Chapter 217 - Close

"We're supposed to be there for each other."

Elias understood where she was coming from. He wanted to always be by her side, but if he went down, he didn't want to drag her down with him.

They faced a dangerous situation ahead of them, and there was no guarantee that they were going to make it out alive.

All that Elias could do was to try to raise their chances of survival. Maybe sticking together would help them make it through this.

"I'll always be there for you. I just want you to be safe," he explained to her. He didn't mean to be overprotective, but that was just how he was with her.

Nothing would ever be able to change that. She could be ten times more powerful than him, and he would act the same way toward her.

Alyssa nodded and gave him a gentle smile.

"I get that. I'm not going to be fighting on the front lines. I just want to be nearby in case I can help," she told him.

Elias didn't underestimate her. She was stronger and smarter than she expected from herself, but he could see her strength and intelligence each and every day. There was no one else that he wanted in his corner more than her.

"Alright. Just don't do anything crazy," he replied, asking that of her. They had to be mindful and careful of their actions.

Alaric was cruel and would use any mistake to his own advantage. He didn't want them to suffer because one of them made the wrong move out of impulse.

They couldn't afford to make mistakes like that right now.

"Well, you should go crazy. You have access to all these powers now. Use them," Alyssa encouraged him as she reached out to grab his hands.Điscover new chapters at novelhall.com

Even after years of separation, they were starting to become one again.

"What's wrong?" he asked Melina, leaning forward toward her as she sat across from him in one of the lounge chairs.

Alyssa and Scott's eyes immediately darted over to Melina, wondering the same thing.

Melina drew in a weak breath and shook her head.

"I think he's close," she said quietly. She rubbed the back of her neck, looking uncomfortable as she shifted in her seat. "I can feel a big source of power nearby."

Elias knew that she wasn't feeling that from anyone in the RV. It had to be Alaric, and it nearly made him break out into a cold sweat when he realized that he could feel what she was feeling.

It felt like he constantly had to check behind him, like Alaric was somehow there. He was certainly close.

"What do we do?" Alyssa asked, looking between them.

"We run until we can't anymore," Elias spoke up, knowing that was the only thing that they could do besides stopping and fighting right then.

They were more powerful than before, but could they really take on Alaric now? Were they actually that strong enough?

He figured that he wouldn't know the answer to that until they had to fight Alaric. That could likely be soon.

Scott sighed as he rubbed the back of his head, grimacing at the ache.

"If he wants to catch up to us, he will," he replied. "He's just toying with us."

Elias had a feeling that Scott was right. Alaric was a manipulator, and he was egotistical.

He thought that Elias and Melina could be wiped off the face of the planet easily, so toying with them was a game to him.

He got his kicks, and he could remove his enemies from the equation as well.