Page 79 of Enchanted Crown
“How did he escape his cell in Obsidian?” I bit out, noting a burned area still smoldering.
Morana ran,Nyx called to me as we arrived on scene.I am hunting her down the direction I saw her run. The three of you handle him.
Beneath us, I could see that Dex and Nyx had cornered Enoch between a rocky incline and a wooded area. Enoch in his dragon form was swiping at Dex who was trying to freeze parts of the land dragon with his magic while staying far enough away to avoid his talons.
Enoch picked up a large log and tossed it at Dex like it weighed nothing.
Dex froze the log in the air and sent it back at the land dragon, smacking him in the head with it.
Enoch let out a hiss and stepped toward Dex.
“You,”I spit out as my feet landed on the grass.
He let out a roar in my direction, fury radiating off him.
I should’ve let this prick die the first time he had taunted Esta.Instead, my actions had allowed him to live, allowed him to be healed, all in exchange for information we found out eventually anyway.
Just for him to make more poor decisions.
I sent cords of blue from my fingertips to help Dex, surprised with the ease and strength of it despite being so tired. Then again, I wasn’t merely angry, I was boiling with it.
Enoch was done. He’d had a second chance and he’d blown it in the most foolish of ways. I was equally pissed at him and myself. I had assumed with a second chance and being healed he might choose differently. I’d been wrong. I should have known that his disdain for the crown, for Esta, would not go away just because he was healed. Nine years of being bitter couldn’t be erased so quickly.
Looking back, I saw how narrow my thinking had been. I had been too hopeful that healing Dra Skor would fix the majority of its problems. But just like in healing the shifters, the poison had to be dealt with first.
This is not on you,Esta sent me down the bond.If anything, all of this is on me.
My annoyance from the day had me snapping, Of all times for you to decide to use our bond, it is this one?
I prowled forward without hesitation despite Enoch’s growl of intent in my direction. “I promised you if you ever spoke to Esta like that again, I would take it from your skin. Unfortunately for you, I am a man of my word.”
Is if on cue, Zaire swooped from the sky and sunk his talons into Enoch’s back.
Enoch let out a roar in pain and swung wildly until he knocked him off.
With Dex and myself, plus Zaire in the sky, Enoch knew he was done for. But instead of surrendering, he kept fighting us.
I sent more of my power out of my fingertips, helping to freezewhat I could. I soon learned the same thing Dex had. Enoch was so angry and moving so quickly, it was hard to find and catch him in our magic.
I managed to still his back leg, and immediately began trying to get the other.
Yet with one leg stuck, he began raining and throwing rocks at Dex and me, forcing us to protect ourselves and send it all back rather than encase him in our magic. He knew we needed to focus to fully encase him, and he was doing his best not to allow it.
I briefly felt a pain coming from Esta. The healer must have been doing something to help her which caused her to momentarily hurt. They weren’t moving yet though, so I knew she was still right where I left her.
Keir,she gasped out.
Yes?I used my magic to wrap around a heavy rock which I sent rolling at Enoch.
The healer says I might pass out. But I need to say this before I do.
I ducked down as pebbles rained down around me and I was forced to make a shield of protection.It can’t wait?
No.
I had asked for this hadn’t I?
Esta quickly blurted,I tried to explain this all to you before but did a botch job of it. My Nana cried out, screamed, and roared for days on end after my grandfather passed. I will never forget the sounds of it. She is the strongest person I have ever known, and her bond to him destroyed her. Her love for him destroyed her. Even now she is the shell of who she once was. The greatest and strongest queen of Dra Skor there ever was.
