25 | Wrath of The Sphinx pt. 2

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EREN

Eren laid on his bed—anxiously waiting for the time when he would leave for the watchtower to meet up with Ursa and the rest—when the first thunderclap bellowed up in the sky. The lightening tearing through the rainclouds and notifying the land of the coming storm.

That was the first out of many other sharp, loud cracks which often persisted and tuned into a low rumble up in the sky. The lightening ever so bright and furious, to Eren it felt like the forces of the skies were mad at everyone under it's protection.

After the gradually aggravating weather conditions that presaged a storm, then came the rain. Heartless and wanton, it beat the land and everything under it. The cold outside was almost unbearable as there were terrible gusts of wind disturbing the flow of the rain, sending it everywhere and anywhere, including Eren's window, battering it so loudly.

His room was still so warm and cozy, Eren just wanted to wrap himself up under his silk sheets but he had a future to chase.

It was then the first boulder came, so loud and destructive, the crumbling buildings of the Blazing Keep sent vibrations from the Great hall down to the chamber rooms in the Keep.

Eren dashed to all the windows in his chamber-room, but he couldn't see what or who caused the explosive noise. Then came the second and the third, it kept coming until Eren couldn't keep count anymore. He saw Flame Breathers being rallied in groups and sent to different places around the castle.

His door was then flung open, revealing a castle guard in full gear like he was going for battle.

"You need to come with me, Young Tal Dane," he enunciated expeditiously.

Bolting away from his window, he hurried to stand in front of the guard.

"Why? What's going on?"

"The castle is under attack, Your Fieriness, you must come with me now," the guard opened the door even further, gesturing for him to follow.

Eren was swamped with fear, his face was drained of blood and so were his hands which now felt numb. His heart ceased to beat for a moment as he thought of so many possibilities.

"Do we know who's attacking us?" Eren was frozen on his feet, he couldn't move any muscle that wasn't on his face, so his questions came flying.

"I can't disclose that to you now Young Tal Dane, but you need to come with me down to the castle bunker. Your father and sister are both there."

"Answer me now! I order you!" He could feel the veins in his temples throbbing under the skin as his temper neared it's tipping point.

"I shouldn't Young—"

"You'll answer me now or you'll pay for it," Eren hissed, his legs moving him closer to the guard who stood transfixed and in doubt.

It was then Eren realised he wasn't wearing his mask, because the guard looked down at his face and raised an eyebrow. Taking one more threatening step towards the guard, Eren knew the guard wasn't intimidated by him but he hoped that his title as Young Tal Dane would coerce him to answer.

"It's the danger the Mage has been wary about, turns out it's the long lost Sphinx and a Dakyrian army of warriors from the other Stoichi Tribes."

Eren swayed backwards, almost tripping over his own cold feet. Faldrey told him they had over four days to prepare and he was just going to meet with Ursa tonight. How was The Sphinx already here.

"We have to go now, Young Tal Dane."

Eren had a lot going through his mind, he had to find a way to get to Faldrey and Aphrodite so they could find Ursa together and figure out what they had to. But that was almost impossible with the guard standing right in front of him.

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