Rosie's Games

Chapter 345: Atior's Secrets

Chapter 345: Atior's Secrets

"I told you, I am fine. I do not feel anything," Rosalind smiled at Lucas. "You do not need to stay here."

Still, she knew that her assurance fell on deaf ears. The look on his face was evidence of his worry.

"You should probably check on Lurea or tell them of the reward that you want," Rosalind continued.

"What did you feel when you were in that place?" he asked. For some reason, he was convinced that she was not feeling well after she almost blew up the whole area.

"I told you I feel better." This was actually an honest answer. She knew she almost lost control when fighting with Lurea but for some unknown reason, she felt better after letting out all that anger and grief.

She was not lying. Whatever happened there made her feel better.

Still, he looked like he was not planning to believe anything that she said.

"That was anger, Rosalind."

Rosalind pursed her lips. If he knew it was anger then "And grief, but it disappeared as quickly as it came." There is really no point in lying. Until now, Rosalind did not tell him the reason why she almost lost control of her abilities.

"But it was gone. I feel better now. Moreover, Huig and Magda are outside of the room. If anything happens they can easily call you." Rosalind did not want to disturb him while he was doing something important like claiming a special reward for saving an Empire!

How could he just leave those people after what he did?

The least that he could do was ask them for gold, right?

Lucas stared at her face, intently. It looked like he was thinking something concerning but he did not say a word and she did not ask.

Rosalind did not want to know what made him look like he was about to open up her body to take a look at her soul.

"You should rest. I will come back tonight."

Rosalind lifted an eyebrow. "You are going to sleep in my room?" They were still in Aster, staying in the house with Atior, Elias, and Valentin. Now, Magda and Huig as well as Lucas were here too.

This time, the corner of his lips lifted into a smile. "Do you want me to?"

"Maybe if you ask, I would seriously consider it."

He stared at her. Again, it felt like he was thinking about something deep. It was as if he was not just staring at her but peeking inside her soul. Was that even possible?

"Then maybe I would stay beside you for the night. We do not really know when you would lose your ability to control your darkness. I believe, only I can help you out of that state."

He might be right but Rosalind did not say that. Instead, she gave him a silly smile.

After almost blowing up the whole place. Rosalind currently felt lighter, refreshed, and stronger.

Before what happened earlier, she was not aware that she could actually use her darkness like that. The anger inside her seemed to guide her, prompting her to do it. To be honest, Rosalind quite liked it.

She had never felt this free before.

After a few seconds, the Duke finally decided to leave her room, giving her space so she could sleep.

While Rosalind felt really good, she could not deny that the earlier fiasco exhausted every bit of the Blessing in her body. Both her dark and light Blessings were completely gone!

She did not know how she was able to use her darkness and light Blessing at the same time, but she intended to explore that more once she arriveed in Howling Mountains.

After leaving Rosalind's room, Lucas went straight to where Magda and Huig were guarding Lurea Thun.

The woman was already in chains. She had been gagged and her eyes blinded at least temporarily.

"Take her to the dungeons," the Duke said.

"Yes, Your Grace," Huig immediately replied.

"Tell me" the Duke spoke to the only other person inside the room. It was none other than the sorceress Atior.

"What is there to tell, Your Grace?" Atior asked. Despite the confidence in her voice, it was pretty obvious that she was only maintaining a facade. Still, she did not hesitate to meet the Duke's gaze.

"You were there," the Duke said. "I felt you around."

"Yes, Your Grace."

"You watched her almost lose control of herself."

"She needed to lose control of herself. She needed to be free," Atior answered without an iota of fear in her eyes. "Do you not agree with me?"

"This was not your call to make!"

"But it was not yours either."

The Duke's face darkened. Almost immediately a dark dagger appeared in his hand. This one resembled the dagger that Rosalind had absorbed a long time ago.

In just a blink of an eye, the Duke appeared in front of Atior. He did not give her any chance to use her sorcery as he pointed the dagger at her neck.

"Say it again," the Duke hissed, his eyes narrowed at her. An invisible pressure descended on Atior, making it very hard for her to breathe.

"I" For the first time, Atior paled. She had been very confident in her skills the skills that she perfected for tens of years. However, this time, Atior felt like she was standing in front of a beast so large and powerful. Fear made her freeze.

"You could have killed that woman, yet you did not. You waited for her to arrive. It was because you knew that Lurea killed Milith and you wanted to trigger something inside her," the Duke said. His eyes had become darker until they almost looked black.

"You wanted it to happen," he hissed. "You should have known better than to try to lie to me."

"It had to happen. She has to know her abilities."

"How dare you"

"Your Grace, she is not a child. She must learn how to control herself or it will devour her."

Those words seemed to hit the Duke and he did not say another word. Instead, he took a step back and stared at her.

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Been 2 days and my allergies are soooo bad! I did not realize that it was because of the dust! There's construction going on in the next house! This is terrible!

A/N: I already released EVE's GAMBIT! Please check it out and add it to library please....