Carnivals: Claimed By The Deranged Alpha Prince [BL]-Chapter 266: Progress, right?

Chapter 266

Jules’ pov

Kim was holding out a knife to me. I stared at it in confusion, refusing to accept it.

"Take it. Go on. Go ahead and kill me." He urged, sounding panicked, like he was running out of time. I blinked slowly as I stepped away from him, shaking my head in response.

"No. I’m not gonna do that."

"You have to. They said that’s the only way you can live, if you kill me." He insisted; taking a step closer to me and I accepted the knife from him, flinging it sideways.

"I don’t care, I’m still not killing you," I told him firmly and he frowned.

"But..."

I shook my head firmly. "Just drop it. I’m not killing you and that’s that." I responded firmly and he sighed, stepping closer to me.

"Why though? I put you in danger in the past, remember?"

I shrugged. "But you’re not that person any longer. You’ve changed."

"But even though. I don’t want anything to happen to you and I’d prefer if you kill me instead." He sighed out and I shook my head once again.

"None of us has to die."

"But he said one of us has to die." He breathed out and I frowned.

"Who said that?" I questioned, but before he could respond, everything was darkening around me and before I knew it, I was blinking my eyes open in the bed, staring straight at the roof while trying to comprehend the dream I had just woken up from.

What the hell was that?

I sat up carefully, massaging my forehead and trying to gather my bearings together. As I glanced sideways at Blaze who was still asleep, all that I went through yesterday slowly began to flood every inch of my mind. Blaze looked so peaceful right now and I hated that once he woke up today, he’d instantly be under a whole lot of stress, all because of me.

I was very certain that he wouldn’t be in this kind of situation if it wasn’t for my presence in his life. If we hadn’t crossed paths, he’d be living his usual life, hooking up with three omegas and basically being his normal badass self in school. But with me present now, I’ve only managed to put him through one stressful moment after another. I knew he wouldn’t want me feeling guilty but I just couldn’t help it,

We were traveling to the warlock clan today, and a part of me was urging me to leave on my own in order not to stress him out today, but i knew doing that it just gonna bring him more restlessness coupled with the fact that I also needed him for protection since I was still yet to be able to fully protect myself with my magic.

But hopefully after this journey today, I hope I’ll be able to fully master my magic.

~~~

"I can’t wait to see your sister again." I say to Blaze who rolled his eyes, a move which made me snicker. We were currently in a flight, heading for the warlock clan and from the looks of things, we should arrive in a few hours.

"She still isn’t fond of me but she was automatically smitten with you." He reminded me and the jealousy I could detect in his voice was really cute.

"Was she fond of Roy?" I asked and he snorted.

"She wanted to kill Roy that first day. She hates werewolves," he informed me and I snickered underneath my breath.

"Oh wow." I mumbled, mind filling with a memory of her suddenly sprouting wings and flying. That had looked so freaking cool and I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

"But it seems like she’s warming up to werewolves a little." He continued, and then he leaned forward, massaging his forehead. I frowned as I watched him, and then I tried finding out what was wrong with him.

He went ahead to reveal the phone call he got from his father last night, and I was beyond shocked by the time he was done. Apparently his father had also threatened his sister.

Guilt instantly swamped me because one way or the other, I was still the cause of this threat.

I instantly tried apologizing but he assured me that I had nothing to do with it and that it wasn’t my fault.

"What about Raine? Is she gonna be okay?" I whispered and he sighed.

"I’ve sent Roy over to her; he’s gonna warn her to keep herself safe. Then for now, we’re gonna make sure to find someone who can help you master all the things you can do with your powers.

~~~

Thirty minutes after alighting the flight in the land I was born in, I was recognized, even when my hair was still black, because a picture of me with my black hair and brown eyes got released on social media on the day police stormed Carnivals, demanding my arrest.

They were thugs, and some tried holding Blaze down, clearly because they didn’t know him here.

Blaze took them all down, draining the life force out of them one after the other. However this time, by the time he was done, he staggered and lost his footing a little and I instantly caught him, worry gnawing at my insides.

After a few minutes passed, he pulled away from me and took a shuddering breath in.

"I’m fine." He assured me but I was still very worried.

"What was that? Did something happen?" I asked and he stared down at his palm, and then he moved his arm around a little, stiffling a wince.

"I... I think I’ve been doing this too much. My hand feels stiff and heavy as a stone." He admitted and my heart hammered against my chest.

"Don’t panic." He added almost immediately. "The pain is already wearing off. For now; we should get out of this area as fast as we can."

I took his good arm, draped it over my shoulder and tried to support his weight but he assured me that he was fine, although I had a feeling he was lying.

After walking for some time, we finally arrived in actual streets and towns with people filling around. I felt shock move through my insides because this whole time, I thought everyone was dead after that night, but apparently I had been wrong.

It didn’t seem like everyone in our kingdom attended the ball that night like I’ve believed this whole time.

My magic could be felt by other warlocks and slowly, I watched as people turned around to stare at me as we walked past.

A murmur slowly went through the crowd that was slowly gathering and I began to worry, hoping they wouldn’t attack us right now because Blaze was currently weak and I couldn’t protect the both of us. For a moment, I feared that these people believed I was responsible for the killing of my entire family.

However, in the next moment, they all slowly began to drop to their knees, head connecting with the ground. I staggered a little, shock and confusion slamming into me.

"What’s happening?" I whispered to Blaze, widened eyes taking in the fact that everyone was currently bowing.

"They’re bowing down for you in acknowledgment." Blaze explained and I blinked again just as the kneeling people’s voices began to ring out. They were all saying the same thing.

"Our king has finally returned!"

~~~

One of the warlocks, an aged woman, took us in and offered us refreshment. There, she explained all that happened after the royal family got killed. Apparently, my mother’s brother had taken over the throne and had been treating his people really horribly. She explained to me that even though they were all told that I was the murderer of the royal family, that no one actually believed that because they all knew I couldn’t hurt anyone.

After she began to explain all that they all went through, it brought tears to my eyes and I felt sick to my stomach. I also suddenly felt protective of the people of this clan, since I was the only royal family left, it was my duty to protect them and on moving forward, I promised myself that I was gonna do just that.

After that, I asked if she could teach me how to use my magic and she instantly agreed.

We spent three days with her and in such a short period, because of my determination, I managed to master so much more than I hoped to do. Even the woman was very impressed. She was also more than awed by the amount of woman I possessed and she even recognize my mother’s magic amidst my own and I revealed to her that my mother put her magic and that of my siblings within me the night they got killed.

On the third night, Blaze’s arm didn’t hurt anymore but I told him that since I now had a lot of tricks up my sleeve, he didn’t need to always do the protecting any longer. He kissed me and pulled me over him in the bed that night, and then he asked me to promise him that I wasn’t gonna die no matter what, and I made him promise me the same thing.

~~~

The next morning, however, a knock on the door ruined everything. Men flooded in from different corners of the house, spraying something that instantly weakened me before I could do anything.

I panicked, trying to call out Blaze’s name, but darkness soon surrounded me, pulling me under.