Chapter 418: A bad sign
There was a faint knock on the door interrupting Abrielle and Cedric. "I will take it," Cedric said walking towards the door. The door creaked open, and Evelyn was standing patiently there.
"Something just happened, your highness." Her voice was shaking, her eyes unable to focus.
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A few minutes earlier, close to the Nightshade estate, grunts could be heard around the wood west of the main building. The same route Abrielle had attempted to use during her escape.
Beads of sweat formed over Evelyn’s forehead. Her fist clenched as she delivered another power kick to a tree trunk at the same spot she had been kicking for a while. A large hole was already in the outer bark.
"Still not enough." Evelyn groaned, jumping to deliver a flying kick, but she still felt worthless. The image of Abrielle’s numb body appeared in front of her after they pulled her out of the frozen water
She was so worthless then and the princess almost died. Her duty was to protect Abrielle and not the other way around. "You need to be stronger." She screamed, kicking the tree with a reinforced kick covered with magic.
The old trunk shook and threatened to fall. She stopped and bent over to catch her breath. Sweat dripping down, her chest beating fast. It was already dusk, and the air was getting chilly.
They were slowly approaching the middle of summer, but Vesper, being a coastal land, was particularly cold at night. A round of applause rang, and Evelyn’s head turned towards the direction of the sounds.