Chapter 18

I got to the top of the hill and they were waiting and Michele was tied to a chair. As soon as he saw me he smiled. The problem was it wasn’t his regular big Raps smile it was more of a scared smile like “you came! But there’s no hope” smile. “Oh oh oh so you care about your boyfriend after all!” The twins said evily. “He’s NOT my boyfriend but I wanted to make sure he was ok.” I said firmly. They just laughed. “Well unless you help us you will never see your boyfriend again!” They said. I rolled my eyes and looked over at him and he looked completely terrified. I ran up to them with my sword out but they used some kind of magic to pick me up and throw me. I got up and tried again but the same thing happened. After about 20 tries I decided to move to plan B. So this time when I ran I stopped half way and threw my sword to Michael so he could cut the ropes. He cut them and got up and came over to me. “Cassandra! You came for me!” Micheal said smiling his normal smile again. I smiled at him. The twins looked at us mad. They looked more than mad though they looked infuriated. “NO! You aren’t gonna beat us that easy!” They said. All of a sudden something happened and we were in a room just me and Rowenna my guess was that Michael was with Carreen somewhere.

She looked at me with hate and I had no idea what I had ever done to them. I drew my sword but before I got a chance to do anything she used the magic again. Only this time instead of throwing me she started strangling me. I was gasping for air and in panic. After all of the stuff I had been through this wasn’t a thing I knew how to get out of. I was struggling more and more for air each second then I thought of something. “What would your mom say if she saw you now?” I said in between breaths. Rowenna considered this and looked at me for a second but then the grip got tighter. I was literally gasping so hard it hurt my lungs. “What would she say Rowenna?” I barley got out. I was about to run out of oxygen and in full panic. She refused to answer. “Would she be proud of you trying to kill someone? And how would she feel about the way your treating Michael?” Is what I was trying to say but all I could get out was “Wo sh proud o yo try kill so one? How sh eel bot wa trein Michel?” She looked down and the grip loosened a little. I was getting to her probably not for long but for the time that counted. “And what would your dad say?” I asked. The grip loosened more. “Would they be proud of you trying to kill me? Or of you trying to take over Corona?” I asked. Then it all came to me she wanted to get revenge on Corona because that’s where the storm came from that started all of this. The grip completely loosened. I fell and wanted to attack her but I just...couldn’t. She looked so sad and lost. As much as I hated to admit it I felt bad for her. I found away out of the room and left where Michael was waiting for me. “Let’s go!” I said trying to leave before she came back to the present.

We almost made it out when I heard “that’s Cassandra seize her and her friend!” I looked up and saw the queen of Ingvarr looking at me with a evil smile of satisfaction.