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..."

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

malignant and fun!" Lana smirked, jerking her wrists firmly together before her

erupted from the vines

broke into a mocking

older than me, but you can't heal 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

of the vines, followed by even

and manipulate the plants and

my hand over

as 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

Or was it a coincidence, and I

emotions surged in my chest, but the dilemmas in

After all, you protected that kid," Lana said, glancing toward the extreme corner of the library.

the library towards them. Squatting near them, I said. "Kieth. He

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 the

"What?"

They'll end her. They'll imprison her in the Novem pack. Once she's in that accursed place, there will be no escape for her. She's young and already so broken.

lips as I turned

in wounds from the thorny stabs. Blood trickled from her injuries, but the electricity coursing through

fit-it-all, searching for a potion

a power outburst,

the kid

I tensed

She has been practicing ever since she last met you in the forest. Her outbursts are still out of her control, but like you saw, she's able to control

up, still cradling the kid against his chest,

gently placed the kid on

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

my body felt lighter, as if floating

feel like it was healing; it was

more peaceful sleep than before. The red patches on Lana's skin had faded, and the

playing the organ and got

cure a

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grew bluer as he examined

I wish I had time to 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

from his coat. "But just in case, keep this and apply it on your wings twice a day for a week. I am

think you should take Zosha and leave-" I

me, got to his feet,

you should do that," he

"M-me?"

looking for. I know I am asking for too much..." he

fit-it-all in my fist and

can I protect someone when I myself am at the mercy of the demon

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

I tilted my

looked at me

song). The harmony your soul song creates with

"My soul song?"

toward the distant sound of footsteps

here," Azum mumbled, his voice dominated by

turned shallow, my fingers growing cold

knelt between Zosha and the unconscious child, clutching the fit-it-all before placing it

nothing to decide or choose. I had

panic. Think, Xanthea.

mind raced, grasping for any solution when my eyes fell on the

hide them

partially shut the doors, obscuring us from the approaching authority

of the pouch, grabbed Zosha and the kid by their hands,

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