The Silent Queen

🌒Chapter 31: Mikael🌘

1995 A.D.
New Orleans
Realm 1
Selene's POV:

I was resting next to Finn when my magic surged. I sat up and gasped. I knew instantly something was happening to Mikael.
Finn sat up with me and asked, "What is it Love?"
"Mikael something is wrong with him." I panicked a bit. "Finn I know he was not a good father to you and the others .."
He cupped my face, " Go do what you have to. You have my support as always." He kissed me softly and I sighed nodding my head then shadow traveled to where I felt the trouble.

Upon arrival I was far from happy. I felt the exhausted magic of a Bennett Witch. I heard her telling someone to that she wasn't coming back her magic was too weak. I heard them ask about her daughter and she said that her daughter would be fine without her.  I looked around the crypt and spotted her standing next to a now dessicated and chained Mikael.
"Just what do you think you are doing?" I demanded.
She whirled around and spotted me .
"Who are you?"
"I asked you a Question Abby Bennett Wilson. Just what do you think you are doing to Mikael?"
She actually tried to use her magic to give me a headache. My look turned to a glare then and I brought my hand up and clenched it and watched as she fell to her knees clutching her throat.
"This is twice now a Bennett has betrayed me. I can not believe how far Ayana's descendants have fallen that they do not recognize me and would dare betray me."
Her eyes widened at that and recognition came to them.
"Ah I see you finally understand just who you are dealing with now. So again I ask what do you think you are doing to Mikael?" I released my hand allowing her to speak once more.
She gasped and looked up to me with a bit of fear in her eyes.
"He came for my friend's daughter. She is only 3, I had to protect her."
"Mikael may be a lot of things but he would not have taken such a young child why would he be after her?"
"She is a Petrova doppelgänger. He was a danger to her."
Oh that flared my anger massively.
"You a Bennett witch betrayed me for yet another Petrova doppelgänger! Mikael cares nothing for them! He would not have harmed her! He would have only watched and waited for Niklaus you stupid fool. But instead of knowing the truth or at the very least trying to reach me you betray me by harming my last guardian! And all for another one of those fucking doppelgängers! This is twice now your line has betrayed me for them. Emily Bennett lost my favor and protection. She was burned at the stake because of it. Apparently that was not enough of a warning not to betray me. So here is your punishment Abby Bennett Wilson, I strip you of all magic. Never again will it grace you. Never again will you feel its blessing. Further you no longer have my favor or protection."
She gasped as I spoke her magic fleeing her completely.
"I hope that doppelgänger and your friend was worth the loss of my favor and protection as well as the loss of your magic and family. Now leave my sight."
She ran out of the crypt. I heard her stop outside and call her mother. She told her what happened and her mother called her a damn fool. She then fled the cemetery.
I moved to Mikael's side and sighed. "What a mess. Wake." I said as I caressed his cheek, he was after all one of the two men I knew as a father figure and the last of my guardians alive.  He gasped awake looking around and his eyes landed on me and softened.
"Selene child, I have missed you. I am so sorry my dear for everything...."
I held a hand up stopping him.
"I forgave you a long time ago Mikael. When I had my first children, I knew then you only did what you did to us to protect us. I also know that you did not know I was with child, because i know you would not have done so if you had."
There were tears in his eyes.
"That being said I will free you on two conditions. 1. you swear to never hunt or hurt your children again, even Niklaus and you will apologize to them all when you see them. 2. You will accept my bite and become sired to me and me alone. Loyal to me and those of my family. Do you agree to this?"
"Yes I agree to both."
I nodded and removed the chains. As my magic touched him to begin changing him it recoiled feeling a spell. I frowned and then sent it further and what i found pissed me off.
"That Bitch!"
He blinked confused, "Who?"
"Esther. She is the reason for your hate."
He frowned, "What do you mean?"
I showed him the memory as I spoke.
"She tried to spell you to hate me. She wanted you to shower your children with love and affection and to show nothing but disgust, hate, and loathing to me. She wanted you to be loving and kind to them but strict, cruel and abusive to me. She wanted you to protect them and destroy me. Her spell though backfired against Alpha and Beta's protection on my guardians against such spells. She is the reason for your actions and treatment of your children."
His frown grown deeper and his eyes filled with hate. "Can you remove it?"
"Of course."
"Please do so."
I nodded and removed the spell. As I did he fell to his knees as tears filled his eyes and a sob came to his lips. He could not handle the pain he had caused his children over the centuries. As he cried I knelt and hugged him as well. He finally calmed and said.
"Bite me. I never want to be unloyal to you or harm my children again. I want to try and make up for all I have done."
I nodded and bit him on the neck. My mark appeared on the right side of his neck. There was no hiding it. All of the supernatural would know he was one of mine and loyal. Only mundane humans would not see my mark.

We then returned to New Orleans to my home. My family was all waiting in the atrium along with Marcel. Finn ever calm was actually pacing. At our appearance he ran to me ignoring Mikael. He cupped my face and looked me over. I smiled to him.
"I am fine my love. Truly." He nodded and rested his forehead to mine.
Mikael then spoke, "Finn."
Finn looked to him as Marcel joined us glaring at Mikael.
"Hear him out both of you. He was spelled Finn." I shared the memory with both of them, so they two could see what Esther had done. After much discussion. After much yelling. They chose to give him a chance after all he was marked by me and important to me.
"Why were you attacked?" Finn asked finally to Mikael. My glare shot to Damon. He blinked.
"What did I do?"
"He was attacked because of a Petrova doppelgänger. Another Bennett witch has betrayed me as well."
Damon sighed and his head dropped as he muttered, "Fuck." He knew that while I had forgiven him I did not forget. He was going to spend the next few weeks trying to make this too up to me. Demetri patted his back sympathetically.
We then spent the rest of the night telling Mikael all of our adventures and about our family.  He would spend the next few years earning both Finn and Marcel's forgiveness and becoming one of my protectors again as well as a big part of the family.