Chapter 16 : RENGOKU

My eyes fell on the empty grate; the room was bitterly cold. I don’t know how I ended up here, my mate fainted. I was scared that something has happened to her, the next moment I blinked I found myself in this strange room. Standing still behind me the closed door, I was waiting patiently someone’s order. I moved to the empty grate and bent down, trying to use my magic to light a small flame to enlighten the darkroom. Strangely, I couldn’t cast a simple spell. I felt awkward.

« It’s no use; you don’t need to warm me, I am used to the cold, » it was a familiar woman’s voice.

I couldn’t see a thing because of the darkness. I drew back. Strangely, my senses were all declined, I couldn’t smell like I used to and I couldn’t see in the darkness, as if I was a human. From the window, the moon’s light was making me the silhouette of a hand pointing at m