CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
The shout came from behind us, and Ben half-turned toward the gate. I was now glad to see a contingent of soldiers rush through the gate and at the creatures. They swung their glistening swords and chopped off the heads of all the creatures. The things dropped lifeless to the ground and all was still except for my heavily beating heart.
That skipped a beat when the leader of the soldiers came up to us. It was Commander Edouard, the man who sought to have me imprisoned and tortured because I possessed the Prima Staff. I couldn’t stop the color from draining from my face as he stopped in front of Ben and looked over the man with a critical eye.
“What are you doing here?” he questioned us.
Ben smiled at him as he adjusted my weight in his arms. “I thought to show
