Revival

~*SIX*~

"I'm not drinking that." I said eyeing the mug suspiciously.

I was leaning against the counter the entire time Cole was making his medicinal remedy. It smelled just as unpleasant as it looked. He looked like he knew what he was doing but I wasn't sure.

"It will help you feel better. That fall you took was bad. You need all the help you can get."

"Thanks, I really appreciate that." I took the mug from him. "You didn't have to do all of this."

"Yes I did." He said in all seriousness.

"I think he is quite smitten with you."

Don't look. Don't look.

I had been upstairs for a while trying to calm down my nerves. Even though he wouldn't go away, I kept telling myself he wasn't real. It was a side affect from how hard I hit my head. If i continued to ignore it then it would just go away. That's all I had to do, right? Just pretend it wasn't happening.

"Do you want to sit down on the couch while you drink the tea?" Cole asked already moving towards the living room. "You look a little green and like you're about to pass out."

Cole laughed but had no doubt I looked sick- I felt it. I nodded and followed him if only to get away from the guy claiming to be Kane Devereux, Cole's very much dead ancestor. If Kane knew that Cole was part of his family he didn't comment on it.

Of course he wouldn't comment on it. He's a figment of your imagination.

"Earth to Blaire." Cole said waving a hand in front of my face.

I blinked not realizing I had stopped walking. I took a seat next to him but far enough to leave some space in between.

Without looking I knew that he was there. He followed me everywhere I went. It was like we were two magnets. If I moved he would move. It made the hairs at the back of my neck stick up. A chill ran down my spine and I tried to push it all away. 

"I was asking if you wanted to watch some television?" Cole asked. "Or did you want to lay down instead?"

"I don't mind watching some TV." I said. "It's probably not a good idea to sleep in case I have a concussion or something. Shouldn't I see a doctor?"

He turned in the T.V and started flipping through the channels. He was still wearing the same clothes he had when we were at the cemetery. They were dirty but he didn't seem to mind.

"I think you're fine, Blaire. No doctors needed. With how worried your mom was she would have probably taken you to the hospital if she thought something was seriously wrong."

He had a point. My mom loved to baby me. I don't think she would have even stayed at the cemetery if she thought something other than a bump on the head happened. I got comfortable on the couch and brought my knees up to my chest.

I was enjoying the silence until Kane started talking again. I took a peek at him and he was standing by the window peeking out through the small spaces of the curtains.

"In sorry about your family's grave crumbling." I said. "It was stupid to do what I did."

"It's okay. It was actually a good thing. No one knew there was something underground."

"So Kane Devereux has quite a reputation." I was prying for information and I was glad he didn't really catch on.

"It's mostly stories to scare people."

"Can you tell me more about him?" I asked.

"Back then people believed in magic and all sorts of stuff. There were witches and warlocks. The story is that he was power hungry. He kept killing witches and taking their magic before it could be returned to the ancestors. It was enough that he conjured up a spell to become immortal."