Chapter 35: Chapter 35 : Bound By Magick

~VANNIE~

We kill the King tonight.

We kill the King tonight.

We kill the King tonight?

She looked up at Crom, feeling disoriented as every part of her began to tremble like a leaf caught in the rain.

"We can't kill the King," she croaked absently, not aware of what she was saying. She only knew that her mouth was open and that words were coming from it. "Of course, we can't kill the King. He—he's much stronger than all of us combined. If we try to touch him, he'll destroy us. He'll roast us to death."

He wasn't listening. He handed her a vial of liquid. The scent was cloaked, but she could still smell the deadly poison housed by the innocuous packaging.

"I don't want to kill him. I was going to tell you that the next time I saw you. I don't want to kill anyone."

Crom's eyes hardened. "I had a feeling you were going to do something other than what we agreed upon. So let me just remind you that you took a magick vow to kill the King. You cannot renege now."