End of Heartache, the Continued Case of.... (Sebastian x Reader)

Chapter 24

When I drifted to sleep I saw just one other body in here with me.

However when I woke I saw two.

"Claude?" My voice croaked, throat still sore from healing.

"(Y/n) your awake" I heard his voice call back. Something was wrong though. I could hear it in his tone.

However before I could ask him what was wrong Sebastian spoke for me.
"What are you doing here? Where's Julie?" He growled sounding stronger than we two had.

Claude didn't answer. He just shook his head.

"Where. Is. Julie?" Sebastian growled this time louder.

"She's gone" Claude could all but mutter sounding as broken as I felt.

"SHE'S WHAT?!?" Sebastian roared pulling harshly on his chains.
"If anything happens to her I'll kill you!"

I watched in horror as my Soulmate thrashed about trying desperately to get to my best friend. My best friend who wasn't even trying to get away. The best friend who looked so broken I barley recognised him.

"Do you even care what happens to her?! Vixen could have her and be torturing her this very second! Do you even care?!!" He spat eyes flashing red.

"Of course I care!" Claude finally shouted back.
"How dare you say I don't! Right now I can feel everything she feels and it's the worse thing I've ever felt. In fact I can't even find the words to express it to you.

I can feel it when she screams for me to help her. I can feel it as she begs me to save her. I can feel her every fear and all her pain. Your right she is being tortured and I'm powerless right now to stop it.

So don't you dare for a second say I don't care! As of this moment I care more than anyone in this room!"

Sebastian stops his screaming long enough to stare at Claude.
"No! No you can't" He mumbles.

Finally it twigs in my head.
"You and Julie! Your like me and Sebastian aren't you?"

Claude just dips his head lower, han emotion I never thought I would see flashing across his face: Regret.
"Yes and right now I'd give anything to make it not so. Maybe she'd be safe then"

"Congratulations Claude, you've successfully signed Julie's death warrant. You bastard" Sebastian growled before he too fell silent.

Hanging there gave me a lot of time to think. After all what could I say that hadn't been already?

Could I tell Claude it wasn't his fault Julie had been taken? No, because how could I know for certain it wasn't.

Could I tell Sebastian Julie would be okay? Again No, because how could I know she would be. Claude said he could feel them torturing her so clearly she wasn't.

Could I tell them that it was all my fault and I was sorry? Yes, but did I want to. Definitely not.

That would mean admitting I was responsible for Julie's fate. Being responsible for My predicament I could handle that, even being responsible for Sebastian's and Claude's I could handle. But being responsible for Julie's fragile human life; I couldn't handle that.

Why had they taken her anyway? If their goal was to torture her to hurt us then why not do it in front of us? Surely that would have had more effect?

They couldn't have known about Claude and Julie's mark. I didn't even know. Sebastian didn't even know and Julie tells him everything. So why had they brought Claude here to hang along with us and not Julie?

If it was just about me and Sebastian surely they would have brought the two of them in here?

"Claude. Why did they bring you here?" I asked my mind now ticking with ideas.

"I don't know. I really don't know" He huffed voice still as defeated as before.

"Well did they say anything to you? Anything at all?" I pestered wriggling with a new found energy.

"I don't know. I really don't, it's all a blur"

"Well you better remember something useful or I'll personally rip the eyes from your skull so you can never see Julie again" Sebastian threatened eyes glowing again.

"Sebastian stop it!" I shouted.
"It's hard enough as it is for him without your input! Now Claude please, did they say anything to you? Anything at all"

Sebastian just huffed mumbling something under his breath. Right now however I didn't care what he said it wasn't important. The only thing that mattered was wether what I was thinking was right.

"They didn't say much. The girl just shoved a dagger in my back threatening to kill me. Said they had no use to keep me alive when it wasn't me they wanted." He explained in a quick rush, whatever they were doing to Julie was really affecting him.

"Wait? If it wasn't me they wanted then that means....."

"They were after Julie" I reassured his assumption.

Upon hearing my words Sebastian went mental.
"I'LL KILL YOU! YOU HEAR ME VIXEN I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL OVER AGAIN IF YOU HURT HER!"

I watched horror stricken as he thrashed wildly on his chains. I watched as the blood dropped from his wrists to the floor. I listened as the bones in his fingers snapped and he fell to the floor in a hump.

"SEBASTIAN CALM DOWN!" I shout now worried for his safety.

I could feel his every emotion swirling around me. All his anger, his hatred, his fear. It radiated through me and if I'm being honest with myself it petrified me.

In all my life I had only felt anger like this once before. That was the day I vowed to kill Eric. I let that anger consume me and I killed my entire village. Years down the line I suffered for it more than I ever thought possible.

"CHARLOTTE BUCHANAN! IF SHE DIES IM GOING TO DO WORSE THAN JUST KILL YOU!" He shouts anger having totally consumed him as he ran at the door.

Swinging the door open he went to storm through only to smack straight into what can only be described as an invisible wall. This just made his anger surge even more. I could feel and not just from our connection.

He slammed his fists into the air a pounding echo consuming the room the longer his anger burned.
"JULIE!" He screamed finally wearing himself out.

Dropping to his knees I watched as he cried at the thought of his best friend in pain. I could feel it. His heart breaking, his promise to Julie broken.

"Sebastian?" I quietly ask praying he would listen.

He turned his head to look at me.

"I'm so sorry"

Before I can even blink he rushes over and snaps the chains keeping me upright. Slumping down to the floor he crashed into my chest crying.
"I've failed her (y/n). I made her a promise and I failed her"

I couldn't believe what was happening. I could feel it. They had broken him. As if this moment gone was my strong, level headed, slightly sadistic soulmate. In his place, a man driven by the love for this family. Now his family was in danger and he couldn't do a thing to stop it.

Claude told me before that people can change in almost 200 years, I just didn't expect Sebastian to change so much. I still loved him but only now did I see the extent of my decision to leave. Sebastian was different and I hadn't been around to witness his changes.

Then again so had Claude. His connection to Julie proved that. I never ever would have pegged him to be the fall in love kind. The way he looked right now, so broken and defeated. The two most important people in my life's had grown and moved on without me. 

Now the person most important to them was in danger and it was all my fault.

I knew why they had taken Julie.
And for now we could all be grateful all they were doing was torturing her. Because if I was correct, it was only going to get worse from here.

Not just for Julie. For all of us.