Darkness Within

chapter 22, the meeting🃏

Raven sat on the bed, awoken by Sebastion some time ago.
"Raven... Stay in this room. Food will be brought to the room. Do not let anyone in." Raven nodded, hands on her stomach. She watched him move around with wary eyes.
"When will you be back?" She asked.
"In the morning... Maybe the afternoon." He replied from the bathroom. Looking in the room at her. "It will be awile."
"Oh... So... I'm not supposed to go anywhere? At all?"
"No. And don't let anyone in. Your stuff will be brought here tomorrow."
"This is now my room?"
"Yes. You'll be sharing with me. This will protect you."
"From what? Luke?"
"Hanlin. He got out. I have no idea how. A wizard he may be.... But he couldn't have gotten out without help from a vampire."
"What do you mean?"
"In order to unlock the cell doors you need a vampires blood. A lot of it. The only way out is for the blood to be placed on the key hole. The thing is... I had a wizard place a spell on the key holes. The key hole can tell when it's giving willenly or not. So this prevents prisoners escaping by getting the gaurds blood."
"So it's fool proof?"
"Yep. And that's why I want you to stay in here. There's a vampire, a traitor, in my castle and I intend to find out who."
Raven nodded, curling into the bed.
Sebastion left a few minutes later. He looked back at her, seeing her curled up softly and sighed. She was asleep.
Well she does need all the sleep she can get. He reasoned with himself. He sighed and went out of the room, going to the meeting. A meeting  between the leaders.
He strode into the room, a false facade on. Cruel amusement plastered on his face with a twisted sneer.
"Greetings." He purred, his normal deep voice turned velvety.
"Greetings." Greysone, the Alpha of all wolves growled.
"Hello vampire." The king, Sandrick, of the humans spat. Humans and Vampires had always fought.
"Greetings brother." A woman's voice spoke, soft and much sweeter then the other two.
"Tigress. It's so good to see you. How have you been?" Sebastion said, sliding into the seat beside her. She smiled at him, her blonde hair was pulled back in a braid today.
"I am well. My people are fed and that's all that matters to me." She said, smiling softly. "And how's your mate?"
"Still... Confused about my form."
"You're a tiger and a woman. Both beitaful in there own way. What's there to be confused about?"
"Exactly." She sighed. "He's... Not exactly.... Happy with his new home. I've tried to make it... More...."
"Human?"
"Yes."
"And he still doesn't like it?"
"No... And my people think I'm cantering to the wills of humans..."
"Hey! What's wrong with humans?"
"Your boring?"Sebastion drawled.
Tigress laughed. "Well hows your mutt?" She asked.
"Alseep and safe. That traitor or Hanlin will never get her." He growled, his amusement fading to cold rage. His red eyes blazed with unchained fury. His mouth open in a hiss and fangs exposed.
"Where are the sisters?" He asked, anger under control again. His face falling into his mask.
"They said they were going to be late." Tigress said.
He nodded. "Did they say start without them?"
"No. They didn't say anything about that." Tigress said.
"Then we wait."

Raven woke up to women giggling. Her eyes shot toward the the women. There was three of them. All tall and lanky with long blonde hair.
"Um... What are you doing in Sebastions room?" She asked, feeling slightly terrified by these women.
" Oh we merely wanted to see Sebastions mutt. And it's true what he says. You deffently were not carrying his child. I smell Hanlin on you." The one in the middle said, her eyes a deep forest green.
"Though it seems that Sebastions developed an attachment to you..." The one on the right giggled, her eyes were a bright green, almost emerald.
"Sisters... Don't tease the poor girl." The one on the left said, her voice deeper then her sisters. Her eyes were different to. Instead of green they were a ruby red.
"Are you a vampire?" Raven asked.
"Oh no." She laughed. " I'm... Much different. We're.... Wizards..... Our eyes show what element we have. I'm fire so my eyes are red. My sisters are earth, more on the plant side so they have green eyes.  Hanlin was blue.... He had water. And we promise we will hunt him down."
Raven nodded rubbing her stomach.
"Do you want to know it's gender?" The one with the emerald eyes asked.
"No." She said, her eyes flashing dangerously at the sisters. "Don't touch my baby. Or do anything to it."
"Of course. We have to be going anyway. We placed a spell on this room. They can drop off food, but cannot enter with your permission. Even Sebastion." With that they left. Leaving Raven alone, she stared after them. Confused. Who were those women? What did they want with me? Why are they protecting me?

Then she felt something go around her eyes and she couldn't see. What's happening. She screamed and thrashed. Trying to get away but trying to protect her baby.
"You arn't going anywhere Luv." A male voice purred into her ear. She screamed louder.
"Hush." He said, slapping her. She felt a sting before her cheek went numb.
"Please. What do you want?"
"You'll see Luv. I promise you and the baby will remain unharmed." He spokw softly. She felt a hand go through her hair.
"You, Luv, are just bait. The real one we want is Sebastion."
"He won't come. I'm only here as a 'pet', an experiment. He doesn't care about me." She said.
"Oh, he'll come." The man behind her purred. "Want to know why he'll come?"
She stayed silent and still in the man's grip.
"Because.... You..... Are.... His. It's was for told. A Wolf and a Vampire. Together as one. Your the Wolf. He's the vampire. If we let you come together.... You'll bring a change to the world and we don't want that. So we'll kill him and blame it on you," she could hear the grin in his voice.
Sebastion... If you could somehow hear this. Don't come.

End of chapter 22 😝
Well onto the next one...