Chapter 12

I dodged Jane's attack in one lithe movement.

"Jane, stop!"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" She continued to swing her sword back and forth and shred everything up besides me.

"I'm not who you think I am!" Her blade sliced into my bandaged arm and I screamed. Jane yanked her sword back not expecting my scream. I slid to the ground and gripped my arm. The pain had gone beyond bearable.

My voice was becoming hoarse and I realized I hadn't stopped screaming.

"Stop it! There's no one else here to hear you scream!" Her voice changed, it sounded desperate.

I felt worthless sitting on the ground screaming and sobbing like a lost child.

Jane stabbed the wall right beside my head. "Fight back! Your little stunt isn't tricking me, so fight back!" I thought I heard her voice crack but I couldn't be to sure over my crying.

"Make it stop…" I heard myself muttering and my body began shivering violently.

"Hey! Wake up! Stay with me!" I saw Jane shaking me but all I felt was numbness. Why does she care? She just tried to kill me. Why is she helping me?

She began to pile blanket after blanket on me. I'm not cold. Leave me alone. Just…leave me…alone. I felt my eyes close and fell into a deep sleep.

"S-Sephiran! What are you doing here?" I stood back and bowed. Jack stood head to head and smirked. Who does he think he is?

I elbowed him. "Show some respect."

His smirk vanished and he bowed grudgingly. I wonder if he's jealous of Sephiran?

"I'm on a research mission to try to see how the Western Nation got through. There's also been a threat to bomb the capital city."

"Damon." I said without hesitation.

He nodded. His face twisted into something unreadable. "He also speaks that something 'dear to him' was stolen."

"Kira." I spoke again.

"Yes, but we don't know her current location."

"I know," Jack spoke barely above a whisper. "I know where she is."

I whipped my head to face him. He wouldn't dare.

"Is that so? Well do tell." Sephiran's eyes narrowed.

"When the Western Nation evaded the Northern Castle, Kira escaped, obviously. I overheard some of Damon's soldiers saying that she was traveling south towards Locus River to meet up with someone on a ship to travel into Western Territory. Of course it has to be an underwater ship, like an submarine of some sort or else the entire East Border guards would be on there tail."

Sephiran rubbed his chin. "He claims she was stolen, meaning either she escaped on her own and he thinks we have her captured or is trying to bluff us. But then why would she return to the Western Nation if she escaped there in the first place? Where's your evidence?"

Jack's face tensed. "To know that you do not trust me, sir, is unnerving but none the less your evidence is someone you can find more trustworthy then I," Sephiran arched his eyebrows and Jack's eyes focused on me.

What? I'm his evidence? Where'd this come from? He better have an explanation.

"Yes, what he says is true." I said as straight forward a possible.

"Very well. I'll have to get hold of James and send him the news. His lack of information is not helping." Sephiran reached for the knob then turned around.

"If I find out this is false information I'll be very irritated and there'll be consequences to face." He looked me in the eye. "Your status and trust also depends on this. If you need me I'll be at Cenius's town hall." With that said he left the room.

"I know what your thinking and yes I'll explain."

"Is what you said true?" So help me god I will throw him out the window.

"Actually it is. It's used for secret shipping from Nivar city to Aurolisp. Derek let me in on the info."

My body tensed. What's he doing talking to a Westerner, Ex- Westerner? "How come you didn't tell Sephiran sooner?"

He just shrugged. "You should be happy, I just saved Lynn from being worldly humiliated, or worse possibly killed so shut up and deal with it." He got up and walked over to the door. " I'm gonna go. To much drama."

The door clicked on his way out and I was left puzzled.

I looked at Seth then jumped at the ring of my cell.

"Hello?" I answered on the first ring.

"Crow?" Linda sounded distressed. "Are you in town?"

"I'm in Cenius city. Why? What's going on?"

"Lynn is…Hurt badly. She won't stop shivering and she's unconscious."

I gritted my teeth. Was I to late? Did Jane already finish her off?

"I'll be there as soon as possible."