The Tiger Within Chapter 144

Published at 3rd of September 2019 01:29:53 PM Chapter 144

"Perhaps we should speak again soon . You need to visit, and meet the Emperor . " Kyera replied reaching out so her hand drug through the illusion under the moonlight . He wasn't truly there, and she knew it . The distance was vast but his spell was still just as convincing as ever .

"I will . Till then, care for yourself . " he ordered gently before letting the spell fall . His body blurred into the night before dispersing in wisps of magic .

Kyera stood still for several moments staring at the place he disappeared . "Did you hear anything interesting?" she asked turning her eyes to the alcove to her left . The shadow of the palace hiding his form in its deepest parts .
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The soft cold chuckle tainted the air as Kyera squared her body off to his . He shook his head, the moonlight catching on his black tunic and mask . The markings on his chest clearly made of similar black but a shade lighter . She could make out his sent better than the symbols . Fire, cold steel, blood, and the black ink of many dead on his hands . An assassin .

"You are observant for a healer . " he replied chuckling . "Not that it would have saved you . " just as he finished the words a knife flew from her hand . Before he could move, the tip was pricking the skin over his heart .

"You sure about that?" she asked as the dagger hung there suspended by her power but trembling with the force she threw into it . It was like a tiny dog on a leash trying to break free .

"I thought healers couldn't take life?"" he asked as she retracted the blade back to her hand . He walked forward to lean on a tree . Kyera kept him in view but was undisturbed . His kind were not unfamiliar to her . The wind passed over him carrying the faint trace sent off of him and to her nose but it was too faint to identify .

"The those who are not observant don't have long lives in the palace or the wood . " Kyera countered looking him over more closely . She could sense curiosity and vague wonder from him . "But those who can not react to the danger they sense are to be pitied, for they will be slaves of fear . "

"That they do not . Now what do you want of me?" He asked lazily pushing himself off the door sauntering toward her . Kyera stood her ground .

"Oh?" Kyera asked as he got close enough for her to see the deep green of his eyes . Her back lightly pressed to the tree behind . He was trying to make her back down, and her body responded submissively but her eyes burned with fire daring him to make a move . It was clear even though it felt like he had control, it was only because she was allowing him to . A game of cat and mouse where the mouse wasn't sure if he was the hunter or the prey . He chuckled no longer advancing on her, knowing there was a high chance she had several other weapons on her enticing form .

"You sensed me and spared my life, by my code that means I owe you a favor . " He replied . She could hear the grin hidden by the mask . The air between them filled with several kinds of tension, one small tip of balance could result in love or war . Kyera was aware of this and held a steady balance .

"Then perhaps when I come of need, i will ask for it . Till then, I shall part ways . " Kyera replied nodding at the assassin who seemed quite surprised as her small hands met his chest and lightly shoved him back . A small smile curved his lips as he gave her ground . His aura testing hers for strength and to see if she would hide her power . She did not . The shadows forming a warning barrier between his reach and her power lines .

"You won't ask my name? Or why I am here?" he asked tilting his head to the side, eyes twinkling with curiosity once again . Kyera chuckled softly shaking her head . She stopped and glanced back at him over her shoulder .

"Would you have told me if I asked? No, I didn't think so . As far as why your here . . . I have a vague idea . So since you brought it up…" she straightened herself to full height looking forward down the trail . "Don't choose your side too hastily . There are some things very similar to cooking rice that will decide your fate . Don't make my request be your death . " Kyera replied softly . And he stated after her .

At first his hand gripped the dagger in his belt, slipping it free of the sheath . His wrist twitched, but then he put the dagger away . Watching her walk out of site . She was a threat to the one who hired him, but then again… that wasn't his problem . She wasn't his mark, and he hadn't accepted payment… . Yet .

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