Guarded Soul.

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Second to last chapteeeerr. Hehehe.

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"So let me get this straight..." Natalie finally spoke up from her seat at the kitchen table.

She had been completely quiet as Lance explained himself, Hunk also listening intently to the story of his best friends true nature even though he had advised him not to explain for fear of getting him in even more trouble.

Lance smiled hesitantly and nodded for her to continue, his hands wrapping around his cup of coffee in hopes of warming them up.

"You're a prince and also Keith's guardian angel and because Hunk knows, you're being taken back to heaven along with Pidge. And the reason you were attacked is because there are demons running around as well...?"

Lance nodded slowly and looked at the swirling black liquid in his mug.

"In short, yes."

Natalie took a sip of her own drink and then nodded.

She looked up at Lance and sighed sadly. His hair had slowly faded back to brown as he had regained some control over himself, his wings weren't visible anymore and his eyes were also normal again but the pointed ears and fangs still remained.

"So where is this meeting point that you were talking about?" Hunk asked softly.

"Well for us to be taken back to heaven we would have to go by portal... the guards to the gates of Voltron will bind our hands and take us through to seperated rooms. It'd have to be done in a remote area of course so that nobody sees. Coran said that we're to meet him at an old deserted shack a little ways out of the city." Lance explained sadly, the realisation that this was real and was about to actually happen in only a few hours hitting him abruptly and bringing tears to his eyes.

"I can't believe you're leaving... and it's all my fault..." Hunk said quietly, making Lance frown and shake his head, tears rolling freely down his cheeks now.

"Hunk this is not your fault. It's mine. I should've been more careful with the rules, protected Keith from afar like I was supposed to. Now I've gone and ruined everything whilst simultaneously dragging Pidge down with me."

Hunk smiled sadly at his friend and brought him into a hug.

"I'm going to really miss you two, Lance..." He whispered softly.

Lance sniffled as he hugged back.

"We're going to miss you too, Hunk."

Natalie blinked away her own tears as she took a sip from her drink again, her heart breaking a little as she watched her son and his friend say their goodbyes.

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Lance hadn't talked to Keith since he had stormed out of his house the previous evening. He thought about the raven haired male silently as he and Pidge made their way to the meeting point.

His heart ached to hold him one last time, to brush his hair behind his ear and kiss him goodbye, to explain everything right there and apologise.

He couldn't though. Keith was mad at him and Lance, though it hurt, figured it would be best to just leave Keith to his life without him.

Keith however was currently pounding on Hunk's front door, shouting profanities at the dark slab of wood.

Something was wrong.