The Torment • Alternate Reality Book One

Chapter 7- The Prisoners

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Ivy's POV

I evilly grin, excited for the delicious aroma of blood, fear, sadness and death to fill the air. I can't sit still while the guards go to get whatever prisoners Cora wants us to kill. I look over to Nia who is on the right side of Cora while I'm on the left side. Nia isn't like me, she seems utterly calm and looking straight forward. Was that a twinge of regret I saw flash through her eyes?

My eyes flash to the doors as I hear them creak open and the rattle of chains. I hear Nia gasp at the sight of the prisoners, and I just grin.

This is going to be fun.

Nia's POV

I feel anxious, but I don't know why. I am also excited for the blood and death that Cora promised, but these emotions are just mixing up my brain, so I shove them to the side and have a cold exterior, something that has become too easy to do. I feel Ivy's scrutinizing gaze on me, making me feel slightly nervous. What is up with my emotions?

I feel a tug at my heart and I realize why. These emotions, other than excitement, must be coming from Saber through our connection, or because of the connection I have retained some of my ability to feel all of my emotions.

The doors to the judgement room fly open with the rattle of chains and the pounding of footsteps filling the silence. I gasp as pain and sorrow fills me, nearly making me cry. I know I'd be tortured to my breaking point again if I cried in Cora's presence, so I fight against the sea of emotions fighting to take over and push them away, slipping a blank face on.

What am I going to do?

Angel's POV

"Are you sure you want to do this?" I ask Alaric again once we reach the top of Cora's mountain, where her castle is.

"Yes. I have to try and get them out if I can, or die trying. I will not leave without at least one person safe if I can help it." Alaric declares, shifts into a sabertooth tiger, roars and tears down the castle door, hurtling himself inside.

I fly into a different part of the castle through a window, smashing the glass. Landing on my feet in the hallway, I unsheathe the sword on my back and fold in my wings, treading lightly around the halls to look for guards. Hearing a screech, I look out the window and see a blaze of fire in the sky.

Inferno.

He dives through the window, shifting as he does, and lands with a roll in the hall. When he stands, he glowers at me and unsheathes his own sword.

"Don't leave me behind like that again." He commands.

"No promises." I say with a slight smile, then continue down the hall. I follow my senses to get to Nia and Ivy, weaving through all of the different hallways, fighting any Dark Warriors that try to get in my way. Inferno stays right next to me, fighting side by side with me.

We finally get to a room with closed doors, and from inside, I hear Nia roar in rage and pain

"NO!" I crack the door open slightly and gasp at the sight, tears running down my cheeks. Inferno comes from behind me and wraps his arms around my waist, pulling me away from the doors. I turn around and cry into his shoulder, shaking with every sob. He doesn't say anything as he sweeps me up in his arms and rapidly finds a way out of the castle.

He turns into his phoenix form, encouraging me to get on his back with his fiery head. I expected his bright and flickering feathers to be hot to the touch, but surprisingly, they're not. I carefully climb onto his back, tears still streaming from my eyes. As we fly over the forest to get to the portal, I hear a heart-wrenching, sorrowful roar that shatters my heart all over again, and tears fall from my eyes with renewed vigor.