Killer Stone

5

" No. She hasn't tried to escape."

Valentine was talking on the phone as you held Clementine tightly. You.. You haven't really been able to put him down for you're afraid that soon enough, you won't be able to at all. The idea of your son losing his mother shatters you like Valentine shattered your little pearl. The fresh wound still pulls at your heart stings causing you to rub your belly in sorrow. What.. What if Valentine is lying about the other sacks? You pushed on your stomach, and Valentine frowns when noticing. Once he was done talking on the phone, he crawled over to you placing his hand over your belly checking. He does this by sending a warmth through out your abdomen searching for life to respond. He sighs though with a shake of a head in saying no.

You whispered having grown tired of the silence.

" I think it was going to be a girl."

" We'll have a girl soon enough."

He tried his best to be enthusiastic, but he failed miserably. You come to terms he only wants to marry you because you can bare his children, and that you should distance yourself. Why don't you though? It's... the way he talks about your future together, and his love language is so alluring. He kisses you, but you pull away no wanting to fall in love with the situation. He whines like a puppy dog before, and you could tell he wanted to say something.

" We.. We can have more children. You're something called a Blood Born. I tested it the first night we met-."

" Wait, what? How?"

He looks shameful taking a seat beside you. He's afraid to talk so much, but the magic on the vehicle was still new and in check. The Gods can over power if they want though.

" I took your blood in your sleep..."

You scoot over giving him a shocked but angry glare. He puts his face in his hands ashamed.

" But.. I mixed my blood, and it affected to the point the rock couldn't transform."

You pause thinking on that for a second. For some reason, you found yourself consoling him as you were just glad to have a conversation with him.

" I.. There's other ways I can make a baby."

He perks up all ears now.

" I.. I have the soul gem trait, and I'm still a Mother Earth, you know-."

" Soul gem trait? How does that work?"

" With my energy involved too, I make a physical form from their essense, but.. it's illegal as Hell because the gem is forever stuck to them."

He thinks on that for a second.

" For the rest of their lives, one could say a rock would be stuck to their chest?"

You nod, and he found that truly fascinating.

" I'll have to research that."

He tries to kiss you, but you stay facing forward. As a reaction, he curled up to you with his head on your lap.

" We can have a good future. I know it."

" You just want to be with me because I break your curse-."

" I never forgot about you after that night, you know? I.. I don't end up having fun too much because my job."

You say nothing to that as you look out the window. How much more driving do you have to go through?

" I know we haven't been on the road long, but can we stop at a hotel room. I'm sure the driver wants to rest."

He nods having thought the same for himself also. It was some time before he told the driver who was happy to comply. Soon, you turned off the highway and unto a small hotel.

" Was a limo necessary for transportation?"

" We're.. kind of making a big entrance. The occults are gathering for a ceremony for Judgement Day, and it's been required that you show. It isn't your court date, but you will be revealed. I just thought of instead of changing vehicles, why not have what's needed to begin with. I also thought you would like to have your space."

You can't but to laugh a little at that.

" You say when you're curled up in my lap."

He responds by nuzzling closer. He eventually got up and let you exit the car. You pause seeing this was a chance to run as you look off into the woods with freedom was calling your name and the wind ruffling your hair. You take a few steps forward to have Valentine move out before you.

" Don't even try it."

He was cold again in fear someone is listening. You decided to play along.

" Fuck you-."

" Don't talk like that in front of my child-."

" You mean my kid. You left, remember?"

You regret your words as he just frowns at you. With that, he grabs you by the arm and take you get the rooms paid for. You watch the jeep pull up after you gathered your keys assuming they must have been some ways back behind you both. Once meeting the door, he talks to Mr. buff guy and surgical girl throwing their room key at them. You see the brunette blush at sharing a room with her colleague, but she doesn't complain. Once entering, you find yourself crawling into a bed.

" I'll get Riverana to go get some baby formula. He's probably starving."

He crawls into bed wrapping his arms around your waist. Everything in you told you to run for the hills while he's asleep, but you watch as his hand moved over your own intertwining your fingers as you both hold the baby.

He leans in whispering.

" I know what you're thinking. Please don't leave with my child. I loved him the first moment I met him."

You said nothing as you find yourself drifting off to sleep somehow becoming comfortable. Valentine noticed and sits up as he goes to talk to Riverana about feeding his baby. He finds himself locking the door when exiting and as he going over to the next room, he pauses as he shift his attention to the hooded figure that was just standing at the end of the parking lot. He tilts his head up revealing a stitched up maks. He eventually starts walking away as a bad feeling washed over Valentine.

Was he here for Y/n?