Chapter 90 - The Thread

{"messages":[{"id":501401027,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I can’t let Estes interrupt my chance at wielding wind magic."},{"id":501401028,"character_id":9573858,"type":2,"content":"Why won’t you leave me be?"},{"id":501401029,"character_id":10134918,"type":2,"content":"I’m sorry, My Lady. But I answer to Duke Wynter alone."},{"id":501401030,"character_id":10134918,"type":2,"content":"He requires you immediately and I’m not one to keep him waiting."},{"id":501401031,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I gritted my teeth. Still wants to sell me off to another man? While I’m married to another and pregnant with his child?"},{"id":501401032,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Obviously, I know they don’t know that I am but I’m sure that I’d be putting myself and the baby in even more risk if I were to speak up about it."},{"id":501401033,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"A beautiful whistle sound then brushed past my ear, making me turn around."},{"id":501401034,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"It’s calling for me."},{"id":501401035,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Like a last chance before departure kind of call."},{"id":501401036,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I need to follow it."},{"id":501401037,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I then rushed up to Estes and feinted him out, kicking him right in the chest so that he would fall off of the roof and land on some rose bushes below."},{"id":501401038,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"That should buy me some time."},{"id":501401039,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I pivoted around on my heels and immediately made my way towards the large bell tower."},{"id":501401040,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I went to Lopen the door to the stairway leading up it but unfortunately found out that it was locked."},{"id":501401041,"character_id":9573858,"type":2,"content":"No... no, don’t be locked!"},{"id":501401042,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I could melt the keyhole..."},{"id":501401043,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"But all locks in the capital are made of an anti-magic material."},{"id":501401044,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"This one included..."},{"id":501401045,"character_id":10134918,"type":2,"content":"Now, that wasn’t very nice, My Lady."},{"id":501401046,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I then saw Estes approach behind me, followed by three of his shadow guards from his shadow legion."},{"id":501401047,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I need to climb. Now."},{"id":501401048,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I immediately started to try and find loose stones to stop on as I started to scale the huge bell tower."},{"id":501401049,"character_id":10134918,"type":2,"content":"After her..."},{"id":501401050,"character_id":10134918,"type":2,"content":"My Lady, get down from there! You’ve had your tantrum."},{"id":501401051,"character_id":9573858,"type":2,"content":"This ain’t a tantrum! I’m perfectly justified to be running away from you right now."},{"id":501401052,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"With every step upwards, I could feel the thread getting closer and closer."},{"id":501401053,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I’m so close..."},{"id":501401054,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Suddenly, something grabbed my foot and I immediately looked down to find one of Estes’s men."},{"id":501401055,"character_id":9573858,"type":2,"content":"Let go of me!"},{"id":501401056,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I kicked him right in the face sending him flying down the side of the wall until Estes caught him before he hit the ground."},{"id":501401057,"character_id":10134918,"type":2,"content":"Are you seriously trying to kill my men, My Lady?"},{"id":501401058,"character_id":9573858,"type":2,"content":"Let me do what I have to do, Estes!"},{"id":501401059,"character_id":9573858,"type":2,"content":"Stay out of it!"},{"id":501401060,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I continued to scale the building, suddenly hearing whispers and strange noises surrounding me."},{"id":501401061,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"It took me a while to understand but I figured out that it was the men chanting downstairs."},{"id":501401062,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I can hear almost everything."},{"id":501401063,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"The birds chirping."},{"id":501401064,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"The sound of the leaves rustling..."},{"id":501401065,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"The higher I got, the more I could hear."},{"id":501401066,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I’m almost there!"},{"id":501401067,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I climbed and climbed until I froze at the man who stood above me."},{"id":501401068,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"The man who should have been down at the bottom yet was at the top."},{"id":501401069,"character_id":10134918,"type":2,"content":"You look surprised, My Lady."},{"id":501401070,"character_id":9573858,"type":2,"content":"You disgust me..."},{"id":501401071,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"He smiled."},{"id":501401072,"character_id":10134918,"type":2,"content":"That makes both of us."},{"id":501401073,"character_id":10134918,"type":2,"content":"You have nowhere to run, My Lady. It’s over."},{"id":501401074,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"No..."},{"id":501401075,"character_id":9573858,"type":2,"content":"Nothing is ever over."},{"id":501401076,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"-End of Chapter 90-"},{"id":501401077,"character_id":9603994,"type":2,"content":"Thank you for reading my book! Make sure to like if you’ve enjoyed the story and want more. Subscribe by tapping the heart button so you don’t miss any updates. Doing that would mean a lot! Leave a comment especially! I love to read them~."}]}