Chapter 25. Sweet Sacrifice


Fear is only in our minds, Taking over all the time. Fear is only in our minds but it's taking over all the time.

You poor sweet innocent thing. Dry your eyes and testify. You know you live to break me. Don't deny sweet sacrifice.-Evanescence


I couldn't…my heart was hurting, as if I had died myself.

Pain, excruciating pain was enveloping like rain, hatred seeping in through the spilled tears that once held me.

And it was all because of him.

My nails dug harshly into my flesh, glaring to the black wolf as he fought Kiba, circling each other with their fur bristled and black lips curled back in vicious snarls.

And they attacked, Darcia mercilessly inflicting and relishing in the pain he caused the white wolf, a mad filled joy flickering through his orbs each time Kiba's red blood spluttered into the air, staining the white coat in his hatred.

I then flicked my orbs towards the maiden, watching as she made her way slowly from where she had once laid, my voice slowly guiding her to me.

And I bit back my frustration each time Cheza winced, her arms stretched out in front of her as she tried to find me, to touch me and find she would be alright.

"N-Nai…?" She whimpered, shifting unsurely before she came so close that now she could touch me.

I smiled as she then wrapped her arms around me, sniffling in relief.

"Don't worry, Cheza, I'm here."

She then began to tremble, her fingers clutching into the fabric of my shirt, whimpering in cracking volume, making me shift a bit so I could give her as best of a hug as I could.

"Please don't cry, I promise I'll get out and help Kiba stop him." I grounded out, glaring out to Darcia who was enveloped in the joy of Kiba's blood spilling; throwing the white wolf around in anyway he pleased to inflict more pain.

Cheza whimpered, trembling as her voice seemed to crack, feeling the warm tears trickling down her check to drop against my own, and suddenly, she murmured something that made me freeze in place.

"This one can't sense you anymore."

I was surprised that I couldn't even gasp; she…couldn't sense me…

How couldn't she….

Darcia's maniacal laugh soon cut me off from my revere, my eyes snapping up to see Kiba yelping in pain, his form slamming into the forgotten boulders that cracked against the sheer force of his throttle.

And Cheza flinched in fear, trembling and whimpering for the white wolf she couldn't see…but sense.

"Do you see this, silver moon?" Darcia sang mockingly, "Weak!"

I snarled in response, the black wolf grinning widely as he began to approach Kiba for his final breathe that he would steal from him, but a sudden 'ring' in the air stopped all movement and my own beating heart that raced for the white wolf.

The sound was like metal ringing from a sudden force that hit against it, my eyes slowly trailing to what the maiden was suddenly doing, her arms throwing up into the air before slamming back down into the chains with a defined sharp rock, trying her best to release me.

When the fuck did she grab the rock! I thought in shock, watching as how the maiden bit her lip in determination before repeating the process.

"What are you doing?" Darcia muttered, turning his attention to us, snarling in frustration, "Stop it!"

But the maiden chose not to listen, ignoring the black wolf as he began to step forward in our direction, throwing down the rock into the binds that held me.

"STOP IT!" Darcia snarled, his steps coming faster until he was suddenly running at us, Kiba's cry a distant sound as the black wolf bolted to us, his fangs bared and his eyes flickering in that mad urgency, "Don't release her!"

I gasped as the black wolf lunged with bared fangs open, barely hearing Kiba's howl that echoed into the sky in desperation, the noble's eyes holding me captive as I could only call the maidens name, barely noticing the defined 'snap' as I screamed in fear for the maiden.

"CHEZA!"