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fighting arena and it wouldn’t surprise me if it was actually underground. Kaluians tend to make things obvious but the biggest piece of information was the bit about Trever. I didn’t know if his skill in fighting was natural or if it was part of his gift but it was still good to know. I don’t know how we’d use it yet but maybe somehow we could.
Ryon yawned. “I’m tired of waiting. What say we turn the tables on their time left?” He reached to the table with his attitude sharp and unrolled a large strip of leather, revealing instruments of torture. Great. I bet it was for us. He took out a scalpel and placed it on the table’s surface, spinning it with his fingers. His eyes watched it and he began to smile when it slowed to a stop, pointing at me. “Ah, Zayden. Always the Prince to go first.”
“You always play mutilation games with your guests?”
“You’re not guests, your intruders, parasites, invading the bodies of your hosts to feed off and survive.”
It was perfect and I had to smile. “If by hosts, you mean the three beautiful women in question then yes, we’ll be invading them quite shortly.”
Kole even laughed.
“Don’t laugh!” Ryon snatched.
“No. No.” Kole said, trying to calm himself. “Though I appreciate how they can still joke while being completely restrained, that’s not why I laughed. It’s that they don’t know what kind of trouble they’re really in. Everyone around here thinks that you’re dead. What do you suppose will happen when they find out you’re not?”
“We know but why would you want to tell anyone if it’s going to get them killed?”
“We won’t have to because we’re going to deal with this problem before it gets out of hand.” Ryon said. “You say you care about them? Then you should have stayed over on your side of the world and given them more time than a mere week.”
“Years wouldn’t have mattered. She would never have loved you.”
Ryon snatched the scalpel from the table and threw it towards me. I closed my eyes to prepare myself for it but felt nothing. I opened my eyes and the scalpel was floating in front of my face.
“You showed fear. Good.” Kole said, moving the scalpel back to the table. “Let this be a warning. Adele can’t love anything. It’s not her fault and if you think the General is going to allow you to be with her on some shaky grounds that she does, well, I can already tell you the answer to that. He would see his own daughter beheaded first, pulling the lever himself.”
Ryon extended his hand and hit any part of him he could reach. I’d like to think he was doing what I wanted but knew it was for his own reason. “Don’t say that!”
“Well, he would.”
“The goal here is so that doesn’t happen. It will be them.”
It was quiet for a moment but I sat firm without an ounce of worry. “She’d never allow it.”
“She wouldn’t have a choice. The choice will be her father’s and you can imagine he’s not very happy about this.”
“Does he know that you were in Seni?”
“Of course. He stayed behind for an obvious reason. Izin wouldn’t have felt so lenient in their release if he showed his face. They would have died and he’d make him watch because that’s exactly how ruthless and uncaring he is.”
“That’s not true.”
“Look what he’s already done to you, Zayden. He’s supposed to be your father and yet you don’t know a thing about him.”
“He told us of his past if you weren’t watching.”
“He only scratched the surface. You have no idea of the lies and betrayal that exists under his crown. Why, what does your mother have to say about his decisions? Nothing because even she is scared of his anger.”
I tensed in my chair. How dare he? “My mother is dead.”
“Is she or is that just another thing your father has gotten you to believe?”
I lowered my head to hide my anger. He was wrong. He had to be wrong but the anger wasn’t going away. It was
Ryon yawned. “I’m tired of waiting. What say we turn the tables on their time left?” He reached to the table with his attitude sharp and unrolled a large strip of leather, revealing instruments of torture. Great. I bet it was for us. He took out a scalpel and placed it on the table’s surface, spinning it with his fingers. His eyes watched it and he began to smile when it slowed to a stop, pointing at me. “Ah, Zayden. Always the Prince to go first.”
“You always play mutilation games with your guests?”
“You’re not guests, your intruders, parasites, invading the bodies of your hosts to feed off and survive.”
It was perfect and I had to smile. “If by hosts, you mean the three beautiful women in question then yes, we’ll be invading them quite shortly.”
Kole even laughed.
“Don’t laugh!” Ryon snatched.
“No. No.” Kole said, trying to calm himself. “Though I appreciate how they can still joke while being completely restrained, that’s not why I laughed. It’s that they don’t know what kind of trouble they’re really in. Everyone around here thinks that you’re dead. What do you suppose will happen when they find out you’re not?”
“We know but why would you want to tell anyone if it’s going to get them killed?”
“We won’t have to because we’re going to deal with this problem before it gets out of hand.” Ryon said. “You say you care about them? Then you should have stayed over on your side of the world and given them more time than a mere week.”
“Years wouldn’t have mattered. She would never have loved you.”
Ryon snatched the scalpel from the table and threw it towards me. I closed my eyes to prepare myself for it but felt nothing. I opened my eyes and the scalpel was floating in front of my face.
“You showed fear. Good.” Kole said, moving the scalpel back to the table. “Let this be a warning. Adele can’t love anything. It’s not her fault and if you think the General is going to allow you to be with her on some shaky grounds that she does, well, I can already tell you the answer to that. He would see his own daughter beheaded first, pulling the lever himself.”
Ryon extended his hand and hit any part of him he could reach. I’d like to think he was doing what I wanted but knew it was for his own reason. “Don’t say that!”
“Well, he would.”
“The goal here is so that doesn’t happen. It will be them.”
It was quiet for a moment but I sat firm without an ounce of worry. “She’d never allow it.”
“She wouldn’t have a choice. The choice will be her father’s and you can imagine he’s not very happy about this.”
“Does he know that you were in Seni?”
“Of course. He stayed behind for an obvious reason. Izin wouldn’t have felt so lenient in their release if he showed his face. They would have died and he’d make him watch because that’s exactly how ruthless and uncaring he is.”
“That’s not true.”
“Look what he’s already done to you, Zayden. He’s supposed to be your father and yet you don’t know a thing about him.”
“He told us of his past if you weren’t watching.”
“He only scratched the surface. You have no idea of the lies and betrayal that exists under his crown. Why, what does your mother have to say about his decisions? Nothing because even she is scared of his anger.”
I tensed in my chair. How dare he? “My mother is dead.”
“Is she or is that just another thing your father has gotten you to believe?”
I lowered my head to hide my anger. He was wrong. He had to be wrong but the anger wasn’t going away. It was
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