feeding. That pulsating vibrancy that came in the minutes after, well, cumming.
“You all are more stupid than I thought. You think that you can escape this place? Maybe you need to see exactly what will be in store for you if you try.” She raised her arm, and in a second, a formation of well-armed guards filed in. “Take him. The one with the green scales,” She ordered and we all screamed at once. “He’s close to death anyway.”
“Fuck you. You touch him and you die, bitch!” I yelled at the top of my lungs as the droplets continued to drip around us. But as my voice echoed off the walls, I realized the drops were no longer streaming down me, but sizzling and then evaporating as they touched my skin. “I said, leave him alone!”
The guard ignored me and had Kai unchained in seconds, whereas we had been fighting against those shackles for days. They dragged him along the floor until they got to the door, clearly looking to Raven for her next command. She waved her hand and in seconds, Kai was gone and I was completely bowing myself away from the walls and chains, trying to whip myself out of these bonds.
Caspian yelled out and tried to freeze the water around us. To what end, I didn’t know, but at least he was trying something.
“Keep on fighting, Zaniah. It makes my job so much easier,” Raven said and then left the room, making a show of leaving the room with a wave.
“That motherfucking cunt!” I screamed and jerked harder at the chains. “I swear to the gods, if she hurts him…”
Caspian turned to me. “Zaniah, stop it. You’re only hurting yourself worse. That’s exactly what she wants. Just stop!”
Pearl chimed in, like I gave three fucks what she thought about anything. “Seriously, Zaniah. Stop. You’re going to kill yourself.” She sounded like she really cared—not.
Every cell inside me bubbled and sizzled with power like they never had before. The water around us evaporated, the drops coming from the pipes never touching the ground even for a second. They were vapor before they had the chance to.
I looked up at the source of the water, the water Raven used to torture us, and forced my powers to target them. A loud banging came from the ceiling above us, followed by the rattling of metal and plastic.
Then the water stopped. I screamed out, needing a vocal release of anger while my powers filtered through my body, down my spine and into my tail. Another wail came from me as my tail turned into legs and I finally kicked free of the fucking chains.
“The fuck? I’m impressed, Princess.” Caspian said, grinning from ear to ear.
Next to me Pearl let out a groan as her own tail split and formed legs. She kicked them around like it was her first time in the Above.
“Fuck yeah. Okay, now, maybe, we can escape this hell hole.”
15
It didn’t take long for me to burn through our remaining metal bonds. My fire had burned through them all easily, and now that we were free—and all had our legs—we could actually do something other than hang around and wait for our own deaths.
“What the fuck are we going to do with me like this? I’m spent,” I said, looking at my palms as though maybe they would disagree with me.
Caspian tested one of the chains that had once held us against the wall and managed to freeze it before kicking it. “I can still freeze things, so at least we aren’t helpless. And you are at partial strength,” He said, pointing out that I still had some fire in my palms, but I extinguished it as quickly as it came, knowing I would have to be conservative with my energy.
“Yeah, you’re right. At least we have something to get us through getting Kai and then out of this place.”
“What?” Pearl whirled around; fists balled at her sides while she shook.
“What? You think I’m just going to let him die? To walk away and save myself while Raven tortures him slowly and then kills him? If you think that you’ve got another thing coming.”
Pearl crossed her arms. “Why? What’s the point? She took him as a sacrifice. Let’s not make his sacrifice in vain. Let’s go. Get out of here. Don’t try to be a hero like your brother. Always trying to be so fucking noble. Llyr was the exact same way, and look where he is