Chosen By The Dragon Kings novel Chapter 84

Elora’s POV

We were awoken by screams, I sat upright in bed thinking at first, I Imagined it, that is was all a figment of my imagination. But the bloodcurdling sounds coming from outside could not be mistaken for anything else, but pure horror and carnage that awaited us outside. Silas and Matitus took off in a blur, I went to chase after them, to find out what the hell was going on when Dragus arms wrapped around me tossing me back on the bed.

“Wait here” He screamed rushing out after them. Running for the door, I quickly threw on the first thing I laid my hands on, jeans and one of their shirts. Running for the door, only to open and find Marian rushing towards me and shoving me backwards into the room.

“They took him, they took Aldrin” Marian says frantically locking the door.

My heart was hammering in my chest so hard I thought it was going to explode, when pain ripped through me, bringing me to my knees, Dragus pain smashing into me and taking my breath away, as red-hot pain tore through my back.

I stagger trying to get my footing as I rush for the door, Marian grabbing my wrist.

“You can’t go out there, there are more than we first thought” She says, her hands visibly shaking a she tugs on me.

“We have to help them, we can’t just sit here Marian pull yourself together, where is Abbie?”

“She is, she was”-

“She was what, Marian?”

“She was trying to get to Claire” Marian breathes, and I throw the door open, rushing down the stairs, Marian hot my heels as she chased after me, trying to keep up. My sword slipping between my fingers as I raced toward the front of the castle, that can’t be a good thing, it means danger is close, I thought to myself as I looked down at the sword now in my hand, smooth and cold to touch as it glowed subtly like a beacon in the night, illuminating everything in front of me in the darkened castle. The floors cold under my feet as I see the doors.

Orange lights flicking in the dining room, the sort of light that left shadows as it burnt its way through everything, fire. The castle was on fire, black smoke billowing out the archway toward us, slowly consuming everything in its path. Marian throws her hands for, silver light, so bright I had to squint to stop it hurting my eyes, before my feet feeling wet and I realise she put out the flames, now white and black smoke as the fire dies.

I look back at Marian and she had her hands braced on her knees trying to catch her breath. Rushing over to her, I grab her arm pulling her against me as we continue for the doors.

“What’s wrong?” I ask her, as she pants, her hair turning white in patches.

“I’m old dear magic, is hard for me to use now, that’s why I don’t use it” She says before coughing. I take her to the Library sitting her down on the chair looking toward the front.

“Stay here” I tell her, running toward the doors leading outside when I hear her staggering after me.

“Marian stay” I tell her, but she ignores me following me anyway.

“Marian” I snap at her.

“I am not letting you go out there by yourself” She gasps out. Stubborn old woman, but I knew there was no stopping her as I shoved open the doors. What I was not expecting was to run out and see the entire city on fire, the sound of the panicked screams echoing through night, made my heart rate spike. Werewolves and vampires fighting everywhere, as the tore each other apart.

“oh no” Marian gasped as we both stared around in panic.

“Werewolves were attacking our men, alongside the half beasts. Buildings caught alight everywhere when I see a green dragon thrown into the side of the castle beside us, narrowly missing us as its body hit the stone walls. Pluto rushing over and shoving us toward the doors.

His body littered in burns.

“Get inside my Queen” He says, as the dragon finds its feet, shaking itself off, its scales gleaming though, most of its scales were missing like it had the mange, it roared breathing fire directly at us and I raise my sword.

My sword cutting straight through the flames diverting them away from us as my magic flared to life. The thing charged at us, Pluto ripping me out of the way, but Marian was to slow as its tail whipped through the air smacking her in the chest and sending her flying through the air.

I scream as I watch her body hit the ground with a sickening thud as it advanced on her, my sword cutting through its tail as I yielded it, making it pivot and bare its teeth snapping in mine and Pluto’s direction. I hear another menacing roar coming from behind me, but I don’t look, trusting that Pluto would have to deal with it, while I kept my eyes on this one.

Moving just in time as it teeth snapped toward my face, my sword biting into its neck as it come down before I am thrown as Pluto fly’s into me, I brace myself for impact when I see his hand reach out ripping me toward him before he pivots taking the brunt of the impact as we smash against the ground. I hear the air leave his lungs, before his eyes snap open panic coursing through him as his eyes dart behind me and he rolls with me on top of him, just in time to see a foot come down where we once were, I jump off him scrambling to my feet, when pain tears through my shoulder, the green monster sinking its teeth into my shoulder and I see my sword flicker, the light dying out for a second as my blood oozed down my arm, its teeth embedded in my flesh at is flings me into the water fountain in the middle of courtyard, my head smacking the ground so hard I see black dots dance before my vision.

My head felt like it was exploding, thumping to its own beat and I find my sword gone, no longer clutched in my hand as my magic fizzled, the green beast stalking towards me before it suddenly drops writhing and shrinking as it started changing back to its human form, I didn’t have time to watch when I feel claws biting into my flesh making me cry out, a black wolf tackling me as I try and holds its head away from my face as it snapped its jaw dangerously close. I use my legs trying to throw it off when its weight suddenly disappears all together. Dragus ripping it away, and I see his skin is littered in burns, onyx eyes burning back at me, as he tosses the werewolf into the fountain.