Chapter 228 The fight (1)
Elias glanced over at Melina, thinking back to the fight that they already had with Alaric. Maybe if Helena hadn't been there, they could've taken Alaric down, but he couldn't confirm that now.
Who knew what would've happened? Maybe they would've gotten lucky and beaten him, or maybe Alaric would've destroyed all of them.
"We have a chance. If we can find out where Alaric is, maybe we can get the jump on him and catch him off guard,"
Elias explained. He wasn't sure if that plan would totally work, but it gave them a chance. That was all they needed. They could turn a chance into a victory.
Lily turned to Melina. Alll latest novels at novelhall.com
"I didn't think that you would ever face him again. Last time... you were a mess," she said with a soft tone to her voice.
Melina lowered her eyes slightly as she nodded.
"I was, but I'm stronger now. I can take him," she replied before looking over at me. "With Elias' help."
Elias realized how much of a personal mission this was for Melina. Alaric had scarred her, taking away someone incredibly important to her.
She was on the path of revenge, and this was her way of finding closure for the loss that she experienced.
He wasn't sure if killing Alaric would help her with her grief, but he was sure that it would benefit her in some way.
Melina had dealt with Alaric longer than Elias, but Alaric was quickly making himself a personal issue to Elias as well. Even hearing Alaric mention Alyssa made anger flare through him.
He knew that Alaric had the means to seriously hurt Alyssa or even kill her. That kept him awake at night. He wanted to do everything that he could to eliminate that possibility from ever happening.
"We need to do this," Elias said with a nod. They both needed Alaric to be dead before they could find peace in their lives.
"Ready?" she asked with a small smile. "You should learn this spell. It'll come in handy."
Melina nodded.
"I'm ready," she said as she moved to Lily's side to observe closely.
Lily picked up a handful of the red powder and held it above the map of Colorado, speaking Latin as she closed her eyes.
Elias held his breath as he waited for Lily to finish her incantation. He hoped that Alaric was even in the state of Colorado. Since they were in Colorado, he just figured that Alaric had to be there too.
If he wasn't, the spell would fail. Then, they would have to either wait for Alaric to come to Colorado or track down what state he was in. He didn't like either of those options.
When Lily finished her incantation, she let go of the powder, letting it fall onto the map. Instead of spreading everywhere, the powder formed a small circle in one place on the map.
Elias leaned closer, seeing that the small circle was around a tiny town called Crowley. He breathed in deeply, realizing that wasn't too far from where they were at. There was maybe an hour of distance between them and Alaric.
"He's close," he replied. He didn't know if he liked how close they were or not. They could drop in on Alaric as soon as they wanted to since he was so close, but Alaric could do the same thing to them too. It was all about who made the first move.
Lily stepped back, placing her hand on Melina's shoulder.
"Are you okay?" she asked quietly.
Melina drew in a steadying breath and nodded.
"I'm okay. Thank you for helping," she said before taking Lily's hands. "Now, you need to leave.
us.
Take a vacation for a week and let us deal with this. I don't want Alaric finding out that you helped