His to Save

Chapter Twenty One- A plan

I smiled as I woke up, Damien's arms still wrapped tightly around me.

I slowly turned to face him as the sunlight peeked in through the curtains and I saw the light caress gently across his face. I sat there for a while watching him sleep, perfectly content as I memorised every inch of his face.

I stroked his face lightly as I felt him shift and slowly open his eyes as I pulled my hand back, his eyes instantly meeting mine.

"Good morning" he grumbled in a deep sleepy voice that shook me straight to my core, "you had enough of staring?" he mumbled again as I blushed and looked away, placing my head against his chest,

"I mean, I wasn't complaining" he said as I smiled and placed a soft kiss on his cheek,

"Come on, we need to get up. Unfortunately we can't stay here forever" I said as I rolled over and Damien groaned,

He quickly leant over, wrapping his arms around my waist as he pulled me back into the bed, rolling me on top of him. I laughed as he rested his head against mine, tickling my waist ever so slightly as I smiled widely.

"Lillian, darling please. This is the first decent night's sleep I've had in a while. Actually since we stayed in that little inn" he said as I smiled and stroked his hair, immediately feeling him relax underneath me,

He rested his head against my shoulder as he breathed in deeply, as if he was inhaling me,

However as he did I felt a gut-wrenching pain flood through my body and I pushed him off me, falling onto the floor gasping,

My head began to pound as memories began to flow back and all the awful things I had done hit me at once,

Damien leapt up from the bed as I began to hyperventilate and scramble on the floor, trying to escape the searing pain covering my body. I looked at my hands as blood appeared on them and I screamed wiping them on the floor, but it wouldn't go away,

"Lillian, what the fuck is going on. Talk to me, please, what's happening" Damien yelled as I panicked and began to see dark spots in my vision,

My head felt as if it was about to burst and I held it in between my hands as I screamed, my yells causing the entire building to shake,

Damien tried to run to me but as he did Cyrene burst into the room and held out her hand holding him back with her magic,

I continued to writhe on the floor as voices filled my head and I couldn't tear my eyes away from the blood on my hands dripping onto the floor,

The drips slowly turned into a puddle as I scrambled away, but a bloody trail continued to follow me.

"What is wrong with her, Cyrene please do something" Damien said as he dropped to one knee, also gripping his head, "My head feels as if it's about to burst" he groaned as I let out another scream the walls shaking once again,

"Lillian listen to me" I heard Cyrene say as I clutched my head, still writhing on the floor,

"The blood, I can't get rid of it. What have I done, oh gods, it's all coming back. I killed them. I killed them all. Peggy's dead, Evelyn, oh gods. I snapped her neck, oh please, make the blood stop. MAKE IT STOP" I screamed as Cyrene pulled me in and stroked my head gently,

"It's okay deep breaths Lillian, you are safe. Think of the mating bond, the peace and love there, think of that. You are okay, you are safe" she said as I tried to take deep breaths and closed my eyes,

I searched for it as I felt the pressure ease and my breathing slowly return to normal,

I lay there for a while tears streaming down my face as she held me, giving me time to let it all out,