CHAPTER HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT
When I landed us in there, the soldiers were shocked at first and then began shooting at us. But I had expected that and the protection ward Tessa had taught me how to create was already in place as we began fighting them.
I was in the middle of killing a Drak when I realized something.
The mental location tracker I'd been following ended in that spot, not an inch afterward.
I threw him out of my way and stood, puzzled at what was happening.
I bent down only to see the necklace I'd gotten for her when she returned from her rendezvous with the resistance back on Earth.
I picked it up as I realized what all of this was; a distraction.
“Ahhh!” I roared, anger engulfing me completely.
All I could see was red, and I colored the entire ship, as well as every other one in sight, with the blood of the soldiers used to deceive me.
Somehow, on our journey here, I'd been able to calm myself and Xy'thern down, our hope a little bit raised that we'd find her here and all of this would be over but finding out that this was a dead end not only made me feel hopeless but the anger only covered the deep sense of fear I felt inside me.
Was she even still alive?
I screamed again, killing the last one of them.
I stood for a second before falling to my knees in anguish. Everything was falling apart and I was practically useless, unable to protect her.
“Your Majesty, we need to head back; this might be a decoy to make us leave the ship unprotected,” Lamin said next to me, but I glared daggers at him, making him recoil.
I was angry at everything, especially how right he was. These Draks were more than I gave them credit for and now I was suffering for it.
I noticed my generals were looking at me hopelessly, unsure of how to approach me so I knew I had to get up and move. The longer we stayed here, moping around, the longer they had my Tessa in their clutches, and who knows what they'd do to her.
So I got up and cleaned my face up.
“We're going to take the ships with us, so Lamin, stay in this one; I'll teleport Lyra-en to the next one so we can move,” I said to them, my voice sounding strange to my own ears.
They nodded and followed my instructions.
When I got back to the ship we'd come in, I noticed a rope that was probably used to tie up a belligerent soldier on the ship before they got to our side of something, but I used it to tether the rest of the ship before I drove off, Lyra-en and Lamin behind me.
All through the process of heading back to the ship, I couldn't stop myself from crying and Xy'thern had to take over the steering before I mistakenly veered us off-course.
Finally, we got back, and the disappointment on everyone's faces was palpable.
I couldn't even bother explaining; the two people I went with would do that for me; I just had the urge to see my son. He was my only real connection to her, and I needed to hold him; maybe the action would ground me a bit; my mind was all over the place.
I found him with Lisbeth and Roe who were taking care of the two boys.
“Your Majesty!” They exclaimed as I walked into their space without knocking. I should have but I didn't have control of my senses.
“Don't bother getting up, I just came to check on Xander,” I told them and carried him from his cot.
He was well-fed by the smile on his face and the way his legs kicked up and down in my arms.
“I'm gonna go get your momma,” I whispered to him, his shiny eyes blinking at my words.
He was blue like me, but the rest of his features were just like hers, and I loved it so much. He reminded me of her every time.
I kissed his forehead and dropped him back on his cot before facing the sad women that had been there for my wife since her childhood.
“Thank you for looking out for him. I'll be taking a fleet of soldiers to go and get her,” I informed them.
“Thank you, Your Highness. I'm sure they've not gone far,” Roe replied, but I knew she was just saying that.
We all knew I'd wasted time rushing off in the wrong direction.
I nodded my head and walked back to my room to gather my thoughts.
When I walked in, I was enveloped by her scent, the memories we shared before all of this chaos ensued. The irony of it all was that I'd prepared for that day with the mindset that we'd not have the misfortune of seeing these Draks win us again.
I mean, if you take away the elephant in the room, we did do a lot of damage on them, but then, they took my wife, and I didn't even know where to go from here.
Everyone was waiting for me to bring out a plan of action but I was confused and extremely sad.
I thought about going to Corbin for help, advice, or anything at all; I just needed someone to yank me out of my mind’s state.
But Xy'thern reminded me how much he hated Tessa for ending up with me. He'd definitely be happy this happened.
Having no one to turn to, I had to sit with my ky'rhan and plan the next step forward because there's no way I'm letting them win.
I still had one living Drak in my dungeons, he'd have to take us to her.
With that lead in mind, I stood up and headed to the command room where everyone was waiting for me.
I knew how much they'd grown to love Tessa, not as much as me but enough that if I asked them to lay down their lives for her, they'd do it without question.
Hopefully, it didn't get to that, but there was a high probability that we were going to attack them in their own territory.
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