Kings of Darkness

Hunnie 👩🏻‍🦱






"I can free you, but it must be tonight and now, while everyone is upstairs, distracted by the party."





"Eat your soup, you'll need the energy."




The words from Draconius thoughts made my spine shiver. Could I really escape this place tonight?





I nod and began forcefully eating my soup. The whole time my eyes are flooded with tears. Making the room around me blurry. Making my soup look like a brown, depressed swamp.



These were tears of joy and sadness. I feel Draconius lift his wing partially and pat my back. His boney, leathery touches filling my soul with uncertainties.




Do I really want to leave? A part of me doesn’t want to leave without my mate. If I can even call him that anymore? All I had left was a cloaked and hidden mark. Claiming I was his…






When I'm done eating, Draconius begins speaking again. "I'll breathe fire and melt your cell bars. You stand out here while I burn a hole in that small window, then you take off with that dark barrier bubble you have."



He says a mouthful and I replay it all in my head. He's going to make a hole so I can stand outside my cell while he breathes fire, and then squeeze through the dungeon window? I can’t even use my magic in my cell. What makes him think I can summon my dark magic barrier to leave.? How did he even know of that ability.







Does he even have the ability to breathe fire that'll melt the steel in here?






I look over to his cell. His red eyes still watching me though his darkness. I wondered just how huge he was... He could escape as well if he wanted to.




Maybe he doesn't want to escape, or maybe he's immobilized fully.




"Everyone in the palace doesn't know I can breathe fire. I only showed my strength and speed when I tried taking over The Kingdom." He begins explaining to me.



"So it'll take a while before even The King senses my fire, but we must be quick, his demon nose picks up on scents quickly!"



“There’s a spell in my cell! I can’t use my barrier in there!” I communicated telepathically over to him.






“My fire will melt it. Don’t worry.”





He seemed too calm in all of this. Is there a catch? I wondered if he was actually setting me up for failure.




I began staring down at his cell. Why would he want to help me anyways?





"Why are you helping me Draconius?" I whisper through the mind link connection.




His wing starts to slide back underneath my cell and through the bars, back to his darkness.




"Because, The King doesn't deserve you. Neither does Kris, he listens to his master dearly and I’d like to die freeing someone innocent.”





Master?


He would like to die?






"Will The King harm you...for helping me?" My voice coming out raspy in our mind.




Silence fills the room.



I held on to the stone wall behind me and pulled my body to a standing position. Not even sure where the strength came from, but I know I couldn't do this if he was to be harmed.




"Will...he?" I questioned again.





"Mmm..." He groans like he's thinking.




"He might...he might finally kill me once and for all, but don't worry. I want to go. I'm too old."





I began crying loudly. The voice from Draconius telling me to be quiet, was ignored. Why must The King kill everyone?!





"I can't," I accidentally say out loud.





"Hunnie you and your babies must go. Be free and live life. You are a very powerful witch that can most certainly go unnoticed by The King. I can sense your cloaking spell and it does wonders hiding you and your children."



Why does he and the blond hair vampire lady, calla my child children, or babies. Am I having twins?





What kind of woman would I be, to leave behind a ancient and mythical creature especially when I am going to become a mother myself?





"Can you come with me?"




"No. There's nothing out there for me. This, unfortunately is a home I never wanted to give up."




I don't understand his words. How can he not want to leave. He's a prisoner!





He urges me to hurry and move far away from the left side of my cell. I limp and drag my body to the opposite side.





“Turn around. You’ll feel a quick heat wave fill your cell.” Quick burst of fire came out in a few blows to the corner of my cell.





The cell floors heats up from the fire and I could feel the warmth rising up my legs and burning my feet.





“Hurry hurry! Come through the opening. Don’t touch the steel around it.” I turn around and seen a few bars melted enough to create an opening.





His wings comes into view as the sizzle from the melted surface burns his flap. He places part of his wing on the ground for me to step on, avoiding the hot temperature of the melted steel.



I limp and run right on his wing, still feeling the scalding temperature under my feet within each step. Then once stepping onto the concrete and dirty floor of the dungeon, my feet began to cool down. I observed my surroundings, as there’s a dead end behind me. Only two cells remain down here.




Draconius and me. The King’s prisoners.





“Now it’s going to get even more hot. This must be quick Hunnie. As soon as I say go, shield yourself with your bubble and zoom out. It’ll mostly be dirt in your view, but just go through the hole!”




“Ok. Thank you so much for everything Draconius! I will never forget you.” He huffs and with that, I see his large nostrils and mouth press against his cell bars.





His red, and green scales flickering as he blows thicker and longer burst of fire from his mouth.





I turn my head briefly to face away and I got a glimpse of his humongous body laying down in his cell.



My face begins to burn and I hear the bars from
my cell dropping simultaneously along with the shattering of glass from the small window in the cell.




I looked back towards my cell again, shielding my eyes, and it was completely on fire. Only wild flames could be seen. Not even my way out!




I began to panic. I’ve never flew into a pit of fire with my dark barrier before. Plus, I can’t even see where I’m suppose to zoom into. It’s all alive and burning in there!





“GO NOW! KING SENSES MY FIRE!” The dragon roars in my head.





“Where! I don’t see the hole!” I scream back in tears.




“NOW!” Draconius pushes me the same time he blows a wind tunnel of air through his flames.



I get a glimpse of a small opening and quickly summon my barrier, flying and squeezing right through the crumbling debris of dirt and into the sky.


I flew up so high, I could see the palace underneath me.


My burning eyes quickly finds the forbidden forest. The only way I know, and I speed off into the distance. Finally free…


I held my stomach and cruised over the trees of the forest. My acidi, dark bubble entrapping me in a bubble of protection.



I’m going to the highest mountains now. I need to open a portal, and go back home once and for all.