Rise of the Malactric Heir

"They are a vicious bunch, Alix, he is strange, I wonder how strong he is," Hayden said as he returned to his section of the train.

"How angry are you right now, Adora?" Nina inquired, and Adora let go of Alix\'s hand.

"I am not angry at all, we will be arriving there tomorrow, you guys should be prepared," she responded as Kyris looked at Alix.

"Alix, your aura has changed; it\'s stronger, more intense, and fierce; are you okay?" Kyris inquired, and Alix sighed.

"Yeah, I\'m fine, just a little more... uh..." he replied, and Adora looked at him.

"Just go relax Alix, you need to cool your head if something is bothering you or it won\'t be good," she said, and he sighed.

"You\'re right, maybe I just need to relax and let my mind cool off," he said before going to his room.

\'It could be because of his block, his powers could be leaking; after I deal with this demon, I\'ll have to deal with Alix; I can\'t let that block stay on his heart, damn it, putting a block on his heart, what were they thinking?\' I understand keeping him safe, but that is dangerous, she thought as she went to her room, grabbed her headphones, and began listening to music while looking out the window.

"I have a bad feeling things are going to get pretty bad," Adora thought as she clenched her fists and took a deep breath.

"It\'s already night, I hope we arrive tomorrow morning," Adora said, laying back on the bed and placing her hand on her chest.

"Adora, are you coming to dinner with us? " Aerav inquired as he knocked on her door, but she was unable to hear him.

"Your highness," he said.

"She\'s probably sleeping or listening to music," Alix said as he approached Aerav.

"I see; are you certain she isn\'t just angry?"Aerav inquired, and Alix shrugged.

"Leave her alone for the time being; let\'s go have dinner," Alix said.

"Alright," Aerav replied, then they went to have dinner with the others which were served by the staff of the train and due to being VIP everything was available to them.

"Is Adora not coming?" Zack asked.

"I went to call her, but got no answer, so maybe she is sleeping or listening to music like Alix said," Aerav responded.

"Or is she just upset?" Sarah wondered.

"I thought the same thing, but I\'m not so sure, though I think she does not like to talk about Vellon," Aerav responded, and Alix glanced at them before Nina sighed.

"Maybe you\'re right, I don\'t know, this is all getting thick, fast," Kyllan said.

"We might have a lot more to deal with than ever more, like she said, we have to be prepared," Ayden replied and they agreed then began eating their food.

"From now on, we\'re going to train a lot harder or we might fail," Yan said.

"True, once we arrive at the king\'s castle, we will relax a bit and, depending on whether it is night or day, we will begin training, we have a lot to do, to be honest, thinking about this is frustrating," Kyris replied.

"About whether you\'ll fail or succeed?" Alix inquired.

"Yeah, feeling that can be terrible at times Alix, ever felt that way?" Kyris asked.

"We all feel that way sometimes, even me, I am not as strong as I should be as yet, that I know, I know I can put a lot more into this team too, I just need to focus and give it more than my best too," he responded and they smiled.

"We\'re all growing, little by little; these are things we can\'t force; we\'ll all get stronger with time; we just have to train harder than usual," Eliza explained.

"True, we need to practice more, make it a daily routine so we can push ourselves harder, but not too much, not to overdo it," Zavis replied, and Eliza agreed.

While they were eating, Adora slept away listening to music when she began having flashbacks of how her mother died, and within them, the very thing that killed her mother was looking at her, except it was when she was a child.

"M- Mom!" she called out as she flung up from her sleep and clutched her head tightly as her eyes began to glow red along with her body and her heart raced faster as she became enraged.

"One day, I\'ll find you and give you the worst possible death ever," she said as her body reverted to normal and she stood up, removed her headphones, and left her room, heading to where the others were eating in the living room.

"Hey guys," she said, taking a seat on the couch.

"Were you sleeping?" Olivia asked.

"Not quite, I was just listening to music, got a lot going through my head, music can be a remedy for me at times," she replied, and Alix looked at her as she collected the wine and poured herself a glass, then drank it, and her eyes glowed red and purple for a split second before returning to normal.

"Your highness, " Alix called out and she glanced at him.

"What is it?" she inquired.

"Could you please pass me a bottle of juice?" he asked, and she passed it to him.

"Thank you," he said.

"You are welcome," she replied as she looked outside at the mountains they passed by and smiled.

\'That is nice,\' she thought as she sipped on her wine.

"Adora, are we going to start training as soon as we get there?" Cameron asked.

"I\'m not sure, depends," she said, "but are you guys ready?"

"I recommend we start training the next day," Nina suggested.

"I agree, it may be for the best right now," Ayden said.

"I\'m fine with it," Alix said.

"How about you guys?" Adora inquired.

"I\'m fine with that as well," Aerav replied.

"I say it\'s fine, we can relax first, and I\'ll join you guys, Adora, will you go a few rounds with me?" Kyris inquired and Adora smiled then looked at him as he waited for her to answer.