“General!” one of his men shouted, forcing a pill into his mouth. But his body was already at its limit. The medicine was useless.
The rite wasn’t strictly necessary. There were other ways, but they would take much longer.
Nooked at his face and decided to intervene. After all, absorbing his power would help me as well.
“Please, miss, save our General,” one of his men begged, seeing that the pill had no effect and his breathing was growing weaker. It was a desperate gamble.
“Do you have an empty room?”
They carried him to a room.. As I started to remove his clothes, the soldiers all blushed.
I shot him a look. The man was unconscious. Even if I
“The General has been chaste for twenty years. Is he t
it
young
Solamented.
After they left, I finished removing his shirt. Looking at his well–muscled torso, I couldn’t help but swallow.
I wanted him.
I began the ritual. I don’t know how long I was at it, but when I felt my own power swell and expand, I opened my eyes in satisfaction, only to meet a pair of icy blue
ones.
“Thank you.”
I smiled and tapped his chest with my finger. “A life saved… why not repay me with that body of yours?”
He stared at me for a moment, and then a faint blush crept up to his ears. I had only been teasing. Every man I had ever desired had rejected me from the start.
But after a moment of thought, he looked at me and said, “Alright.”
My heart seemed to stop for a second.
Was I… not being rejected?
an embrace that smelled of sandalwood.
Just as I was basking in my joy, the bed curtains were thrown open, and a strong hand pulled me out, inFA
“Who dares to interrupt my good fortune?”
I turned to see four pairs of eyes, all burning with a chilling frost. And Elara, watching the show.
I was numb. They all reject me, and now they come to ruin my fun.
“Elara?” a voice called out. It was Jarek, the general.
“Brother.”
In that instant, understood why Elara had sent me south. With my lustful nature, I was bound to get entangled with Kael to see. But the timing was a little too perfect.
“Elara,” I said, my voice seething.
“Cora, come back to the Order with me,” Kael said, his eyes a storm of emotions.
“You are no longer my master,” I said, turning away.
“Then come with me,” Zephyr said, his usual playful demeanor gone, his expression serious.
Julian Just stood to the side, looking at me with a dejected expression
Only Lyren looked at me calmly, his eyes unreadable.
But spoke to him. “I’m sorry, I cannot be the one to break your vows
prize like Jarek. And then she would bring
I looked at Jarek. Just because I touched your chest, it counts as intimacy?
No matter. I couldn’t run away from this anymore.
I’m not going with any of you.”
“Kael, the bond between us as master and apprentice died with every one of your cold rejections.”
“I want nothing more to do with you.”
Kael’s eyes turned red. “Cora, if I hadn’t brought Elara back that day, would things have been different?”
I shook my head.
“There are no ‘ifs.‘ When I knelt in the snow for three days, when I walked down that mountain with all my power gone, I let go of everything between us.” “Cora, I will give you anything you want, except for leaving me.”
“I only want my freedom,” I said flatly.
A tear fell from Kael’s eye. “I will give you your freedom. But can you give me a chance? Just a chance to stay by your side.”
The once–proud Archmage Kael, brought so low for the one he loved.
Elara, seeing him like this, also began to cry. “Master, what about me? You said you would protect me for the rest of my life.”
“I’m sorry.”
Kael made promises so easily, and broke them just as easily.
“Kael, there is no future for us.”
There was no point in dragging this out any longer. I turned and walked away.
