His to Save

Chapter Thirty - Prep

After what felt like hours it finally felt as if I had gathered just enough information to hopefully survive the night and as I was finishing the touches on my dress Cyrene walked in,

As she did I saw a frown cover her face and she walked up to the dress running her fingers over it lightly,

"This is gorgeous Lillian, but I must ask, why is it white?" she asked as I smiled at her,

"Well as you can see by the mini library on my bed, I did some research. White dresses go on the witches that haven't been chosen yet, their colour power still not determined. White being the most common power, then blue and then the rare green, which is you and could have been" I started to say before I turned away to ruffle the dress a lump in my throat,

"It could have been Bethany" she said quietly as I felt a hand gently rest on my shoulder,

"I was the High witch who tried to find her Lillian, I took over when my mother died" she said as I hugged her tight,

"Do you know anything more? Anything at all?" I said as she shook her head, "I'm afraid I couldn't do it any longer than I did. The pain she was in, it flowed into me, and I took over five days to recover. There was nothing more I could possibly do. I am so sorry, I wish I could have understood more" she said as I wiped my tears,

"Anyway" I said pushing back the tears as I turned to the dress trying to push away the pain, "The dress is white because I have not actually been chosen yet. While I have these powers, I do not know if I have the potential to become the erebus fully, to control the power and it finally be mine. So when I get blessed we will see" I said as I turned to face her,

She smiled as she ran her hand over the material, "It's gorgeous Lillian, and I'm sure everything will be okay" she said quietly as I tried to smile, "Well I should probably get ready, guests will be arriving soon. And I'm the one who must deal with the old hags who have been on this earth too long, they still call me child" she said rolling her eyes and chuckling as she walked towards the door and I smiled,

"Lillian" she called as I turned to her standing in the doorway, "We will find out what happened to her, I swear on it as my duty of High Witch" she said firm as I smiled and she walked out the room Damien straight walking in after her,

"You alright?" he said as I quickly waved my hand a cloth covering up the dress, "Oh come on, you're really not going to let me see it?" he said as I smiled his hands wrapping around my waist, tingles erupting all over my body,

"No, if it is to be my last night alive. I would like the last thing I wear to be a surprise" I quietly mumbled as his grip grew tighter and he lightly kissed my neck causing me to shiver,

"Don't think like that Lillian. I can't live without you, I won't live without you" he breathed in my ear, goosebumps erupting all over my body,

I turned as I held his face in my hands, him closing his eyes and nuzzling in. I slowly stroked my thumb over his cheek as I placed a soft kiss on his lips, "I love you" I whispered as he opened his eyes and looked at me,

"No I love you Lillian Silverback" he whispered in my mind as I felt his voice wrap around me and hold me close, smothering me in his love.

He pulled back as he smiled, "I've loved you since I first saw you and you tried to plunge a dagger in my chest" he smiled as an image appeared in my mind of me so long ago,

"Well that's completely your fault for invading my dream" I chuckled as I sat down and began brushing my hair. He laughed loudly as he sat on the edge of the bed, his eyes watching me carefully.

"I wouldn't take any of it back" he said quietly as I froze and turned to face him placing the hairbrush down,

"I wouldn't change how we met, how we wound each other up, I wouldn't change nothing until now. Perhaps the part where my brother violated you but despite that I knew you were completely extraordinary when I first saw you, and I still think that now" he said tucking my hair behind my ear as I bit my lip smiling and I moved over closer to him,