When the enchantress talked of drawing his blood Caden had thought this will just be the normal way of drawing blood, that she will cut his palm and a drop of his blood will be taken but no he was wrong. She didn't explain his blood had to be drawn without cutting him and when she said blood she did not mean that dark red liquid that came out of him when there is a cut no, she meant his blood essence, she will draw an essence mixed with his blood. The woman had cleared the hut and drew a large pentagram on the ground with white powder she had gotten from God knows where and drew symbols in each of the spaces provided by the star and placed lighted candles at the point of the pentagram. This way the star looked very scary and demonic, and this disturbed Caden a lot, he knew what the pentagram, was used for and he didn't want any effect to be upon his head, however, with the knowledge and experience of the enchantress he believed she knew what she was doing. She placed the tonic she had concocted at the center of the star and made him sit north of the pentagram while she sat on the south, clothed in a white dress and barefooted, she stretched out her battered hands to take his...
"I should tell you this"...Sarah had a worried look on her face as she said this.
"what is it?"
"I am very grateful you are doing this, but I must tell you the consequences of drawing your blood..."
"what will happen?" asked Batya who sat at the far corner of the room.
"There is an ancient beast that lays asleep here in Thule, it is called the Feeder and it feeds on your kind..."
"My kind...?"
"Vanquishers..." replied Hagar
"He is a knight, not a vanquisher..." Batya said and Sarah nodded in agreement.
"Indeed he is a knight undoubtedly, but have you thought of that light blue firelike light that appears on his sword when he fights..."
"Those are just powers I inherited from my grandfather...he always told me to keep it hidden and use it only in a matter of life and death situations"
"Your grandfather was the last vanquisher after the death of the queen of East End, it's astonishing you inherited those, he told you to keep it hidden because of this beast I am telling you, and until you master the use of it, you are not strong enough to face the Feeder..."
"You know this, why are you then still willing to put his life in jeopardy?"
"Because it's the only way, you still do not know how important your quest is, your redemption is not yours alone but anyone who has been wrongfully hurt by Lilith, finding the Eden Garden and entering it will not be easy but it has to be done, when I sensed Lilith's curse on you I could have killed you but I did not, you have to live but live to make yourself her vessel but you have to break the curse, there are many things you will understand as you get closer to your destination and there are many people who will help you to ward off the curse of Lilith. I know it will endanger him but I have to do it, I will seal his scent so the Feeder will not be able to locate him..." Sarah explained in the simplest way she could, Batya was still very young and still very weak. She will need the full strength of her knight to help her through this journey, which is also an advantage to him. By drawing his blood, she will be unblocking all his thirty-six essential points, enabling the free flow of his essence and strengthening him.
"I still can not allow this..."
"Batya..." Caden spoke to her in a gentle tone, the princess looked at him with teary eyes.
"It is okay, she has promised to seal off my scent and I am sure she knows what she is doing. Don't you to live like normal young women, get married, and have lots of children, because I want to see you happy, I want to see you live your life for yourself and some wondering evil soul and I want you to take that scarf off your face, I want the world to be marveled at your beauty and I want to stand by your side as your knight in shining armor...please let her do this, only she can open a portal to send us back"...nodding at the woman, she began the rites.
She started a chant in a language none of them understood, and suddenly the circle she had drawn around the pentagram lighted up in flames but she panicked not and grabbed unto the hands of Caden tightly. The atmosphere in the small hut changed and the cold wind blew into the room, prespiration formed on the forehead o the knight and he winced in pain at whatever that was happening to him.
Batya could not relax as she had promised herself to, she did not want anything to happen to her knight, she got up to stop this madness.
'Relax, he is fine', that voice spoke to her again and she halted.
'I thought you had abandoned me after you promised to meet me...' she replied in her thoughts.
'No, Sarah is powerful she will help you and Caden, it is the only way to get out of there...'
'You know about her?'
'I know about anyone who shows interest in you...'
She watched the scene before her as it unfolds, though calm she could see the inner battle Caden was fighting yet he withstood it, Sarah still chanted in that language of hers and the cold wind in the room blew stronger and it got colder until the candles went out and then in a very astonishing way, visible blue light traveled through the veins of the knight, it runs through his whole body, from his forehead to the sole of his feet and then gently it started gathering until it reached his left hand and with the tonic right under it, a drop of blue and red liquid dropped into the bowl and it lighted up in blue flames.
The chanting stopped...but something else was happening, Caden opened his eyes and they were a vision of lightning...his sword, lying about two meters outside the pentagram suddenly lighted with the holy fire...
'Leave now!' the order was so strong, the princess moved on her feet without realizing it, but she knew that the blazing sword was a danger to her, and just before she went through the exit, the sword flew like a shot arrow in her direction...she heard a scream from Hagar...the flying sword struck a barrier and that saved her. Sarah had prepared for everything, she had created a barrier around the princess so should this happen she will be safe.
Outside, Batya looked up into the star-filled night sky and took a deep breath, willing herself not to cry, it was so close, she felt her soul separating from her body, and she saw her life flash before her eyes.
'Never forget this...' the voice spoke to her again...'In this world, as long as the curse remains unbroken, your knight is your greatest danger...'
'What do you mean?'
'Caden is a vanquisher and they are the people a demon fears most, you are not a demon but Lilith's demonic power flows through and this makes you vulnerable to his power, and now that his blocked points have been opened he has become more powerful...if possible avoid his sword when in a blaze for it will locate you and destroy you...'
She remained calm and said nothing, just gazing at the stars that promised a beautiful tomorrow.
'Caden is your protection and also your danger, never forget it'...