The door opened, and a ruckus played outside. Hope filled my gut as it sounded like someone came for me.
Footsteps reached my ears, thumping down the steps, and a light flickered on.
“No, no,” I begged as I saw the long black strands hanging down his shoulders. It was Fox.
I screamed, and he slapped me so hard through the face that I saw stars.
He unlocked my shackles and I could feel how he lifted me over his shoulder and walked out another door.
He didn’t morph into a dragon. He kept running through the woods. My body screamed, jolting around on his shoulder. He stopped and dropped me on the floor. I tried to push myself up on all fours to crawl away, but everything around me spun. It was from the blood loss or from the slap.
More footsteps rustled and Fox pulled me up by my hair. A scream left my mouth as my heart still thumped like mad. I froze as the sharp blade lingered close to my neck.Please, don’t kill me, don’t kill me.
“Malcolm.” Emanual’s voice came and Fox laughed.
“Little Bro, you are still alive!”
“Stop this. You do not want the Rubicon on your tail.”
He laughed. “Don’t speak about things you do not know. I know more about Rubicons than you think. They despise their true riders. He will thank me.”
“Don’t count on it.”
Emanual came closer.
“Uh-uh-uh.” He raised his free hand that carried his ring. Emanual grunted. He clutched his stomach. He didn’t breathe, and he fell to his knees.
Two more guys wearing robes came dashing past Emanual, and they screamed, clutching their heads, falling to the ground like rag dolls. They all grunted.
“Should I do it, princess? Just for fun.”
“Please, don’t. He is your brother.”
“My brother doesn’t deserve to be called a dragon. He betrayed us for the likes of your kind. I knew your father. He was just as pathetic and useless as you are right now. His passion to change the world got him killed in the end. You are going to meet his fate soon.” The point of the blade pressed into my cheek.
Another figure grabbed both our attention.
“Uh-uh.” Fox spoke, and the blade shifted back to my neck as his ring pointed at him too.
The guy wore a hoodie and I couldn’t see his face in the darkness.
“What the fuck?” Fox spoke as the guy didn’t go down.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” Blake’s voice reached my ears and my heart leaped. He came.
“How, your kind can’t get past the wall?” Fox spat at him.
“A bit of coward’s potion,” he replied. “Not a big secret. Let go of the princess, if you know what is good for you.”
“Never. The Rubicon is ours.”
“The Rubicon will never be yours! Drop the blade or I’ll do it for you,” he spoke with a stern tone.
Fox chuckled. “Yeah, and how are you going to do that.” He pressed the blade harder, and I could feel blood trickling down my neck. Blake stared at it and froze. “Back the fuck off or I’ll slit her throat.”
His eyes flickered to Fox, and they twitched, staring at him. His lips curled upward.
“Don’t be brave, little Dragonian. I’m not your match.”
