The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 21

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Felix found it hard to believe. After all, he'd diagnosed Curtis himself and was positive that he'd been poisoned by the Phantom Polson. Even he needed those rare herbs to help him, let alone other master healers. Still, nothing was absolute. The world was huge-who could say that they understood everything about it? Perhaps a miracle had happened. At the very least, Xena wouldn't lie about her grandfather's condition. Felix urged the driver to speed up. When he arrived at Silverwood, he hurried inside. Once Curtis gave him an answer, he wouldn't need to bother about the marriage contract anymore.

He was almost reaching Xena's villa when a light breeze blew past him. Four men suddenly appeared about five yards before him they were obviously there to stop him.

"What do you want?" He frowned. He was in a hurry to see Curtis and didn't want anything to be in his way.

"We know you won the auction for Bluesand, brat, and it's definitely still on you. Hand it over."

They'd come after him for Bluesand? No wonder he couldn't shake off the feeling that someone had been watching him during the auction. It looked like this had been planned out long ago. "Will you let me live if I hand it over?"

One of the men laughed, finding Felix naive. "Don't worry, brat. We were just joking. You don't need to hand anything over-we can just take Bluesand from you after killing you."

and the other three men were about to attack when someone appeared beside Felix. They didn't

criminals. How dare you try to murder someone

to show up. He was wondering why she'd been kind enough to help him

them would be another achievement under Xena's belt. How could she possibly

sound bold, little lady. Who the hell are

I am. You'd better come quietly, or you won't even get the

them teach Felix a lesson for calling her insane earlier. He'd even pretended to be a martial

if only one of the Menacing Four were to make their move, they would be enough to make Felix reveal his true colors. They

after that, she'd considered the possibility of Felix being murdered just like that. She would feel bad about it, even if it was just a

the Menacing Four exchanged looks. They seemed

didn't even manage to touch a hair on Xena's head- the gap between their skills

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