sense of courage. Even she had no idea where this courage she speaks with came from. She didn't want to seem intimidated by Cassius one bit.
Cassius stopped in his tracks and gave an evil smile from one end of his mouth.
"I beileve my exact words were that her freedom depends on you. At least for the time being. Just you." Cassius said raising his head up to meet the eyes of Elena.
His eyes were in the thickest shade of black.
"You'll never have her! How many times do we have to say it before you get it?" Alessia asked pushing Elena behind her and conjuring up a barrier between them and Cassius.
"Break."
That word alone from Cassius destroyed the magical barrier separating both sides. Cassius has filled himself with so much dark magic that his words now possess power. He has attained a rank all creatures mark forbidden to magic.
"You have known me for a very long time. When have I not gotten what I want? There will suely be the likes of you and your idiotic brother to oppose me but in the end, I always get what I desire. One way or another." Cassius reassured stretching out his hands that were cupped. "Power, the lycan throne, the tree of magic, she's next."
With a swift and powerful force, Alessia was pulled towards his left hand and he gripped her by the neck.
"Stay where you are." Elena was unable to go after her mother.
"All this could have been avoided at her birth but no, you just had to take her to a world without magic hoping that she'll be safe from me." Cassius strangled her as he spoke.
At first, with so little effort but it began increasing with each passing pulse.
"Here we are exactly a hundred and twelve years later if I am correct. What good did that do for her except prolonging her life by a decade and some years? I'm still going to crush her heart. This time, I'll make sure you can't oppose me."
"Stop!! You're hurting her!" Elena screamed in tears trying to break free from whatever was keeping her static.
It was of no use. She wasn't strong enough to shake it off and Cassius' grip on Alessia was getting more and more intense. At this rate, Alessia won't last ten seconds before her strength gives up on her.
"Be patient! Your time will come." Cassius said before using his left hand to bat Elena to a wall. "In the end, it all leads back to me." Cassius looked Alessia straight in the eyes as he spoke.
Elena flew to the hard wall and smashed hard against it. She remained there for a few seconds before she rose up from the ground aiding herself with her hands. Sparks of electricity were visible on her fingertips. He black hair suddenly turned silver and her eyes went solid golden.
What's happening to Elena?
"I said, STOOPP!!!!" Elena roared before she charged towards Cassius in the blink of an eye and ceased him by the hand pressing hard on it.
That was the same hand he had her mother strangled. With so much strength, Cassius hand was getting crushed like it was some cookie and Elena watched his grip on Alessia lessen until his hand was off her.
"Vampyre ad aulam regis!" Elena said and in a blue cloud of smoke, Alessia, the two witches and Sofia were taken out of sight.
"Did you really think I was ever going to forgive you?" Elena said pushing Cassius with the flick of her wrist and he smashed against a pillar of the castle walls. "Did you really think I was going to let you get away with betraying my trust for you?? To think I onced loved a heartless monster like you."
Cassius stared at Elena with eyes wide with surprise. 'Where did she get all that strength from and what is she saying' he thought. Who was the person speaking to him? It's not the trybrid child for one thing and for another, it couldn't be who he thinks it is. A fragment of the old Thomas Rein.
"Valer..."
"Don't even dare!!" Elena said folding her hand into a fist. "You lost the right to as little as say my name the moment you agreed to trademy life for that magical orb." Elena declared walking up to him.
"How are you doing this? You're supposed to be dead. I watched you die." Cassius asked in confusion as he stood up. "I watched you die."
"A blind fool! What you've always been. I will forever regret you." "Look around, this land, this world, this very room is flowing with magic or have you forgotten rule number seven already?" Elena asked cocking her head to look at Cassius as he got up from the rubble. "Surel..."
"With magic, anything is possible." "How can I? It's the driving force that keeps me after the trybrids power. "You know what I want and I don't mind sacrificing this entire world to get her back." Cassius said before using his lightning speed to take himself to Elena and grip her by the neck.
"By now, you must understand why I'm doing all these. She's the only one my heart beats for not even you." "It's my fault she's gone so I have to bring her back."
Cassius began to suck Elena's power from her body. In excruciating pain, she screamed at the top of her voice. Is it all going to end here? If Cassius acquires all her powers the war between him and the rest of the supernatural creatures will be as good as over with him the supreme overlord. The supernatural world would be at his behest forever.
"Go back to whatever pit you came from witch! I'm not going to rest until Arielle is back in my arms. I don't love you. Never had! Never will!" "With the trybrids power, I can bring her back and perhaps, give you a second chance with another life." "Maybe just..."
"You talk too much!"