Benedicta brought out the white staff made from oak trees, known to be a good weapon for killing supernaturals.

“If you don't leave my side, I will stab you with this thing,” she said, pointing it toward me as she moved to stand behind me and Merlin, to protect us.

He smiled for a while before he burst into laughter. Laughed and laughed.

“Before you kill me, I would have snapped your neck Benedicta.” He said, his eyes reduced to a split as he watched her keenly.

Within a split second, he snatched the white oak from her and threw it far into the woods.

He dusted his hands as...