Rise of the Malactric Heir

Chapter 222 Practicing

Adora then looked at the mountains and sighed.

"Believe me, I do know that, what I can't get my head around is why Vellon would do this, bad or not, why?" she wondered and the king placed his hand on her shoulder then she looked at him and he smiled.

"If anyone can figure this out, it's you and your team Adora, relax a little too, you have too much going on, this is not healthy for you guys," he said before hugging her and she hugged him back.

"Could you do me a favor?" she inquired.

"What might that be?" he asked.

"Get your son a strong bodyguard, one who can form a strong protective barrier," she replied, and he smiled.

"Is that it?" he asked.

"Yeah," she responded.

"I will get him one, don't worry," he said then she raised off of him and smiled.

"Thank you for informing me, I'll go check on the others," she said.

"You are welcome," he replied, and she left his office and exited the castle, where she heard an explosion and rushed to the others.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Practicing defense," Alix responded and she sighed.

"I see," she said as she sat down by a rock, and they all looked at her.

"You look a bit upset, what exactly did the king say?" Alix asked.

"He told me that Vellon is already here," she responded then they looked at each other.

"Do you think they already know where the source is?" Aerav inquired.

"I am not sure, we need that full moon sooner," Adora responded and they sighed.

"I have a feeling they already know how to find it," Alix said.

"I feel the same way, this could really come down to a fight, no, I'm pretty sure it will," Adora responded.

"I guess we should keep practicing, guys," Ayden said.

"I agree," Alix replied.

"You go ahead and do that, I'll be right here watching," Adora said.

"All right," Alix replied.

"Also, Alix, part of you will be free soon," she said after the others walked away and he sighed.

"I'm looking forward to finding out my limits and how far I can go," he replied, and she smiled as he returned to training.

While Alix was training with Ayden, Adora's eyes glowed red as she looked at his body, and smirked when she noticed the red and black aura that appeared for a split second and then vanished.

'Your powers are dying to get released, I have to hurry or they might actually hurt you from being contained too long, Vellon, how long is this going to go on? If you are actually bad, I am going to be part of the reason, I sort of created you,' Adora thought while clenching her fists Zavis approached her then sat beside her and she looked at him.

"Are you tired?" she inquired.

"Not quite, Adora, you look off than usual," he replied.

"I'm fine, do you miss home?" she inquired.

"Being with you will not make me miss home, Adora, you are family, I am just worried, to be honest, this doesn't feel right, you and your team are in the middle of the storm, there is no getting out," he responded and she smiled, placing her hand on his shoulder, and he glanced at her.

"You know I'm right, so don't tell me not to worry, Adora, you need to come back alive from this, your father will shatter, your kingdom... "There's a lot at stake if you all fall," he said, and she sighed, knowing that everything Zavis said was correct.

"I'm not going to tell you not to worry, Zavis, but this is something that has to be done right now, life or death?" I'm not sure what will happen; it doesn't matter to me if I die and help everyone I care about, but if it's for nothing..." she said and he smiled.

"You're one of a kind, you know, sometimes you and Alix think alike, sometimes I think you're not that different from each other, you're alike in more than one way," he responded, and she sighed.

"I know we are; he is beginning to change as well; everything I do is paying off with them; they are all great and powerful as well," she said.

"Yeah, I can tell they are powerful and they love being a part of this team Adora, they admire you no matter what," he replied as she lowered her head.

"Adora," someone called out, and she flung up, looking around but seeing no one.

"Is it possible that I just remembered the voice from my dream? Is that it? "She muttered.

"What's the matter?" Zavis inquired, and she sighed and clutched her head.

"Guys, I'm leaving, it's late in the afternoon, don't stay out here until night," Adora said.

"You good?" Alix asked and she smiled slightly.

"Yeah, I'm fine, focus," she replied before leaving, and Alix looked at Kyris, who shrugged.

"She is acting a bit weird," Alix mumbled and Kyris glanced at him.

"You are right, something must be bothering her; did she say anything unusual to you last night, Alix?" Kyris inquired.

"No, we didn't talk much about the current situation, and she didn't say anything strange," he replied. "I think there might be something on her shoulder that is getting too heavy to carry."

"She does what's best for others, but I can't say much about herself," Kyris sighed, before continuing their training and Alix took a deep breath before beginning defensive hand-to-hand combat training with Kyris.

'I need to get it together, think straight,' Adora thought as she was heading into the castle's living room and bumped into the king.

"Be careful, sorry," he said, grasping her arm, and she sighed.

"I'm sorry; it wasn't your fault; I wasn't looking where I was going," she explained.

"It's fine, also I have news," he said.

"News huh? Is it bad or good?" she inquired, and he chuckled then looked at her and she grinned.