"Hello, Princess." Aiall said as his hazel gaze bore into my own.
"How..." I began.
"I was looking for you, I heard the fight and came as fast as I could.
Stay behind me my Lady, I'll protect you." He smiled his bright, white smile. My eye's slipped lower and I saw the Pukka necklace hanging from his neck. One singular sentence resonated in my head "His power lies within the talisman." Valik had said the man wears a talisman around his neck and it is the source of his power. I shot my eye's away from the necklace and buried my head in Aiall's chest.
"I-I c-can't believe...I just..." I stammered.
"Shhhh it's alright my princess. I'll take care of you, I've always taken care off you." He said in a hushed tone. Good, he doesn't suspect anything.
"As for you!" He turned his head to stare daggers at Trixa, who stepped back immediately.
"You will burn for you're crimes against the house of my Lord and Lady, our King and Queen Amant, and for your crimes against her highness, the princess Novara Amant." He pulled me to my feet as he spoke and held me close.
I looked from his neck to Trixa then back to his neck then back to her. She was terrified, it was evident on her beautiful face but there was something else there as well, understanding. She stepped back slightly then halted. She squared her shoulder's and head her head high.
"So, YOU are the traitor." She exclaimed. Aiall's eye's widened for an instant.
Darrow, taking the accusation as his cue, burst forward through the tree's. Morphing into his wolf form before landing a few yards away to the right. Greyson followed suit to the left. though not as big as Darrow, he was no less ominous and powerful to behold. I took the confusion as my chance to escape Aiall's grasp. I slipped from his arms and stepped behind him. Reaching up as i did so to rip the necklace from his neck. Aiall must have noticed my escape and turned on me just in time to grab my hand before I could undo the necklace.
Darrow leapt at him, jaw open and ready to sever limbs. Aiall dodged his attack, keeping his grip on my arm. He wraps me in a tight hug and smiles back at Darrow with malicious intent. Darrows bright glowing golden eye's were the last thing I saw before smoke blocked my vision of him. Aiall was calling upon his dark powers, he was trying to teleport us. I quickly did the only thing I could think of to keep us where we were. I jerked my knee up and nailed him in the family jewels.
As he doubled over I reeled back and called upon my own powers. My eye's glowed violet as did my runes. I felt more power than I ever had before. I raised my hands and called the wind to clear the smoke away. Greyson and Darrow leapt on the weakened Aiall but he was not as easily subdued. He threw Greyson against a tree off to the left, knocking him out cold. Darrow clawed, bit and dodged as he and Aiall battled on. I ran to Trixa, wrapping her in a hug. Valik appeared beside her on the other side, watching the battle rage.
"Valik, take her back to the castle, get my father!" I quickly said in a hushed tone.
"I'm not leaving you!" Trixa exclaimed.
"Trix please. Go get help! Stay with Valik, stay right with him ok. He'll protect you. Now, GO!" I replied emphasizing the last bit with my Alpha voice.
Valik and I shared a knowing glance then I nodded and he wrapped his arm around Trixa and disappeared.
I turned back to the battle that had strangely gone quiet. What I saw chilled my very bones. Darrow was caught in mid air, being strangled by some kind of yellow, glowing power that looked like jagged lightning. Aiall stood, laughing as his outstretched hand clenched and simultaneously, so did the lightning around Darrow's neck. I felt a surge of immense power and loosed a huge torpedo of violet energy directly at Aiall. He had no time to counter and was thrown a hundred feet backwards taking out multiple full grown tree's. Had he been human, he would have died after the first tree split. Darrow was released and fell to the ground in a heap of black fur. I stalked towards Aiall, desperate to keep his attention off of Darrow. When the dust cleared, I saw his struggling to rise from the mess of woodland. I locked eye's with him and this time it was my turn to smile ominously. I lifted my hand and surrounded it in violet and blue energy. My runes were blazing, I felt as if I were supercharged. I looked Aiall in the eye's.
"I'm gon' make you burn for what you've done!" I exclaimed.