Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter 81

Chapter-81. The first lecture

[Xanthea]

It took me about five minutes to reach Azum's library.

As I jogged closer to the library, I heard the crackling noises of the lightning coming from within.

Oh no!

"Zosha-"

I was about to open the double door of the library, but I stopped, panting slowly.

The pressure of the power that came from beyond the door was enough to root me where I stood.

Zosha was having a power outburst. If I entered now, I'd be killed in seconds.

I can't be reckless this time.

Something must have triggered her again.

I clenched my fists and took a deep breath.

"Zosha..." I called out in a calm tone. She might not respond, but I knew she could hear me. "I know you are trying to control your powers. I know you are trying to fight. Keep fighting!"

The air crackled with static electricity and the door rattled violently, as if a hurricane raged just beyond it.

"Don't give up! I'm right here!" I cried, placing my hand on the door.

The door stopped shaking, and I felt a push from the other side, as if Zosha had placed her hand against it. "Please..." came Zosha's faint voice.

"Zosha..."

"Please... just go away!" she screamed.

"No, Zosha, I-"

I gasped as the bolts of lightning dendritically cracked the door and burst out through it, crackling and sparking.

I stepped back, and suddenly everything slowed down.

I could clearly see the lightning threads zap through the air as they shot toward me.

Bracing myself, I clenched my jaw.

There wasn't enough time to dodge.

Damn it!

Raven-

Something struck my body, hurling me backward. Lana had leaped between me and the lightning, her wings expanding to twice their size, absorbing every spark.

"No! Lana! Uh-ugh!" I stretched out my hand toward her before my back slammed into the wall, knocking air right off my lungs as I crumpled to the floor.

Everything happened so fast that by the time I got a hold of myself and looked at Lana again, she was lying on the floor, her body completely disfigured, her wings perforated and partially detached from her body. The door of the library was wide open, filled with the fading flickers of light bursting out from gaps between the overgrown vines that had coiled itself around Zosha's body like bandages around a mummy. "Lana! Zosha!"

I scrambled closer to Lana. By then, even the last ounce of Zosha's power had dispersed. Gathering Lana's body into my arms, I pulled her onto my lap and struggled to my feet. "Lana! Hold on, I'll take you to the hospita-"

Suddenly, Lana's body convulsed and slipped from my arms, hitting the floor. I gaped at her in dread.

"Alpha warned me about the cat's power, but..."

green scintillas swirled around her like fireflies, restoring most of her body. However, red patches lingered on her arms and neck,

malignant and fun!" Lana smirked, jerking

the vines coiled

into a

even a fly. Shame on you," Lana humphed at Zosha. "Double shame for all the wasted potential you hold by not controlling the healing powers that could have been on par with a dragon's. Triple shame on you for being so stupid. When Alpha said I might have found a competition, I got excited.

the vines, followed

widened as I realized Lana could control and manipulate the plants and their growth. In some intricately complex

my hand over my thundering

if Raven foresaw this event and he chose Lana as my healing partner because he knew something like this might happen. He considered all possibilities and thought everything

Lana. Or was it a coincidence,

dilemmas in my

corner of the library. Behind the fluttering curtains was a giant bud of leaves that bloomed, revealing Azum protectively hugging the unconscious

library towards them. Squatting near them, I said. "Kieth. He might have informed

Zosha made a move," Azum said, breathing heavily as he looked into my eyes. "They were there, waiting for her. It was a trap. Kieth wants her gone not just from Helxton, but from this pack as well. He planned all this. He knew Zosha would try to help this kid like she helped

"What?"

her. They'll crush her. They'll end her. They'll imprison her in the Novem pack. Once she's in that accursed place, there will be no escape

a dry gulp, licking my lips as I turned back and looked at the

covered in wounds from the thorny stabs. Blood trickled from her injuries, but

out a fit-it-all, searching for a

outburst, then the kid

protect the kid and me from her powers, thanks

tensed my

still out of her control, but like you saw, she's able to control who she protects when that happens. Although it's limited to one or two people for now. But that's

the kid against his chest,

near Zosha, he gently placed the kid on

a worn-out mouth organ from his overcoat, he wrapped his palms around it and started playing a soothing melody. The tune was so relaxing it

seconds of hearing that relaxing music, my body felt lighter, as if floating in the air. Mesmerized, I

feel like it was healing; it was actually healing.

to be in a deeper, more peaceful sleep than before. The red patches on Lana's skin had

stopped playing the organ and got to his

you think you are to cure a faerie princess without her permission?" Lana

full experience. You won't find the next

near Lana. His expressions grew

get your permission, but they'll be here any time," Azum nervously glanced towards the door and then gave Lana an apologetic smile. "But your wings. They'll need special care to heal-" "I am very much capable of healing them myself. I don't need your healing melodies..."

a day for a week. I am sorry you had

take Zosha and leave-" I

me, got to his feet, and shook

should do that," he

"M-me?"

hope she had stopped looking for. I know I am asking for too much..." he clenched his jaws.

I clenched the fit-it-all in my fist and lowered

I myself am at the mercy of the

you are here today of all times means something. Tabun, unmei kamoshirenai (Perhaps, it might

tilted my

looked at me

Anata no tamashii no uta (You. Your soul song). The harmony your soul song creates with hers creates

"My soul song?"

our heads snapped toward the distant sound

are here," Azum mumbled, his voice dominated by the

my fingers growing

between Zosha and the unconscious child,

nothing to decide or choose. I had to help

Think, Xanthea.

mind raced, grasping for any solution when my eyes

fit-it-all. I can hide them here for now.

near the door, his overcoat fluttering as he partially shut the doors, obscuring us from the approaching authority

shot out of the pouch, grabbed Zosha and the kid by their hands, and dove back

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