Chapter 119 – Face-off (2)
"Listen to me a little!" Regulus shouted, "Just stop!" With another wave, he barely managed to deflect his daughter's disarming spell.
"I don't care."
"Quincy! Stop! You must come to your senses!"
"..." She didn't answer; she simply went on the attack once again, surprising Regulus. Back in the forest, her daughter was not this good or focused. Yet he couldn't be happy about it... if he also retaliates for real, he may hurt her for good!
"Quincy!" He shouted again, feeling that he was almost lifted from his legs to the air, barely managing to reverse the quiet, invisible spell aiming at his ankles.
"Stop calling me by name."
"I gave it to you! Listen to me, you must come with me! You have no future besides that bastard!" The moment the words left his mouth, Regulus could see a bright, red jet fly past him, just missing because he managed to turn into a dog and back in time. "Quincy! If you keep letting him poison your mind, you will be sentenced to death alongside him! Don't you see I am trying to save you from his grasp? It's death's cold fingers around your neck, don't you feel it?!"
"Is it?" She asked, looking directly into her father's eyes, her tone never before being this flat and devoid of warmth.
"It is! Please start seeing it for what it is! He is-"
But before he could say anything, Regulus felt as if a fist landed in his stomach as Quincy's knock-back spell hit him, making him lift into the air before crashing back down with a loud crack.
"You will never leave me alone, will you?" She asked, walking close and looking down at him, watching him wriggle in the snow, trying to sit up, feeling his chest being cracked at many places.