Book 1: Chapter 20

“What did you say happened?” Alan asked, his eyes leaving Mr. Tyler to settle on his daughter.

Aliyah heaved a deep sigh and licked her lips. “I was sparring with Natasha…”

“Wait, you were what?” Sean interrupted and he glared at Natasha before softening his gaze to look at Aliyah. “You are wounded, how could you do that?”

“Sean?” Alan called and he bowed his head immediately and took a step back. “Continue,” he said to Aliyah.

“We were sparring and then a branch fell on something that looked like spider web and then this thing crawled out of it. It attacked me but it didn’t do enough damage before something, I don’t know,” she shrugged. “Something at the speed of light came over and attacked it. The Nebuzar or something wasn’t a match for this new creature because it killed it in less than two minutes.”

“And you were there all along, watching everything?” An elder asked.

Aliyah nodded. “I was too shock to move. The Nebuzar thing would have killed