Page 99 of Kingdom of Death and Hope

I pace back and forth as I wait for Kieran to reply to me.

“Henry, please just let me leave and go to him. You will be with me and I’ll be safe. Please,” I practically beg him.

“Adeline, I cannot go against the High Lord,” he says.

“So him and I aren’t equals?” I ask.

Henry shakes his head. “You are, but when it comes to your safety, I am on his side. He wants you here right now until he comes back and he must have a good reason for it. I just need you to be patient for a little longer and wait for him to come back.”

“Henry, you don’t understand. If you were in my position, then you would know that I need to get to him right now. I need to see him!” I raise my voice, not caring who hears me at this point.

I take a step to the right and Henry follows my movements.

“Sweets!” Kieran yells my name.

My eyes go wide as I stare at his running figure coming toward me.

“What’s wrong?” he asks as he stops right in front of me and looks up and down my body. “Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“I’m not hurt,” I manage to get out.

“What’s going on then? What has you so shaken up?” Kieran asks.

“I know how to kill Avira,” I say.

His eyes widen, and he looks around the hallway. Several guards are behind Kieran, looking directly at us.

“Let’s go to my office,” he says.

Kieran grabs my hand and starts walking to his office. Henry and the other guards follow directly behind us, keeping watch over everything around us.

“You guys can wait out here while we talk,” Kieran says as he opens his office doors.

I step into the room, Kieran shutting the door before he turns to me.

“How did you find out how to kill Avira?” he asks as he sits down in his chair. “Come here.”

I walk over to him and sit sideways on his lap, looking him in the eyes. “It was the shadowy figure.”

Kieran’s eyebrows bunch together. “The shadowy figure? Tell me from the very beginning.”

“When I died, I told you that I saw a shadowy figure and she said something to me, but I couldn’t remember what it was. When I was asleep, I dreamed about it again and remembered what she told me,” I explain.

“What did she tell you?” he asks.

“She said I was the only one who could kill her and it had to be with the dagger you placed in my hand the first time we met,” I say.

“The dagger?” he repeats. “This dagger?”

It appears in his hands and I nod.

“That’s the dagger. The person said it was important, and that I was the one who had to kill the witch,” I say again.

Kieran shakes his head. “You are not killing her.”

“Kieran, if it’s the only way, then I have to.”

Kieran pins me down with a stare. “You are not going to kill someone. I do not want blood on your hands and you have nightmares for the rest of your life. You aren’t going to do it.”