In Another Life || demonprince!dean/angelslave!castiel with Sabriel included

Chapter XX

Cas (POV)

I rode as quickly as I could down the river but there was no baby to be seen. I got off my horse and knelt down on the ground with my head in my hands, tears slipping out if my eyes. I start sobbing loudly, the realisation hitting me that I had lost both my wife and my daughter that day. After a whole half an hour of sitting like this I get up and wipe my eyes. I wouldn't give up on trying finding my daughter. I would get every angel in the kingdom trying to find her and give out a reward to anyone who does. The war would have to be postponed, my daughter was more important to me then some war that had been going on for too long already. I decided to let my horse go, setting it free as I flew up into the air and looked around the scenery to see if I could find any sign of life at all but there was none. I had to ride the horse on the way here because it was easier to track Leliel but I wasted no time in flying back to the castle, getting there within 2 days and only one night.

I get back to the castle quickly enough and straight away I send out guards and military to try and find my daughter. Next I send out a messenger into the city to spread the message about anyone who finds my daughter will get any reward they wanted within reason. I spoke to Gabriel and Michael who genuinely seem so worried about my daughter's disappearance and they said that they would do anything to help. I sent Michael out with the military and Gabriel came with me along with my two bodyguards; Balthazar and Uriel. We fly out of the castle and go back to the area where I last saw Leliel, picking up her body and taking it back to the angel city. We decided to give her a proper funeral, in the great hall where anyone could come and pay their respects. The casket was closed as she had already been dead for a week or so but we covered her whole coffin in beautiful white lilies that were her favourite flower but also a good reputation of her wings and her personality. Pure, kind and beautiful.

The funeral was beautiful and heart-wrenching, especially as so many people attended. It just proved how many lives Leliel had touched during her time of living. But she was back up in heaven now, her true home and I just hoped that she is happier up there then she was down here, especially with such an awful husband like me. I couldn't help but feel guilty during the entire funeral, like I shouldn't be here. Leliel and I ended on such bad terms that I couldn't help but feel like I didn't belong here, I didn't fit into the same room as her beautiful human body. I shed a few tears that night and went to bed more lonely then I had ever been before. I clung at the sheets for dear life as I closed my eyes and dreamt of possibilities of how she died. The one that propped up the most was that some demon had come and slaughtered her before taking my daughter and running off with her for her to become a slave in later life.

I woke up the next morning in a cold sweat, my breathing was haggard and my mouth was as dry as dead bone. I got up quickly and got changed even quicker before I sprinted down the halls towards the great hall where Gabriel was talking to some officials. When I strode into the hall they all bowed low and I nodded my head in respect at them. I turn to Gabriel with a wild look in my eyes and he looks at me strangely before dismissing the officials from our presence.

"What is Cas?" He says informally and it makes me feel that slight bit better that I still had my brother at my side.

"I think I know what killed Leliel." I tell him and his eyes go wide as he looks around for anyone listening, but the coast was clear.

"What? Who?" He asks frantically and I gulp.

"I think it was a demon. I think a demon followed her from the border and set something on her or even tried fighting her him or herself. Then they took my daughter and ran away with her, wanting to turn her into a slave for when she grows up." I tell him and he nods his head.

"It sounds like a plausible thought, I wouldn't put it past the demons to kill the queen in cold blooded murder but I would expect Crowley to be brighter than that. Maybe kidnap both the baby and the queen and hold them for ransom in return for you or something." He says thoughtfully.