Escape plan

Dahlia bristled at my words. As though she, too, had thought that such a thing could possibly happen but she merely shoved it away. 

She shook her heads. "No... that couldn't be. They made a deal, Calla. And I—"

"Was used as a bargaining chip by your brother." I bit my inner cheek at the harsh reality. "Just like how the King of Kairos had used your brother in order to get ahold of my power and me. Think, Dahlia. They already have the Pure Light and have kept me here. The King of Kairos no longer has any use for Alexei. There is nothing that can stop him from taking all of the continent for himself." 

Dahlia seemed horror-struck, the truth slowly filling up her mind. As if finally realizing, she gulped and murmured, "Alexei was blinded with power. How could he have seen through Idris' whims?"