The Worth of a Coin (BxB)

Chapter 50

-Quan Leung-

It had been a few hours, and I wasn't feeling great. Everything that had happened was working up to this moment and I was not confident in the slightest. We were doing the pretty obvious thing, but maybe my father would expect us to have something different up our sleeves or think that we're far too desperate for my mother's wellbeing.

"He had to be in the middle of nowhere," I complained, not caring if we were heard by anyone, especially not my father. He'd be expecting us to be quiet, I'm sure of it. "It's really difficult to get to if we actually wanted to do what he wanted."

"Yes, they love making life difficult." Ruarc gave a chuckle, but I could tell he was nervous. His hand was clasped tightly in mine again and we walked through the woods at a quick pace. I could see just fine, thanks to Modu earlier. It was probably a good thing in this situation, because it meant that I hadn't prepared anything against my father.

Clearly, over these past few hours I'd been thinking about this in serious and agonising detail, coming up with reasons for my actions and wondering what my father would think once he noticed them. My father noticed everything, and so it wouldn't be hard to believe that he had the same train of thought as I had when I was planning this.

The real questions were how well I predicted his moves.

Loche and Kavi were walking just behind us in silence. They weren't holding hands, though I could tell that they wanted to. They both had their wings stretched out wide, a vast contrast to each other. If I hadn't been in the police force, I would've been extremely intimidated by Kavi, who looked deadly for an angel.

Out of the trees came two fire creatures, their heads were facing us, and they simply hovered above the ground. They waited a few moments after spotting us before slowly turning their bodies and floating back the way they came.

"Escorts?" Ruarc mumbled to me as we slowly walked.

"Defences," I corrected. "If any of us made a move then we'd be burnt to a crisp in a second."

To prove my point, the two fire creatures in front of us lifted an arm and shot flames towards the other, creating a large mass of fire between them.

"Tight security." Ruarc remarked. I'd grown to learn that the more dangerous a situation is, the more jokes he'll make, or at least the more snide comments he'll make.

"It means that nobody would be able to get out either," Kavi pointed out with a sigh. "I'd assume he took some inspiration from the fairy jail?"

None of us replied, because none of us really knew the answer. For all we knew, they could be also used in fairy jail, or at least a variation of them. I doubted that my father had the same power as nearly a hundred fairies. If he did then we were wasting our time, and we should surrender the planet to him.

"You took your time," my father's gruff voice said. He was sitting in a lone chair which was made of some kind of rocks, which looked very akin to a throne. He was slouching back with his head high and eyes closed.

"Sorry, our invitation got lost," I commented snarkily as I glared at him. "Where is she?" I got straight to the point, seeing no reason to beat around the bush.

"With the others," my father replied ominously. "Seems you've come with yours, a rather terrible mistake on your part."

I felt a shoot of fear go through me. Which didn't quite make sense to me, because I haven't felt the connection between us deep down. I hadn't needed to go through the pain of being separated from Ruarc for too long. I had always had him near me, and if not, then I'd been too distracted with my own physical suffering. I believed that he would come find me.