Chapter 215
Darius pov
His scent was on and off.
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One moment I could catch it, and the next it was gone, like he had just disappeared and for the last thirty minutes, it had been this way.
I would follow the trail until it vanished, only for it to reappear again, stronger each time. I kept chasing it, my paws gliding over the ground, heavy and fast against the earth. As I moved, I could hear Silas in the back of my mind, calling me a fool, saying it was clearly a trap, that I knew it was a trap, and yet I was still following it. That I was getting farther and farther away from the city, away from where most of the armies were stationed.
And I knew he was right.
It did smell like a trap, like the bastard was leading me out here on purpose. But I didn’t care, not because I was proud, or careless, or thought nothing could touch me just because I couldn’t die but because this was my last chance to find Zayn.
As seconds stretched into what felt like eternity, I finally stopped running, coming to a halt in the middle of the forest, surrounded by towering trees. The deeper I went, the thicker Zayn’s scent became, heavy and overwhelming, as if he were right here. Narrowing my eyes, I turned slowly, scanning the woods.
All I could see were trees. No one in sight.
But then, my ear twitched, catching the faintest sound above.
“Darius, the trees!” Silas hissed.
The very next instant, I leapt aside as shadows rained down. Figures dropped from the branches, one after another. Skidding backward to a stop, I watched as hundreds of them began jumping down all around me.
And as I stared at the vast sea of people before me, my mouth curved into a frown, eyes narrowing at the men who stood tall in front of me. Some eyed me with smiles, some were alert, and others were filled with disdain. But among them, there was one who stood at the very front, their leader, perhaps.
But it wasn’t Zayn.
No, it was him.
Kieran. The man Nyssa had once been engaged to, the one who had betrayed her.
He stood before me clad in armor, a silver sword drawn and pointed in my direction, his expression hardened with hatred. Taking two steps forward, he spoke:
“I can’t believe you really fell for it. He said you would, even knowing it was a trap and you really came. That’s dumb.”
He spat the words out, his voice dripping with malice as he glared at me. I kept my gaze cold and unflinching. Though he remained in human form, my wolf form still towered over him, my eyes fixed on him as he
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“But what does that matter? Dumb or not, you still made it easier for me, so…”
The corners of his lips curved into a smile as he jabbed his sword toward me.
“Shall we have some fun, cursed king?”
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He asked, but I didn’t respond. My mind drifted elsewhere, to the rogues surrounding me, especially the few carrying Zayn’s scent.
So, I had been right.
From the very beginning, I had suspected it wasn’t Zayn himself. No matter how skilled he was, there was no way he could keep outrunning me, vanishing and reappearing so quickly in different places. The only reasonable conclusion was that there were several people carrying his scent, leading me here.
I knew it – I wasn’t surprised by the sneaky attack. What surprised me was that he wasn’t here.
Zayn was nowhere to be found. So why had he brought me here? To have these people fight me? They would die – no matter how many they were, they would die in the end. Why send them to their deaths?
“Can’t you hear me? I’m talking to you, are you not only cursed but now deaf? We’ve got you outnumbered, and even if we can’t kill you, we can catch you and inflict as much pain as we can!” Kieran snarled, his voice booming as he stood tall. The men behind him cheered, calling him commander, which seemed to puff him
up even more.
“They say even if we can’t cut your head off, we’ll keep stabbing you whenever we catch you. We’ll make sure you feel the blade bite your skin. We’ll make you suffer and know the rogues‘ wrath! King or not, we’ll make you bow before us!”
The men laughed and cheered at his words, but my expression didn’t change. I watched and studied them, even as Silas hissed that I should take every life here and show them who I truly was. I would, soon.
First I spoke through mindlink, my voice thundering into their ears. They visibly trembled at the raw force of it.
“Where is Zayn? He’s the one I want. Tell me where he is and I’ll spare everyone here. I have no time to spill unnecessary blood.”
Silence fell. For a long moment no one answered; their smiles drained as they noticed the cold indifference written across my face. Then Kieran snorted and rolled his eyes in disdain.
“Bullshit! You might not die, but you’re not powerful enough to beat all of us. Get off your high horse, kneel before me and beg, and maybe I won’t make it too painful.”
The men around him started muttering among themselves. “Pfft, look at him, acting all high and mighty. He can’t take all of us!” “Yeah, we’re at least two hundred. How could he kill two hundred alone?”
They underestimated me. They thought my danger came only from being cursed and unkillable but they didn’t know. They didn’t know I could finish every one of them in less than thirty minutes. They were decoys,
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sent to die and keep me busy. I didn’t care.
If Zayn wanted me to play his little game, then fine, I would play.
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