Chapter 289 - Price

Gavrael snapped back immediately to the present at the sound of her choking voice. His unseeing eyes now focused and widened as he looked at her, as if seeing something shocking and unforgivable.

Gavrael pulled back and quickly stepped away from her.

The pressure around Evie immediately disappeared as though it were not there in the first place. If not for Evie left panting there on the bed, even she would not have guessed that immense amount of pressure was there in the first place. What was that? What had just happened? 

She looked at him as he raked his fingers through his dark hair and then turned around. He slammed his palms on the windowpanes in agitation. She quietly observed him as he leaned down and bent his head and then let out a sharp, angry breath.

When Evie's breathing returned to normal, she stood to approach him, but his voice thundered out in warning. "Don't approach me right now, Evie." He commanded darkly, his voice coated with raw anger and this time it was obvious that his rage was directed to no one but himself.

"What's wrong, Gav?" Evie's voice was soft and calming, neither did her feet stopped from moving closer to him despite the heavy warning he had issued barely seconds ago.

"I said, stay back!" he roared out and Evie was forced to halt in her steps. She could feel his roar like a shock wave had slammed into her body.

And before Evie could even say a single word, he was suddenly gone, and the entire room was surrounded with his thick impregnable barrier again.

Frozen, Evie could only stare at the closed door. What just happened? How did it end up like this again? What's going on with him?! She felt so confused and wanted to burst out in frustrated tears.

"Princess…" a voice echoed out softly and Evie whipped her head around. Claudius!

Upon seeing Claudius, Evie frantically approached his shadow. "I need your help! Something has happened!" she immediately began. "I think something's wrong with him."

"Calm down princess, please tell me what happened." The man patiently said.

Evie took a deep breath. "I think I angered him when I said I am living like a vampire now since I married him. He was silent for a long while and didn't do anything at first. So, I thought to wait his temper out as usual, but then even after waiting for quite a while, his temper did not abate. It was after that, I felt something strangling me. I believe it must be his magic and… and it seems as though his magic did that to me without him even realizing it was doing so. When he snapped out of it, he stepped back from me like he wanted me to avoid him. It was as though he thought himself to be some kind of deadly plague." Evie explained frantically.

And the moment Claudius heard that, the man's face unexpectedly turned so sullen. Evie even saw a tinge of hopelessness in his expression for a moment and her heart trembled strangely.

"W-what's going on with him? Please tell me." Evie asked, swallowing. She could just feel that whatever this man would end up telling her about Gavrael's earlier condition would be something she might not be able to accept.

Claudius looked at her and after a short while of silence, he answered. "Princess, please listen to what I have to say. You were right. It indeed was his dark magic that had acted out of its own free will and tried to harm you."

Evie swallowed. "Why? Why would such a thing happen? Could his own magic even act out on its own?"

The man looked away and let out a helpless sigh. "I can't believe he's reached that point already."

"That point? What point? Please, explain it to me." Evie felt her throat constrict with an unknown feeling when she continued looking at Claudius' ever darkening face.

"It's the peak of dark magic, princess. When I say peak, it's truly the highest level of dark magic ever known. It's the level of magic which is usually unreachable for anyone except for a select few. And these were the few dark fae kings who did somehow managed to reach that pinnacle of power. However, reaching that point will no doubt make one the strongest. But as the rule of magic applies, every magic has a price. The stronger you become, the more powerful magic you wield, the heavier the price you will need to end up paying. And that was why most of the kings who did reach that point, made a conscious and willing decision on not to cross over to that level… to achieve that pinnacle of dark magic. But there were a couple of kings who dared. And one of them was the previous king Gehenn, who risked it to try and put it as a challenge to himself.

Due to his greed for more power, he even dared cross that point and sought for more than he should have. He went down in history as the most powerful king ever, just as he wished. But he had grown too strong that his dark magic began to take control of him, instead of the other way around. Dark magic is helpful, it's an absolute power… But only as long as it remains as your servant and operates under your strict control. However, if you fail to do that, your dark magic will then end up becoming your master instead. And once that happens, the consequences will be beyond terrible." Claudius explained, there was a sadness that could not be hid in his voice.

Evie's lips trembled a little. "Are you saying that Gav's magic has become too strong that he is at that point where he might not be able to control it anymore?"

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