Chapter 774

Chapter 119 : An Unexpected Alliance

Payne, Thomas, and all of Soren’s men stood there, shocked looks on their faces.

I imagined they’d come into the dungeon to rescue us and met a dead end in a passage that was supposed to be open, and they were left wondering what to do.

“Miss Mila, you’re okay!” Payne exclaimed. I noticed the look of relief in his eyes.

Thomas grinned. He made a motion, like he was wiping sweat off his brow.

I was just as happy to see them as they were to see me.

Payne and Thomas did a quick glance around, evaluating the situation.

“Finally, we can make ourselves useful!” Thomas whistled, his eyes darted over to the army and he immediately led an assault on the puppet soldiers that were swarming Soren.

Payne was staring at the king, his eyes were focused on the thorny root around Dylan’s neck.

Dylan was practically unrecognizable. He was covered in dirt and his clothes were torn. It wasn’t what a king would normally look like. I was keeping a close eye on Dylan, making sure he wasn’t going to try and sneak away.

“Is that…” Payne followed my gaze.

“The Alpha King,” I confirmed. “He is going to lead us out. Isn’t that right, Your Majesty?” I raised my voice at the end so he’d hear me clearly.

Payne balked and stared at the dirty, disheveled king. He looked more like a war prisoner than royalty.

“Well… Surely,” Dylan muttered. “If you could loosen this root… that would be even better.” He pointed at his neck.

I arched an eyebrow at him.

“I’m not sure what the royal guards would think if they saw this. Better they don’t think you’re threatening me,” Dylan pressed.

I turned to Payne. “Can you please ensure that His Majesty is ‘taken care of?’ I don’t want him… slipping away.”

The corner of Payne’s mouth twitched. “Yes, of course, Miss Mila.” Payne motioned Dylan over and the king complied.

As slippery and crafty as Dylan was, Payne wouldn’t let him get away.

I made the root go away the moment Payne had him surrounded by our men.

Payne moved Dylan out of the way of the puppet warriors.

I turned my attention back to Soren and Thomas. With his reinforcements, Soren was finally able to subdue Sebastian in a way that made the puppet warriors back off.

It looked like the situation was starting to get under control.

called

I wanted to run to him and help him heal—I’d learnt a few new

took a step, I felt him in

to finish this off quickly,’ he told

voice was so soft

for coming to the palace in the first place. I hadn’t had a chance to talk to

nodded to me. And from the moment we could communicate, he’d been

His soft words of “my love” echoed in my mind,

attention back to Sebastian and the warriors. It

while he was in the middle of a harsh

and took a step back. Finally, things were working

whipped my head around and stared at the

snapped, recognizing him immediately. How many times have I had to ask him the same question?! “I told you to

would kill me the

if on cue, Ashley appeared behind Eros. She glared at him, bristling. She

to wait until ‘next time’

lips like he was

and Madam Scarlet were

think either of them would interfere with anyone else’s

do Soren’s bidding, but I’d never seen him proactively come to a

Hmmmmm,” Eros kept making those annoying

to say?” I

toward Ashley and motioned to her and then

my eyes. Just because Ashley said “shut your mouth”, Eros had to make

her eyes. “For f**k’s sake, just say what you

at me. “I

asked, arching an

“From coming back…”

stop her? She’s so fragile and weak

Scrape. Scratch.

ran down my spine as I heard something dragging across

“What is that?”

shoulder. “Get ready, Mila. You’re

dark silhouette appeared from the shadows. Based on the shape, it looked like a

see clearly, my eyes bulged

It was none other than Aunt Helen!

loss for words, she had already come to stand right in front of me. Only then, I realized that she hadn’t

freely, and the roots that replaced her arms moved similarly to real arms. The color was all wrong but if I’d seen only her silhouette, I would have thought she grew her arms

more in awe when I saw her

wrinkles. Her hair was glossy and straight, all the way down to her waist. She’d even

focusless, instead,

old lady I’d found in the dungeons was gone. She looked like an elegant forest elf or fairy, full of vitality and power. She now looked like the woman I’d always seen in my dreams.

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