Chapter 21
Solveig POV
Everything about this Asmodeus guy, screamed sketchy. From the way he looked at Ragnor to the blood he was giving him to drink.
I didn't like one bit of it, but if this is what it took to cure Ragnor, I would be by his side for as long as I could, before I would have to leave him for good.
I watched as he drank it all and dropped to the ground clenching his throat as his face contoured in pain.
He began scratching the ground as he screamed out in pain. I ran to him and bent down, touching his back. What I felt , well to say I was shocked would be an understatement...I was completely bewildered..
His back and entire boy was burning with heat. Which was odd.. he was from the ice people, he wasn't supposed to be giving off heat this hot, he was made of ice.. inside and out..
"It burns... it burns everywhere... it feels like I'm being burnt alive" he said as he grabbed onto his clothes, trying to tear them away.
I took in what he was saying.. and it didn't make any sense. How could he be feeling that right now?? It could only mean one thing.
"We have to get him outside .. now!" I told Asmodeus, as I picked Ragnor up and carried him outside and laid him on the ground.
His body was now blazing hot. I've felt that feeling countless of times before. It was a feeling I knew all to well. The feeling of...
Shifting..
He breathing became ragged as the sweat dripped from his forehead. He arched his back and screamed out as I heard his spine snap. It was the most painful thing to see , him in pain.. but I had to help him get through this.. he needed me now.
I bent down on my knees.. till I was in line with him.
"Ragnor.. listen to me.. the more you fight it.. the more it will hurt.. just breathe and let it take over you." I said as he struggled to breathe. He screamed out again as his ribs broke one by one, creating loud breaking sounds in this quite, dead land.
"It hurts.. it hurts so much" he said as the tears started to roll down his face. He held his side in pain as more of his bones broke. He removed his hands from his side and held them against his ears, trying to block out the sounds, which by now, must have been loud banging in his ears.
"I know, I know.. it'll be over soon.. just breathe.." I took his hands away from his ears and put them on the ground, pressing them into the soil.
"You are becoming a creature of nature. Become one with earth, with fire and water, with wind, feel them all around you. Let it consume you..focus on one sound and one alone.. let it guide you"
I watched him close his eyes and breathe. I stepped away from him to stand next to Asmodeus, and watch him shift.
One by one , every single bone in his body broke. I watched as his body slowly morphed and changed. How his hands turned into claws and his teeth grew into sharp ones that could rip steel apart.
He bent over on his knees and screamed out as , two large slits appeared on his back. Slowly , two huge wings edged their way out and spread out.
His back started scaling, till his entire body was covered in them. In the blink of an eye, he grew four times his size and roared as he completely transformed.
I watched he shook his head and roared. He flapped his wings as he took off flying above us. He roared and screeched as flew around at a very fast rate.
He opened his mouth and I knew what coming next, but what emanated from it shocked me to my core, and made goosebumps appear all over my skin.
Blue fire was coming out of his mouth, almost like it was ice, burning the dead land beneath him as flew around the dark sky. I stood in ore as I watched the blue flames spread.
I thought back to legend that was spread throughout the kingdoms. It said that centuries ago, a soul was born that held ultimate power coursing through it.
Such power that would bring men to their knees in submission. This very soul would be placed in the body a boy, when the time was right.
Throughout the years, people searched and searched for this boy in vain. Eventually everyone began thinking it was just a myth. After all, there was no exact description, about what he would look like except...
That he would breathe blue fire.
This boy would unite the kingdoms under one rule, and rule over them justly. He would be the liberator, the rescuer ....
He would be the saviour.
It all made sense now.. the dream I had that night, when he slept in my arms, the feeling of intense fear when I woke up. I was more determined now than ever, to get him as far away from me as possible.
I watched as he landed slowly and morphed back into his human shape. I was mesmerized by his new appearance.
He was so longer that skinny, thin man I met a few days ago.. He now had muscles making him look very sexy. He chest was broader and he now had a six pack. He looked like he was bit taller also.
However he still had the same pale blue eyes.The same pale and glowing complexion. The same snow white hair, all reminding me that he was still the same Ragnor I knew. No matter how much he physically changed.. he will always be my Ragnor.. the man I fell in love with.
He walked towards me and slumped to the ground out of breathe. I removed my coat and threw it around him, in effort to cover his nakedness.
"You did well.. I passed out the first time I changed.." I said as I pushed the hair out of his face and pulled his head to my chest.
I saw Asmodeus drop on one knee and bow his head in submission..
"My king," he said in a voice that held no authority at all, so contrary to the one he used previously.
Ragnor looked at me with a confused expression and back to the kneeling Asmodeus.
"What's going on?" He asked. I smiled, because despite the new manly features he now held, he was still the same oblivious Ragnor.
Asmodeus explain the legend to Ragnor, and how to protect him, his power was suppressed in the form of an incurable illness , and how the cure had been placed in his blood since he was immortal.
He explained how he watched countless of souls come and go. Generation after generation... waiting for Ragnor. How Amon had sensed his power on that night.
"What am I supposed to do now?" He asked as he held my coat close to him.
"Now my king, you have to conquer all the kingdoms uniting them and bringing them all under one rule.. your just rule"
"Why me?" He said as he played with his fingers.
"Because My king.. you have something that no king possesses. You have the ability to love unconditionally.. to feel other's pain as your own".. he looked down and said...
"You have a pure heart"..