Chapter72

Didi felt her breath catch in her throat, her hands gripping the edge of the carriage door until her fingers ached.
'Goddess bloodline?' she thought, her mind racing through every history lesson and royal archive she had ever read.
'What is it talking about? There is no Goddess bloodline left. The records say she died centuries ago.'
A cold hand suddenly closed around her wrist. She looked down to see Gazel leaning in close, his voice barely a whisper.
"Your Highness, get ready to run."
Her eyes widened. "What? No. I am not running."
"Listen to me," he said, his grip tightening. "When I say move, you mount and you ride. Do not look back no matter what."
"I said no," she hissed back, trying to pull her hand free while her pride flared hot in her chest. "I am not some fragile doll you can pack away the moment things get dangerous."
Gazel didn't let go, turning his head just enough to look at her with an expression that made her words catch in her throat.
"Stop being a spoiled brat for once and listen to me," he said in a cold tone, shutting down her rebellious tone.
She stared at him in shook, because in the ten years Gazel had served as her personal guard, he had never once raised his voice at her, let alone spoken to her like this.
She wasn't dumb, and the fear twisting in her stomach wasn't just about the thing standing in front of them, it was about understanding exactly why he was looking at her like that.
'I know very much how powerful a talking monster is,' she thought, her mind flashing back to every lecture and every archive record she had ever read. 'We are nowhere near capable of fighting something like that but...'
Her father's council members were the only ones who regularly dealt with threats like this, and Gazel was not a council member.
He was a powerful knight, no doubt about that, but facing a monster of that caliber is just not something the current him can do.