Wolf of Stone novel Chapter 37

Looking at that picture alone... I knew... that was no exaggeration.

The witch who summoned them must have been extremely powerful. I even heard that the ritual itself came with a very high price.

She must have been desperate as hell.

"This is definitely Tiana's doing. She's here to kill us off," Axil growled angrily, "and that bastard is just letting her."

I stared wide eyed at the shrubs as they continued to rustle, ferocious snarls and growls echoing around the clearing, yet nothing could be seen.

Axil cursed, "I'm still too weak."

"Why aren't they approaching us?" I asked fearfully, frozen on the ground as my breathing became raspy from fear.

My mind screamed to run run run but my body refused to move.

Axil's eyes never strayed from the edge of the clearing, his figure tense and alert as if ready to fight if need be.

"I don't know..."

A twinge of something red peeked through the cluster of trees, causing me to squint my eyes to get a better view.

The tree leaves were slowly withering away as the red haze ate at them.

Fire.

My eyes widened in surprise as I screeched, "they're burning the forest!?"

Axil growled, "they're trapping us."

They're smart!?

OoO

I felt my insides turn cold as my face paled in horror. I've never heard of this before!!

"Stay here," Axil ordered, getting up from beside me and carefully approaching where the fire continued to spread.

The funny thing was though, the fire didn't spread into the clearing... it just continued to burn outside of it as if there was a barrier around us... but I couldn't sense anything.

I looked a little closer and gasped in surprise as I realized that the burnt leaves were slowly withering then blooming again as if they were never harmed.

Axil cautiously approached the entrance into this clearing and peered at the trees in wonder, "the home of the fairies..." he trailed off.

Keeps out those that wish to cause harm... I mentally continued.

"So, we're safe?" I asked hesitantly.

Axil glanced back at me with a relieved smile, "for now at lea-"

A huge ball of fire slammed into him, causing him to fly a few paces back as he crashed into a tree. The fire continued to eat at his figure as he groaned and twitched on the ground in pain.

An air piercing scream released itself from my mouth as my hand immediately shot up to my mouth to muffle the sound.

I couldn't do anything at all as I felt my vision going dark as some unknown energy forced me into the dark recesses of my mind.

Liza screamed, "Oh my god! Ezzy do something!!"

I couldn't respond, my mind was preoccupied as my body went into auto control and lifted me off the ground.

I felt as though something else... no... someone else was controlling my body... someone dear to me... I felt safe.

Elysia...

I raised a hand in Axil's direction and flicked my wrist at the fire that burned at him, "enough."

My voice sounded exactly the same... except I was more confident... sure of myself than I have ever been in a long, long time.

It kind of reminded me of... my sister.

But that's impossible... I haven't sensed my sisters for years.

Liza checked Axil's figure as the fire disappeared, tears leaking down her face.

"Take him and dump him into the water. They will heal him," I or whoever the fuck was inside of me directed her.

Liza furrowed her eyebrows at me in confusion, realizing that something was off. However, she still followed my instructions and dragged Axil towards the water.

I turned my attention to the entrance of the clearing as the beasts continued to growl and snarl at us behind the greenery, trying to break through whatever protection was around this place.