The Dragon Prince - Marked

Part 48

A week since Ghia and Claudia arrived on Skyhawk, Callum was on the outskirts of the castle walls. To his dismay, Adonis had completely overrun the castle and he and his army now occupied it. He knew that the others would be arriving the next morning, but he wasn't going to wait around.

"Venator in oculis meis." Callum spoke as his eyes changed to a yellow color. Being trained by Rayla and the other moonshadow elves, as well as utilizing his magic, Callum was more than capable of infiltrating the walls. Quickly slipping past the guards, Callum made it to one of the entrances to the tunnels in the castle. Now unhindered by the guards, Callum quickly made his way to the dungeon. The tunnel he was in led into a vent above the cell doors, giving Callum a perfect view of the prisoners and the guards. The room was a large circle with 5 cells and one entrance. Amaya was in the center one. To her right was Gren and Corvus. The next cell held some of thee council members as well as a few guards. To the left of Amaya was an empty cell then William and some of the castle staff.

"20 silver says the brat breaks today." One of the guards spoke. Callum listened closer after assuming they were talking about Ezran.

"I don't know. Give the kid credit, he's made it a full week without flinching."

"Yeah but come on. How long until Adonis decides to switch to blades rather than just his voodoo crap. Everyone has a breaking point."

"You underestimate the King. He won't give up his brother, no matter what happens to him." Corvus spoke, drawing the guard's attention to his cell. Callum quickly glanced around the room and counted four more guards along with the two talking to Corvus. Callum activated a strength spell and quickly jumped onto the metal grate, breaking it out of the ceiling. Easily landing on his feet, Callum quickly used a spell to freeze the door so it couldn't be opened. Without missing a beat, Callum turned to face the two lone guards. He grabbed the one by his chest plate and used him as a shield from one of the others who charged with a spear. Callum ducked under the spear and easily crushed the attaching guard's chest plate as though it was made of tin. Callum breathed out.

"Two down." He said as he wiped his hair out of his eyes. "Four to go." There was an obvious tone of confidence, successfully adding to the guard's fear. They had all heard stories, but after watching Callum take out two guards like they were children, they were certainly caught off guard.

"He's just one man. Come on!" The lead guard shouted. He charged at Callum, swinging his sword hard at the mage. This was a futile attack seeing as Callum pinched the edge of the blade, stopping the strike. The guard was frozen in place. Callum grabbed the guard's armor and hurled him at the cell Corvus and Gren were in.

"Guyshold onto him while I finish up. I've got questions." The two warriors werequick to respond as they reached through the bars and pulled the guards armsback through, locking him in place. Callum dropped the sword and turned to facethe last three soldiers as the huddled together with their spears held out infront. Callum laughed slightly. "Some soldiers you are. Incendium." As Callumwalked closer to the huddled men, his spell took into effect, melting the metalof their weapons. To his surprise though, one of them charged at Callum and tackledthe mage, pushing him back a few feet. Callum broke the man's grip and pulleddown on his arms so the man was on all fours. Callum used the chance to roll overthe guard, kicking another into the wall. Turning to face the soldier whotalked him, Callum noticed the last guard had moved to the other side, hopingto attack before Callum had made his move. Taking advantage of the two menlined up, Callum punched the one guard into the other, sending both flying acrossthe room. Callum stood up straight androlled his shoulders. "Child's play."