His to Save

Chapter Thirty-Five - All back together?

I felt my body burn with heat as my eyes met Evelyn's and the whole room fell deadly silent, nobody daring to move a muscle. I stalked forward, magic growing in my hand as I saw Evelyn narrow her eyes at me,

"Lillian, stop." She said calmly as I froze, "I can explain, just please, I need your high witch, I need her help" she began to say as her breath came out deeper and harsher,

"I need help, please" she said as she crumbled to her knees, "Lillian, you must come back to Brand, no no, I didn't mean that. Gods, GET OUT OF MY HEAD" she began to scream as she clutched her head dropping to the floor and I felt a twist in my stomach, Damien running up next to me,

"Cyrene, help her" I called as I turned to see her pushing forward through the crowd, I turned to everyone as Evelyn writhed on the floor, her screams echoing throughout the room,

"EVERYONE OUT" I yelled my voice harsh as people quickly left through the doors, leaving me, Damien and Cyrene cradling a writhing Evelyn.

"What's wrong with her?" I said frantically as I knelt on the floor lifting Evelyn's head onto my lap, my hands stroking her hair.

Cyrene held her hands over her body as she closed her eyes muttering under her breath, green magic floating over Evelyn's body.

"She appears to be under a strong form of control, both mind and body, as if someone had inserted a piece of them into her, and it has been there a while" she said as I felt my stomach drop and I stroked Evelyn's hair out of her face,

"Brand, it has to be him" I whispered as I looked at Damien, standing away watching quietly, "help her, only you can" I said as he shook his head,

"Lillian, it could kill her. Brand's compulsion is much stronger than mine, and as the eldest he has always held dominance within magic. I don't think mine will be able to do anything" he said as I stood up and walked over to him,

"Damien Mordred. Man the fuck up now and help her. You tell me all the time to believe in myself, and that I can do it, now do the same. Be the Damien I first knew, the one who stopped at nothing to get what he wanted, the powerful man that the kingdom feared, and for god's sake help her" I yelled as he flinched at my words, Evelyn screams still ringing throughout the room.

His eyes narrowed as he nodded and walked over standing over Evelyn's body, "Cyrene, you may want to move" he said as she nodded and joined next to me,

He held his hands out over her head as a dark shadow was cast over the room, and a mist poured out of his body. It wove around Evelyn as it reached her head and entered her mouth, her eyes instantly opening as she began to scream,

Her screams deafened the room as me and Cyrene both shielded our ears, the sound piercing my heart and soul,

Damien continued his eyes completely black as the mist began to retract, pulling on something as Evelyn continued to scream her body shaking on the floor, blood pouring from her eyes,

"It's working, somehow, I think" Damien grunted as sweat grew on his forehead and his hands began to shake, "My magic, it seems to be stronger than his, as if I can budge it" he groaned as he clenched his fists, and then it came out, a slug like being, black as midnight thrown across the room as Evelyn's head dropped to the floor, blood growing on the ground around her.

I ran to Evelyn as the creature writhed on the floor, edging closer, as if to find something to bond to, but before it could get any closer a foot slammed down onto it, and it exploded underneath, a small wail escaping it as I recoiled back from the individual who had entered.

I gasped as the room cleared up from the dark and found myself looking at Hyde, who had a wry smile on his face. "Well it is never dull moment with you lot, is it now?" he said as a sigh of relief fell out of me and I rushed forward into his arms, tears streaming down my face, Damien clenching his fists slightly as I ignored him,

He hugged me back tightly as I sobbed, "Hyde, what on earth are you doing here?" I said as he shook his head,

"Let's get her to the infirmary first, and then we need to talk. Your time is almost up, and Brand is getting suspicious" he said as I looked at Damien my eyes wide.

Cyrene nodded as she turned to two guards who had entered, "Gather her, take her to the infirmary, give her the best treatment, and you lot follow me" she said as I gathered my skirts, and we followed her to the dining room.

Once we had entered I walked over to the side pouring glasses for us, Damien grabbing one as I turned to face Hyde, "Before we do anything" I said as I looked him up and down, "I need to know you're not a spy", Hyde nodded as I placed my cup down,

"What is your name" I said staring dead at him as he sighed, "Hyde Firegaze" he replied as I narrowed my eyes, "Your real name Hyde" I said as Damien and Cyrene frowned,

"I trust these two with my life, you can trust them. Its time they know" I said as he nodded, "My name is Prince Killian Hyde Fitzgerald, son of Augustus Fitzgerald, ruler of the Eastern continent, King of the desert and King of the Sun." he said as I nodded,

"What the fuck" Damien said his eyes flashing dangerously as we both turned to look at him, "You're the fucking son of the mad king on the other side of the world? How the fuck did you get away with that?" he said as I turned to him,

"Because the Mad king did not know he was alive." I replied calmly, "And he was never meant to, I owed Hyde one, so I pretended to kill him and sent his body to his father. News of the Queen of the North had spread quickly, and it was the easiest way we could think of stopping him for looking for him. However, I had forgotten that he would have been present at the vampire meeting, and now Hyde's status is back on the map. But that is a story for another day" I said as Damien threw his drink back slamming his fist on the table,

"No Lillian, that is not a story for another day, none of us are addressing the problems we have, there are too many fucking secrets. Brand is going to rip us apart one by one if we cannot function as a team. And let's be fucking honest, we know nothing. We all keep these little things to ourselves as if they are not important." He growled his eyes turning black as his fangs peaked out from between his lips,

I held back a moan from his look as the shadows danced dangerously around him and whilst everyone in the room cowered slightly in fear, I thought he had never looked more handsome.

Damien's eyes locked onto mine as he noticed a shift in my scent and he clenched his jaw tightly, pouring another drink. He threw it back as he averted my gaze pointing at the rest of them.

"We are trying to overthrow a fucking kingdom, with the most powerful vicious King upon the throne the world has ever seen. If we don't even know who each other are, we will all die." He said as I turned to him sighing, I ran my fingers through my hair as I paced,

"Yes, your right, but we need Evelyn. I do believe she is free from whatever you threw out of her, and we don't even know how long that's been there, or what is it, or what it has done to her" I said as the door pushed open and we all turned,

Evelyn stood there, breathing deeply as she smirked, the blood dried on her face as she wiped it chucking the towel to the side.

"It's been there for thousands of years Lillian, that was the fake me." She said bitterly as she chuckled,

"Hello all, I'm the real Evelyn, it is a pleasure to finally meet you" she said before her legs gave out and she fell to the floor.

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