Page 142 of Caressed By Sin
I jumped back, missing the blade by an inch.
Adae didn’t let up and came after me with more ferocity.
He slashed the air, and I saw the blade coming right at my neck.
Azar blocked Adae’s sword with Soul-Breaker.
I whipped around and stabbed Adae in the stomach.
Unbothered, Adae twisted away and tried to get me again.
Azar rose in the air and stabbed him in the shoulder with Soul-Breaker.
This time Adae roared in pain and ran in the opposite direction.
What? He ran away? And. . .he didn’t disappear.
Azar laughed and blurred after him. “Don’t leave just yet!”
I hurried after them, trying to keep up.
A monster howled in the path and stomped my way. He must have been over ten feet tall and five feet wide. It had three arms. The monster snarled at me, baring its fangs.
I readied myself to kill him.
Where the hell did you come from?
I spotted an open cell behind him.
Oh.
Right when I thought the monster was about to attack me, he grabbed a sorcerer that I didn’t know was near, raised him in the air, and stuffed him in his mouth.
Even better.
I hurried off and yelled at my people, “Free the prisoners! They may help us!”
Zoe ran on my side. “May or will.”
“Let’s hope forwill.” I got to the end of the cell’s hall and didn’t see Azar or Adae. However, the door was open.
I raced that way.
Zoe yelled after me, “Where are you going?!”
“Wherever they went. Just free the prisoners!”
I ran fast, so fast my legs ached. So fast my knees felt close to giving out. My heart pounded. Sweat dripped down the side of my face.
I heard Azars growls from a circular stone staircase.
Then, Adae roared in pain some more.
And I sprinted up, at a speed I could barely comprehend. I was up those stairs in rush, skipping steps.
At the top of the stairs and near the landing, Azar and Adae battled in blurs of shimmering magic and colorful sparks. Their swords clanked. Smoke rose between them. Circling each other so fast I could barely make out who was who in the swirling magic.
What do I do?
