Chapter 427 – Princes And Kings

• “I should have killed you on that battlefield,” the King of Atalaxia snarls, his eyes focused on me, “instead of listening to this foolish boy when he said he could control you.”
• The King moves slowly across the room, black lightening flickering in his hands as he approaches. I take a gasping step back, reaching for Jackson, who I know is there. I can feel his fury as he presses me to his chest for a single instant before moving me gently to the side, starting to tuck me behind his back.
• “She is my luna,” Gabriel snarls. “I do control her!” He does his best to stand alone on shaky legs, though I can tell by his gasping breaths that he’s in no position to be standing, let alone fighting. Guilt sweeps through me because this is my fault – the poison has made him so weak –