'Till Death We Will Fight

Chapter XXII

Giving Zachariah a kiss on his forehead I hand him over to Morthren. Today we will take the capitol, today the human king will fall. "You better promise me that you're coming back."

Smiling I nod, "I promise." He never specified in what condition he wanted me back in.

I walk out of the tent to find Lastrance towering above the camp. Our men are arming themselves. Zena walks over to me, "Are you sure you want to do this? You can stay behind..."

"I'm not going to stay behind while you and the rest of our men fight, I'm not doing that to you. I will fight right alongside each and every single one of you."

Smiling we clasp forearms, "May God be with you."

"May your arms never fail."

We part ways and I head towards Lastrance. Jay stops me, "V, you shouldn't fight. I don't want you to get hurt."

"If I don't many others will, I will not allow that."

He takes my hand, "It would kill me if you died, I need you. I want to take you as my wife...I love you..." As he speaks he places a gentle hand on my cheek.

"Jay..." I want to tell him that I feel the same but...I turn my face away, "Now isn't the time to be speaking of these things."

His voice feels like a knife to my heart, "You don't love me...Maybe you hate me for giving Crastor information..."

"What?!?"

My eyes jump to his, "You don't love me."

"Not that! I do want to come back to that though. You've been giving the human king information about us?!?! You were the spy!"

He looks down at the ground, "My father forced me too.... I have been giving him false information and withholding some as well..."

"What does he think is going to happen during this battle."

"He thinks you are waiting for nightfall and that you are going to stay behind in the camp so that you can torch it, distracting your people."

"Jay you are a genius!" I hug him, "And there is no possible way that I could hate you......." As I go to release him from the hug he pulls me closer and kisses me. I slowly, reluctantly pull away, "Like I said, now isn't the time. We can talk about it after we take out the human king."

He nods, "After we win."

Smiling I nod slightly and head towards Lastrance. He crouches so I can climb up onto his back. "This is it..." He nods his great head as I settle between his wings.

'Are you ready V?'

I take a deep breath. We'll help you get through this, remember the baby and Jay, you'll stay alive for them. You have something to come back to. 'As ready as I'll ever be.'

'Okay, let's get going.'

He takes flight and soars towards the city walls. Within these wall so many hurt me, near these walls I lost my mother but gained an entirely new family...We reach the palace and Lastrance begins to circle it. I watch as the human king's men run out of the city and collide with our men. I watch as more than half of his men turn and begin fight alongside ours. 'Bring us to the ground.' We make it to the ground and I slip off of his back, 'Stay here...'

'I'm not letting you go in there alone.'

'You have no choice, please stay here.'

He nods his head as I begin to make my way through the door into the castle, 'Be careful.'

'I don't know the meaning.'

I close our communication as I walk through empty corridors, making my way to the throne room. "Halt." I guard that stands in front of the doors steps forward, as I approach the room. He walks towards me when I don't stop, "I told you to halt." I slowly take out a knife, slow enough that he can't tell. "This is your last chance." I walk right up to him before stopping, I raise the knife and slice his throat wide open. He clutches his throat and soon he drops to the ground.

Making sure there is no blood on me I walk into the throne room, "What's going on out there? I got word that my men have turned on me." I walk closer to him, "Answer me!"

"Why are you hiding when your men are out there dying to keep you in charge?"

"It doesn't matter! What is going on?"

"Your time is up." I pull out my knife and in a panic he holds his hand up and the knife hits the wall.

"I don't want to hurt you."

"You're going to have to."

He cups his hand and I feel invisible hands encircle my throat and I am lifted off of the ground. The higher off the ground I am lifted the tighter the hold on my throat gets. "You can't kill me." No but you can, I close my eyes. Mam I need all the information you can get on detaching and attaching souls. Soon my mind is flooded with all the information that I need. I feel myself drop to the ground and the king approaching. Opening my eyes I look at him and slowly move the attachment of my soul from Lastrance to the king. I begin to stand, "Be smart and stay down, I don't want to have to kill you." I get to my feet and pick up the knife that is laying on the ground. Sighing he sends a bolt of lightning directly through my heart. The king and I fall to the ground at the same time. The pain is unbearable. I scream it feels like I'm being ripped apart....