Chapter 236: He’ll Be back
Katelina felt her knees buckle as she slumped to the floor, staring at the remaining three dragon eggs. Five were gone.
"No!" Levi gasped from behind. "Onyx!" Levi cried out and rushed into the adjacent chamber. Katelina sighed in relief when Levi returned with Onyx and Ember in his arms. Onyx quickly flew to her shoulder as soon as it saw her.
"I’ll gather the men and look for their trails," Luis informed.
"There’s no need to waste resources. It’s too late to save the eggs. They’ve imprinted dark magic on them already," Ezekiel interrupted as he approached Katelina.
"How do you know that?" Luis questioned with a furrowed brow.
"Do I need to explain myself to you? For all I know, I’m not sure if you can be trusted either," Ezekiel retorted, and Katelina could feel his annoyance through their bond.
She grabbed Ezekiel’s hand and gently squeezed it. "Luis and Asura are the only ones I trust the most, Kiel. Jade, the green dragon, chose Luis as its dragonrider, and a dragon bond between them was successfully created with my spell."
Ezekiel didn’t comment but explained through their bond, [I can read past memories once Khal’s claws touch the brain nerve of the person. I was able to release the hallucinogenic gas inside their brain and see through certain memories.]
Then he looked straight into her eyes and said, "She’s not the only spy inside your palace, Kate. There are more, including those in the temple at Mount Zion. They are Devon’s followers, the ones you thought were freed from slavery."
"That’s impossible because we screened everyone and removed those with traces of dark magic," Luis reasoned. Katelina strongly believed that too.
"And who did that? Who screened them, Luis? Are you a mage yourself to fully distinguish who has a trace of dark magic?" Ezekiel countered.