SPELLBOUND

It took Evie quite a while to process through the load of information that Kione was feeding her. She was speechless at the shocking things she was learning about Gideon. However, more and more questions kept popping up the more information he revealed to her. 

"So, you're saying Gideon is actually not a villain… then why? Why did he kidnap me and all the other vampires and the light faes too? Why is he wanting to lure my husband here when he is supposed to adore Gav so much? What exactly is his hidden intention in doing all these things?" Evie bombarded Kione with questions. But then, before Kione could start to answer her questions, she widened her eyes as a thought suddenly popped into her mind. "Wait… could it be that his darkness… his darkness is dictating him to do those things? Or is he being controlled by his own powers now?" 

Evie's large eyes remained wide as she looked at Kione. She remembered the things that had happened to Gav and most especially to that dark fae, Galleous, and Thundrann and she could only suspect that the same thing was happening now to Gideon. Even though Kione said Gideon could control himself, Evie was well aware of how dangerous that immense wealth of dark magic can be. No matter how strong the host is, once the dark magic starts overtaking the host, it would only be a matter of time when it is a losing battle.

However, Kione shook his head at her, the look in his eyes telling Evie that her theory was wrong again. 

"No Queen, I can assure you there is no chance for Gideon's dark magic to consume him like what had happened to the previous kings." He said and Evie narrowed her eyes. She had thought that her suspicions would have been spot on. But she was getting even more curious when Kione mentioned that Gideon is not susceptible to the effects of the growing powers of his own dark magic. How was that even possible?

"You can't be certain of that." She questioned Kione's statement, wondering if he might not be that in tune with Gideon's matters as he thought he was. "It might look like he is controlling it very well now but what if he has been hiding all his struggles the whole time?" Evie threw out her thoughts, thinking that it made sense.

Still, Kione remained firm with his belief. "Gideon is different from all those kings and even from Gavrael, Queen. Gavrael and all the previous mad kings acquired their immense darkness themselves by crossing the limit of the dark magic their bodies can endure. But for Gideon… his darkness is not something he acquired slowly over time. That abundance of power had already been there within him since he was born." 

His words silenced Evie and Kione continued. "He is not even struggling in controlling his darkness at all. His darkness listens to him like a little pet and without any force needed to keep it at bay. However, there are times when he appeared as though he was uncontrollable… that only happens during extreme situations. But it cannot be compared to something similar to those mad kings who end up losing their minds. For Gideon, he'd only go berserk due to utter rage and agony like what a normal man does when driven to the very edge or losing someone they love. The only problem with him is that because he is too powerful, a simple berserking rampage from him could easily destroy an entire city without him even knowing he had done so." 

"Without him even knowing? Isn't that the same as his darkness acting on its own will and against his?" Evie asked, wondering what the difference in the wording was.

"It's different…" Kione slowly shook his head again. Then his expression became sullen as if remembering a tragic memory. "Many years ago, Gideon had lost his lover. Her death made Gideon go berserk and he rushed into the Monsters' forest and just rampaged in there for days on end. Despite his pain, his darkness didn't make him lose his mind. He was still rational enough to bring himself into the Monsters' forest just so he could avoid killing innocent dark faes in his wrath. However, unbeknownst to him, while he was rampaging in the forest, the portal that connected to a different place somehow opened just at that same time he was rampaging in the area and monsters came out of the Abyss, sparking an immediate war. The sudden attack of monsters destroyed one whole city and unfortunately killed many innocent dark faes." 

There was short, silent pause as Kione looked out the window with eyes glazed over, as though looking at scenes that had happened long ago in the past. Then he shook his head and the glazed look disappeared before turning back to look over at Evie and continued talking. "Azrael and I, including Gideon himself realized later on that the monsters appeared whenever Gideon is raging in agony. We had tested it a few times ourselves and our theory seemed to be true. It's like… to the monsters, his cries and rage are some kind of summoning for them, and they just come forth looking for him but end up destroying everything in their paths as they moved... this is why… Gideon considers himself as a monster. Because he's the only one the monsters don't dare to touch. In fact, they all bow down to him as if… as if he's their king or something."

Kione shook his head as if he himself was still in disbelief, even though it was him who was telling Evie all this. 

"I know it sounds so unbelievable and as though I am telling tall tales, but this is the truth. I swear!" Kione's gaze at Evie became a little helpless. "And the three of us are the only ones who knows about all these until now. You are the fourth person."

Hearing that last statement Kione made, Evie finally spoke. "Not even the king?"