Music To My Soul

Ch. 17

Timothy: 

I didn't have to tell Alex why I was scared, he just knew, and without further hesitation, he pulled me close, and we slid down the slope to the base of the tower. I saw two people I didn't know look at Alex and nod. 

" He's coming. We need to evacuate, now if any of us are going to survive! Let's go!" 

" Wolfe to the rest of Iscariot, fall back. The package has been handled, I repeat, the package has been handled." 

We all take off, and to my shock, Alex warps us to a waiting truck with a med team.

" Tim needs a blood bag for now. Give it to him via IV, he's too weak to try to drink it proper. I can tell the cuff is working, my dear, but the only bit of him left in you is the Mate bond. You need to sever it so he can't find you or know about you anymore." 

" I don't know how." 

" I do. You must take another Mate, it will sever the bond between him and you permanently, and it will hurt him like a bastard. Maria told me this just in case. She's waiting with Flint back in Rome for us so they can help me tend to you."

I nodded, and watched as the rest of Iscariot made their way back, running like hell was on their heels, and from what I counted, 100 soldiers got back to the trucks and just as we drove off, I heard a monstrous roar and felt rage, anguish, betrayal, and hurt through the bond, and the last thing I hear before I pass out from overexertion embedded itself into my bones. 

" ANDERSON! I WILL KILL YOU, YOU HEAR ME! KILL YOU!"

I woke up to a blood bag being attached by an IV, and I saw Alex muttering something under his breath, hands clasped tightly around a set of rosary beads kneeling next to my bed with his face coated in tears. I gently reach up to touch his face, and he froze, looked at me, and instantly grabbed my hand and kissed it repeatedly, making me chuckle. 

" Oh bless the Lord you're alright! I got scared when you passed out. I missed you so much that it hurt. Maria and Flint have agreed to be your security to keep you safe if I should be away." 

" Where are we?" 

My voice felt hoarse and scratchy on my throat. Alex carefully held my head so I could take a drink of some water, the burning feeling telling me it was holy water, but the burn was barely there. It felt more like a burn from hard booze and not from the sun. 

" Better?" 

" Yes, now answer my question." 

" Rome, inside Iscariot headquarters. We have a room all to ourselves like most couples in this job do. Maxwell talked with Sir Fletcher, and it has been decided that Alucard is going to be rebound to Hellsing and that you are now a protected ward of Iscariot. Alucard can't hurt you ever again. He may still be Mate bound to you, but Sir Fletcher is working on trying to help us break it without having to do anything drastic. The cuff needs to come off, so you must be the one to remove it." 

I nod, and grab it, the gold band sliding off with ease. Alex looked me up and down, probably checking to find differences. 

" Your eyes are brown. I think the bond needs to break to have them go back to normal, but other than that, you are as human as you can be with the bond. I'll have the kitchens make up something for you to try and eat, and I'll have them avoid garlic for the time being. Flint, Maria, come here, please." 

In walked the same girl from the night Alex got attacked, but she was dressed in a simple black dress with a white collar around the neck, and a small mock habit was on her head holding back her white hair, and a tall man who definitely looked like a Texan, a black cowboy hat with the St. Peter's cross on the front, a matching bolo tie, and a plain black shirt with a matching white collar. His cowboy boots were spurred, do doubt in blessed steel, and he had a simple fawn brown gaze to match his boots with white hair. This must be Flint. 

" Tim, this is Flint, Maria's Mate and your new security guard when I'm not around. You will be watched 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, just so you can be kept safe. I have to return the relic and get you food. Maria, try to keep Flint from hazing Tim too badly." 

" Will do, padre. So, how are you doing?" 

" Better now that I'm safe. Listen, about-" 

" Say no more. I understand how being around him can bring out the worst." 

" And you'll have to forgive me for the tussle that lead to my Maria ending up in that spat. My girls were just as wild as me sometimes, and it's hard to keep all them in line. I hope you forgive me." 

" It's fine, I know why you did and I understand, Flint. I'm over it by now." 

" To be frank with you, what were you thinkin' of gettin' with the King? He's bad news all around." 

" When I met him, it was his first night in Los Angeles, and I was out taking photos of the moon on the beach. He came over to me, we started talking, and my ex tiffany showed up to the bar where I took him for drinks, and she went off, leaving me on my ass. He offered to be a paying room mate, made food for me and my buddy Greg, and after a few months, he grew on me. I loved how his hair was the same shade of black as a starless sky, how his eyes were a icy blue, his physique is nothing to scoff at, and well, I can sadly attest that he isn't a horrible lover either. He was perfect, until Alex showed up, and I know why."

" Why?" 

" What do you know about Queen Roza Marie Antonia Dracula?"

Flint looked sick and Maria looked ashamed and scared. Both took a glance at each other, sighed, and Maria was the one to speak. 

" I'll explain her story when Padre get's back.  It's best to tell you both, so you know everything, and so we only have to speak once." 

" And speaking of the preacher, he's back."

Alex walked in with a silver tray holding food that smelled amazing and honestly, I was going to eat it all. Alex sat down next to me on the bed, and helped me sit up to eat.

" Ok, so I have some simple toast, lemon salmon and some chamomile tea to try. I hope you don't mind." 

 " Not at all, Alex, thank you. Now, you two, talk. You have one hell of a woman to tell us both about."