Rathial was standing right in front of Elaina and he was looking mad.  She hadn't expected any less from him, but she wasn't expecting him to find her this soon.  She couldn't help but wonder if he had been waiting this whole time for her to fall asleep just so he could come get her."We meet again little warrior, you were quite naughty running away like that." Rathial said conversationally walking towards Elaina.Elaina tried to move only to find that her feet were securely rooted to the ground.  It looked like Rathial wasn't going to even give her the option of trying to fight against him."This isn't very fair now is it?" Elaina mocked giving a pointed look at her feet.Was he so afraid that she would do something to him if he allowed her to move?"Do you truly think I care about fair?" Rathial asked grabbing ahold of Elaina's face.  "I am the dark king, I have no reason to do anything fair."The smell of sulfur attack

When Elaina arrived at the tundra she was relieved to find that the behemoth beasts had remained in place overnight and seemed to be waiting for her and her friends.  Stepping forward she made her way to the closest one that seemed to be their leader."Are you willing to help us?" She murmured rubbing the creatures nose.Huffing the creature nudged its snout closer to Elaina's hand as if indicating that it was agreeing with her."Now, how do we get you back to camp?" Elaina wondered to herself turning so that she could face her comrades.  "Anyone have any ideas?"Samantha shook her head slowly but seemed to be deep in thought."If I remember correctly there are multiple lands in Ezra's realm, but exactly which direction to go is lost to me." Oliver said rubbing his chin."What about the rat?" Charisse asked."I haven't seen him since we arrived here." Elaina responded frowning."Did it bring us here and abandon us?" C

Instead of sleeping that night Elaina decided to take it upon herself to stay up and keep watch.  Something had her feeling on edge and she couldn't shake the feeling of foreboding that was trying its best to overwhelm her.  When the sun rose the next day she couldn't help feeling thankful.Standing up from her lookout point she stretched allowing her sore muscles to expand only to have to stop when her whip marks tugged painfully.  Wincing she ignored their screams of protest and went to wake up the others so they could get a move on."Wake up." Elaina murmured first kneeling beside Chase who was sleeping soundly."Mmmmmmm" Chase murmured rolling over and grabbing Elaina's hand.  "Five more minutes.""No can do." Elaina said pulling her hand away.  "We've got to get moving and I still need to wake the others.""No fair." Chase grumbled opening his eyes and locking them with Elaina's.  "Good morning." He said flashing

Elaina tried her best to bust through the cave wall that was now in place of the portal her friends had gone through, but ended up with nothing more than ripped and bleeding hands."No matter how much you do that you won't get anywhere." Rathial laughed beginning to move forward.Whirling around Elaina prepared for a fight, she was not about to go down easily.As Rathial approached Elaina lunged towards him pulling her hidden dagger from her shoulder and slashing it towards him.  He jumped back allowing Elaina to advance as she flicked the dagger towards Rathial's chest.  Dodging he extended his wings as his smile turned into a frown."You really are going to be defiant to the very end aren't you?" He asked snapping his fingers.The two dark warriors that had arrived with Rathial began to advance on Elaina.  Moving she flipped over the first one and wrapped an arm around his throat. Growling she began squeezing.  Th

Elaina tumbled out of the air landing hard on her injured back.  The sky above was full of clouds and thunder had begun to rumble as lightening streaked across the sky. Gasping Elaina remained in place staring straight ahead as the vision of her parents continued to dancing around in her mind.Closing her eyes she could feel tears threatening to form.  She had promised herself and Chase that she absolutely would not cry again and she intended to keep it that way.  Forcing them back she tried to think of something else."Elaina!" Chase's voice travelled to her over the sound of thunder as the ground vibrated while footsteps sounded.  "Is it really you?"Rolling over Elaina fixed her gaze on the man that was running towards her.  "How long this time?" She asked steeling herself for the answer."Only a month." Chase confirmed bending down to help Elaina to her feet."Careful." Elaina hissed as her back screamed in