Chapter 37
No one came to see him for the52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIZDRCo2jG
first day. Aside from some lukewarm water and moldy bread, he hadn’t had52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCzXCXkgxA
anything to eat either. He spent his time curled in the corner allowing his52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCw6bY9XLZ
negative thoughts to control his mind. He thought about his failure at protecting52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ579Q5Uvby2
Malcolm that brought him to this place, forcing him on the run because he52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzHUqYbvOT
hadn’t been prepared. If they had taken a little more time to think about it,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnawuKcwJlP
they should have been aware that there could have been another traitor amongst52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDmKBp9XVF
them. Cranton, the one who vetted all the servants, the closest to the king,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QGZB4y7sl
and able to move unseen. There were clues, but they all ignored them.
Now his best friend, the one who52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQdg6Nga4T
risked everything for him, might be in jail as well, or in trouble at the very52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrnvIammp3
least. He betrayed his vow all for the sake of friendship. At the very least he52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaloq7kayn
could be removed from the Blades. At least he had someone to fall back on, if52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROl3XyBiie
this went south, Vander had no one. He didn’t even know where his grandfather52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXsAAK68LJ
had gone and with no way to reach him, he had no one. The despair was too52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MSsl7WU9e
great, so he buried himself inside his own mind hoping that things would get52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BYkkGrnqh
better.
The demon scraped against his mind52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtYpWC4yZ9
begging to be released. He would make all those who hurt them suffer52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMCyX2JnLY
unimaginable pain. He could start by removing their skin piece by piece until52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHecS1d0Ps
they passed out from the pain. Then he would carve out their organs with his52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6VSsfzAg3
bare hands, not stopping even after the body died. Then they would be tossed to52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXF1ea1iMq
the forest for the animals to have their fill. He begged, pleaded and52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOoCtP9ycd
threatened, but if there was hope, Vander would not give in. No matter how much52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxntVVEnxif
he wanted to.
He wasn’t sure how long it had52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGNFWTS3xg
been, but eventually he heard the door open. Based on the sounds their feet52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmPm0MKEf9
made, there were four people coming down to see him. None of them, except one,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKwxoJqbzD
was wearing armor. He recognized her scent clearly compared to the others.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4NlJ70Fia
According to the book, and her, the two of them were bonded. Despite knowing52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1wQhGrjsP
nothing about her, he didn’t want her to see him like this so he hid closer to52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEr1wdT2Sb9
the shadows hoping it would be enough. It wasn’t.
“Come out, Vander.” Her voice was52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ymYcvn0qP
soft, full of warmth. He felt the presence of Atza beckoning him, pushing the52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5r0XnhOAv1
demon further into the recesses of his mind. He looked over to see her kind52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZL18QEJwO5
expression staring at him without hate or malice. In the face she looked52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppU0spZyzb
worried. Her eyes were sunken in. Her normally glossy hair hung loose around52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouQ386SnGs
her face. In the three months he had been missing, she lost quite a bit of52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9ziLtKdnz
weight.
The others she was with didn’t52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3IbyB25WQ
really surprise him except Whitesun was there. He had no idea why the southern52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxuC0DUQ28
warden was there to see him, but he couldn’t think of any good reasons. Maybe52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUu1R6MREYK
the council had finally made their judgement.
“Have you decided what you were52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVKXr2C91X
going to do with me?” Vander asked. He looked over at Cuvera who met his stare52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oidwhr5va
with his own.
“The council is split.” Cuvera52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEwTTQiQQk
explained. “There are many who don’t believe you capable of killing my father,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FIwEVVEDL
but they also don’t believe that Peyton would have been capable either. Then52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQKJanZFNr
there are those who think you did do it, and nothing would convince them52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRgTfRSbQx
otherwise.”
“Not once did we doubt you,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJWRxHUDAs
Vander.” Kiara’s voice was kind. “We were hurt that you felt you couldn’t stay52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dYwqlhMx0
and plead your case, but based on the considerable resources that were spent to52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIo2DWZwhB
track you down, as well as the venomous rhetoric that was spread against you,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwccZaaDtOq
it ended up being for the best. You wouldn’t be safe here, not with the52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMIqmdcJaN
influence many of the nobles have in the city.”
“Then why am I still locked up?”52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXHtdnn3Ut
he asked. “If you believe me, why keep me here?”
“Because we can’t release you52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjENURT47MY
without proof that Peyton killed my father.” Cuvera explained. “As it stands52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI2xjvl6jR
it’s your word against his and he has more sway amongst the nobles. I know52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3OyaQS9E4
you’re innocent, but they know that I would protect you because we are practically52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8LB3jPIQS
brothers.”
“How do you know I’m innocent?”52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVuzqaj1YA
Vander countered. “I could be the monster they think I am.”
“Vander!” Eliza gasped. “Don’t say52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyUNA36U1W
things like that.”
“I know because I saw what52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAfM9uUru8
happened.” Cuvera sighed. “A week after my father died, the ceremony to take52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzSZbk0pwC
the shard of Humjir into me was performed. I saw everything leading up to his52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBfeID0GEA
final moments, including him telling you to run with his dying breath. I’ve52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzDo78uEvw
known him for months, but Peyton has the power now that my father’s gone. I52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKXUUf1D10
can’t do a thing.”
“However, I do.” Whitesun spoke52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJ2GSm40N8
softly. “Even though I am the farthest of all the Warden’s from the city,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhjW18V0gC
Malcolm and I were good friends. I believe you Vander. I think you are a kind52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSTYE56TMj
soul despite the stigma surrounding you, I can help you.”
“How?” Vander stared at the man, a52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEysDThQ86
stranger. He couldn’t quite believe someone would be willing to help him just52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYbZTkJ94i
for no reason. There had to be another motive, but he would be damned if he52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rPFxkka5W
could think of one.
“You let me worry about that.”52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYoBrbcrhn
Whitesun held out his hand through the bars. Vander studied it for a moment52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOhJ3v0aba
before accepting it. The two of them held hands for a few minutes past what52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOS5ZnZEUZ
Vander was comfortable with, but before he could say anything, Whitesun let his52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOjB5hjvgp
hand go. “I wanted to see what kind of person you were, Captain.”
“What have you discovered,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACQzYRviLo
Warden?” Vander bit back.
“You are a principled man devoted52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaatNTfTxa
to your goal of protecting those you love.” Whitesun smiled. “There is no way52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuTlVxMjQn
you would have killed your surrogate father, no matter what may have happened52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUfSOTQe8Y
between the two of you.”
“You gained all that from shaking52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7geR2fKwb
my hand?” Vander shook his head. “Excuse me if I don’t believe you.”
“No,” Whitesun laughed. “I got52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ5zYZCvdJ
that from talking to your friends. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some damage52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kymF6Ywid
control to do.” With that he excused himself by heading back up the stairs.
“If anyone can help you, it’s52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qDzXTEABC
Malakai.” Cuvera smiled. “You protected us from the Serpents, now allow us to52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEfoj2ufEB
help you.”
“Thank you.” Vander embraced his52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQWwthADaB
friend, though it wasn’t complete due to the bar standing between the two of52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtCeveQ9ca
them. “After this is done, I will devote my sword to you and you are alone.”
“To us, Vander.” Cuvera wrapped a52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ6kZryxZN
possessive arm around his wife. “And our child who we are going to name for my52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFR3XAtobX4
father and your grandfather: Malcolm Charles Elan.”
“Or Mary Charlie Elan.” Kiara52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuu9SMvuGEV
interrupted. “If it’s a girl.”
“Either way, we want you to be its52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObmHHfeCAZ
guard parent if anything were to happen to us.” Cuvera smiled. “Both you and52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAoZc4gXPx
Eliza, even though she already agreed.” Vander was touched, but he knew that52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9C6heyJB13
there was still a lot of work to be done before that would become a reality.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XzFWmrRN4
Starting with him being released.
“Provided I am released, I will.”
“Excellent.” Cuvera grinned, but52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlEoTL7qj2
after a moment, he became a little more serious. “I need you tell me everything52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDrDehl8RI
you can about this assassin who killed Humi. If someone this dangerous is in my52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3lmKU0ImW
city, I need to know everything I can about them.”
“I didn’t know about them until my52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3kITog4x8
attack on the Green Serpent base.” Vander explained. “I found a handwritten52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvxQfA1Ng5
note that said that someone known as Fang was coming after me. I assumed they52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ab6I5W304
didn’t know where I was because I didn’t end up with a knife in my side while I52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNI8RiPEU6
slept. They must have picked me up somewhere then waited until I was distracted52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAczDqVmQbS
before coming after me. If it hadn’t been for Humi there was a chance, I would52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmhKMZPRqs
be killed.”
“Any idea who they were?” Vander52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKhXnST1Dv
shook his head.
“None, they wore both a mask and a52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUE9y8LRvrq
hood.” He explained. “However, they infiltrated a space that was protected by52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi8msPwKO9
Humjir’s ability. Which,” he glared at Cuvera. “How is that possible? I thought52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTaYHHBsuo
only Malcolm, and now you, could use those powers?”
“It’s complicated, I don’t truly52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RvEn5dMAm
understand it myself.” Kiara placed her hand on Cuvera’s shoulder then52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJJAiwE0hX
whispered in his ear. “I’m sorry, but Kiara is tired. We must go but worry not.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVd42PTj9o4
We will get you out of this.”
“Are you going to stay?” He looked52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj2ByxVeod
at Eliza. He didn’t know why, but he really didn’t want her to leave.
“Of course.” She grinned, holding52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiWZLSJU5C
up the cell keys. “I can’t let you out, but I can go in.” she placed the key52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN9t7uKOZf
inside the lock and turned it. The door popped open, so she allowed herself52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErlJoXaYm6
inside.
“I’ll come to let you out in the52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbWyFfKnH1
morning.” Cuvera held his hand out for the keys, which she returned. “Enjoy52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsBUEpjEIE
yourself.” With that, Cuvera and Kiara left the room leaving the two of them52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtFFw9UPuw
together. For the first time in a long time, Vander felt tongue tied. He didn’t52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XYf5Fmd0b
know what to do.
“Sit down.” Eliza sighed. “You52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjeMFXpBnq
look like you’re about to fall over.” She sat down against the wall then patted52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2jtK2VsjR
the open spot next to her. Not sure what he should do, he sat down next to her,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTuor0qZb8
but made sure none of his body touched her. “Am I that repulsive that you won’t52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfaG1dzkl2
even touch me?” she sounded hurt.
“I’m sorry.” He spoke. “I’m just52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGN69niPpTC
scared. For some reason I get nervous around you, like I don’t want to52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSevDxz2mO
disappoint you. I’ve had plenty of partners, but this seems foreign to me.”
“I guess that’s to be expected.”52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxYD8oYxCt
Eliza smiled. “I’ve known about you ever since I was young, so I’ve been52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOrSb9H321
preparing for my entire life. But you just found out a couple of months ago and52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShUQlO7Jgd
we never got to spend any sort of time together. So, for now, how about we just52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMBgEza37W
get to know each other and let this occur naturally?”
“You’d be okay with that?”
“Of course.” She spoke. “You can52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MZdXkeAYH
be completely honest with me; I won’t judge you Vander.” He hesitated, but he52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6yJ9lJng2
didn’t feel any treachery in her words. It was time he became honest with52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2cFdraOB8
someone other than Shea. It was time for him to be vulnerable.
“Are you sure you can handle it?”52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkykRB0rh2j
he smiled. “You’d be my first actual relationship since getting dumped by52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLANdHRyHb
someone I wanted to marry. She left me for prestige and for someone I hate.”
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“It’s her loss.” Eliza shrugged.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCo2FRAnoo
“But if you asked me too, I’d punch her in the face for you.” He laughed and it52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2ci2g3vPH
was the first real laugh he had had since his best friend’s wedding. Perhaps,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhalK1Y9tIK
just for tonight, everything would be alright.
