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..."
her like fireflies, restoring most of her body. However, red patches lingered on her arms and neck, and
more malignant and fun!" Lana smirked, jerking her wrists firmly together before her
erupted from the vines
broke into
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
the vines, followed
I realized Lana could control and manipulate the plants and their growth. In some intricately
hand over my thundering
my healing partner
help Zosha through Lana. Or was it a
dilemmas in my mind cleared away as soon
of the library. Behind the fluttering
them. Squatting near them, I said.
my eyes. "They were there, waiting for her. It was a trap. Kieth wants her gone not just from Helxton, but
"What?"
up will be here any time. I can't let them catch 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
a dry gulp, licking my lips as I turned back and looked at the overgrown vines slowly
amidst the withered tendrils. Her body was covered in wounds from the thorny stabs.
a fit-it-all, searching for a
had a power outburst, then
was able to protect the
I tensed my
but like you saw, she's able to control who
the kid against his chest, and trudged
he gently placed the
playing a
seconds of hearing that relaxing music, my body felt lighter, as if floating in the air. Mesmerized, I trudged closer to
it was healing; it was actually healing. And not just me, but everyone
seemed to be in a deeper, more peaceful sleep than before. The red patches on
the organ
to cure a faerie princess without her permission?"
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grew
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
wings twice a day for a week. I am sorry you had to go through this, but thank you."
take Zosha and leave-"
to his feet, and shook his
do
"M-me?"
stopped looking for. I know I am asking for too much..." he
clenched the fit-it-all in my fist and lowered
protect someone when I myself am at the
all times means something. Tabun, unmei
I tilted my
looked at me
harmony your soul song creates
"My soul song?"
distant sound
Azum mumbled, his voice dominated by the determination
turned shallow, my
nothing to decide or choose. I had to help them.
Think,
for any solution when my eyes fell on the
can hide them here
stood near the door, his overcoat fluttering as he partially shut the doors, obscuring us from
fit-it-all. Just then, with a pop and whizz, Boredbones shot out of the pouch, grabbed Zosha and
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