Just then, Rhett ran up to us, his worried gaze fixed on me.
He glanced at the pile of ash underneath my feet with creased eyebrows before turning his gaze back to me, but this time I saw the confusion in his eyes.
"What happened? Have you guys been able to find the vampire lord’s coordinates?" He asked hesitantly.
I was still left stunned by the vampire lord’s words. I heard him speak to me. He talked inside my head.
I wasn’t hearing things, he’d somehow found a way to get into my head and gave me that threat.
With a gulp, I turned to Rhett. "We have to head to his lair, now. He knows we’re here. He’s waiting for us."
Rhett blinked back in surprise, glancing at Aceco, who remained speechless.
Eventually, he drew in a deep breath and blurted. "If he’s aware of our presence, then I guess there’s no use hiding or being... ’gentle’ with our attacks. Let’s end this..."
Aceco nodded her understanding before closing her eyes. It seemed she was communicating telepathically with someone.
A few seconds later, the fairy Queen materialized in front of us, her diamond-like butterfly wings fluttering behind her.
"Aceco told me you’ve found the vampire lord’s lair." She turned to me with an expectant look.
I nodded in response, watching her sigh with relief soon after.
"Then we must make haste. Quickly, give me your hand." She stretched her hand towards me, beckoning for me to take it.
I did just that, though my heart felt like it was about to fly out of my chest at any moment from the rising anxiety.
Suddenly, a protective force field from the fairy Queen’s magic manifested itself around us, and just on time, too, as vampires swarmed around us. I could feel the fairy Queen inside my mind, but I let her in.
Eventually, she opened her eyes a few seconds later and waved her hand forward. In that instant, the terrain around us shifted as a white light enveloped us. Soon after, I couldn’t hear anything.
No clashing of swords, no snarling of vampires, no sounds of guns reloading or howling of wolves. All I heard was... Silence.
I opened my eyes slowly only to realize that we were no longer in the center of the battle between the allied forces and the vampires. Instead, we were now in what appeared to be a dark cave with a ceiling that stood higher than a duplex.
A cold shiver went down my spine, causing my legs to involuntarily shake as I turned my gaze to a rock formation in front of us.
The rock formation was tall, stretching several feet above us. It was in the shape of a throne, but surprisingly, there was no one sitting at the top.
This was the vampire lord’s lair...
Just then, Rhett took a defensive stance in front of me as Aceco and the fairy Queen prepared some spells.
"Focus, Isleen," Rhett muttered softly as he kept looking around us.
But focus on what? I couldn’t feel anything. No vampires, no fey... Nothing. It seemed like Rhett and the two powerful fairies were the only beings within a hundred-meter radius.
Suddenly, however, my special ability went into overdrive, causing my heart to lurch into my stomach.
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