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Chapter 8 - Fight or flight.
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"Well, good morning, nice to see you up and about!" Melanie greeted me as I walked into the kitchen. "Bianca told us you had woken up. I was so worried you'd fell into a coma or something!" She gasped dramatically. "How are you feeling?" "I'm feeling fine actually. The wound still hurts sometimes but I'm alive, so I can't complain!". I replied jokingly."Well, we were all so happy to hear you were ok. You gave us quite a scare!" "Yea, I'm just sad for Hyvan and Vivian. Things wouldn't feel so bleak if they had been ok too". "I know". She said with a shake of her head. "It seems as if the times have changed so drastically. So will you be staying here with us or going back to town?" "There's nothing really for me to go back to. An empty house that isn't safe to stay in and no friends or family left to see. I think i'll stay put". "Ahhh goodie!" She smiled as she clasped her hands together. "I was hoping you'd stay". "Yea, I think I'd miss you all too much if I left". I smiled back
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"Are you ready to try and convince everyone to understand our way of life?" Faye asked as we sat together in the kitchen with Melanie, after they insisted on feeding me before I left to go to Bluebay. I had felt nervous all morning at the thought of addressing them all when they'd all be aware of where I have been the past year. "I know what I want to say, it's just whether they will listen or not". "It won't be an easy task, that's for sure!" Melanie added with a doubtful expression. "I'd be surprised if even one person was open to the idea". Faye said, agreeing with Melanie. "But, they have to see how much better off we'd all be if we joined together!". "Uhh, you're asking them to join forces with what they consider to be blood sucking monsters". Faye smirked. "You know how they all think there, Ellie, you even thought the same way before you came here". "Yes, only because not one person ever told or taught me to know anything different. I'll be going there as a witness to
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The sweat poured down my face as Del knocked me to the floor once again. My lungs and throat were burning while I tried to catch my breath, my back was red raw and tender from the amount of times it had been slammed against the mats. "Get to your feet!" He demanded as he walked back to his position. I pushed myself up and my arms and legs wanted to buckle beneath me. I had the urge to punch him for pushing every part of my body to breaking point, but I only had myself to blame. After all, I had told him over and over not to go easy on me but the motivation just wasn't with me today. I woke up angry and frustrated with everything and we all felt the same. Sick of being watched, being isolated and confined to these walls, having to train day after day. The neverending searches, finding nothing but a random foot or shoe print that lead to nowhere. Ten days had passed since we went to Bluebay and according to the mayor, not one person had shown any interest in us all uniting, despite th
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"Good morning human!" I heard a deep voice across my bedroom as my eyes flickered open to see the daylight trying to shine through the drapes. I looked in the direction of the voice, half expecting it to be Del or Talon, the last person I expected to see hovering in my room whilst I was sleeping, was Magnus! I quickly sat up, shocked when I suddenly realised who was in my room. "If Talon see's you in here, you know he'll be pissed!". "Ahh, well, we don't have to worry about that, he left about two hours ago with your other bodyguards, Kyan and Del. They're still out there searching for Zekan". He scoffed with an unamused grin. "A fools errand if you ask me. After all this time they're still hoping he's alive out there". "Would you think them fools if it was Hyvan instead of Zekan? You don't know them at all, do you?" I asked I sat forward confidently leaning my arms on my knees. Trying to prove he couldn't intimidate me just because we were alone. "I think I know them well enoug
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Kyan's POV: I slid the tips of my fingers across the slashes in the tree trunk, I could feel the deepness of them and somehow I could sense the fury. Kiko was right, these weren't the markings of a bear or any other wild animal, these marks belonged to one of our own! An anxious flicker thumped in my heart as I thought of Zekan and the possibility of these being his or Lyra's. A fight definitely happened here, but what bothered me more is that we hadn't found their whereabouts yet, no news of them passing through any lands or being aboard any of our ships. A horrible sinking feeling was setting in at the thought of them being alone out here, fighting for their lives and dying because of it and as much as I dislike Lyra, I hated the thought of my brother's last moments being of him having to try and save her and himself whilst watching the hunters take her life right in front of his eyes. Lyra was vicious, of course, but not much of a tactical fighter, so I doubt they would have sto
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