Chapter 37
No one came to see him for the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNyh7NMngx
first day. Aside from some lukewarm water and moldy bread, he hadn’t had72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyRmiuzF7D
anything to eat either. He spent his time curled in the corner allowing his72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3klA2vTeBy
negative thoughts to control his mind. He thought about his failure at protecting72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPB107NotK
Malcolm that brought him to this place, forcing him on the run because he72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOa2N9VGAl
hadn’t been prepared. If they had taken a little more time to think about it,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0FJvplXjx
they should have been aware that there could have been another traitor amongst72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5u5qh42K3
them. Cranton, the one who vetted all the servants, the closest to the king,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyjQek7JaW
and able to move unseen. There were clues, but they all ignored them.
Now his best friend, the one who72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEEXPuhvi7
risked everything for him, might be in jail as well, or in trouble at the very72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwaI7XIzN1
least. He betrayed his vow all for the sake of friendship. At the very least he72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnF3MgCE9VX
could be removed from the Blades. At least he had someone to fall back on, if72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWgh8hJRoL
this went south, Vander had no one. He didn’t even know where his grandfather72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ476Jm6XiB3
had gone and with no way to reach him, he had no one. The despair was too72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnphqBAfetF
great, so he buried himself inside his own mind hoping that things would get72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC2eBv7nvg
better.
The demon scraped against his mind72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fKNcRHs4i
begging to be released. He would make all those who hurt them suffer72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0TGopkNnx
unimaginable pain. He could start by removing their skin piece by piece until72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblEMmTviBp
they passed out from the pain. Then he would carve out their organs with his72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsgv7wu2iK
bare hands, not stopping even after the body died. Then they would be tossed to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrjTiQtYoK
the forest for the animals to have their fill. He begged, pleaded and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnSl7HTUjG
threatened, but if there was hope, Vander would not give in. No matter how much72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEES55O3qG
he wanted to.
He wasn’t sure how long it had72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOwKYIBRyF
been, but eventually he heard the door open. Based on the sounds their feet72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsfzHSiqNg
made, there were four people coming down to see him. None of them, except one,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GtNFxAzV9
was wearing armor. He recognized her scent clearly compared to the others.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtROcDwSFn
According to the book, and her, the two of them were bonded. Despite knowing72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSWaxEA7eW
nothing about her, he didn’t want her to see him like this so he hid closer to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMw32ND0v84
the shadows hoping it would be enough. It wasn’t.
“Come out, Vander.” Her voice was72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQh8JEehTb
soft, full of warmth. He felt the presence of Atza beckoning him, pushing the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlP1S4L85d
demon further into the recesses of his mind. He looked over to see her kind72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDDw51Iq3n
expression staring at him without hate or malice. In the face she looked72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PREdBeItB
worried. Her eyes were sunken in. Her normally glossy hair hung loose around72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUomFzu5mPU
her face. In the three months he had been missing, she lost quite a bit of72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2LS8a8gHi
weight.
The others she was with didn’t72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkDvz3AeNu
really surprise him except Whitesun was there. He had no idea why the southern72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfMtwuMpJW
warden was there to see him, but he couldn’t think of any good reasons. Maybe72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTE6xaaL14
the council had finally made their judgement.
“Have you decided what you were72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtQsHIILE0
going to do with me?” Vander asked. He looked over at Cuvera who met his stare72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVjz04JVr0
with his own.
“The council is split.” Cuvera72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtsX3T2sxw
explained. “There are many who don’t believe you capable of killing my father,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡascDOC0kRg
but they also don’t believe that Peyton would have been capable either. Then72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxNT5nkZjh
there are those who think you did do it, and nothing would convince them72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyNtQiDFF9
otherwise.”
“Not once did we doubt you,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPtUiXqgP3
Vander.” Kiara’s voice was kind. “We were hurt that you felt you couldn’t stay72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PCgeZFxir
and plead your case, but based on the considerable resources that were spent to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5w6kzrdbQI
track you down, as well as the venomous rhetoric that was spread against you,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCU1amw9cI
it ended up being for the best. You wouldn’t be safe here, not with the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdij6uv0hP
influence many of the nobles have in the city.”
“Then why am I still locked up?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdEIGCtIZP
he asked. “If you believe me, why keep me here?”
“Because we can’t release you72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz44IHTLkPI
without proof that Peyton killed my father.” Cuvera explained. “As it stands72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Fp0DoGVZt
it’s your word against his and he has more sway amongst the nobles. I know72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXt0IKUkHo
you’re innocent, but they know that I would protect you because we are practically72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWhFFH0cyj
brothers.”
“How do you know I’m innocent?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOX6DQje6H
Vander countered. “I could be the monster they think I am.”
“Vander!” Eliza gasped. “Don’t say72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZx3UKCGoH9
things like that.”
“I know because I saw what72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZppDjRAUj
happened.” Cuvera sighed. “A week after my father died, the ceremony to take72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1DCeudnNk
the shard of Humjir into me was performed. I saw everything leading up to his72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHHfYBeJxB
final moments, including him telling you to run with his dying breath. I’ve72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHILKAePQrL
known him for months, but Peyton has the power now that my father’s gone. I72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvXNwTIbOP
can’t do a thing.”
“However, I do.” Whitesun spoke72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQzkLtrDOd
softly. “Even though I am the farthest of all the Warden’s from the city,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoe2XCs35N
Malcolm and I were good friends. I believe you Vander. I think you are a kind72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vhyy6A94Z
soul despite the stigma surrounding you, I can help you.”
“How?” Vander stared at the man, a72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUE028zYJz
stranger. He couldn’t quite believe someone would be willing to help him just72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfQHsF6DRC
for no reason. There had to be another motive, but he would be damned if he72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXgJaoeabA
could think of one.
“You let me worry about that.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Gvhvf1BD
Whitesun held out his hand through the bars. Vander studied it for a moment72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqaeodLb3m
before accepting it. The two of them held hands for a few minutes past what72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uSrajYQvw
Vander was comfortable with, but before he could say anything, Whitesun let his72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHd51ilgmO
hand go. “I wanted to see what kind of person you were, Captain.”
“What have you discovered,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERg4laTsZX
Warden?” Vander bit back.
“You are a principled man devoted72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ph35TffQF
to your goal of protecting those you love.” Whitesun smiled. “There is no way72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTaR1XIm6y
you would have killed your surrogate father, no matter what may have happened72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW9aWRR5Vy
between the two of you.”
“You gained all that from shaking72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eswpQWZLD
my hand?” Vander shook his head. “Excuse me if I don’t believe you.”
“No,” Whitesun laughed. “I got72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO5ZofnYRO
that from talking to your friends. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some damage72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicocWVtuaY
control to do.” With that he excused himself by heading back up the stairs.
“If anyone can help you, it’s72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oDp7W4WHV
Malakai.” Cuvera smiled. “You protected us from the Serpents, now allow us to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf5XolPjxi
help you.”
“Thank you.” Vander embraced his72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiXYaMaKTG
friend, though it wasn’t complete due to the bar standing between the two of72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBd6OErIcO
them. “After this is done, I will devote my sword to you and you are alone.”
“To us, Vander.” Cuvera wrapped a72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkXROgfx54
possessive arm around his wife. “And our child who we are going to name for my72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjI61GhU5A
father and your grandfather: Malcolm Charles Elan.”
“Or Mary Charlie Elan.” Kiara72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eQUjIhZos
interrupted. “If it’s a girl.”
“Either way, we want you to be its72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡES2ojy7u5i
guard parent if anything were to happen to us.” Cuvera smiled. “Both you and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLYOomh5Hp
Eliza, even though she already agreed.” Vander was touched, but he knew that72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJL1myopPG
there was still a lot of work to be done before that would become a reality.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5qdkqcVZJ
Starting with him being released.
“Provided I am released, I will.”
“Excellent.” Cuvera grinned, but72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcDpRrIGug
after a moment, he became a little more serious. “I need you tell me everything72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhujsJmw9F
you can about this assassin who killed Humi. If someone this dangerous is in my72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hUE0MhKlv
city, I need to know everything I can about them.”
“I didn’t know about them until my72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMs60rcnhb8
attack on the Green Serpent base.” Vander explained. “I found a handwritten72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpmxOk9gwH
note that said that someone known as Fang was coming after me. I assumed they72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMqT7Yru13
didn’t know where I was because I didn’t end up with a knife in my side while I72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MtL2OFjCQ
slept. They must have picked me up somewhere then waited until I was distracted72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAGbzOeNYY
before coming after me. If it hadn’t been for Humi there was a chance, I would72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb16SzG8e3y
be killed.”
“Any idea who they were?” Vander72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wriX45cTz
shook his head.
“None, they wore both a mask and a72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxY3UVjlxe
hood.” He explained. “However, they infiltrated a space that was protected by72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqEAPX5cxv
Humjir’s ability. Which,” he glared at Cuvera. “How is that possible? I thought72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaryS6qsE6
only Malcolm, and now you, could use those powers?”
“It’s complicated, I don’t truly72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3b9KzzeDt
understand it myself.” Kiara placed her hand on Cuvera’s shoulder then72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOVnhM26mG
whispered in his ear. “I’m sorry, but Kiara is tired. We must go but worry not.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlldgckyYAx
We will get you out of this.”
“Are you going to stay?” He looked72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngZl1ixWdw
at Eliza. He didn’t know why, but he really didn’t want her to leave.
“Of course.” She grinned, holding72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVlkI8yu9E
up the cell keys. “I can’t let you out, but I can go in.” she placed the key72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61jCufFSZl
inside the lock and turned it. The door popped open, so she allowed herself72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwsB7HIWPK
inside.
“I’ll come to let you out in the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MAARrU0E0
morning.” Cuvera held his hand out for the keys, which she returned. “Enjoy72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgTrKEVWUQ
yourself.” With that, Cuvera and Kiara left the room leaving the two of them72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEY5vo78Cy
together. For the first time in a long time, Vander felt tongue tied. He didn’t72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30SjFc63aK
know what to do.
“Sit down.” Eliza sighed. “You72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqrNexIXQH
look like you’re about to fall over.” She sat down against the wall then patted72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJ547Dvg3V
the open spot next to her. Not sure what he should do, he sat down next to her,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxevYOX7lXr
but made sure none of his body touched her. “Am I that repulsive that you won’t72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLl7eovmpZ
even touch me?” she sounded hurt.
“I’m sorry.” He spoke. “I’m just72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdSS8NUWi1
scared. For some reason I get nervous around you, like I don’t want to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUagDMTVwW
disappoint you. I’ve had plenty of partners, but this seems foreign to me.”
“I guess that’s to be expected.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkrpWIdJWX
Eliza smiled. “I’ve known about you ever since I was young, so I’ve been72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKP4bWyEwzx
preparing for my entire life. But you just found out a couple of months ago and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5AFjconjj
we never got to spend any sort of time together. So, for now, how about we just72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPePGlxpFF1
get to know each other and let this occur naturally?”
“You’d be okay with that?”
“Of course.” She spoke. “You can72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfS0Li20fIO
be completely honest with me; I won’t judge you Vander.” He hesitated, but he72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx9XRuDHVr
didn’t feel any treachery in her words. It was time he became honest with72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLR2IXbggw
someone other than Shea. It was time for him to be vulnerable.
“Are you sure you can handle it?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbza8L9xMD1
he smiled. “You’d be my first actual relationship since getting dumped by72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iVCoLdymT
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LMIj0ZgSa
“But if you asked me too, I’d punch her in the face for you.” He laughed and it72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAc0sskqjif
was the first real laugh he had had since his best friend’s wedding. Perhaps,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIexytf3AAu
just for tonight, everything would be alright.
