The Beginning of The End
Chapter 96

I walk into the dining room to replace Maddox and Ryker waiting for me, the food already there, and from the looks of it, it has been there for a while. Shit. I'm late.

"Sorry, that took so long." i say, forcing a smile. "Miya and i had a lot to talk about."

Maddox smirks, he can smell the lie a mile off, he knows i didn't want to come, he knows that i didn't want to leave her in that room on her own. He isn't stupid.

Ryker however, is oblivious, and simply nods, "well." he says, "You are here now, and the food is still warm."

I sit beside Maddox, trying my best to keep calm, but it is harder than it sounds, i know Ryker doesn't want me here, not after i tried to lie to him. He's still very angry with me.

But he can be mad all he wants, Miya is safe, and that is all that matters to me.

I would have let this world burn for her if i had to, though, that might also be a lie, if it wasn't for Maddox convincing me that he could save her. I might have never let him go.

I put this world before my best friend, even though she would have never allowed me to suffer the same fate. Miya would have literally let the world burn to save me, and i would have left her there to die.

And she has no idea.

I wish there was some way that i could go back and fight for Ryker to save her, but i know that i cannot. I cannot change the past, no matter how much i wish for it.

"So." i murmur, watching as they both pile food on their plates. "When are we going to attack Darax?"

Maddox laughs, deep and rumbling. For a moment i think he's going to fall off his chair, but he doesn't.

"It isn't as simple as that Elora." Ryker says, deadly serious, "We have to gain enough support first, we cannot just attack and kill him, otherwise this world would fall into chaos."

Right. Of course.

It is never that simple, is it?

"What is the plan then?" i ask, wondering when the hell Darax will actually face justice for what he has done.

He is responsible for the deaths of millions of people, maybe more, he needs to face some kind of consequences for that.

I'm sick and tired of waiting for justice.

I want him to pay for what he has done.

I pile some food on my own plate as i wait for an answer, but as i glance between the both of them i see that i may not get one.

Ryker is staring at his food, and Maddox is chuckling to himself as he eats. Neither can tell me what is going to happen.

Fuck. They have no answer.

Of course they don't, they haven't been as affected by Darax as i have, he killed my entire world, all of my people, Miya's people too.

He destroyed everything i have ever loved, and he will do it to this world too if we don't replace a way to stop him.

"There is no need for you to worry about what is going to happen between now and the start of the war." Ryker says, his voice absent of emotion. "Why don't you concentrate on the human you love so much and leave the rest to us?"

Yeah, he is still angry. That much is clear.

But he doesn't need to be an asshole about it.

"I thought that you needed my help.” i growl at him, "I can't exactly help from the side lines."

"I think you have helped more than enough for now." Ryker says, slamming his hands

on the table, "Because of you we could have lost Maddox. Do you have any idea what problems that would have caused?"

"Do not blame Elora for that." Maddox says, standing from his chair, "that was my decision, she had just as much say as you did."

"Oh of course." Ryker mocks, "I'm sure she protested you saving her best friend."

I roll my eyes, if this is going to turn into a fight, i want no part of it. I'm sick of arguments. I've spent my whole life arguing with the people that i care about. I don't want it to happen with them too.

I stand from my chair, "I'm going to leave for now, why don't you too work this out among yourselves."

I leave the room without allow them a chance to answer, i hate this, i hate that i cannot rely on them.

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Then again, i never exactly came into this thing willingly, i was forced to be with them from the very beginning.

They used Miya to make me agree, and now they want to use me to win their war.

Though, i do want to help with the war, I'll admit that. I want to make Drax regret everything he has done. I'd love to see his face as everything he cares about is destroyed, just as he destroyed everything i loved.

I walk into the gardens, needing the fresh air, and the time alone. I cannot stand to be around Ryker when he is in this kind of mood. It is as though he turns into a bully.

We are supposed to be equals, but i think he forgets that.

I think he forgets exactly what and who i am to him.

Either that, or he doesn't care.

I sit down on a bench, looking at the strange colourful flowers, none of which i recognise. They are all from this world, and it reminds me just how out of place i am here.

I'm not supposed to be in this world, i am supposed to be in my own world, where i was born. But my old realm will never be home again, it can't be. It is nothing like the world it once was. Not anymore.

I doubt there are very many people left either, and those that have survived this long

will never be able to go back to how things were, and neither will i.

It has all been ruined.

I thought i might be able to have a life here, that i could be happy, but until Ryker sees

me for who i am, that will not be possible.