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CHAPTER 23: Taking Advantage

Author: Black Widow
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King Dyron

Kingdom of Havocc

In his eyes he saw the chaos that plagued the kingdom of Howard, there were various patrols of soldiers and guards searching for the missing prince. In the midst of it all, they did not notice the looming threat that had embedded itself in their midst quietly and creepily. They had watched ever so closely at what happened, hidden by the shadows of the darkest part of the forest.

The vultures that they paid no mind of, they waited patiently, observing the madness that was brought upon the kingdom by the disappearance of Colter. A flock of them had gathered on withered tree, a vantage point that gave them a nice view of what was happening at the moment.

The guards were disarray, huffing to and fro, trying to find traces of the missing prince. Malik had grown angry at the results of their kingdom-wide search. It produced nothing. It was as if the prince had disappeared into thin air.

In his own private chambers, the king of Havocc laughed maniacally. He had w
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