Chapter 27: Endurance

Vivian lays next to the fox trying to keep her warm while Sylvia paced back and forth. Sylvia looks at the sky has the sun starts to set. "What is taking him so long?"

Vivian looks back down to the fox as they turn back into humans. Elise's forehead was drenched with sweat. Vivian removes the cloth she has tied around her stomach and dabs Elise's forehead. She stops her action as the hooves of a horse beaten loudly on the ground can be heard.

Grant jumps off his horse and looks at them. His eyes wide at the state his fiancée is in. "Elise?" He rush to her side and kneels down. "Elise!" He gently lifts her in his arms and brushes some loose strands of hair from her face. "What happened to you?"

Elise slowly opens her eyes. "G-Grant?"

Sylvia place a hand on the prince's shoulder. "Methis must have done this to her."

He glances at the queen then back down to Elise.

Elise looks at him with her tired eyes. "Grant." She weakly grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him down. She rest her cheek on his. Grant's eyes wide when Elise told him something important. Once the shock has passed He grits his teeth and narrow his eyes. He looks down at her. She has a tear that falls down her cheek. "I couldn't let him do it. Your brother, Belle and Lori doesn't deserve to be apart. Even if the spell is place back on the castle." She gives him a sad smile. "Even if he was the Beast again, I know that Adam will be a great father to Lori." Her fever had gotten to her as she passes out in Grant's arms.

The group raised their heads when they heard the door of the mansion opened and closed. Methis walks to the group but stop in his tracks when he saw the Prince. "Well. Looks like we have an unwelcome guest!"

Grant grits his teeth. "YOU! What did you do to Elise!?"

Methis looks at the raven hair woman. "What does it look like I did to her. She refuses to cooperate with me, so why bother have her around?"

"And What she just told me. About you forced her to keep quiet of your plans on the kingdoms with a threat to re-curse my brother and his castle?! That was true, wasn't it!?"

The Sorcerer glares down to the couple. "Yes it's true!" He raises his left hand to the sky. The clouds turned dark and the wind stared to pick up. "And since she couldn't keep a secret, I guess I have to keep my threat strong and see that your bother and his castle is punish for it!" A dark aura forms around his raised hand and flows to the sky to travel with the clouds to Adam's castle. "No spell of love shall free them this time! They will live the rest of their days as Fragile trinkets, while the king will forever live in solitude!"

Methis spell was almost complete as the aura starts to disappear from his hand, too focused on his spell, he had failed to noticed that Lewis had charged at him. The impact knocking the Sorcerer to the ground. He glares up to the man who turns into a Boar during the day. The look on Lewis' face was pure hatred. "You have no idea how bad I've wanted to do that."

Methis stands up and brushed himself off. "So this is how you'll repay me after years of making sure that each of you were safe and taken care of? Fine, have it your own way. I'll show none of you mercy!" His eyes fell on the Prince. "Right after take care of two pest."

Foy glares. "Stealing us from our homes was "keeping us safe"?!"

Vivian smirks. "I think It's funny while "keeping us safe" Elise made a fool out of you several times, Methis!" She looks over to the couple. "She's sly as a fox."

Methis grits his teeth. "SILENCE!" The wind knocked them off their feet. "No one made a fool of me!"

Grand shakes his head knowing how wrong the sorcerer was. He stands up with Elise in his arms. "Elise once told me that stubbornness isn't always a bad thing and during this whole experience she has proven that true. But the way you're expressing it shows the same stubbornness that cursed my Brother to begin with. This type is being held with strong blindness to see that you lost from the beginning."

"I HAVEN'T LOST! NOT YET! I'm just starting!" Methis gives the prince a sinister grin. "You, Grant, shall be the first to experience my true potential!" The dark aura surrounds him and consume him. Grant quickly walks over to Miles and puts Elise in his arms. The prince removes the sphere from his pocket as he removes his Jacket and gloves. Grant knew what was happening and he has to endure what was about to come.

He looks to Sylvia. "Go into the Mansion. This may take a while... and... make sure Elise lives to see another day."

The Queen nods picks up Demy and the group rushes to the Mansion. Lewis on the other hand walks up to the Prince. "What exactly are you going to do with that?! Methis is going to tear you to bits and all you have is a glowing ball!"

Grant looks at the sphere "True just the sphere alone won't stop him but It's going to effect me not him." He looks at Lewis. " You must go to join the other."

Lewis eyes wide. "And Face him alone when he morphed?" He glares. "I don't thinks so!"

Grant puts his hand on Lewis' shoulder. "Anger Clouds your judgement. You're not fit to fight. Beside you have to protect the other incase anything happens."

Lewis looks back to the Mansion then to Grant and in defeat gives a nod.

Grant watches Lewis join the others. The sphere's glow grows to a blinding noise. Wind starts to swirl around him as the enchantress' magic start to turn him back into a fox. His shirt rips apart from his growing body.

The aura disappears from Methis' body to reveal a huge Gray wolf. He growls to the now 7 foot fox. Grant's ears dropped as he snarls to the wolf. "Stay strong all of you."


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