Descending the spiral secret way of the left tower. Luna recalled Natasha, was she alright? How could she handle this long journey?
The pathway didn't go to the library oppositely the dwarf turned to the left while the lantern was hovering forward clearing their path.
"Did you torment her?" Asked Kate out of the blue.
"No, the king desired to heal her and treat her well!"
Kate exchanged a glance with Luna. Why would he do treat adequately with a dark witch? This matter made Luna more confident about her guess. They caught the witch without a magic locker, really this simple? Not even possible to do that without those devices. This person came here with her consent, then what was the motive behind it?
Arriving at a door after a long walk, they stopped before it.
"Having you beside me is a relief, Kate, if something happened and I changed, stop me before doing something stupid."
"You'll be fine."
Kate snorted.
The magician Faerie waved a hand and the hex on the door washed down and it went wide.
"I got late." Bryant came out of a dark corner. Beneath this palace was another world, murky beyond belief and hardly accessible.
"What is that box?" Kate asked.
"Some cures."
They followed master Gaven and went inside, the light was serving the area out of some lanterns and kept the place warm. The girl had a magic locker over her neck, an iron ring that had written spells on it, and was shackled to the walls, yet had a fluff proper mattress.
The girl was leaning to the wall, her hair was tied up like a horse tail and her eyes were closed, her lips parted, "Who are these ladies? My companies? Their perfume is so rare!"
"I brought you remedy."
Bryant walked ahead and she opened her eyes.
"Let it there, don't even attempt to touch me!"
"Can you move your hands!"
She bared her teeth when her eyes caught Kate and Luna, raising an eyebrow. Well, these girls were not regular ones, one was in majestic apparel while the other one was nothing more than a maiden? But those hands, they were more than regular maiden hands!
In one look she scanned them both.
"You tell me, dwarf, did not they burn you? Oh, I forgot, they believe that magic only belongs to faeries? This can be some kind of joke?"
"You are so mean and rude!" Kate replied to her instead of the faerie.
Luna strode to Bryant, "captain! Give me the box."
He shook his head, but Luna kept serving him a stern face.
"Give it to me."
Bryant sighed, traded a glimpse with the dwarf who nodded. He reached out his hand.
"I'll be close!"
"Keep three large paces back."
"Fine!" He snarled, how could Wilmore endure this nagging girl?
The witch didn't move, but her sharp eyes were following the girl. The maiden was protective and didn't leave her side.
Luna stood beside the bed, orange light gleamed in her blue eyes.
"May I?"
"Hm, who doesn't like an angel around!"
She kept watching the girl between her eyelashes, her eyes were salty and a bit burning seemed she had cried during her unconsciousness.
Luna sat on the chair beside the bed and put the box on the table, opening.
Unwrapping the white cloths off her bare arm, her eyes widened! Creepy! It was a huge charred mark.
She looked back over her shoulder, found Bryant who shrugged, "I just gave her an option to survive, Lady Luna!"
Clara flinched as she heard this girl's name, her heart ached and pounded madly, and it gave her goosebumps when the girl touched her skin, picked her wrist, and placed it on her knee.
"Can you move your fingers?"
Controlling her curiosity, Clara nodded.
Luna sniffed her blood and swallowed! What the hell was this? Why the scent of her blood was the same as the king? How did she remember his scent? Did the king bleed when he was close to her? She blinked and continued cleaning the wound and applied a green paste on it. She didn't let her thoughts appear on her face.
Her eyes caught the black snake on her chin but emigrated in confusion though! If she was a dark witch then what was this tattoo on her wrist!
"Kate, come here take these."
Luna excused, she wanted to show her the snake that was eating its tail, the Ouroboros.
Grasping the main point, the girl's eyes widened. Kate had seen this tattoo before, it was the first time even her skin heated in terror.
"What is this?"
"Did you see this tattoo before? I doubt because all of my kin is dead."
The witch asked, looking at her blankly.
Kate jerked back, rushing to master Gaven.
"Master, did you see that?"
The dwarf nodded.
Luna didn't stop and tended to the other hand, she got what she wanted. This girl was a light magician.
"So you are someone like her."
This statement made Clara even more interested in this girl.
"Like who?"
"Her name was Jillian Foley, her husband was a human and she was a light magician. She was running away from guards with her maiden but we hid her, then her maiden pretended to be the magician by devouring a potion to have temporary magic and misled the vampire with the guards. They executed the maiden."
"We?"
"Yes, we, the heirs of James family. I know about your village. I've read about it in my grandfather's diary."
Luna was done when the girl dragged her hand back.
"So you know what you people are! A bunch of murderers."
"You are no different!"
Bryant added.
She passed him a bitter but amusing smirk.
"Your king Ordered her grandfather to kill my kind. You are heretics, deserve death. You killed the servants of a Goddess."
"I can't take my grandfather's side, but you are misunderstood."
"Get out!"
The witch shrieked, her whole body was shivering, the fury exploded on her expression.
Luna closed her eyes, standing up added, "I will talk to you anytime you wish. I will let you know about the truth. Those who you joined were the reason that your people are dead."
Clara didn't pay attention, all she could see now was red.. These people had no idea how hard her life was.