Chapter 237 (1/2)

Chapter 237

Chapter 237: Expired Arrange after the sun had set and night crept in, bringing a bitter chill along with it, I sat mindlessly by the fire Above me, the stars that seelimmered like crystal dust across the horizon

Virion, like a feeble infant, had fallen back asleep after crying His body was in a severely weakened state and hisBairon still hadn’t woken up, his injuries froinally expected

Hours must’ve passed since I last ressed into an eer had fizzled out, the plans to save e and justice—had all faded

So I sat on the ground, running h the soft dirt beneath o from here The Alacryans now had control over the Castle and with it, the controls to the teleportation gates throughout the continent It didn’t take a genius to guess that they would plan on taking Xyrus City next before sloiping away the forces of Dicathen

With Virion in the state he was in right now, our side didn’t even have a leader The lances were scattered and it was only a matter of time before they would be picked off one at a ti

The crunch of leaves drew my attention behind me Sylvie had colance was all it took for me to realize that my bond wasn’t who she appeared to be

“Let’s take a walk, shall we?” she said, and her voice was the same, but the cadence and pitch were all off

My heart quickened and I found e but I wordlessly followed For five s and the crush of foliage under our feet A flurry of eh me as I stared at the back of the one responsible for all of the deaths and misery our people had to endure

Myto do

“Whew!” Sylvie breathed, taking a seat on a fallen log “Controlling this body even for si is hard work”

I stared at the leader of the Vritra Clan and ruler of Alacrya and fell to rona furrowed ‘his’ brows, contorting Sylvie’s face into an expression of surprise and frustration before he quickly relaxed

“My, what an unexpected turn of events,” he said as I lowered hty king, adritted teeth “You’ve o”

“Why?”

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I dug ers into the dirt “Because… I accept your deal I’ll remove myself from this war”

A chortleher mouth “You think our deal still stands, Grey? You were the only unpredictable variable that had even the slightest chance in hindering me, but as you said so yourself, I’ve ifts and advantages—only amounted to this much”

Sylvie’s eyes, laced in displeasure, stared down at me “The very fact that you haven’t even told your bond that I’m able to possess her body tells , you were always expecting to lose”

“Then what… what do you want?” I deain?”

“Again, asking questions I have no obligation to answer” Despite his casual words, his expression was knitted in what seemed like worry “I don’t expect to have the pleasure of oodbye”

I scrambled to my feet “W-Wait, what about my—”

And like that, Sylvie slu in resent the forest and its inhabitants

“A-Arthur?” Sylvie called, weary and disoriented “What’s going on?”

I let the ly better at fortifying—fall, allowing hts and memories unabated

Still, I made it a point to tell her the truth verbally “Ever since you broke the seal that Sylvia had placed on you, Agrona was able to take over your consciousness for short periods of time”

I watched as Sylvie’s skin paled and her expression distorted into disgust Her mouth opened, as if to ask me a question, then closed because she had found the answer in my mind

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you”

Sylvie walked up to hts and emotions blocked, and slapped me across the cheek My head whipped to the side at the force strong enough to break a normal person’s neck

“There We’re even now,” sheher head in my chest

The tears that hadn’t even fallen while Virion mourned for his faripped htly, afraid to lose her as well

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I had not only lost, but I had also begged to uilt, sorrow, and hu apart my insides and the very fact that she knew and accepted the my lip until I could taste a warm metallic bitterness, I cried silently, the crystal dust above us shaky and blurred

Sylvie and I had eventually returned to our cauarding the shelter that Bairon and Virion were sleeping in

At one point, I must’ve fallen asleep because Sylvie sent a sharpot up, only to see Virion and Bairon having a heated argument while Sylvie put herself between theo back! Our troops need us, Co to stay up on his oo feet

“And do what? It’s too late,” Virion snapped, leaning against the earthen tent for support His eyes turned towards et ready to leave”

“Leave? Where?” I asked, confused

“Our Commander says that the war is lost,” Bairon retorted “Most likely, the injury fro”