Ark Kingdom: The Magic Within (Bellarke)

Chapter 28

Raven’s POV

“Yes, sir. We will get right on it.” I tell the guard after he announces the next mission.

“He is lying.” Wick says into my mind.

“About what?”  I ask as I look around to find him. He nods his head to me and motions to the door. He walks outside. After a few moments of waiting I excuse myself and follow him outside.

“Take a left. There is an underground room. I left the door unlocked. Come in and close the door behind you.” He tells me.

I look around and see that no one is watching me so I rush to the left. I step into a barn and see a doorway in the ground. It has two big doors that I have to pull open to see a set of muddy stairs. I look behind me again and step down into the darkness. Once the doors close behind me it is pitch black. I can’t even see my hand that’s right in front of me.

“Wick?” I call into the darkness.

“Here. Hurry up.” Suddenly I can see when a torch is lit. Wick is standing at the bottom of the stairs with a grim look on his face.

As I step closer I can see a look in his eyes and it’s not a happy look. He looks angry. I’ve never seen him look so serious. He’s always busy making me laugh or working. He’s always happy it seems. This is a side of him I hope I won’t see too often.

Just as I get to the bottom of the stairs my shoe slips on some mud and I fall forward. Wick catches me after dropping the torch on the rocky ground.

“Woah there, Birdy. I know you’re excited to see me but there’s no need to jump into my arms.” He teases. If not for his voice sounding so dry I would be able to lie to myself and believe that this were just a normal day.

“What’s going on?” I ask as I try to untangle myself from him. He holds me tight and even pulls me closer.

“Shh.” He whispers against my ear.

Then, before I can ask why his lips are on mine. His hands move all over my body finally landing on my hips. He pulls me even closer so that I can feel his beating heart. I try to fight him, but when he starts to pull away my hands shoot to his back and hold him where he is. I barely hear a sound behind me. There’s a bang and some coughing. Then someone apologizes and there’s another slamming sound.

Wick practically drops me when he jumps back.

“Okay, they’re gone. We’re safe.” He says as if unaffected by what just happened.

“Oh, you heard them coming? That’s why…” I trail off as I motion my hand to my lips. I can’t look at him. I can’t believe I not only let him kiss me but I kissed him back and he didn’t even mean it. It was just for a cover. I’m an idiot.

“Don’t worry, Birdy. I did mean it.” His voice washes over my coursing mind.

“Get out of my head, Wick.” I glare at him and try to stop thinking about him and his soft lips.

“Don’t worry. I don’t have to read your mind to know what you’re thinking. It’s just more fun that way.” He winks.

“Why am I down here?” I blurt out.

“Right.” His smile is replaced by a grimace. “They don’t plan to help the 100. They’re going to take them all out. They don’t want us to get out of Ark Kingdom. They will destroy every last one of us before letting us go free.”

“Wait. Who are they? Why wouldn’t they want to go to Old Kingdom? We’re dead if we stay. We need to get out there.” I say thinking of all of the things Abigail has been telling me.

“I’m not sure who they are exactly. I know a few of them, but it doesn’t matter. The communication and testers we sent with them are what they will use to bring them all down. We need to go and help them before it’s too late.”

“We?” I ask confused. “How are we going to get there?”

“Well you can do your thing and I’ll tag along.” He says as if he’s done it all the time.

“You’ll tag along. How?” I ask. I have never been able to take someone with me not even Finn. That’s how he got caught. We were together in a restricted area. When the guards found out I had tried to get us both out but couldn’t. I had decided to stay when Finn made me leave. And there are not many people that can go against Finn’s wishes.

“I have a feeling that I can connect to your magic.” He says and grabs my hands.

“What are you doing?” I ask feeling more nervous than I have in months.

“Just relax. This won’t hurt.” He says as I feel his cool magic wash over me. I feel him in my mind as he pushes his way deeper. “Now think of the camp. Think of where we need to be and take us there.”

I do what he says and feel myself start to transport. As soon as I move though I feel a searing pain in my hands. It’s as if I’m trying to jump while my hands are tied to the ground. I can’t move.

“Keep trying. We can do this. Take my strength. Birdy, you can do this. Believe.”

And just like that we tumble to the ground. We are by the river where I left Finn the last time. I am on top of Wick and our limbs are tangled. I’m sure we make quite the pair. We are both breathing hard as we try to take in the gravity of what just happened. I actually was able to transport us both. It worked.

“Of course it worked. It was my idea.”

“What did I say about staying out of my head?” I shove myself away from Wick and sit up. Before he can respond I hear a high-pitch scream followed by a man shouting.

“We need to hurry.” Wick jumps to his feet and starts off towards the sound. "It's already starting."

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