Fates Hands novel Chapter 120

Chapter 22-Book 3  

Everyone was engaged in the battle with the fire-lizard, Dargon finally rushed the lizard straight on, and with a mighty swing of his sword, he cut off the lizard’s head. Still, it remained alive.

Archer and August took the head and heaved it a long way from the body; that way, it would take time to regenerate if that is what its intentions were.

When it was done, Archer turned to where Rachel was standing to make sure she was alright, only she wasn’t there. He searched frantically but could not find her.

“Everyone!!! Rachel is gone where is she? We have to find her now.!!”

They all looked in the vicinity of the battle, but there was nothing; Ashton found something in the dirt. He called everyone over what they saw made them all angry. (This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)There were two of what appeared to be drag marks, one for each of her feet.

They went on for a little bit and then disappeared entirely. August was holding Archer back from running blindly further into the cavern. It was a trap, and they all knew that.

Ava stepped into the middle of all of them, “Stop everyone.”

“Archer, do you remember me having you switch stones with Rachel?”

“Yes, I remember.”

It hit him then Rachel now has the summoning stone. He smiled at that bit of good news. Now all they had to do was wait for her to kiss it, and they will all be right there with her.

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At that moment, the fog started to roll in. It wasn’t a regular fog. This fog was a dark grey color and had little explosions of dark lightning.

Dargon began yelling for everyone to run and get to higher ground if possible.

“DO NOT LET IT TOUCH YOU!!”

They ran from it. There wasn’t much for high ground inside the cavern, but a wall sloped, which gave them some height; it was just enough. They were, however, stuck on this slight slope.

They couldn’t go any higher, and there was nowhere else along the slope to move further down the cavern.

Archer looked at Dargon.

“Do you know what this fog is? Is there a way to dissipate it?”

“All I know, Archer is during my time after we kicked out Selena, this fog would show up at random

times if anyone were caught in it, you would never see them again; you would, however, hear their screams.”

“Well, everyone, we are good and truly stuck.” (0)

Ashton said with a frown as he reached for Marnie to hold her to him, making sure she was far away from that fog.

Archer paced back and forth. You could tell that he and Solis were starting to get a bit impatient and anxious. They wanted Rachel, and they wanted her now. He made himself and Solis calm down; (This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)freaking out would only cause more trouble.

The fact that she did not kiss the stone already was telling, and Archer wasn’t happy about it.

Rachel woke up in a small damp cell. There was a single torch outside the bars that let in a bit of light; she could hear water dripping and something that sounded like hissing.

When she tried to move, though, she found her legs bound; she found it odd that they would only tie her legs; she could use her hands to untie them.

It was then that she realized what had her bound. To her horror, she could see the coils of a giant snake. She followed the rings around her legs up and up till she was looking directly into the eyes of this blacker-than-pitch snake.

Then a voice out of the dark started to speak in a gleeful voice. Rachel didn’t need an introduction to know that it was Selena.

“As long as you behave yourself, Isae will not do you any harm. He is only to hold you nothing more unless I say so.”

She walked up to Rachel, holding a syringe.

“Just hold still. I only need a little of your blood for the test.”

Selena wasn’t very gentle with the needle; Rachel gave her a death glare while Selena giggled.

“How long do you intend on keeping me here. You know the others are going to come. What do you hope to achieve? Accept your defeat.”

“My Dear little witch, I will never accept defeat; as for keeping you here, why the cell door isn’t locked; you can go anytime you wish. She laughed and left her again alone with the snake.”

Rachel looked on at the empty hallway; sure, it is open, but only if I want to take my new fashion accessory with me.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)

That was when she remembered the stone. All she would have to do was get her hand to her pocket and hope the snake won’t pay her any mind. Kiss the stone and poof won’t everyone be surprised.

As she started to wiggle around to get to her pocket, she heard a wispy voice.

“Got an itch do ya?”

She stopped what she was doing and looked up at the only other creature in the room.

“Did you just speak?”

“Yesss, I did just ssspeak little daughter of eve.”

“Can you let me go, please?”

“I can”

Rachel looked at the snake; if she didn’t know any better, she would swear that it was smiling.

“Let me rephrase that question, Will you let me go?”

“No”

“Are you sure there isn’t some way we could come to an agreement?”

“You are not one of Selena’s creatures, are you?”

This time Rachel knew that the snake was smiling; it began to sway a little as if in some sort of glee. Rachel, for some reason, didn’t feel any good or evil coming from it, nor did she think she was in

Danger.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)

Still, something about the snake gave her goosebumps; perhaps it was because it was a giant snake; she wasn’t exactly fond of snakes.

“You are very sssmart for a human. I like ssmart humans. They are not as violent. They always sssee

ne and run in fear.”

“They probably think that you are going to eat them.”

“Eat, Humans? Yuck, they have too many bones, and they tassste funny some of them are even rotten tasting.”

Rachel didn’t say anything about how humans taste; since it knew the flavor, she assumed that it did try humans at some point in its life.

“If Selena does not control you, then why do you do her bidding?”

“She gave me a pretty stone for my nessst; perhaps if you provide me with something pretty, I will help you.”

“What kind of pretty things do you like for your nest?”

Isea became quiet as if in thought. Then it focused on Rachel’s hair. It got a look of happy glee upon staring at her.

Rachel wasn’t sure what Isea was thinking; the look on its face was one of glee she didn’t know if that was good or bad.

“I would like sssome of your hair to put into my nesst.”

Rachel reached back. She had her hair in a ponytail and cut off the tail with a bit of fire magic, holding it out to Isea the snake.

“Will this be enough?”

“Oh, my yesss. more than enough.”

With that, the long coil of its body started to move, and Rachel was now free. She felt relieved there was something about being that close to this snake that made her feel strange. It was a feeling she couldn’t pinpoint.

“So, Isae, is that your real name? Are you good or evil?”(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)

“Fascinating quesstionss daughter of eve, Isssae is one of my many namess asss for your sssecond quesstion if I am good or evil. If I wass good, you wouldn’t need to ask, and if I am evil, why would I tell the truth.?”

Rachel didn’t say more; the fact that she did ask the question means that he could be evil. So far, he has done no harm to her.

Selena was overjoyed at the results of the test. That stupid little witch is a descendant of the white witches. That means she is perfect; all I have to do now is take her soul, put it into another vessel, and put myself into her body.

She laughed maniacally. The fog will still be flowing for a while, yet still, she had to hurry. She started gathering for what she needed-special herbs to help the process of dying and rebirth.

Oh, just think of what she will do with a new body; true, she would still have to drink the blood. However, a new body had many possibilities, including having a child.

Of, course her first use for her new body was as a shield; her pathetic friends will not want to harm their friend and Mate. Perhaps she could manage some trickery and see if she couldn’t get Archer to mate with her.

She could start a new line of witches; she would teach her children everything she knew. I could even name my first son Dargon. She laughed at that. Yes, what a nice little twist to things.

Not only that, but she could use many generations to continue with her domination. What a wonderful day this is going to be.

She began preparations quickly. She already had the potions ready; the circles were prepared. All that was left was to prepare her body and speak the spells.

She chose a dark purple gown. It was perfect for a funeral shroud. For this to work, she had to kill herself at the appointed time to take over a new vessel.