The Immortals

Chapter Twenty one - The Immortal dagger

"That did sound intense." Lysander smirks cornering me as soon as I leave the room.

I groan loudly, only mildly annoyed and much more preoccupied with the imminent threat of a new attack.

"Is too much to ask for a little privacy?" I sigh, very much aware of the fact that privacy is an unknown concept to the other two Immortals that are not my lovers.

"Privacy? What does that word even mean!" Lucius retorts shrugging. " By the way, love the way you sound when you're getting some. "

My hand automatically moves and impacts with his cheek, leaving the shape of my fingers imprinted in red on it. He looks at me shocked and amused at the same time, his expression slowly turning into a smirk.

"Do not test me, Lucius, I don't really care if you're an Immortal, I will kick your ass anyway if I feel like you're not respecting me. " I straighten up, while Lysander snickers beside him, rambling on about being slapped by a girl. "Now, if you're looking for the big bad wolf, he's in there. " I say pointing at the room. "Otherwise, just piss off. I have more pressing matters to attend. " Not even giving them the time to retort, I turn around and leave, knowing they may be angered not being used to being treated in such a way by a woman.

I walk quickly down the corridor and into the dungeons, descending the steep steps one after the other and forcing myself not to think about the horrible way I treated Floriana.

But my thoughts are abruptly interrupted by the sound of a high pitched scared scream. My senses start screaming too, making me all too aware that something isn't right as I run down the remaining stairs and towards Floriana's cage.

I am shocked beyond belief by what I see.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? " I find myself hissing as I attack Raphael and send him flying against the stone walls of the dungeon.

"She has to die, she attacked you! She wants you dead! " Raphael incoherently speaks getting up and clutching the dagger tighter in his hands.

Meanwhile Floriana clutches her bleeding throat, barely able to focus on what is happening, her scared expression sporadically interrupted by a maniac one. I shiver wondering about what might be going on in that head of hers.

"Is that the Immortal dagger? " I ask in a suspicious tone.

Raphael seems momentarily taken aback by my question as his gaze drops to his hand.

" Yes. " He quietly states, his eyes meeting mine, challenging me.

" How did you get it? " My mind starts racing at an impossible speed, trying to concentrate on the last time I saw the weapon. The unknown enemy had it, I was sure they did, they managed to snatch it during the last attack on the Immortal's lair.

" I stole it before we fled together."

A high pitched laugh breaks the much needed silence in which I contemplate weather I'm being told the truth. We both turn our attention on Floriana who is histerically laughing as she watches her bloody hands, causing the blood gushing from her throat to bubble. If I wasn't so preoccupied with dealing with Raphael I would most probably puke.

" Hand it over. " I insist, extending my hand towards him.

" I can't, I need it to protect myself, they like you but they wouldn't hesitate one moment to kill me if they deemed it necessary. " He answers, hiding the dagger behind his back.

Every last fibre in my body wants to trust him, but my gut keeps telling me something is just off.

" Please, you don't know what is like for me to be here among the very creatures that were for centuries the enemies of our kind and not having the mean's to protect myself. I'm just here for you, to protect you and wait patiently until all of this is over so that things can go back to the way they once were. " He pleads, with a sincere tone, doubt still lingers in my mind, but the sole idea of continuing the how things were conversation makes my stomach churn.

In my heart I don't feel even an ounce of recognition of the man in front of me.

A sudden thump wakes me from my pondering state.

" What the-" Raphael starts saying.

I turn around and find a dead body at the bottom of the stairs. It's one of Floriana's slaves, dressed in white and beautiful, though pale as death. Another body comes sliding down the stairs, soon followed by a flying one.

"This day just keeps getting worse. " I sigh unhappily.

"Hello elvesies." Lysander salutes us as he carries the body of a young unconscious woman in his arms.

My eyes widen as I see the circular fang marks on her neck.

"I was just having breakfast, powering up before the big battle, you know? " He lets the body fall on top of the others.

"I don't really think it was necessary to kill them. " I say, raising a disapproving eyebrow.

"But they are trying to come down here and break little sister out. " Lysander shrugged and started moving towards her. "By the way, what happened to her? " He moved boys hand back and forth in front of his sister's eyes but the remain of of focus.

" We found her like that. " Raphael promptly says saving his undeserving ass.

Lysander just shrugs, seemingly not bothered by what's happening. He could probably see his own mother bleed out and not care. How can be be so beautiful and ugly at the same time, I wonder.

" Anyway, the men in black are back, Lucius and Agatha are already upstairs dealing with the situation, care to join? " He asks me, licking the stains of blood from his fingers.

" Well of course, I thought you'd never ask. " I feign enthusiasm while I shoot Raphael a last warning glance.

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