232 Chapter 232

Gus and I took our time in bed, basking in each other's presence and the momentary peace we'd found.

There, he described the battle at the capital. Once he'd learned all he could as to where I was, he'd set out on his own to find me, but ended up meeting with Roman at the capital anyway. Hardly any of the original citizens had been left in the city. The majority of the bodies there were Milan soldiers, which mean street after street of ambushes for those coming across ground. Gus had flown in straight to the palace, only to find not one dark wizards, but two, waiting for him as though they'd felt him coming from a mile away.

"That new one, the one you called the devil, his magic was so refined I almost didn't even recognized it as mind magic. Combined with that asshole prince's sheer massive power I almost got crushed. Only my dragon armor kept out all the static trying to fry me. And they kept trying to get into my head - Kel helped with that - "