Fighting for the Lost (Sebastian's Daughter Book 4) (COMPLETE)

Chapter 23

(Guess who's back! Well, at least for this chapter, anyway. I just got home from school, and I really felt like writing something. So I did. Please no one hate of this. This is the first thing I've written since I said I was having a really hard time with writing. I needed a break to make sure that writing stayed fun instead of becoming a chore. Now that I've written this chapter, I really hope you guys and gals like it. Because I worked hard to make it was good as I could. Hopefully I won't take as long to update again, but you never know with me. I love you all, and I hope you enjoy the chapter!!)

Once the large doors swung closed behind me, I reached out for the wall. It had taken a lot of energy to split away from Serena and then almost immediately merge back. I could feel her inside me; her worry was mixing with my fatigue, and it made a very unpleasant feeling inside of me.

I made it to the wall before I could collapse, and I waited there for a second. I shook my head, wiped at my eyes, anything I could think of to get rid of the exhaustion that continued to creep in on me. Why? Why was I so exhausted? If it really was some kind of dark magic, how would we get rid of it? I needed answers, but, at the same time, I needed rest.

Just then, Finny came running down the stairs toward me. He seemed relieved to see me okay, but as soon as he got close enough to actually see me, his relieved smile was lost to a frown of worry.

"What happened?" he asked, moving my hair out of my face and tucking it behind my ear. "Are you alright?"

I nodded, then proceeded to slide down the wall and sit on the floor.

"Selena?!" he asked urgently, kneeling beside me. "What's wrong?"

I couldn't answer him. I was beginning to see double, and every time I shook my head to snap out of it, it came right back.

I felt Finny patting my cheek. "Hey, stay with me! What happened?!"

My head lolled the the side. I was too exhausted to stop it.

"Selena!!"

And against my will, I passed out in Finny's arms.

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Third Person POV:

"Selena!!" Finny nearly screamed as she passed out in his arms. He held her gently, not sure what to do. She was burning up, and Sebastian was still outside dealing with the man Selena had found.

As he was thinking, he heard a loud gasp from the top of the stairs, glancing up, he noticed it was Mey-Rin. She was carrying a stack of books, which she immediately dropped and flung herself down the stairs. Once at the bottom, she ran to Finny and Selena.

"Oh, my! What happened to Chrystal?!"

Finny shook his head. He couldn't tell her much of anything. Did she already know anything about Selena?

"I just found her like this. She has a fever, too." Finny said. It was all he could do.

Mey-RIn reached out a touched Selena's forehead with the back of her head, she pulled back a moment later. "She does have a fever, yes she does. We should take her somewhere to rest!"

Finny nodded, then stood, holding the sleeping Selena in his arms. He carried her up the stairs and into her room, where he gently placed her on the bed. Mey-rin entered the room a moment later with a cold wash cloth and draped it over Selena's forehead.

"I hope this helps." She said, backing away.

There was a moment of silence between them, then the door to the room burst open.

"Where is she?" Alex demanded. "I-" he stopped when he saw Mey-Rin.

"She's here," Finny said, pointing. He had to intervene before Mey-Rin asked questions. "I found her on the floor in the main hall."

Alex walked over and sat on the bed, next to Selena. He gave her a soft smile. "I've been looking all over for you, and you decide to take a nap on the floor? Really, Chrystal?"

Mey-Rin turned away. I'll leave you all alone now." Then she ran from the room, in what Alex assumed to be her rushing back to work.

"What really happened?" Alex asked, now that the strange maid was gone.

"I heard her come inside and I found her leaning against the wall. The she just slowly passed out."

Alex stared at his sister. Was she just exhausted again? But that wouldn't explain such a fever.

"I'll go find Dad and see if he knows anything." Alex said, starting to stand.

Finny stopped him. "No, he's busy."

"What's more important than his daughter? He'll drop what he's doing and come up here."

Finny sighed. "There was a man outside spying on the manor. He's out there taking care of him."

"Wait, and you told me Selena came inside before you found her? Was she out there by herself with him?"

Finny reluctantly nodded.

"Why wasn't someone with her?! She could've gotten hurt!"

"She told me to come inside and find Sebastian, so that's what I did. She knew what she was doing."

Alex sighed. "Then I'm going out there to help him finish this guy off. He needs to come up here now."

Just then, the door swung open to reveal Sebastian.

"I'm here to inform you that everything has been taken care of." His eyes then focused on his daughter, the wet cloth on her head, her flushed cheeks.

"She collapsed shortly after she came inside," Finny told him. "Mey-Rin and I brought her up here."

Sebastian nodded. A moment later, he sighed, and turned his gaze to his son and Finny. "I'll call Maria and have her over as soon as possible. Please, at least one of you stay with her until then."

Alex and Finny nodded simultaneously. Sebastian nodded back, then left to call Maria.

Alex chuckled softly. "I knew the whole crew couldn't stay away from each other for too long."

A moment later, the door opened again, and Samantha ran through and stopped right next to Selena.

"Oh, I heard everything from Sebastian. Is she going to be alright?"

Finny shrugged, but Alex nodded. He didn't want her to worry any more than she already did. "She'll be fine once Maria gets here."

"Thank goodness!" Samantha sighed in relief. She turned to Selena. "Stop scaring me like this!"

Alex and Finny laughed. Samantha crossed her arms, but not before slapping the boys for laughing at her.