Chapter 37
No one came to see him for the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL1MOVuHdv
first day. Aside from some lukewarm water and moldy bread, he hadn’t had102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg7ok35TvF
anything to eat either. He spent his time curled in the corner allowing his102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfHnH6X1CC
negative thoughts to control his mind. He thought about his failure at protecting102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSaWcX1krK
Malcolm that brought him to this place, forcing him on the run because he102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ecF8nYMFE
hadn’t been prepared. If they had taken a little more time to think about it,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSowXoepuG
they should have been aware that there could have been another traitor amongst102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3xu2CDy88
them. Cranton, the one who vetted all the servants, the closest to the king,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko2thnEQ70
and able to move unseen. There were clues, but they all ignored them.
Now his best friend, the one who102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4rrCbNkgb
risked everything for him, might be in jail as well, or in trouble at the very102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEpHJJ48HN
least. He betrayed his vow all for the sake of friendship. At the very least he102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrdz9HjBgB
could be removed from the Blades. At least he had someone to fall back on, if102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlvUQgSFds
this went south, Vander had no one. He didn’t even know where his grandfather102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZv8w8rNqNg
had gone and with no way to reach him, he had no one. The despair was too102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0rVMqhcJE
great, so he buried himself inside his own mind hoping that things would get102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9dtwPmpf7
better.
The demon scraped against his mind102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv3pKoEm8t
begging to be released. He would make all those who hurt them suffer102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGX2sb7vdQ
unimaginable pain. He could start by removing their skin piece by piece until102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyLiDeDRTb
they passed out from the pain. Then he would carve out their organs with his102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnxFC9oayL
bare hands, not stopping even after the body died. Then they would be tossed to102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8DRy0CkaK
the forest for the animals to have their fill. He begged, pleaded and102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd53UgKhNp
threatened, but if there was hope, Vander would not give in. No matter how much102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpVB9yUfRB
he wanted to.
He wasn’t sure how long it had102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhaOakri4G
been, but eventually he heard the door open. Based on the sounds their feet102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenCRlpeV1I
made, there were four people coming down to see him. None of them, except one,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXfyFAaBLf
was wearing armor. He recognized her scent clearly compared to the others.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIya59nKBW
According to the book, and her, the two of them were bonded. Despite knowing102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5vlgjntAX
nothing about her, he didn’t want her to see him like this so he hid closer to102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡca3eKFL9GC
the shadows hoping it would be enough. It wasn’t.
“Come out, Vander.” Her voice was102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKCypwQws9
soft, full of warmth. He felt the presence of Atza beckoning him, pushing the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2TPBpHYvK
demon further into the recesses of his mind. He looked over to see her kind102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4xUSmcAtN
expression staring at him without hate or malice. In the face she looked102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFNzzrIGfc
worried. Her eyes were sunken in. Her normally glossy hair hung loose around102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OYUV5M4wH
her face. In the three months he had been missing, she lost quite a bit of102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSi5LmXroRL
weight.
The others she was with didn’t102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOAhu799r0
really surprise him except Whitesun was there. He had no idea why the southern102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfoLCQT2bj
warden was there to see him, but he couldn’t think of any good reasons. Maybe102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwKdJprnva
the council had finally made their judgement.
“Have you decided what you were102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nFrCqNled
going to do with me?” Vander asked. He looked over at Cuvera who met his stare102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOtmox81zE
with his own.
“The council is split.” Cuvera102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMpZ8kOnqS
explained. “There are many who don’t believe you capable of killing my father,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XNcgFMS2T
but they also don’t believe that Peyton would have been capable either. Then102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABZkrpBgcm
there are those who think you did do it, and nothing would convince them102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkexZg2KuXS
otherwise.”
“Not once did we doubt you,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJVcKGXRD9
Vander.” Kiara’s voice was kind. “We were hurt that you felt you couldn’t stay102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH94jyHleoQ
and plead your case, but based on the considerable resources that were spent to102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjzbp3PKyp
track you down, as well as the venomous rhetoric that was spread against you,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDq0Mhb1Au
it ended up being for the best. You wouldn’t be safe here, not with the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCeT1oxav4
influence many of the nobles have in the city.”
“Then why am I still locked up?”102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1emS1MxAl
he asked. “If you believe me, why keep me here?”
“Because we can’t release you102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hVq1lCeJ7
without proof that Peyton killed my father.” Cuvera explained. “As it stands102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkkVZkCbQY
it’s your word against his and he has more sway amongst the nobles. I know102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1gZMLplSV
you’re innocent, but they know that I would protect you because we are practically102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknng6Et8z2
brothers.”
“How do you know I’m innocent?”102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89IA0keaJZ
Vander countered. “I could be the monster they think I am.”
“Vander!” Eliza gasped. “Don’t say102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrn8wh3Xva
things like that.”
“I know because I saw what102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk35bvUzE4w
happened.” Cuvera sighed. “A week after my father died, the ceremony to take102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy75kvsrEXG
the shard of Humjir into me was performed. I saw everything leading up to his102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BQDR8iBsc
final moments, including him telling you to run with his dying breath. I’ve102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuW3tv2Hlw
known him for months, but Peyton has the power now that my father’s gone. I102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuBu4K3gG0
can’t do a thing.”
“However, I do.” Whitesun spoke102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2g19HwnstN
softly. “Even though I am the farthest of all the Warden’s from the city,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2hg7CCpnu
Malcolm and I were good friends. I believe you Vander. I think you are a kind102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyqT3yQSiL
soul despite the stigma surrounding you, I can help you.”
“How?” Vander stared at the man, a102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQ0l7wtxbN
stranger. He couldn’t quite believe someone would be willing to help him just102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YrBFEibkI
for no reason. There had to be another motive, but he would be damned if he102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3dqQNjN1h
could think of one.
“You let me worry about that.”102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8XiTg8gpS
Whitesun held out his hand through the bars. Vander studied it for a moment102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvrf6PPUoS
before accepting it. The two of them held hands for a few minutes past what102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7Dgw5WE5O
Vander was comfortable with, but before he could say anything, Whitesun let his102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09y9bBI5jw
hand go. “I wanted to see what kind of person you were, Captain.”
“What have you discovered,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnatYwjFaZ
Warden?” Vander bit back.
“You are a principled man devoted102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlEgprMHqu
to your goal of protecting those you love.” Whitesun smiled. “There is no way102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWL0ARSbAw
you would have killed your surrogate father, no matter what may have happened102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDIUDuMW4z
between the two of you.”
“You gained all that from shaking102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4TM4AfatL
my hand?” Vander shook his head. “Excuse me if I don’t believe you.”
“No,” Whitesun laughed. “I got102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQit12VQkL
that from talking to your friends. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some damage102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUVP5TOM5K
control to do.” With that he excused himself by heading back up the stairs.
“If anyone can help you, it’s102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWzsRKrn8i
Malakai.” Cuvera smiled. “You protected us from the Serpents, now allow us to102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTS2bYDV4V
help you.”
“Thank you.” Vander embraced his102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlw7EdqYH2b
friend, though it wasn’t complete due to the bar standing between the two of102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Fmq6s2GcL
them. “After this is done, I will devote my sword to you and you are alone.”
“To us, Vander.” Cuvera wrapped a102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40Fl3uJRDJ
possessive arm around his wife. “And our child who we are going to name for my102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuVxMnDCYR
father and your grandfather: Malcolm Charles Elan.”
“Or Mary Charlie Elan.” Kiara102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8IWrcOcxL
interrupted. “If it’s a girl.”
“Either way, we want you to be its102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjkCxyuuuB
guard parent if anything were to happen to us.” Cuvera smiled. “Both you and102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NSIAZerjW
Eliza, even though she already agreed.” Vander was touched, but he knew that102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVts6s7Jrz
there was still a lot of work to be done before that would become a reality.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsthjJFuTUn
Starting with him being released.
“Provided I am released, I will.”
“Excellent.” Cuvera grinned, but102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOVgvxADJI
after a moment, he became a little more serious. “I need you tell me everything102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtq6rSL8sDk
you can about this assassin who killed Humi. If someone this dangerous is in my102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtitwO9CZU8
city, I need to know everything I can about them.”
“I didn’t know about them until my102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrgNwal8aq
attack on the Green Serpent base.” Vander explained. “I found a handwritten102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCUxGWiCn6
note that said that someone known as Fang was coming after me. I assumed they102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTekN3J5yeH
didn’t know where I was because I didn’t end up with a knife in my side while I102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaRWYfCCxF
slept. They must have picked me up somewhere then waited until I was distracted102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKytm3IvBi
before coming after me. If it hadn’t been for Humi there was a chance, I would102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkHCb2usoR
be killed.”
“Any idea who they were?” Vander102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5aBCcCvDD
shook his head.
“None, they wore both a mask and a102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBCpLh2VBQ
hood.” He explained. “However, they infiltrated a space that was protected by102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70EeyKnCOB
Humjir’s ability. Which,” he glared at Cuvera. “How is that possible? I thought102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTy2QI0xiZb
only Malcolm, and now you, could use those powers?”
“It’s complicated, I don’t truly102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaenwHIjIY
understand it myself.” Kiara placed her hand on Cuvera’s shoulder then102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTT8665ABVD
whispered in his ear. “I’m sorry, but Kiara is tired. We must go but worry not.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nNDHDjF0I
We will get you out of this.”
“Are you going to stay?” He looked102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eB5JomN7x
at Eliza. He didn’t know why, but he really didn’t want her to leave.
“Of course.” She grinned, holding102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOb9vMI8dS
up the cell keys. “I can’t let you out, but I can go in.” she placed the key102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKFQq1E4Vv
inside the lock and turned it. The door popped open, so she allowed herself102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsrKvN70yC
inside.
“I’ll come to let you out in the102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGVhWWCXa4
morning.” Cuvera held his hand out for the keys, which she returned. “Enjoy102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrZp2bK0qU
yourself.” With that, Cuvera and Kiara left the room leaving the two of them102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0mpWUFOTC
together. For the first time in a long time, Vander felt tongue tied. He didn’t102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZ8PEjfMQP
know what to do.
“Sit down.” Eliza sighed. “You102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYPgnHYM0R
look like you’re about to fall over.” She sat down against the wall then patted102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssiYgZTKY9
the open spot next to her. Not sure what he should do, he sat down next to her,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aEycV9yMy
but made sure none of his body touched her. “Am I that repulsive that you won’t102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfk70QegTHO
even touch me?” she sounded hurt.
“I’m sorry.” He spoke. “I’m just102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigPtiUbQwu
scared. For some reason I get nervous around you, like I don’t want to102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOOjWldW7X
disappoint you. I’ve had plenty of partners, but this seems foreign to me.”
“I guess that’s to be expected.”102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Di5UgZA4S
Eliza smiled. “I’ve known about you ever since I was young, so I’ve been102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzCgdyUeDS
preparing for my entire life. But you just found out a couple of months ago and102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOH3aQoR7H
we never got to spend any sort of time together. So, for now, how about we just102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknA3fHHI0Q
get to know each other and let this occur naturally?”
“You’d be okay with that?”
“Of course.” She spoke. “You can102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7Y3CzrbEZ
be completely honest with me; I won’t judge you Vander.” He hesitated, but he102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8PNdHP6NP
didn’t feel any treachery in her words. It was time he became honest with102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hKZf1sGXg
someone other than Shea. It was time for him to be vulnerable.
“Are you sure you can handle it?”102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4WQnxbDzl
he smiled. “You’d be my first actual relationship since getting dumped by102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqJNxYVMnN
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.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifoiuytVH5
“But if you asked me too, I’d punch her in the face for you.” He laughed and it102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqwn74jpzH
was the first real laugh he had had since his best friend’s wedding. Perhaps,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2GLp8jFDP
just for tonight, everything would be alright.
