His to Save

Chapter Fifty-Six - blood

I felt Damien tense next to me as my breathing stopped and the room froze, all eyes turning to us. Hyde stepped closer to me in a protective stance as Brand stared at Damien, fury all over his face,

"I don't know what you are on about Brother" Damien said calmly as he took a sip from his drink, however I could feel the fear rushing down the bond.

He looked at me unbothered as he shrugged, "Sure she's good to look at, and probably a good fuck, but come on seriously, Lillian being mate?" he said unbothered as I looked between them, fear running through me still,

"Besides, why would I do that to my King?" he said as he folded his arms, "Lillian's a fuck and chuck, if I was going to fuck her I would have done so before this, I've had many opportunities" he said roughly as I ignored the sting in my chest at his words,

Brand smirked as he tapped the table,

"Oh Brother, lying was always a talent of yours, and I mean the acting from you, I am not surprised, but this little whore" he said pointing at me as I felt Damien tense up at his harsh words,

"Sneaky bitch you are, you have known since you went to get the amulet, I'm assuming that witch bitch Cyrene told you, can say I was not pleased to find out she was still kicking" he said as I didn't dare to move a muscle,

Nathaniel looked between us as I noticed his fists clenched at Brands words, the extent of his disrespect not going unnoticed.

"She made you two kiss, to reveal the truth. And since then you've been pretending, but due to the success of my mission, you realised there was no time left, so you did the only thing you could do" he said watching us as everyone took a small step backwards,

The room darkened as I shook my head,

"You are being ridiculous Brand, I don't know what you're talking about" I muttered as he looked me up and down,

"Nice stunt with the woman this morning, and the glamour trick last night is impressive. Who would have thought the real snake within my court was my own brother, I should have locked you up and melted your mind years ago, save me the bother of all these potions and spells" he said as I stepped forwards and placed my hands on the table,

"You are not hearing yourself Brand, this is not true, I'm not sure where you have conjured this up from, but it hasn't happened" I lied as he smirked gripping his hands together,

"Why of course Lillian, I am basing this off of gut instinct alone, should we test my theory?" he said as my eyes widened and time began to slow down.

Damien POV

Time slowed as I watched Brand outstretch his hand, a black spear of power shooting forwards towards me as the room gasped. I felt Lillian move quicker than I thought possible as I watched my brothers face crack,

I closed my eyes expecting to feel the spear impale me but before it could I was knocked out of the way, smashing onto the floor, my head cracking on the stone,

"NO BRAND STOP" someone called out as I groaned, my eyesight fuzzy and I tried to regain my bearings, a small splotch of blood coated my hand as I suddenly felt a sharp pain rush through my mind, one that could only mean one thing.

I turned frantically as I saw Lillian's small body sprawled out on the floor, the spear imbedded deep in her chest, her blood slowly leaking out onto the stone as she looked at me her hand around the spear as she pulled it out, fear plastered all over her face.

I heard screaming as the room turned to face me and I realised it was me who was screaming, my heart feeling as if it had been ripped out of my chest.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" I yelled as I turned to see pure horror on Brand's face,