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The Bride of the Would-be Demon King

Chapter 4 Escape

Word Count: 1661    |    Released on: 06/06/2021

rom Shia, leaving a gash in his dark cape. Shia tried again, this time aiming for the boy's face. This left him with n

er hands. He was too strong for her though, and he was able to resist the dagger from going further to his face. She wrestled her with all her m

e herself from his grasp. This time, she tried to make an overhea

ment. Shia would have been as surprised as him too if she was not b

tacks. Shia had no time to answer as she trie

ng surprising has started to happen. The boy's left eye stopped glowing altogether. The red light eman

ldered than ever, and so did Sh

from getting pierced by the arrow. The arrow punctured him in the back, and he screamed in pain. As he did, he lost a little bit of his balance, and he let go of Shia's wri

to move him away but he did not budge, and in a heartbeat, he scooped Shia's waist and

er than her and more muscular than she had expected. It was like beating a wall with a piece of cloth. At that poi

end part of the arrow sticking at the boy's back, and she tried to thug

nded Shia of his father's voice whenever he commanded her with s

she raised her hands and tried to create a wall of vines to fend it off. To her surprise, only a single stem appeared. It did successfully thwart

s all five arrows were fast approaching. Then, Shia had an idea. She focused her thought on the stem until it grew and grew tremendously. In a matter of second, the s

er and her energy began to leave her. Using her powers again for the first time after three months must had had a tremendous effect on her. She sensed t

tree, his eyes widened a bit, but he did not say anything. Sudde

trail of blood from where they treaded moments before, and she saw that blood was coming out of the boy's sid

hand away and arched his body in defence. She dismis

I won't hurt y

cean blue color. They locked eyes for what felt like an ete

a lot because he had carried her. Shia felt a small pang of guilt knowing that

hat the remaining bandits were not too far away. Without a word, the boy got up one more time, and tried

will lose a lot of blood

ds her, and they started to swiftly walk side by side with Shia assisting h

n a considerably slower pace. He did have a nice nimble walk that match

h faster than they did. However, the boy began to stagger a little bit more with every s

arsely at this point, and to Shia and the boy's su

of miles down below. She left out a sigh. Shia could swim, but the height of their jump frightened her

n his side, his back, and his leg brought him, but he did not show it

all corners. Two of them were aiming arrows at them and one of them was carryin

scape them now,' Shia

rt you or come after you," the one w

ian seemed to drive a hard bargain, at least in Shia's eyes. She would have thought the same thing, but Shia would die first before let

ld like it very much," the

ng her across the edge of t

her body, Shia took the leap and jumped down

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1 Chapter 1 PROLOGUE2 Chapter 2 In the Wilderness3 Chapter 3 The Boy From the Foothold Trap4 Chapter 4 Escape5 Chapter 5 The Dream6 Chapter 6 Confusion and Misunderstanding7 Chapter 7 Not Your Fault8 Chapter 8 The Prince's Plan9 Chapter 9 Worries and Fears10 Chapter 10 His Preposterous Proposal 11 Chapter 11 A Purely Transactional Relationship12 Chapter 12 Dinner Act13 Chapter 13 Agreeing To His Plan14 Chapter 14 Marmie15 Chapter 15 An Act of Mercy 16 Chapter 16 The Fates of Those Cursed17 Chapter 17 Utterly Strange 18 Chapter 18 At The Fake Funeral 19 Chapter 19 Father's Secret 20 Chapter 20 The Mark of The Beast21 Chapter 21 Reaching Sensala 22 Chapter 22 The House of Andry 23 Chapter 23 Forced to Separate24 Chapter 24 What It Takes To Be A Noble25 Chapter 25 A Strange Encounter26 Chapter 26 At The Dress Shop27 Chapter 27 More Strange Encounters28 Chapter 28 In The Woods29 Chapter 29 Dinner Party30 Chapter 30 Danterion's Condition 31 Chapter 31 Finding Freya 32 Chapter 32 Tattoos And Bad Blood 33 Chapter 33 An Unexpected Occurrence 34 Chapter 34 Mage Silas 35 Chapter 35 Breaking Destinies 36 Chapter 36 Swear In My Name 37 Chapter 37 Plans and Motives38 Chapter 38 At The Library39 Chapter 39 Answers40 Chapter 40 Muddled Thoughts And Feelings 41 Chapter 41 The Debutant Ball42 Chapter 42 Playing Pretend43 Chapter 43 Changing Partners 44 Chapter 44 Someone You Don't Love45 Chapter 45 Losing You46 Chapter 46 What She Knows47 Chapter 47 A Pact With The Devil48 Chapter 48 Painful Goodbye49 Chapter 49 Uncontrollable Desires50 Chapter 50 Time To Flee51 Chapter 51 The King's Trap52 Chapter 52 False Witness 53 Chapter 53 Letters54 Chapter 54 At All Cost55 Chapter 55 The Strength To Go On 56 Chapter 56 Other End of The Bargain 57 Chapter 57 Animal58 Chapter 58 A Cup of Tea 59 Chapter 59 Lethal Dose 60 Chapter 60 Hallucination61 Chapter 61 Up To No Good 62 Chapter 62 Meeting Langrey 63 Chapter 63 Remember64 Chapter 64 Hopeful 65 Chapter 65 Something Bad 66 Chapter 66 Thwarted Plan 67 Chapter 67 Camping At Liddraele 68 Chapter 68 Clearing The Misunderstanding 69 Chapter 69 Proof Of My Love 70 Chapter 70 New Rule 71 Chapter 71 Detained 72 Chapter 72 Plans For Safety 73 Chapter 73 Towards Jazamel 74 Chapter 74 Aboard The Ship 75 Chapter 75 Gavil's Flute76 Chapter 76 Carrying Eggs77 Chapter 77 Waking Up 78 Chapter 78 First Night79 Chapter 79 A Dangerous Solution 80 Chapter 80 Unexpected Proposal 81 Chapter 81 The Familiar 82 Chapter 82 Reunion and Wedding Plans 83 Chapter 83 Discovered84 Chapter 84 Meetings At The Temple 85 Chapter 85 Grave Spirits 86 Chapter 86 The Wedding And The Ritual 87 Chapter 87 Time Passages To Hell 88 Chapter 88 End of The Passage 89 Chapter 89 Memories90 Chapter 90 This Time 91 Chapter 91 Trick 92 Chapter 92 Night Attack 93 Chapter 93 Accept Me 94 Chapter 94 The Aftermath 95 Chapter 95 The Life I Like 96 Chapter 96 Golden Chance 97 Chapter 97 To Kill Sirion 98 Chapter 98 Escaping The Castle 99 Chapter 99 Boy From The Past 100 Chapter 100 Behind The Portrait