Page 153 of Her Ivory Flame

Chapter 61

XANDER

Anger raged inside him as he held onto Alrya with a deathly grip.

Kaden had been taken, something he did not anticipate and the shock of the events that unfolded still coursing through his mind. He knew there was nothing that could have been done, but he wasn’t sure how Mavros found out about Kaden’s power.

For years they had kept it secret, since the first day they had met it was like his power didn’t exist. He had only seen him use it a few times and he knew no one in their circle would tell.

As soon as the portal closed, Alrya ripped out of his arms and rushed towards Emris on the wall. He followed her with Boone next to him and they started to release the chains and nailed in the wall.

It took them longer than expected to get the king free but when they did he slumped to the floor with a loud huff.

“Emris,” Alyra said frantically.

“Alyra?” Emris muttered and he saw them look at each other.

“You need to come with me,” she said with a stern voice. “I can’t protect you here.

“There is nowhere else to go.” Emris coughed.

“You can come to my home,” Alrya said gently, her white wings suddenly visible behind her as she kneeled next to him.

He watched Emris’s eyes widen and even Xander was still in awe of her, especially after watching her fight for her home. It wasn’t a surprise she was Kaden’s mate.

“We need to go.” he urged as he looked around.

It was too quiet and they needed to regroup to figure out what to do next. He would die for Kaden, and he was still fighting the anger surging inside him.

Boone stepped forward and started to lift Ermis to his feet and he walked around the other side.

“Can you fly?” he asked.

“I think so.” Emris whispered.

Alrya stood, tension in her muscles and he could see a new struggle in her eyes he couldn’t quite figure out. She was almost too calm with what had happened and it felt like there was something off about the wholesituation.

After a few minutes they all launched into the air, Alyra breaking out one of the windows with her flame and they launched into the sky as fast as they could.

He glanced down, no Trenchers in sight and he knew Mavros had returned everyone he had brought with him back to his kingdom. The only explanation was portals, and that was going to be a new obstacle they would need to figure out.

It took longer than normal for them to return, his eyes watching Alyra carefully as she flew next to him. Her face was like stone, a familiar look he knew from Kaden and she was stiff as they soared through the sky.

Once they landed, Emris gasped in surprise while they led him to the longhouse.

Alyra shoved the door open and he heard Raine yell as they entered, Finnley shooting to his feet.

“Where is Kaden?” Finnley asked quickly.

“Mavros took him.” Alyra said calmly.

“What!” Raine gasped.

Ermis sat, his breathing heavy and he could see his wings were still not fully healed from the iron nails.

“Ok what the hell is going on?” Boone barked next to him, everyone sensing something wasn’t right.

He would have thought she would be losing her mind and was surprised she didn’t fight harder when he got taken. Instead, shewas standing calmly with her wings out facing away from them, her hand clenched into fists.