Chosen By The Dragon Kings novel Chapter 50

Silas POV

Matitus and I had just gone to her room, but she wasn’t there. We knew she couldn’t have gotten far because the guards would have alerted us if she tried to leave. Heading toward the library we could hear frantic voices coming from the kitchen.

Matitus raising an eyebrow at me when Abigail’s voice hit my ears.

“I’m trying, I am fucking trying Marian; I can’t heal her”

“Heal who?” Matitus asked before I rushed into the kitchen. Matitus and I both nearly knocking each other over as we barrelled into the kitchen. Only no one was there.

“Marian, you need to get them. '' I heard Abigail’s voice coming from the pantry before the pantry door opened, making both of us turn our attention to it. Abigail was hovering over Elora’s collapsed body, her hands bright green and gold as she held them on Elora’s chest. Marian froze before Matitus pulled her out of the way before scooping up Elora off the floor. Abigail froze in place as I stared at her, but I didn’t have time to deal with what we just witnessed, when our mate was unconscious.

Swiping everything off the counter Matitus placed her on it. Her skin is pale and ghostly white, black veins moving under her skin coming from her neck. Matitus swiped her hair away and I felt bile rise in my throat. Where I tried to mark her was black, black as coal, the veins leading up to it black beneath her skin.

“She is still breathing but her heartbeat is slowing down” I tell Matitus, biting into my wrist Matitus holds her mouth open and I let my blood drain down her throat. Nothing happens and Matitus growls loudly and I can feel his burning anger smashing into me through the bond. Panic seizing me when she doesn’t heal. Nothing made sense until Marian’s words hit me.

“You did this, she is dying because you took her magic” I think for a few seconds, her words making sense, maybe if she had her magic, it would undo what I have done. Her magic, I bolted out the door crashing into the walls and skidding along the floor. Fear consuming me as I rip the draws out from under the bookshelves trying to find the necklace. My mind went completely blank as to where I put it.

Matitus comes in carrying her before laying her on the ground, Dragus runs in and starts ripping draws out with me, Matitus must have mind-linked him because in my panic, I completely forgot about telling him she was hurt. Draws crashing to the ground before I finally pull one out and I see her necklace. Snatching it from the draw, I raced over to her.

Scooping her up, her head falls forward limply, and I place the necklace in her limp hand. Abigail comes rushing in.

“It doesn’t work like that because she needs to be awake,” she says.

“Come on Lora, you need to wake up,” I tell her, shaking her but she doesn’t respond. Please, please wake up, I can’t lose you, I think, as I rock her trying to rouse her awake but nothing we do ignites any sign of life from her. She was dying in my arms. Matitus collapses on the ground beside me and Dragus had his head in his hands pacing back and forth. Tears ran down my face as I realised I killed her, she was going to die because I was selfish, and angry. My anger once again killing someone I love. I loved her and I killed her.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t know,” I tell them, my mates sadness seeping into me, eating away at me along with my own guilt. Abigail looks down at her, tears flowing from her eyes before she suddenly stops sobbing and rips Elora from me. Placing her on the ground, I go to reach for her and take her back when I see Abigail’s eyes glow fluorescent green. What the hell is she?

She places her hands-on Elora’s chest. “Abigail no, it could kill you” Marian screams running in and trying to rip Abigail away, but Abigail shakes her off before placing her hands back on Elora’s chest.

“She saved me once I am just returning the favour”

“Abbie no, Elora will hate herself if you die” Marian tries to reason with her. Matitus and Dragus heads snap towards them as we watch frozen on the spot as Abigail's skin starts rippling.

“We just need to wake her long enough to absorb her magic” Marian runs over ripping the necklace from my hands and I let her, praying to the fates these two women can save her.

“When Abigail absorbs whatever this is, we need to wake her, enough to absorb her magic. Abbie holds it too long it could kill her, and Elora will die with her” Marian says, her words not absorbing and I stare at her blankly.