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 even see

S-rank wanted criminals. How dare you try

been kind enough to help him when he

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

little lady. Who the hell are

unworthy of knowing who I am. You'd better come quietly, or you won't

Four trailing Felix but hadn't wanted to show up, thinking of having them teach Felix a lesson for calling her insane earlier. He'd

be enough to make Felix reveal his true colors. They weren't that easy to handle, seeing as they were

just like that. She would feel

was so scornful of them, the Menacing Four exchanged looks. They seemed to sense that there was something special about

sent flying. They didn't even manage to touch a hair on Xena's head-

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