Lucas and Lola are looking at Valmore, who is coughing on the shore as he greedily began to take huge gulps of breath. He is still sweating from the shock of being killed by a woman he lusted after. To him, she looks like a fierce queen.Lucas diverted his gaze from the lord of the fairy guards and stared at the snake bangle which is snugly sitting around Lola's wrist. He is feeling like killing Valmore. Without removing that bangle, it's impossible for her to go back to the summer realm. She will be forever stuck here. One after another, the fairy guards are sure to stumble upon her, and they will all be killed as well.This is not the way Lucas wanted things to progress. This is not the life he wanted for Lola or himself. She has responsibilities and she should get out of this prison."Do you know any other way to remove this thing from around her wrist?" he asked Valmore with barely contained anger.Valmore is now shivering on the muddy shore and is sitting up with his hands wrappe
"It's useless even if they know about it. The moment they sense your presence, they will forget about the spell and come at you to take your life" he said with a frown. Lola knows that. But she has another idea. "What i am suggesting is that, if one of them knows the spell, then you can learn from them and use it on me? Or even Valmore can learn it properly and undo this mess?" she suggested, showing her bangle. Lucas gave Valmore a stern look. "I know nothing about these things. So it leaves you to learn it properly and release her out of that. If not, you know the consequences" he said casually. Valmore sighed with resignation. He knows he doesn't have any other chance left but to obey the dragon. "Alright," he agreed reluctantly. The spell is quite dangerous if cast wrongly. He knows that and he is scared about the same. But this is the mess he made and it is his responsibility to clear it. As long as Lola stays in the village, it is dangerous. She is like a ticking time bom
It turned out, that the entire village is searching for Valmore. When the physician went back to his house to feed him medicine, he is shocked to find that Valmore is nowhere to be found. So he became worried and announced the news of their lord's disappearance to the entire village, making them anxious. Thus they frantically began their search for their missing Lord. "Why didn't you ask one of us to accompany you? You just recovered and simply left like that without letting us know. Do you know how worried we were?" the physician asked Valmore with a disapproving frown. Valmore is feeling blessed to be given such a loyal family. "I am sorry, i just left like i usually do. I didn't think about you guys. I should have informed one of you" he softly apologized for making them worried. He obediently opened his mouth when the Physician came and fed him yet another kind of sour liquid. The Physician smiled at his lord. "I am not asking you to inform us about everything you do. But you
After Lucas and Valmore left, Lola decided to stay near the shore for a few minutes. She was locked inside that house for too long. She is feeling claustrophobic and she is longing for a breath of fresh air. So she sat on the shore with her gaze trained on the water. The sound of the water flowing is so soothing, that she began to feel like she is sitting on her mother's lap. But she was not alone for long. After a few minutes, she sensed someone coming her way. Their gait is focused and confident as if she is their target. 'Not now, I don't have enough patience to deal with another fairy guard ' she thought. But she doesn't have any other choice. She has to face him head-on and defend herself or die in his hands. She stood up from the ground and dusted her breaches off the dirt. Her back is still facing the fairy guard who is approaching fast. His feet hit the grassy ground with a heavy thud. She noticed that her senses heightened. She can now see the invisible speck of dirt hangi
Twelve dead bodies are lying on the river shore. Lucas and Lola are quiet. They don't regret defending themselves, but they are not liking the blood bath either."This is bad" Lucas murmurred.Lola is quietly looking at her wooden sword, which is now bathed in blood."It is" she agreed.There was nothing for 5 days since she came here. No one recognized her scent and he thought it would be safe to stay that way if she stays away from the village. But now, they are forced to kill the fairy guards one after another."I don't know what went wrong. How can so many people sense my presence at once like this?" she asked with a frown.Lucas knows half of what happened and how Narsi came searching for Lola. But he doesn't know how the others sensed her. Something is going on which is making these people sense her presence quickly."The first one came here searching for Valmore, but instead he caught your scent in the house. So he came here searching for you. But the others, i am confused too"
"Why didn't the instinct to kill take over when you smelled a drifter's scent?" he asked with wide, shocked eyes. Mallik laughed with glee. "I learned to control my urge to kill, just like you did. I wanted to become the best, better than you. Do you want to know a secret?" Mallik asked with his eyes shining brightly with maniacal happiness. Valmore remained quiet, knowing fully well that his opinion doesn't matter to Mallik. He will tell even if his lord doesn't want to listen. Just like Valmore thought, Mallik began, not at all bothered about his lord's dislike. "I have trained myself to control my urge to kill long ago. Even before we killed your princess Catherina" he revealed. Valmore felt like the ground beneath his feet is ripped away and he stumbled a little with shock. He still remembered that it was Mallik who found out that Catherina is a drifter and it was him who killed her. Mallik was utterly delighted while he was taking the life of the princess. Valmore misunderst
Suddenly, the entire Valhalla shook with his command, as his words began to take effect. Mallik felt something being ripped away from his body. Mallik is angry. He looked outside the house and noticed the confused state of his brethren. The elements are unnaturally quiet and his feet began to itch to go away from the village. "What have you done?" he asked Valmore with anger and shock. He lunged at his lord and retrieved a knife from his pocket to kill Valmore. Mallik stabbed his former lord, but nothing happened. "What is happening here? Why is there no blood? Why can't my knife pierce your skin and cut your tissues like it is made to do?" Mallik asked with frustration and stabbed Valmore again and again. Valmore laughed without humor. "I think you must have not registered the fact that you no longer are one among us. Others cannot kill a fairy guard, but i can still kill you. So you and that knife of yours don't have the power to kill me. I used to consider you as my brother an
In the village, the villagers are confused to see the sudden darkness. They are not understanding what is happening."Mother, why did it become so dark? Is it night already" one of the children asked their mother?The mother is as confused as the child. She looked at her child with a soft smile."I don't know my son. I think our lord might have a clue about all of this. Let's go and ask him" she replied with confidence.The others followed her example and went in search of their lord. Little did they know that they are going to live in forever darkness from this day forth. They cannot leave the village and they are forced to live under the blanket of darkness for the rest of their long lives. This is the self-induced punishment from their lord for taking the lives of so many innocent Drifters. Unknowingly they snatched so many parents away from their children, leaving them as orphans. So many women lost their husbands and so many families lost their loved ones because of the fairy gu