“He said there is this dark magic he could use to revive someone who died,” Ryan said, almost looking crazed with the idea. His eyes danced with this weird light, as if he could imagine Calpin succeeding in keeping his promise.
His whole body was exuding this crazed vibe when he explained Calpin would go through with his promise to him if he just listened to him and did a few immoral things.
Abby felt her whole body shudder with disgust looking at her father losing grip over reality. “I just need to give you to him, and he will revive your mother. How wonderful it will be if Riley comes back?”
“Father, you are insane!” Abby admonished him, but the man couldn’t come out of his delusions at all. “He killed hundreds of people to get to me the last time, how could you think it will be over once he gets his hands on me?”
“And he wants to use what? Dark magic? Did you forget that mother’s sole purpose in life was to stop him from wreaking havoc in this world?” She sounded exasperated now, and fearing she would really throw a fireball at him, she immediately snuffed the flame dancing around her palm and hugged the book tightly.
“Did you know he sent hundreds of rogues to attack the palace last month? Can you imagine what would have happened to the entire kingdom if he succeeded and killed the royal family?”
She couldn’t understand how he could ignore the massacres Calpin always induced in whichever place he targeted for such a promise full of sinisterness
“You know nothing! Riley comes first, I don’t care about anything else!!!” Ryan was shouting back now. “You don’t know the hell I went through without her for the past ten years!! I can’t take it anymore, I want her and that is all that matters!”
Ryan started pulling at the bars, as if he wanted to break them to get to his daughter. “We can all be together again. Live happily, don’t you want that?”
The more he talked, the more deranged he looked, until it made Abby turn away from him and leave this place. “Father, your thoughts are purely selfish and unreasonable. Mother wouldn’t want you to turn into who you are now.”
“She will not hold a grudge when she realizes I only did it for her. And for you two sisters. She will love me all the same.” Ryan sounded quite confident, but Abby was done with him.
It was clear he was misled until he couldn’t tell reality from dreams, or nightmares? Bringing back people who had already died? If that wasn’t a nightmare, Abby didn’t know what else was.
“You are beyond redemption!” She threw at him before turning around to walk away from him, but the man seemed to have remembered something as he shouted for her to stop.
“Abby, Abby! Don’t leave yet! Where is Hanna? Can you bring her to me?!” He shouted after her, but the girl didn’t respond to him. “I need to see my older daughter! Bring her to me, Abby!!!”
“Father, do you even realize how pathetic you sound now? Bringing back mother, reunion of our family? You are just delusional!”
“What do you mean? You don’t want it? You don’t want her to come back?” Ryan’s face looked really savage now. “You don’t want to see her again? You monster!! You are a monster!!”
But all that reached his ears was the rattling of the chains that bound his limbs, restricting him from having too much movement. His voice echoed quite loud, along this dark corridor, where he was the only prisoner.
On the other hand, Abby couldn’t bother to talk sense into Ryan anymore when she realized there was no turning back for him from this. Like she said, he was beyond redemption.
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“Okay, calm down and walk me through this again.” Mirella looked at Abby, who was a panting mess.
She looked behind her, but Alyssa just shook her head, indicating she had no idea why Abby was this agitated until she stumbled over her words this badly.
“Queen Abby went to her old house, but then she ran to the dungeon. I tried to follow her in, but the guards outside told me she went looking for Mr. Ryan…”
Alyssa didn’t need to finish her sentence for Mirella to understand that the maid stopped her pursuit short and waited for her master to come out.
“Okay, Abby. Did you quarrel with Ryan?” Mirella looked worried, because it was an open secret how Ryan treated Abby in this pack before Micah found her.
In fact, Abby also told her a little, and she understood the rest of the story, when she asked the witch to communicate with the pack members during the investigation.
However, Abby’s words, after she finally calmed down enough to speak coherently, made literal chills run down her spine. “Is there any dark magic to revive the dead?”
“Where did you hear that? Ryan said that? Did Calpin intend to revive someone?” Mirella flooded her with questions and Abby gritted her teeth when she spoke again.
“Is there something like it or not?”
“Yes, there is. But it’s ancient sorcery. A very dangerous dark magic! If you ask me, it is the most sinister witchcraft out there!”
“Oh my god! This is pure absurdity!” Abby felt her soul leave her body hearing the witch confirm it. Now she understood why Ryan fell prey to Calpin’s schemes.
He was using her father’s love toward her mother for his own gain.
“Come with me, we need to talk to Micah about this!”
Even though Mirella didn’t know what was going on, she let the girl pull her away. She would know once Abby met Micah anyway.
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“We need to stop Calpin at any cost!” Abby told Micah after Mirella explained how dangerous the dark sorcery of reviving someone from death was.
His queen just told him about her conversation with Ryan and he couldn’t help but agree it was beyond absurd. But this also solidified his stance to capture that dark magic user as soon as possible.
“Okay, little one, you are too agitated now.” Micah pulled her to her feet before leading her to the guest bedroom. “Why don’t you rest while I rearrange my thoughts about this?”
“Yes, Abby. You have been running here and there all day long, you should pay attention to your health too.”
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