Cold Blood and Icy Hearts: Tale of Caine Conven (Discontinued)

Volume 2 Chapter 29: A Lover's Quarrel! The Demon Falls From Grace!

It took him a decent amount of time to make it back to the castle, which was good. It gave him enough time to fiddle with the blood in his pocket and on his hands as he thought about what he could tell the others. He didn't want to tell them the truth, but he had too. Right? Eventually, he made it back to the castle and was unable to give himself a way to tell the truth to anybody. When he got inside, everyone was sitting at the table in the dining room. Not that they were eating, but they were too worried. Only a few people were missing from the table. Noelle, who was on bedrest due to the Killian's knot that plagued her. Another person who was missing was Brooke, as well as her husband John. Both of whom were likely by Noelle's side when she needed them. However, the most important person to him for now was indeed there. His darling flower.

Cascade: "Uncle Zane!"

She yelled out when she saw him. She rushed to his side and jumped into his arms, latching onto his body while she cried. Nuzzling his leg before she was picked up and placed into his arms. The two of them smiled at each other as everyone started to rush over and gather by his side in order to see what had happened while he was gone. It didn't take long for Brooke and John to leave the infirmary and get into the dining room to see what had everybody clamoring about in the dining room. When they arrived, they saw Zane and both of their faces immediately lit up. They ran to his side as Brooke looked at him, with a pleading look in her eyes.

Brooke: "Zane, please tell me you got the angel's blood. I don't know if Noelle can take too much more!"

Zane: "I wouldn't have come back without it, you know. Long story short, I'm here. Take this blood, and go fix my wife before I murder every single one of you. Do you understand me?"

John: "Calm down, Zane... we aren't going to let anything bad happen to her and you know that. Okay? Brooke, grab the blood and let's go work on the spell."

He said before Brooke did as she was asked. She was taken to the infirmary, to go and try to fix the curse that was placed on Noelle. Once her and John were out of earshot, Chylled looked at his brother. Furrowing his brows, he stepped closer to him. Seeing the scars all over his body, he knew the answer to the question already, but he needed to know if it was true.

Chylled: "Zane... what happened to... where's father?"

Zane took a deep breath and looked at Chylled with worry in his eyes.

Zane: "He was killed in action. The angel we were looking for didn't go down without a fight, at all. We had a gruesome and bloody battle with the angel and... father got hurt. Badly. We had to fight just to get him back to his feet long enough for him to help finish the task that we had to do. But, when the job was done father had passed... he died. I'm sorry."

Hearing the news, Xyla, Claryssa, and Chylled's faces all fell from the happy smile that they were. The three of them wearing solemn faces of pain and anguish as they realized they just lost someone so important. The three of them holding each other close and starting to cry as Claryssa screamed out in nothing but pure anguish. Agony and sorrow filling the throne room of the castle, as Zane slowly backed away. His eyes showed very little emotion for everybody and everything. He knew he did it, and he wouldn't say anything. He wouldn't feel bad about the entire thing, not in the slightest. He killed Monty of his own free will, and he'd do it again if he had the chance. It felt good when he did it.

He made his way slowly into the infirmary, where he saw Brooke preparing for the spell. He growled and moved towards her before grabbing her hair tightly.

Zane: "Listen, Brooklyn! Either start the damn spell to break the curse now, or the entirety of the Blackwell line ends with Cascade being raised by me. I'll kill you and John if Noelle dies here and now, do you understand me?!"