Cinderella, The Monster Slayer

Chapter 27

Hi guys! I ended my internship, so I'm back on writing...I think. Anyway, here's a new chapter. Sorry for the long wait. Ignore the mistakes. This is not edited at all. I clean them up later. Sorry for that. Thank you so much for reading and sticking with this story and I really hope that you guys would like this chapter.

Thank you.

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Chess. It’s a war game that the civilization knew, whether young or old; people had been playing it for ages. There are the soldiers, bravest of them all. The ones who stood on the front line, charging front with no turning back. Behind them stood mighty clever knights.  With their unusual movements, they’re easily able to outsmart their opponents. Placed next to the knights are the bishops, the key to the death trap; fianchetto.

At the corner squares of the board, there are the rooks, the powerful chariots and the one of the major pieces on the board. Then we have the most powerful chess piece of them all, the queen who can wipe their opponents with a blink of an eye. Lastly, the one head and the heart of the nation who if defeated, the whole kingdom goes down with him, the king.

These are the pieces available on the board, which are all important pieces. To win chess, you need these pieces, a winning strategy, courage and a little bit of luck. This also applies for the real war.

To win a war, you need an army, a great and clever strategy, courage and a little bit of luck. Well, aside from weapons of course but anyway, even if you have the best weapon in the world, it wouldn’t really help if you didn’t have an army or a strategy.

In the lair her father build, Elektra sat on the comfortable black office chair that her father once sat when he needed to think. With her elbow on the table, her fist underneath her chin, Elektra thought about her army.

Well, it’s not really an army considering that there were only three people in it. It was she, Angela and Henry. The Protector, the sorceress and the vampire.

The ultimate team.

She admitted that they were strong but Magnus was strong as well. Not to mention that he had a complete army.

Logically thinking, they had no chance winning over them.

But she had no choice. She did not want to bring anyone else in this. Having Angela and Henry fighting with her already scared her so much. She didn’t want any other blood on her hands. This was her problem and her demons to face, not theirs.

She might not win, heck, she might die, but she wouldn’t quit trying to stop Magnus from living and destroying the peace among humans and magical creatures.

So lost in her thoughts, she was startled when an arm wrapped around her waist and a chin rested on her shoulder.

She smiled softly as she didn’t need to know who was it. The feeling and the scent gave it away. “Hi.”

“Hi.” Blake whispered in her ear. “So, your boyfriend would like to know why his girlfriend is still up at this hour when she should be sleeping?”

“I just need some time alone to think.” She replied, her eyes still staring straight at the things in front of her. “I missed you. How did you get in and when did you come back?”

Blake was away for two days due to a business meeting in Vancouver. He didn’t want to go but he had no choice. He made the deal with his father and he couldn’t back out of it now. Elektra told him that even if he was unhappy with being his father’s heir to his company, he could still do what he loves at the same time. She told him to bring his sketchbook along so that he could draw the stunning places in Vancouver.