Page 88 of Wicked Enemy

Tilting his head to the side, he shrugged as if he could see the reason in it. But then his eyes sharpened and a malicious smile curled his lips. The expression made my blood freeze in panic.

“I will kill them quickly,” he began, that blood-curdling look still on his face. “But first, you need to go in there and prove that they are indeed highly skilled battle mages and not just some random civilians that you decided to sacrifice.”

“I would never give you civilians,” I snarled. “I’m trying to save the civilians working for me by making this fucking deal.”

He lifted his massive shoulders in a nonchalant shrug and then let out a cold laugh. “Alright, fine, that’s not the real reason.” His pale eyes glinted like shards of ice. “I need you to go in there because I want them to know thatyouare the one who sold them out and delivered them to their execution.”

“You fucking bastard, I will—”

“Careful now. Or I might withdraw this offer and start slaughtering everyone instead.”

Clenching my jaw, I stared back at him.

He nodded towards the door. “Now, hurry up and get over there.”

After another second of suppressing my urge to shove a sword into his throat, I spun around and stalked out the door.

Cool winds whirled down the street, but the pale sky above was clear, making the early fall sun shine its light on the city. I dragged in a deep breath as I quickly closed the distance to the door. My heart thrashed inside my ribcage as I pulled it open and stepped inside.

Three pairs of eyes immediately turned towards me.

“Levi—”

But I didn’t let them say anything else.

Slapping my palms together, I summoned my power and hurled a sheet of metal at them. Stunned surprise flashed across their faces.

But it quickly became invisible as magic exploded across the room instead.

Shifting my metal shield, I blocked the attacks while keeping my jaw clenched hard. I wasn’t here to kill them. I just needed to prove to White that I had followed his orders.

A bang reverberated through the air as a lightning bolt slammed into my metal wall. I yanked up another one as more magic shot across the room to block the sheet I shoved towards them.

I could almost hear White cackling to himself, but I knew that it was just a trick of my mind. There was no way that I could hear him over the noise of battle inside this room.

Dread surged up inside me. What if he had decided to once again break his word? What if he wasn’t going to worldwalk in here and kill them, but instead head to my unprotected Court and slaughter everyone there instead?

Right as the thought crossed my mind, a tall and muscular man with white blond hair materialized on the floor between them.

He was so fucking fast that they didn’t even have time to notice him before he rammed his blades right through their windpipes from behind.

Shock and pain and utter incredulity pulsed across their faces as their magic faded out and they staggered a step forward. Blood welled up from their necks as they tried to cough.

I kept all traces of emotion firmly locked away as all three of them crashed down on the floor.

Their faces were still full of shock and disbelief when their eyes at last glassed over.

Chapter38

That little voice of uncertainty inside my head refused to shut up. While I snuck through the east part of Malgrave’s south side, I heard the same thoughts repeated over and over again inside my skull.

Was this really the right thing to do?

What would happen when Captain Wright and all of my colleagues realized that Levi wasn’t here?

Had I helped people today or doomed them to a lifetime of misery underneath a dark mage’s thumb?

What would my father have done?

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