Semua Bab Rejected by the Beta: Bab 141 - Bab 150

“No,” I mumble, sinking onto the floor, dismayed. “How can this be?!”I dig through the earth and desperate tears fill my eyes, “No, no, no, no!”But there are no remnants of the flower.I wipe my tears, crawling to the other side of the tree but it too has been destroyed.Hopelessness is a terrible feeling.These flowers are the only way to cure the effects of moonshine.I rest my head against the Tree of Souls, mentally drained, the last dredge of hope, finally exhausted.“I don’t want to die here,” I murmur, brokenly. “I want to go back to Damien. I don’t want to stay here.”I can feel my tears dripping down my face. “What kind of Righ am I?” I sob. “I can’t even protect myself or anyone I love. What use is this title to me?!”I can feel the desire to go back to the village and I curl my hands into the dirt. I know how much moonshine is in my system right now. Without the flower, I will become little more than a living puppet to the elves. And from what I now know, Balin’

Don’t worry about it,” Damien’s arm is around me. “Let’s just get you to the castle.”“You don’t understand!” I grab his wrist, forcing him to look at me. “Damien they’re preparing for something! I saw all these weapons and –”“The elves can’t enter the demon realm,” Damien tells me calmly. “Like us, they can only survive for a brief period of time. The air gets toxic for them.”I refuse to give up though. He didn’t see what I saw. The kind of weapons I saw, were almost as if the elves were getting ready to go to war.“What if they managed to enter?” I step in his path and see the annoyance on his face.“Then I’ll kill them,” he leans closer to me and his voice is filled with a terrifying darkness. “I have a score to settle with Balin as well.”I freeze at the depth of viciousness in his voice and he notices my sudden fear.Amusement fills his voice, “What? Did you forget that I am the Lord of the Demon world? You are the only one allowed to treat me the way you do, Isabel.”

“Thousands of them,” Fera says, following my gaze. “From the looks of it, they’ve come prepared for a full out war.”“I still don’t really understand,” I murmur as I follow Fera and the others outside. “The elves want to take over the demon realm but they can’t even survive here.”Fera is silent, her expression tense, “That’s where the Righ comes in. You can purify this land for them. But they are going against nature’s will and that never ends well for them.”“That’s not the whole story though, is it?” I ask, quietly, and her expression closes off.“It’s complicated, Isabel. But just to be clear, the demon realm has always belonged to the demons. We were never greedy for something that wasn’t ours. We may love fighting. We may be more cruel by nature but we have never sought what was not ours to begin with.”But the elves did.Her meaning is clear enough. “Now, get ready,” she stops in front of the castle. “We’re going to meet the third battalion.”***It’s when we reach

Fera hisses, “We have to keep her away from the barrier.”“Why?” I glance at her confused, amidst my own shock. “She can’t get through.”“She can,” Fera responds, grimly. “The Anaton family specialize in protective barriers and defensive weapons. But they can nullify each other’s barriers and weapons since they draw the energy from the same source. If Mara gets here, she will try to kill Damien right now and you.”“Me, I understand,” I get to my feet lowering Damien’s head to the ground. “But she has feelings for Damien, doesn’t she?”Fera scowls, “Mara has always had this personality. Even as a child, if she was forced to share her toys, she would rather destroy them.”I stare in Mara’s direction, my blood boiling, “So, she would betray the entire demon tribe just because she can’t have Damien?”“I told you she was crazy,” Fera hisses. “There’s no one else aside from me, her or Seth who had access to the Rubab Stone. The Anaton family are its guardians.” Her voice turns tense. “

My broken arm is bleeding from where it was sliced and Cerberus is whining, pressing himself into my side. I don’t know where he suddenly came from but it seems that Caleb’s appearance has something to do with him. But none of that matters to me right now.Caleb is single handedly holding off all the attacks of the elves. His staff is creating a barrier which keeps growing. And as it extends, it covers the ground, pushing out the elves as if it’s a solid wall but retaining the demons. Our fighters seem to have realized this and they’re rushing towards the barrier, with the elves following close. Caleb isn’t breaking a sweat. He then moves his other hand and I see a small circle opening in the center of the battlefield. For a moment, I don’t really understand what’s happening till I see a few of the elves being sucked in.Fera looks amazed, “Did he just create a portal out of nowhere? Who is he?”“A – A travelling monk,” I stammer, amazed myself. “I didn’t realize a human cou