Ancient: The Legacy of Slytherin

Blood 🌶️

Content warning: Spice + blood. All characters aged 18+

Ominis POV

As soon as we entered the Undercroft, I felt Arabella's legs collapse as she nearly fell to the ground. I strengthened my grip on her hip and pulled her into my chest as I held my wand in my other hand to map the room. She was so close to me, I could feel her chest heave up and down against me and hear her heart rate increase.

She started to tremble as her breathing became ragged.

"Shhh. Arabella I have you, I have you. You're safe. You're safe here with me. I won't let anyone harm you like that ever again."

"I-it hurts, Ominis."

Damnit. I didn't want her to have to walk any further. "Hold my wand, please."

Once she took it and my world went dark, I felt down her back until my hand found the back of her knees. While I kept a firm hand on her back, I lifted her up to my chest.

"Put my wand in my mouth."

"What?"

"I can't hold it and hold you at the same time, and I need it to map the room. I only need to be touching it. Just- do it."

When I felt the cold material of my wand against my lips, I closed my teeth around it and could see again.

We reached a table in the middle of the Undercroft, where I gently placed Arabella and stood in front of her. I moved my wand from my mouth to my pocket.

"Arabella, can you tell me where it hurts? Is the pain is focused anywhere?"

She pulled my right hand forward and placed it just above her hip. Against her bare skin. It felt soft. So soft and warm. Plush.

"Here, Ominis. This spot keeps sending waves of pain throughout my whole body, as if it has its own pulse."

As soon as my hand was at the spot, I could feel the after effects of the Cruciatus curse radiating from her skin. Dark Magic seeped out of it, and I knew I didn't have much time to act.

Gods be damned, Sebastian. What a bloody mess.

"I need you to remove your clothes, take off everything that's blocking that spot from the outside world."

"Merlin Ominis, at least take me on a date first."

Good to know her sense of humor was still in tact. If only she understood how much I ached to take her on a proper date and spoil her.

"Yes very funny but I'm serious, I need to act quickly if I'm going to stop it."

"I'm serious too," she muttered under her breath. Maybe she thought I couldn't hear her, but my hearing is excellent. I began to flush at the thought of being lucky enough to court her.

"Ok, everything is off now Ominis. You can touch the spot and there won't be anything in the way."

I swallowed hard at the thought of her sitting in front of me, nearly naked. Although I couldn't see her, it still felt very intimate. I placed my hand exactly where it was before, my hand cold against her warm skin.

"I can feel the Dark Magic seeping out of you, Arabella. Do you see any sort of visible scar?"

"I- yes, I do. It looks like a small black dot with larger, jagged lines extending from it."

Sebastian could have marked her for life, but not if I could stop the curse in its tracks.

"Ok, I'm warning you that this is going to feel uncomfortable. But if I'm successful, the scar may disappear. Are you ready?"