Chapter 41

"WHERE IS THE RUNE, PRINCE? DELIVER ME IT, AND I SHALL CEASE THIS TORTURE!"

Another slash, which hit four-fold, ripping into his back, blood covering the cell walls in plenty. His voice scarcely audible having screamed so loud from the initial dose of pain. Life flashing before his eyes, he resorted to his old self. Which meant saving his own skin, literally.

"UNDERNEARTH THE FLOOR BOARDS OF THE CASTLE! IN ZEDDORIN, PLEASE STOP! I WILL DIE HERE."

Up and down the heavy armor goes as The Black Knight pauses to both hear and breathe. He'd broken him enough.

"Under the castle? Where exactly?"

"I...In...In the middle of the basement. That...is where you'll find it. No more."

The Black Knight looks down on Nicodemus' muddled body in disgust. He spits on the open sores, combining the DNA of the abuser with the abused,forever bonded.

"If I were you, no matter how much torture, I would never sell my family secrets. You truly are a doleful prince."

In Wesloacia,