297 Witch (2/2)

That last word that came out of Zeke's lips made Alex's body freeze. His fists clenched into tight balls and his eyes blazed golden.

”Now come, Alex. Don't bother with her and come with me. Let her rot down there and di –”

Before Zeke could finish his sentence, Alex's fist flew towards Zeke's face, but Zeke managed to react in time and it just grazed the corner of his lips.

But then, another blow flew towards Zeke's chest and in a blink of an eye, his back crashed against the wall, creating a blast-like effect.

As the dust settled down, Zeke just leaned by the dent on the wall his body created. That was a nearly lethal blow. He actually hit him, that damn guy!

A smile curved on his face as he wiped the blood from his lips with his tongue. ”Tch! This stupid immortal,” he muttered to himself, looking amused, and at the same time intrigued, by all the new turn of the events. 'Did he finally remember something? He managed to hit me, meaning, he must be back to his usual self? Or was that for just a moment again?'

Zeke waited and finally, Alex came out of the hole with Abi in his arms. Zeke's eyes zeroed in on Alex to gauge his expression, to see if something had changed, when he felt something was off. Zeke's eyes then fell on Abi and the first thing he saw were the marks around her neck, as if something had strangled her.

His eyes immediately narrowed and the next moment, like a lightning strike, Zeke jumped down the hole.

Alex gritted his teeth as he put the girl down. He saw it, someone was down there.

”Are you okay?” he asked, worried.

She was pale and she seemed to be having a hard time breathing. He held her face, making her look at him. She coughed again and Alex gently rubbed her back.

The next moment they heard noises coming from below. Though it was quick, the earth moved for a moment as if there was an earthquake.

Zeke emerged from the hole after that, holding a half dead woman.

The palace guards who felt the trouble coming from underground arrived and Zeke told them to shackle the woman.

”Tie her up. She's a witch,” he said and Alex finally stood up.

”Zeke…” he gnashed his teeth in anger.

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