Tempting Fate
Chapter 66

66 Chapter 66: The Poison

Emy held back her tears so that the creatures wouldn’t be able to hear her. She felt like her heart was slowly leaving her chest. Emy was staring at the animals when she remembered the one who had made her separate from Reed. It wasn’t like the creatures that took her away. It had muscles in it, and she was sure it didn’t look like them either. She got there because of someone or something else. She didn’t know why she was given to those scary creatures, but the question was who or what those scary creatures were.

‘Help... Help me....’

Emy’s mind was yelling. She wasn’t sure if anyone was listening or can hear her scream in her mind. Soon, one of those things came up to her, so she pretended to be sleeping. She put her eyes closed. Emy, on the other hand, felt something icy touch the corner of her eye. She opened her eyes just a little and saw that the thing was looking at the tears she had caught. She couldn’t tell if it was a finger or a nail. The creature saw she was awake and let out a scream. She could smell something fishy coming from that creature’s mouth.

It surprised Emy when the body of the creature suddenly rose and took off. The thing that was holding her to the table melted as black smoke flew toward her. She quickly got up and hid.

One after another, each of these things ran at Reed. They flew far away and into different sides of the hut he was in. He ran up to Emy quickly and grabbed her hand. Then he pulled Emy out of the house. An enormous fire broke out in that house suddenly. But before they could leave, the creature grabbed Emy’s hand and pulled her back against her will. Reed kicked and punched hard, but the creature still had a tight grip on Emy. Reed let out black smoke. And mixed it with a power voltage was in it. The creature bit Emy’s arm before it could hit the creature.

“Aaahhh!” Emy yelled out loud. She could feel the sharp teeth squeak just above her wrist. At that moment, she could feel her skin tearing. Emy’s eyes got bigger when she saw how the creature’s bite tore into her flesh. The creature quickly flew away and burned with its other mates.

Emy was so scared at that moment that she thought she was going to die. Reed pulled the handkerchief out of his pocket and tied it around Emy’s wound right away. Emy was so startled by what had happened that she was crying. Reed gave Emy a tight hug after he had bandaged her wound. Reed stared at Emy and cried into his chest.

Maria, who had just arrived, asked, “My king, what happened?” It covered her clothes and face in a black liquid.

“What happened with you?” Reed asked her when he had seen her.

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“Oh, wild animals chased me. I saw them come here before you did, and I saw you go into the hut, so I sent them away first,” said Maria. She looked at the handkerchief Emy was wearing around her wrist. “What happened to the queen?”

“She got bitten by the wendigo,” said Reed.

“She needs help before the poison gets into her system,” said Maria. She went straight up to Emy. “I will heal your wound, my queen.”

Emy did not speak. When Maria held Emy’s hand, she could feel her whole body shaking. Her temperature is also not normal. She gave Reed a quick look.

“The queen has a fever.” She said that she then took the bandage off of Emy’s wound.

Emy doesn’t look at the cut on her leg. Still, with her face in Reed’s chest, she had one hand wrapped around his body. Maria glanced at Reed, and Reed looked at Emy.

Emy’s cut was deep, and some of her flesh had been pulled away. She could almost see the bone in her arm. Maria took a deep breath and then put her hand on Emy’s wound. Black smoke came out of her palm and wrapped around Emy’s wound. Emy squeezed Reed’s body so hard that her nail almost went through his back.

“It hurts a lot because the wound has no muscles or tissue. You must go through the pain,” said Mary.

Reed told Emy in a whisper. “Bit me, Wifey. I’m fine with it. If you keep doing that, you might bite your tongue.”

Emy’s tears didn’t stop. Maria works on her wound painfully, as if she were pulling every fiber of her skin around it. Her vein seemed to explode. Emy bit at Reed’s shoulder. Reed feels hurt when Emy bit him. He clenched his fist and moved it away from Emy’s body.

Soon, they heard a loud growl and heavy steps coming from not too far away. Reed gave Maria a quick look.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of that. Just don’t stop what you’re doing,” said Reed.

Maria nodded. Reed took the body of Emy away from him. Emy said that when she saw the swollen eyes, it felt like his heart would break. Her eyes were red, and it wet her cheeks from crying. Reed put his hand on Emy’s cheek.

“I’m going away for a moment, but I’ll be right back,” said Reed. “All I need to do is get rid of that loud animal.”

Emy nodded. Reed sat Emy down, and Maria followed her. Reed stood up and gave Maria a glance.

“First, you take care of her,” Reed said, and Maria nodded.

Maria and Emy stood and watched Reed leave. Maria kept what she was doing while Emy held on to the grass.

Reed went right to the dark part of that place. He made a sword out of the black smoke he blew out. He will see a big boar standing in front of him. It is about the size of a bus and has long tusks on either side of its mouth.

Reed moved quickly and swung his sword, which seemed to hit the big boar’s tusk more than once. It was big and strong, so Reed had to use his strength to stay loyal to the opponent. He let out black smoke and wrapped it around the boar’s body. The boar took off into the distance. It was still hard to get up, and one of its legs looked like it was broken. When the boar got mad, it charged Reed with all its might. It hit Reed hard enough that he had to fly away. Before Reed could even get to his feet, the boar ran again. Reed quickly blew smoke out of his hand and wrapped it around the body of the boar. Reed was in charge of the smoke and tightened its hold on the boar as it fought. And because it was heavy, he pulled the black smoke around its body as hard as he could. Reed pulled on the black smoke like he was pulling on a rope, hurting himself. Blood that was black and came from his hand fell to the ground. After a few seconds, the boar’s movement slowly slowed down. Reed let out a loud gasp and twisted up the power of the black smoke. After a few seconds, the body of the boar slowly broke apart and fell to the ground. He had a few spots of blood on his face.

Reed looked at his hand, but he didn’t pay attention. Instead, he tore the bottom of his clothes and tied them with both hands as he walked. Emy and Maria were far away. When he saw they were talking seriously, his forehead wrinkled. Later, Maria stood up and put her hand out for Emy to take. Emy didn’t take it, though; she just looked at Maria’s hand.

Reed went right over to Mary and looked at her. Maria turned away from Emy and gave her a quick look. He helped Emy get to her feet.

“My king, I’ll be the first one at the portal.” Reed didn’t answer, so Maria turned away and walked away from him.

Reed looked over at Emy. “Was there something I missed?”

“No...” Emy said. “Nothing.”

It surprised Reed how quickly Emy walked away from him. He went right after Emy. They saw it lit on the other side when they got to the portal.

“It’s a good thing that Devin is there already,” said Reed.

They didn’t talk to each other. Reed tries to hold Emy’s hand, but she moves her hand away. Reed made a frown and looked at Emy.

“Am I the one who should unlock my king?” Maria spoke up.

“It’s up to you to open,” said Reed, not looking at Maria. He was looking at Emy, and she was looking at everyone else. “Wifey, what’s going on?”

Emy looked at him and frowned when she saw that her cheek had black marks that looked like veins. He touched Emy’s chin and looked at her face from both sides.

Reed looked over at Maria. “What happened to my queen, Maria?”

Emy looked at Maria. She also saw the strange colors of the veins on her face.

“I was sure. Her blood is now full of poison,” said Mary. “Now I know why he was acting so strange, earlier.”

“Hey, did you like it and don’t want to cross yet?” Devin asked, on the other side of the portal.

“There was something wrong with the queen,” Maria said.

Devin crossed the portal quickly and walked up to Reed. He gave Emy a look. “I’ll look after her. Let’s go to the other side.”

Reed immediately picked up Emy. Emy doesn’t have any complaints, but she seems in trouble. It just kept looking at them.

Devin got there first, and Reed came after him as he was with Emy. Reed helped Emy get into bed. He just laid her there and didn’t move.

“What happened with you?” Devin asked after seeing Reed and the cloth tied around his hand.

“I’m fine,” Reed said.

Devin gave Maria a look, but she said nothing. Devin went up to Emy. Reed looked at Devin. He can no longer heal Emy or even take the poison out of her body. Even Maria isn’t smart enough to learn the trick Devin will use.

“I can still get poison,” said Devin.

“So do it...” Reed said.

Devin said nothing. He just looked at Emy and put his hand on her jaw to open her mouth. Devin then moved his mouth so that he was only about two inches away from Emy’s. Devin drank the poison that was inside Emy’s body. Maria and Reed both had their eyes on him. Mary looked over at Reed.

“It’s my fault. I didn’t notice that she was poisoned,” said Mary.

“You’re not to blame.” Reed simply says, not looking at Mary.

Devin can already feel Emy’s energy coming at him. He grabbed the bed and held on tight to the comforter. He wasn’t sure, but they looked like they’d be in that position for about half an hour.