Shadows of Ash and Gold

Chapter twenty six

"Hello demon," a voice said from behind me. I jumped and turned around. Sorin, the prince of fae was directly behind me as if he had just appeared. I was on my way back to the room I woke up in when he startled me.

He was terrifying, his eyes were crystal white and his wings, they were so freaky, black leather like a bat. I swallowed down the fear in my throat. "I'm not a demon."

"Close enough." There was nobody with him, no guards. He was completely alone. He took a few steps closer to me, I could not tell what he was thinking, I could not read eyes like his, I could not see what he was feeling or thinking and that really terrified me.

"What do you want with me?"

I silently wished I hadn't left Raidens side.

He smiled, showing his teeth, they were sharp on the ends, like a shark. My heart strummed in my chest and my hands began to shake. "I want to know what you are."

"You just said-"

"I know you are Greer, I can sense it, that part of you is strong. But there is something else." he didn't blink, I realized. That was what was so terrifying about him and then put together with the teeth and wings and that's what made me feel like I was about to be pushed off a building. "Wraith?" he asked and then shook his head. "You're too powerful for that. Kitsune? Shapeshifter? Witch?" when I showed no reaction he guessed again. "Devara?"

My eyes unintentionally flicked down, away from his eyes.

I heard his chuckle. "Devara? Greer and Devara? That's something I thought I would never see." he lifted a hand up and tucked a hair of mine behind my ear.

I flinched back, his hand dropping. "Don't touch me."

"Or what? You'll kill me? Your Devara blood would never allow it."

"But my Greer blood would," I snapped back.

"I want to know something," he stated, his white eyes seemed to widen a fraction in excitement. "Why is someone like you with a Greer like that? I mean, you're a crossbreed, I would think that would make you very valuable, especially for the Devara's."

I clenched my fists to stop my hands from shaking. Something about him scared me down to my core. He was horrifying. "What's your point?"

"Why don't you go back to your room?" he asked and then walked away from me without doing anything. I let out a long breath and stood in shock for a few seconds. Why didn't he do anything to me? Confusion spread throughout my chest. It didn't make any sense. Why would he kidnap me only to not do anything with me?

I walked until I reached the room I woke up in and flopped down on the bed of gold and crimson silks. This was going to take longer than I thought. As I stared at the ceiling I let my mind wander. I thought of the dream I had. The dream of Chaska. I mean it obviously wasn't really her, it was just a dream but I couldn't help but wonder what she meant. What her words meant. It felt so real, the mountain, the snow, the golden and ash shadows surrounding her.

Do not go back, her voice had whispered like a soft song in the night. It is your destiny to save them.

Save who? Who was I supposed to save?

I thought of the king. I thought of him plunging his sword into Nisha's chest. I thought of the look on her face. I thought of my promise to her then. I promised I would kill the king. But how? He was powerful, more than I could imagine.

I observed the tapestry above me. There was a woman on it. A woman with a sword.

A thought came to me.