'Leave him.' I spoke, ice in my words. Upclose, Zachariah smelt actually really sweet and sour. He held Ryan captive by tying his hands up with slithering snakes, who very well moved their fangs around. I looked into Ryan's eyes, he was maintaining his composure, yet his fear was evident.

'We want the Fallen Queen, you girl. I don't smell magic in you, get out of my way, or I'll rip your soul out of that fleshy body of yours.' Zachariah spat, his voice acid. 'I want her.' I actually saw his face soften a bit. 'She won't move will she? I'll kill this boy off now.' And then the snakes bit Ryan directly on his wrist. He shuddered in pain.

'No!' I shrieked. 'Let him go.'

Zachariah held him up, chocked. Ryan tried to fight his best, but his powers seemed to disappear. Those snakes weren't ordinary, they literally were capable of containing your magic. 'That was what you liked doing, right? Marvella? He'll die that way! Very well. But before that, didn't you find someone better? Look at him, so unroyal, so ungodly, so ti--

'Dare not Zachariah.' I said, my voice low and deep, but threatening. 'Don't touch my boy.'

'Your boy, little girl? This friend of yours? He has magic, and I sensed the Fallen Queen a while ago, right here. He's her's. He's the one. The one who smells of Veer.' Nathaira spoke, her eyes glowering over me. Where had Veer been dragged in this conversation from? She thought I'd be scared and run away. 'By the way, you're right Zachariah. This guy is so underqualified, I expected more from this Queen of yours. Isn't she supposed to be the epitome of boldness and beauty? Then this?' She glided her fangs on Ryan's hands. He wailed in pain. 'You're go--

'I SAID LEAVE HIM, LET HIM GO!' My body heated up, the temperature rising even higher than the Sun probably, my body glowing with fire. The school building burnt to char, and just then the entire school population disappeared. I let out a giant scream, and as I did so, screaming at the top of my lungs, Ryan's pain aching my heart, I saw a fire in all directions, heat, emitting from inside me. 'NO ONE MESSES WITH THE QUEEN!'

Zachariah and Nathaira's eyes widened.

So did Ryan's.