My Clichéd Love Life

Chapter 23 The End Part 4

I took advantage of the mages distraction and caught him off guard. while he was casting the spell. Under my command, coils of electric currents formed and slithered towards the mage’s neck electrocuting him, as they reached his neck and finally choked him to unconsciousness.

I forced myself to sit up. The sudden movement caused pain to ripple inside my body. Blood dripped down my nose due to my weakened state. I wiped it with my shackled hand and then tried to undo my shackles but my magic was far too weak.

I could hear the sounds of banging and fighting from outside.

I tried to break the shackles again but my efforts were in vain. In my distracted state, I failed to notice that the mage had regained consciousness.

‘’You little witch! How dare you?’’ he roared.

Suddenly, I couldn’t breathe he was choking me with his magic. My throat constricted, my lungs felt heavy, my head started throbbing due to the lack of oxygen. I was about to pass out when a sudden force blew the mage away. He collided with the wall headfirst and passed out. Shackles made of fire bound him. Making him immobile.

In my peripheral, I saw Layla standing covered in blood. She came running towards me and hugged me. Tears welled up in my eyes after seeing her. She broke the hug and looked at my body. Blood drenched my clothes. There were burns on my body, even my face was covered in blood. She choked up looking at my mishappen state.

‘’Oh my God! What has that bastard done to you? I am going to kill him.’’ Tears streaked her face.

Remembering the blood on her clothes, I asked, ‘’Why are you covered in blood? You aren’t hurt are you?’’ My throat hurt as I spoke. My voice sounded foreign even to my own ears.

‘’I am fine. Rogues were hiding inside the building. We had to fight them. Thankfully they were few in numbers or else…..’’

‘’Rogues? He was really working with them?’’

‘’He leaked them alot of details about the attack. Probably even sold out the council to attain their assistance. He even purposely gave us the wrong information. So in all that chaos finding, you would be impossible.’’

She casted a spell to remove my shackles. Red and purple lines were etched on my swollen and abraded skin. My hands and feet stung with pain. She started to heal me, but I stopped her.

‘’Heal me later, we have to get out first. I don’t want to stay here any longer.’’

‘’Your wounds are still bleeding, you will die of blood loss at this rate.’’ She said anxiously.

‘’Close them up if you have to, but healing takes time. I want to leave now, who knows what? he has been hiding down here.’’ I pleaded.

‘’okay’’

She started closing up my wounds, every injury stung as she closed them. Afterwards, she helped me, stand up. But, despite her assistance, I still had trouble standing upright. I felt dizzy. My whole body hurt. My legs felt wooden, but I still moved. I couldn’t stay here any longer.

We slowly ascended the stairs. But, what I saw shocked me. Dead bodies of rogues were littered in the hallway. While the council members surrounded Aaron, who had an injured Lucas Black plastered on the wall in a chokehold.

After sensing my arrival everyone looked at me. Shock was evident in their eyes.

‘’Elena’’ dad gasped. His voice was barely audible. He hurriedly covered the distance and wrapped me in a gentle hug and I finally felt safe. My eyes watered and I hugged dad tighter. My loved ones had come for me.

‘’I’ll be fine. Don’t worry’’ I said meekly trying to reassure him, as if sensing my efforts, he only hummed.

After he let me go, I found myself in yet another embrace. Aarons. His hands gathered me in a possessive hold. ‘’I am never letting you out of my sight again.Ever.’’ his voice loud enough for only me to hear.

‘’Okay’’I responded likewise. He gently kissed my cheek and then my forehead and broke our hug.  As if sensing my weakness, he placed a hand on my back, supporting me, when my knees were about to give up.

‘’Look!! now can you blame? She is my mate and look,  how shamelessly she is flaunting her affections in front of everyone.’’ Lucas practically shouted. But no one paid him any attention.

‘’Let’s go home. Rest of the council will take care of him.’’Dad said to me as he pointed at Lucas who was now in the custody of Darius Reed.

‘’Yes, let’s go hom……. My breath hitched and then darkness embraced me.