Clasping his dry lips. Marcus rubbed his eyes.
A look around had him confused. "Where am I?"
He remembered sleeping in his bed, with all the other kids.
"Your awake"
The affirmative tone shook him out of his daze, looking straight at a man with silver hair.
"Hello Marcus" said Ezra. "I kidnapped you from the orphanage, and you're not going back"
Marcus just stared, even more confused now.
Who was this guy? Where was he?
"I'm Ezra. Fourth prince of Niton"
His skin tingled, 'Prince?'
"I see enormous potential in you. So, from now henceforth, I am going to be training you"
Marcus just blanked out at this point, the confusion had hit its max.
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The previous day
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"This beast tide is a distraction for something else"
All the grandmasters stared down Raven with a 'you think we don't know that' gaze.
"They're going after grandmasters, there must be a reason"
"But if we launch an attack, we might fall right into a trap"
