*A day ago*
Hannah and her mother flew at great speed towards a secluded forest, approaching a huge waterfall. They both flew through the waterfall to see a deep cave, and then Lisa landed on the ground before dismissing her wings.
Hannah was perplexed by the existence of such a place behind a waterfall and followed behind her mother.
Around the circular hold of the entrance of the cave were carvings of cryptic symbols which she didn't understand.
"Asher!" Lisa shouted out loud, and in the next moment, three people appeared in front of them, wearing silver cloaks.
"We welcome the Duchess," the three people said.
She flung her white hair back as she looked around for the person she came for.
"Where is your leader—?"
"I was doing something important. Is something the matter?" Asher asked as he stepped out of a brown wooden door that creaked as he closed it.
The flames of the candles seemed to dance as Lisa stared at Asher, her blue eyes locking with his gray ones.
"I need your help. It's important," she said, and Asher looked at Hannah and sighed.
"Is it about that vampire boy?" he asked with a tired tone, and Lisa frowned.
"Yes."
"Well, in case you didn't know, he's the one I've been getting those dangerous visions about. Just let him die; it'll do us a favor," Asher said simply, and Hannah gritted her teeth, dashing to block him from getting away.
"Please..." A single word left her mouth.
"Your man, huh? You might not know, but he might as well bring forth the destruction of the world if left alive. Tell me, how do you plan to take responsibility for the actions you're about to take?"
Asher asked Hannah with a calm tone, and Hannah didn't know what to say. She didn't understand much about how witches and their magic worked, as she was fairly new to this.
"I... I don't know. But I'm willing to do anything to save him," she said, gritting her teeth and looking down, stopping Asher from walking away.
Asher let out a tired sigh at her persistence.
"I'm no menace, but..." Collins said, and Lucian was visibly confused before Collins stabbed his sword deep into the vampire king's shoulder.
Lucian groaned and gritted his teeth as he felt the pain, then he looked at Collins.
"Ah, you both are finally here..." Lucian said with a smile, then he looked into Jude's eyes.
Jude was confused, but suddenly, he found himself unable to move. Explore more at mvl
"What are you doing?" Collins asked and was about to pull out his sword when Lucian glanced at him.
Collins suddenly froze as he saw Lucian's red eyes and couldn't move at all.
Lucian broke free of the ice with ease and cracked his neck as he glanced at the two people he had frozen. He walked towards Dexter calmly.
Lightning began to gather in the clouds, and Dexter groaned loudly as he felt the wound from his missing arm worsen, making it hard to keep his vision clear.
He looked to the left, seeing Hannah's neck, and realized something.
'No...' He moved towards her neck slowly.
But then she stood up and walked towards the vampire king in the crater, who was also approaching them.
"Hm? You stand in my way..." Lucian raised his brows at the woman in front of him.
He was a foot taller than her, his figure imposing, and his gaze tranquil.
"I'm not letting you touch him. You'll have to get through me first," Hannah said, and then black armor spread over the black crop top she wore.
The armor was black, appearing like liquid. This was the Ford's armor that Dexter had distributed some time ago.
Her six wings sprouted out, and a tail seemed to expand from her back—thin, long, and scaled.
Her sclera turned completely yellow, and her pupils blue and slitted like a snake's. She was ready to take on Lucian if it meant protecting Dexter's life.
'Mum said that he is currently the second strongest person on earth. Can I take him? I'm only ranked 22nd now...' Hannah was unsure about the outcome of the battle.
She looked behind him to see that Jude and Collins were still frozen and then she glanced back at his red eyes, ready to risk it all.