Twenty-Seven: Joselin

Joselin's P.O.V.

He jumped down. His dirty-blonde hair appeared brown in the shadows of the trees until he stepped into the sunlight and illuminated the gold strands. He was of average height but still a head shorter than Tobias. He was lanky and thin, almost like he had been starving for months in the woods.

But what fascinated me the most was the subtle pale yellow eyes. Even the powerful aura coming from him didn't bother me. His eyes, though, they did.

They bothered me greatly as they bore into me like he could read my mind and see my soul.

I didn't need confirmation for me to know that it was him. He was the toy the nymphs wanted. He was what everyone on the mountain was hunting.

He was who Aurora and Killian sent me to convince to come back with me.

"Why have you brought me here?" A crooked smile met my question, and he began to circle me with curiosity.

I kept my blade up, turning with him as he examined me how a predator would its prey. "You brought yourself here."

His low snort as he laughed made me pause, and my eyebrows pressed together in confusion. The geekiness of this man made me think there was no way he could be a threat, but then again, most villains got their start the same way.

They were dismissed or looked down upon and became angry or power- hungry.

I wouldn't underestimate a man who had blown up half of a mountain and convinced a descendant of the moon goddess and the king to send me out without backup or magic.

but I'm not in the mood for jokes right now. I was sent here to convince you to come back with me. So what will it take?" The tension in my shoulders lowered when I realized I was possibly only a day away from returning to Tobias and

nudging a crushed granola

asked again through gritted teeth. This man had taken me away from my

to speak with the person in charge." He said with a shrug, looking back up at me and away from the scattered

as another explosion erupted, shaking the trees and making the Earth tremble. That one

moving.* He said before walking back toward the tree he had been standing in earlier. I didn't move more than to

shifter. Please

We can't wait around here all day." He shouted over his shoulder but didn't look

my king that made me decide to shove everything back in my backpack quickly and follow him without arguing. He walked briskly before reaching a stone wall, uneven with loose rocks and tiny bits of crumbling dirt

His body morphed as he never broke his stride until he was

until I found the perfect angle to see the almost unnoticeable glimmer of magic. This would be

a witch working for him to build him the sanctuary, and it made my mind go

the sheath on my thigh easily as I straightened my back and trailed after him

smell, and the man gave me a sheepish look as he scratched the thick

a protection spell around the mountain without having his witch cast a border. His

hair that I wanted to talk to the person in charge, she warned me about you. A few

up two feet before being sucked into a flat

about me, and yet you still requested that I take time out of my schedule to come here, so speak." My demand made him smile, and I looked away to examine the rest of his cave. There wasn't

out, and I spun to face him, lifting my dagger between us,

ask your name. I asked

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