Selene and Liam placed metal chains that connected to the wall, around Willow's wrists as she sat on a stone bench with Ambrose and Abigail watching.
"You're sure these will hold?" Willow asked when they were done. "As long as you don't pull too hard." Selene said, trying to compress the sadness in her voice and failing.
Willow saw the worried and sad looks on each of their faces and smiled. "Don't worry so much, I'll be out before you know." She reassured them.
"We know that's not true, you shouldn't have killed him." Abigail said as tears fell down her face. Willow reached a hand out towards her and she took it kneeling down by her. "Rather it be me to go through this a second time then someone else."
"It's my fault." Ambrose said as he glared at the ground, "You wouldn't be in this situation if I hadn't opened my mouth." He said and Willow sighed.
"We knew it would've happened one day." She shrugged. "How can you be alright with this? You'll be stuck down here for God knows how long!" Selene shouted.
"Selene..." Liam warned her but she wasn't having it.
"No, Liam! None of this is fair or right!"
"Selene." Willow called and she looked at her, "I'm not alright with this, okay? I mean, I'm going to miss out on so much but we've got no choice." She said and then her eyes drifted over to the black shadow sitting on the bench opposite her. Watching.
The others looked as well but they couldn't see what she did. "He's here, isn't he?" Liam asked and she nodded. "He's just watching, probably waiting until I'm alone, or as alone as I can be."
"How nice of him." Abigail scoffed.
Each of them said their goodbyes before leaving more saddened then they were when they arrived until only Abigail was left.
"You need to seal this place up when you leave." Willow said as Abigail stood up and wiped the tears from her eyes. "It probably won't be strong enough." She said and Willow nodded.
Abigail leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. "I love you mum." She said before leaving and Willow watched her go with a few tears falling down her face before steeling herself and she looked at the shadow.
*****
Willow jumped awake shaking and gasping slightly, it took her a while before she recognised she was safely in her library and not that cold, lonely room.
She sighed as she sat up and looked at the fireplace before setting it alight with her magic then looked out the window to see it still night out.
'First time a vision's been that long. Do you remember it?' The voice asked her and she nodded.
"Every bit." She replied and went to do herself a drink.
'Shame it didn't give us a location as to where it is. I'm not looking forward to being sealed away by the way.'
"And yet you're fine with being sealed inside me, Fayde." Willow shot at the voice and could imagine a pair of eyes rolling, "I'm curious as to who the shadow is." She carried on.
'Clearly no one we've met yet...you're not going to sleep?' Fayde asked. There were times she'd find it in herself to care about Willow's wellbeing but would always brush it off as saying that she shares Willow's body and would like it to be nice and healthy.
"I want to get what we saw down." She said as she grabbed her notebook from the ground since it had been resting on her chest as she slept.
"And drawing creepy shadows is the solution?' Fayde asked as she watched through Willow's eyes Willow beginning to draw the shadow on the page.
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Thicker Than Blood (TVD Fanfic)(REWRITE)
Romance(Book 1 of Coven) After leaving Mystic Falls once before, Willow and Selene Sawtell never thought they'd return but they did and they are quickly pulled into the reoccurring events that seem to happen in town. At least it's not something they aren't...
