Chương 14: Chapter 13 Chaos

Azreal destroys everything in his path while keeping a frighteningly calm demeanor. The way his body thrummed with raw power sent chills down my spine. He shot down giant battle fleets one by one with his dark energy. The icy wasteland that was once cold is now in flames, fumes reaching the sky that has now turned murky gray.

I was with Shadow hidden inside a cave on top of a snowy mountain and I watched him in horror. To add to the confusion I realized that he was not fighting humans like I initially thought. He was fighting the aliens.

He was fighting the Zakerian warriors in their armored suits and battle fleets.

I didn't understand why he was fighting his people.

Were these the enemies he mentioned earlier?

He killed them all like they were mere ants beneath his feet. Simply watching him made the anxiety in me grow like vines.

Is this the monster I thought I could defeat?

Azreal glows. An explosion forms with him in the center and everything around him go flying. To my unfortunate luck, a giant glass shard of a broken ship flies straight at us. It was big enough to destroy half of the mountain we were hidden in.

I could only watch, frozen in place, nowhere to run.

Seconds before impact I felt My feet leave the snow. My body is weightless as I found myself in the hands of Azreal.

How was he so fast?

He reached me just in time and carried me up into the sky. His form floating in the air in a way I couldn't understand, long silver hair floating around us in the wind.

He was just one person, I didn't understand how he was able to take on hundreds of others at the same time.

"Shadow.." I whisper frightend at all the destruction around us.

"He's fine. he's made of dark essence. he cannot die." Azreal answers and I could only shake in his arms.

I glanced down at the Zakerian bodies littered on the snow and realized how afraid of him I was at that moment.

I realized how gently he had been handling me during my entire stay as his captive. Especially compared to the violence those fingers are capable of right now.

He cradles me to the side of his body with one arm and aims his other arm towards the last standing ship. A ship that was half broken and trying to retreat.

I wrap my arms around his neck, hiding my face in the crook of his neck knowing what's about to happen next.

I close my eyes and I hear the final explosion.

The battle was over.

One single being won against hundreds. I was still processing that undeniable fact.

Azreal slowly landed back on the snow and set me down gently. My first instinct was to scramble away from him fast and I did just that.

I fell on the ice, cutting my hands on broken glass pieces of the ship that belonged to Azreal. I looked at all the damage and realized that there is no way that ship is inhabitable anymore.

Dark energy started glowing around us and Azreals ship started to piece itself back together all by itself. My jaw dropped. Incredulous at everything that took place within the span of a few hours.

"The ship will repair itself but it will take some time." Azreal voice sounded void of any emotion. As if he didn't just slaughter hundreds of people a few minutes ago. Is this like a regular Tuesday routine to him?

"Aurora, let me see your hands." He came close to me, reaching out towards my injured hand with tiny glass sticking inside my skin. Honestly, I was so shocked that the pain didn't even register. I quickly stepped away from him, not wanting to be touched.

I think this was the first time I was truly and utterly afraid of him. He looked unscathed. not a single scratch on his body.

just what exactly is he?

He realized how I felt. He always does. He let his hand fall back to his side. Not attempting to touch me. My body was still shaking around him and It's quite obvious that I'm afraid.

Azreal watches me impassively keeping his distance. I'm grateful, at least for that.

"We'll leave and come back once the ship is fully repaired. Get ready Aurora."

What?

He placed two fingers onto his forehead and there was a large glowing circle around us on the snow. I knelt on my knees.

what's happening? is this some sort of portal?

Oh, God.

The very next moment I was hit by vertigo and the world beneath my feet tilted at its axis.

The feeling of falling down a rabbit hole consumed me as everything became dark once again.