Chapter 307 - 307

"What's going on?" he wondered loudly, staring at the little totems resting on the shelves and the books with the pentagrams on the covers. "This is exactly like a horror movie." He stated and attempted to sit up. He was not restrained so with a bit of dedication he managed to command his sluggish body to be able to move. He looked around again, spotting a small door. It was opened and on the doorstep stood a small black cat with vibrant blue eyes. It meowed when they met eyes and stood up, walking away while wagging slowly its tail. Allias stepped on the wooden floor, hearing the thumping and followed it curious. 

He found himself in an endless hallway, a red carpet underneath his feet while portraits of many men were hanged on the walls. Others were black and white some had color in them. Allias stopped a few times to examine them. Their eyes were void of life, their expressions dull and he shivered. This place seemed so unreal, filled with a very ominous feeling. While he stopped to observe his surroundings the cat stopped too. When he took a while the cat would meow and signal him to move. 

They kept walking straight ignoring the rest of the doors on their sides until they finally reached the end of the hallway. Allias stood right in front of a bright red door. The cat looked at him for one last time before with a loud hiss it turned into nothing. Its body crumbled, becoming a white pile of  bones. The king looked at it surprised before his attention was drawn once more. He heard whispers behind the door. Two women. 

"He is here sister."

"I know, I know. Quiet."

"Is he handsome? You saw him didn't you?" 

Their voices sounded dry, as if they hadn't had any water in days. Whispering, the sound of their words reaching his ears and making him shiver. It was a very disturbing sound, thousands of years old, filled with secrets and mischief. Allias shook his body, trying to get that feeling out of him, realizing that the numbness on his limbs remained. Not as powerful as before but still prominent. As it seemed the witches were already aware that he was here, standing outside the door, listening to their every word so he didn't think that knocking was necessary, not that he really cared anyways. He grabbed the old handle and twisted it, hearing the door click and he pushed in forward, slowly revealing the room the sisters were resting. 

Allias scanned it with his eyes, at first ignoring them since he found himself in such a place for the first time. The room was round with a huge window right in front of him. The view was exactly where they had been resting, he could see clearly the spot and realized that the rest of the elves were not there anymore. He took in a deep breath, not wanting to show how anxious he immediately felt and his green eyes examined the decorations. The walls were covered by bookcases. Old and made from dark wood, filled to the brim with books. All of them black with secretive scribbles and pentagrams on them. In the middle a small round table made of glass while on top of it sat a huge pitch black cube. Quite the weird decoration, Allias thought and for the first time he looked at the sisters. Each one of them rested on a deep red armchair on the sides of the square window. One of them was holding a book while the other seemed to hold a little doll.   

"Well sister, he is quite handsome indeed. Look at those eyes. You just want to pull them out and wear them as jewels." One of them said with a creepy smile and Allias gasped. Don't be afraid, don't be scared. They can't harm you. He repeated in his head many times but the more he looked at the sisters the more unsure he was. Allias was restrained, he couldn't even use the full capacity of his powers if something happened and the rest of his group was gone, Theseus was nowhere to be found. 

"Now, now, sister. Don't scare our guest." The other said and let go of the book, placing it on the table right next to the cube. "Hello there, elf king." She greeted him with a bright smile. She was short and chubby, her legs tiny not even reaching the floor. Her hair was snowy white and long, falling messily around her, the same with her eyes. Cold as ice. For a second Allias wondered if she was blind. "I am Silak this is my sister Kalis. I believe you want something from us." She said and Allias' eyes traveled to the second sister. She was the exact opposite of Silak. Her hair was short and black matching her pitch black eyes. Her skin had a greyish tone. Tall and incredibly skinny the woman looked as if she was dying, or better as if she was already dead. 

"Yes." Allias said when he thought he heard a sound. His eyes moved, trying to realize where it came from but it soon went silent. He was sure for a second that he had heard a small shout, from far away but when he focused, hoping to find the source everything was quiet again. "I came here to ask you for a favor. I heard that you can do almost anything" 

"Oh, that's so sweet." Silak said and clapped. "We can, can't we sister?" the woman said looking at her sister. Silak did not look as terrifying as her sister. Kalis was simply as if she came out of a nightmare. Her voice, the slight hissing in it as if she was a snake, her blank stare and her words all seemed to be filled with malice. While her witch sister looked kinder, softer. Allias knew that he shouldn't trust any of them but somehow he found it easier to look at Silak. So he fixed his stare on her face. 

"Yes, indeed. But nothing in this life is free." The tall woman hissed. 

"Oh, my, I really thought today we were feeling generous but I guess that's not really it." The other giggled, hiding her smile with her palm. "Tell us handsome king. What is it that you wish? Even though I think I have a pretty good idea about the sorrow in your heart." She told him. Allias hadn't realized it but the other witch had stood up, silently walking towards him when he felt a boney palm rest on his shoulder, long fingers caressing his neck. He shivered and gulped, his head slowly turning to look at her and when their eyes met she smiled. 

"So much sadness. So much sorrow. Oh and guilt. Your soul is delicious. Will you let me have a bite?" she asked him. Allias took a step away from her, seeing her disappointed reaction and stared at her strictly. 

"Don't touch me again" he told her in a cold tone. "And no, you can't have a bite of my soul. There is not much of it left anyways." He stated, making Silak laugh. 

The woman signaled to her sister to sit back down. She followed the instruction with a disappointed expression and Allias started to ignore her once more. His eyes focused on the sister that seemed to resemble a human just a bit more.   

"Sister, no scarring off or eating our guests. This one is special. Do you remember that book? The one with the elf couple and the little prince? He is the one." She explained and Allias was a bit surprised that they knew about him, a romance adventure did not seem to fit their…preferences. Hearing that Kalis looked at him, tilting her head to the side and she smiled creepily again, annoying Allias. 

"He has no more light left." She commented. "In the book you were a fire now you are just a mere spark." She told him and Allias rolled his eyes. It was hard, really hard to keep a straight face with the things this witch said. Even the fact that she was breathing seemed to annoy him. 

"Well thanks for letting me know." He told her rudely. 

"You're rude." Kalis said

"You are rude too." 

"Yes but I don't need you. You need me." Kalis told him, making his blood boil. 

"About my favor." Allias said, returning his gaze to the other sister. "What do you want from me to make fulfill it?" he asked and again, just for s split second he thought he heard a cry. She shook his head again, surprised and his eyes searched through the room but the sound had disappeared again. Silak grabbed her book and smacked it on the table, staring at Allias with a smile. 

"Oh, nothing much" she responded. "Just a drop of your royal blood, your highness." 

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