Chapter 360: Solo
I simply couldn’t believe my eyes and my hands instinctively moved to rub them as if it would change what I was seeing.
There were thick silvery chains weighing down both of my ankles, preventing me from taking another step forward. The wolf that we saw before suddenly made its appearance as it walked out from the thick trees and approached us.
"What is this? What is going on?" I asked in a shaky voice as I turned to stare at the prince before my eyes ventured to meet those of the wolf.
Prince Leonard was just as shocked as I was at the abrupt appearance of those chains. Nothing logical could have explained what was happening. It felt like we had stepped into a world of dark magic and that everything was being controlled by the wolf that we saw.
“Mila, are you okay?” The prince asked as his brows drew into a deep frown.
I was honestly more confused than scared with what was going on. Once again, I hated to feel that I was a burden to the prince and that he had to worry about me.
Instead of lying that I was feeling fine, I told him that we needed to find a way to get rid of the chains around my ankles. The prince nodded in agreement before crouching down and began pulling at the chains. The sound of metal clinking against each other instinctively reminded me of that day when I was bound by chains exactly like this during the underground auction where I was sold off.
A short moment of silence passed by before I suddenly heard a voice in my head.
“You too cannot proceed any further,’ a woman’s voice sounded directly in my mind.