Our fall-Vermish story

6-Old friends

Hamish pov's

I got up in my car because I didn't want to upset Vera when she woke up. It was 5 a.m. so I walked inside and I found Vera on the couch with a glass of wine in her hand. I took it before it could fall and then I started making breakfast as fast as I can to not wake her up. I get back in the car waiting for her to get out and go to the temple before me. I was reading a book when Vera opened the car's door. I looked at her for some time but I was took back to the reality from her voice

"Are you thinking of driving or do you want to stay here all day, acolyte?"

I started the car and we went to the temple. We entered and she beckoned me to follow her. I closed the door and she took a big breath before starting to talk

"So, I don't want that our personal life interfere with work. At the temple you'll keep to help me when I need magic. You and I instead outside of here won't talk , we'll be like 2 fellow civilians. Is that alright?"
"You're asking me if act like strangers is 'alright'? If that's what you want, fine."
"Good. Now I need Kepler, can you call her?"
"Ehm, about that, I've something to tell you..."
"What a news! Go on"
"Well, Kepler is dead"
"Are you kidding me? And who had this wonderful idea?"
"Randall"
"When?!"
"Some time ago, like a month"
"Oh so you didn't tell me that either, you're making it really hard for me to try to forgive you"
"It was the day you lost you're magic, I didn't want to upset you more"
"Of course...where is the body?"
"It's in the woods"
"And where is Maddox?"
"Who?"
"Edward's son, did he kill him too?"
"I don't know, I don't think so"
"Call Randall and tell him to come here"

After some time
Vera pov's

"Well, if you didn't kill him then where is he?"
"I don't know, I didn't saw him"
"Oh God why you werewolfs are so..."

before I could finish the sentence the members of the council get in. Hamish was ready to attack them but I took him by the arm to make him stop. If I had my magic I would knocked everyone out. The truth was that I hadn't got any idea, I didn't know what to do against them all, I was scared.

"Vera Stone, the fearsome Grand Magus. Oh wait, you're not her anymore right? You lost you're magic I think. You know you were the most difficult grand magus to control, always with this desire to change the order, at least Coventry wanted to rule the world. I'm pretty sure that you're involved in the death of Kepler too, right? Well, I think that you're time has come my dear"

He grabbed me by the throat and lifted me into the air with his magic. Hamish and Randall tried to transform but he put them to sleep. He wasn't squeezing enough to leave me out of air but enough to hurt.

"So, I think that you deserve an original death. Now I'm gonna wake up this two and I'll put you're boyfriend against you and his other friends. Let's see how you manage it"

Before leaving he threw me against the wall and then he close the door after having woken them up. As soon as they were on they're feet they started to tranform. I didn't know what to do. They were starring at me and it was like I was frozen. Randall was the one who came to me first, he scratched my hip and I lost balance. Then it was Hamish turn. They started to play with me like I was some kind of toy. With every punch I was losing more strenght. I looked in Hamish eyes, I was sourching for some reaction but he didn't flinch, not even a bit. After some time, Jack got in and finally stopped them with a spell. I was exhausted, I could barely see who it was, I was almost fainting. Hamish came back to his senses and run towards me

"Hey, hey, Vera, it's me. I'm right here. I'm so sorry, what did I do? Vera, I'm sorry..."
"I-It's ok. I deserve it. I-I get it now, you can hate me"
"Don't say that, Vera. I don't hate you, I could never. You don't deserve anything that's happening to you. Tell me what I can do, what spell can I use to make you heal?"
"Hamish, no. I-I don't want to heal, please. Just leave me here, I'm tired of fighting, it'll go on forever. I can't do it anymore. Please just-"
"Stop it, Vera. I'm not gonna leave you here to die, you can't ask me that"

he started searching on the desk for some spell he could use, then he came back, took my hands and heal me. After that I started crying in his arms powerless. He hold me, even after all I said to him, after all the shit I spit at his face, he still hold me tight. 
He carried me to his car and he took me home. During the trip I kept thinking about the conversation I was going to have with my daughter. Would she hate me? Would she like me? Does she know something about me or I was a complete stranger? Maybe she grew up with Hamish parents thinking that they were hers. I was so scarred. Hamish saw my worry so he put one hand on mine and we shared a quick eye contact.