Chapter 150: Arioch’s Return(4)
"I am not angry," Arioch wiped the tear rolling down her cheek. "It’s just that book is-"
"Oh, you’re not mad?" Alexandra’s face brightened up to a smile. "By the way, what are you trying to do with him?" she got out of his hold and walked towards the cage of the Dark Mage.
She didn’t like staying close to him. And she needs to make Arioch believe that she believes him.
"You are not trying to release him, are you, Arioch?" she asked turning swiftly.
She pretended she didn’t notice the anger in Arioch’s face disappearing immediately and he pretended to smile. A pang of pain passed through her heart. He must have done this in their previous life too, but she was too busy trying to get love from him, she refused to see the glaring signs that Tubby saw and warned her about.
"I didn’t like him and..." She clutched her skirt and her voice trembled. "I don’t know how, but I did it. I trapped him. I got scared and sent him here. Maximus told me he was keeping Inanis here... And I... Do you remember, Arioch? At the dungeons, Luke tried to..."
"Let’s not talk about that, Alexandra," Arioch walked towards her.
He couldn’t understand what she is doing. He was told that she killed Morfan and she had the Divine Flame on her. The beasts were all listening to her, and she somehow saved Maximus too.
The Dark Mage told him all the details. And he was the one who urged him to reach the capital immediately. He even orchestrated all the plans with the Dowager so that he would get in to have a hold of the Choshech Orb. But he didn’t hear from the Dark Mage when he was outside and he thought if the plan has changed. But the people who were arranged to sneak him in were waiting for him and he was able to slip in undetected.
When he found the Dark Mage in here, he told her that it was Alexandra who did that. He was filled with fear and he recited the spells so that they can leave quickly. He thought she would have figured out who he is by now. He didn’t want to die in her hands. He wanted to release the darkness and gain the power to destroy Maximus.
He was not happy to learn that Inanis’ first choice was Maximus. Here he is, willing to take the risk and serve as a vessel for the darkness, but Inanis is desiring Maximus’ body because of the Lukyan blood. And so he wanted to kill Maximus first so that Inanis would choose him as the vessel—to leave him no choice.
MAXIMUS—that insolent person who stole his life, cannot be spared!