Standards

CHAPTER 28

Lucius and Tom sat before the runes Tom had drawn on the floor. They were there to forge the swords. This was the easiest way to forge as many swords as they wanted in one try. They didn't exactly have time to do it one by one. Lucius will just use his magic and allow himself to create as many as he could and then they would check if all of them have at least one bit of his blood in it.

Lucius smiled at Tom and then cut open his palm with the knife. Blood started to pool in the middle of the circle and then traveled around all the runes that were formed. He closed his eyes and let his magic flow with his blood.

Tom gasped as be looked behind Lucius at all the swords that started to appear in the storage. The room had been spelled fo store as many swords that would be created. He could see that as Lucius's blood flowed into the runes, the more swords appeared. Then slowly the swords changed into something else. They became arrows. Thousand upon thousands appeared. Hours passed as Lucius sat there, with his eyes closed and drips of blood falling down into the runes.

Tom just sat there in front of him the whole time, waiting for Lucius to stop. They had talked with Severus and Harry about this but they were not free, so they were not able to join. And they may have not listened to Tom when he told them about Lucius getting the mark after the forging. They were too worried about their work to listen to the two omega's.

"Are you done?" Tom asked as Lucius took back his hand and placed his good palm over the bleeding area and soon the wound closed up and the blood disappeared into thin air.

"Yes Tom. I think you should mark me now." Lucius softly murmured. He wasn't very tired because he had taken energy from Lilith, and she couldn't stop him because she was the one that gave him power over herself when she bit him.

"Are you not tired? Don't you think we should do it after you rest up?" Tom asked with worry lacing his voice. He got up from where he had been sitting and walked over to Lucius, placing his hand on his shoulder and then sitting down beside him.

"No. I want to do it right now." Lucius said, because if they didn't do it now and Lilith was back to her full energy she would put up a fight with him and not allow himself to get marked. He was done being nice to her, he may think of her as family, but she never bothered to treat him as family. So he would also turn into what she was.

"If you say so." Tom whispered, grabbing his wand and holding Lucius's left hand in his. Lucius took a deep breath in and then out, Tom pressed his wand against Lucius's left arm and gathered all his magic and dark magic and concentrated it towards his wand and down onto Lucius's forearm, resulting in the other gasping in pain.

"Swear your loyalties to me." Tom spoke in a rough voice.

"I swear to defend my family against any evil. I swear to do what is best for my family and my people." Lucius gasped out as pain pulsed through his left arm as the mark started to brand itself on his arm.

Tom furrowed his eyebrows after the mark branded itself on Lucius's arms. Lucius didn't say the actual words that everyone was compelled to say. 'I will fight against any Night Walker that I feel are evil.' Those were the actual words but Lucius said something completely different. Tom shook his head and knew that Lucius's loyalties will be to him in a different way.

"I love you." Tom whispered and Lucius nodded with a small smile.

"Thanks. I love you too." The younger omega claimed, crawling into Tom's lap.

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Severus was sprawled on his bed with his eyes closed. He was tired after a long day of potion making.

"Is something wrong Severus?" Harry asked from where he was sat on the couch.

"Alpha, do you think it is a good idea to go to war with the Night Walkers?" Severus asked, turning around to face the older man.