Chapter 55: Chapter 55

Elora’s POV Silas and I waited in silence, he didn’t utter a word, yet I could feel him watching me. Dragus obviously realising something was up when I never returned walked in, stopping and leaning on the doorframe.

“Why are you holding her here?” he asked Silas. Silas looked up at him, his eyes scanning over Dragus. “You know why?” he simply says. So Dragus knew and never warned me.

“Come Elora,” Dragus said, making Silas growl and stand up. Dragus ignored him, holding out his hand. I looked at Silas, but he didn’t say anything when I stood and walked over to him, grabbing his hand. Silas was angry about me keeping it from him, yet I could feel something else, uncertainty.

“Bring her back when Matitus returns” Silas said, running a hand through his hair. Dragus nodded to him, pulling me from the room.

Dragus took me to the dining room and Abigail was sitting there with Lilith completely unaware of what Silas had planned. She looked up and smiled at me as I walked in and I went to go to her when Dragus pulled me against him.

“Have some faith in Silas, he may be a monster but that’s because you refuse to see him as anything else” Dragus whispered. Looking at him Dragus gripped my hand tightly refusing to let me go to Abigail.

Abigail was going to be angry if I didn't warn her as it is. I didn’t have to wait long, after about twenty minutes I heard the phone ring. I looked over toward the door when Marian walked in holding it with a worried look on her face.

“Abigail, it is your mother,” she says her hands trembling and I know what is about to happen. Hopping up, I get ready for Abigail’s wrath. Abigail answers the call and I watch as all the blood drains from her face, the phone dropping from her hand before she spins around and glares at Dragus and I.

“Where is my daughter?” she spits at him. Dragus holds up his hand telling her to wait.

“Silas has been scouring that library all night and there is no other way to break the curse, Abigail,”

Dragus says, and Abigail takes off running toward the library and I chase after her.

“Abbie wait,” I called out to her, knowing if she ticks off Silas, she will feel his wrath. Abigail runs to the front door before stopping and stepping back as she turns to face the library. Matitus walks toward her and Dragus never said anything to me about Matitus returning. Abigail shoves past him into the room and I run toward her, freezing next to her as I walk into the Library.

Claire looked up when we entered, she was sitting on the floor with Silas in front of the fireplace. Silas had my grandmothers’ book in his lap. Abigail’s voice stuttered as she called for Claire.

“Claire, come here.” Claire looks up unaware of what is going on. Claire goes to get up off the floor when Silas grabs her tiny hand and I see Abigail take a step forward, her hands glowing green.

“Sit Claire” Silas says to her but there was no anger in voice, he spoke softly looking up at her. Claire smiled before flopping back down on the rug.

Moving into the room, I step next to Silas, Abigail following me. Lilith walks in and see Claire waving to her. Silas looks up when Claire waves back to her.

“Claire, go play with Lilith so I can speak to your mother” Claire nods before hopping up off the floor and running towards Lilith and they both run off and I notice Dragus follow after them to keep an eye on them.

“How dare you take my daughter” Abigail spits, her anger making her hands glow brighter.

“I mean your daughter no harm, Abigail. I am just pissed off you both lied to me” Silas said standing before leaning against his desk. He had my grandmother’s book in his hand scrolling through the pages not even fazed by Abigail’s magic. He flicks to a page before turning the book around holding it toward us. I step forward taking it from him. Abigail looks down at the page, worry crossing her features before she turns her glare back to Silas. He folds his arms across his chest. Waiting for us to say something.

“I will not sacrifice my daughter for a curse” Abigail says, her hands glowing brighter.

“Read it again” Silas says, and she looks at the page and so do I. Silas steps forward stopping in front of us pointing to the page.

“It says you need the blood sacrifice of the Oracle. I won’t let you kill my daughter, Silas.”

Silas shakes his head before taking the book from my hands and closing it.

“Says we need the blood sacrifice of the Oracle or a magical sacrifice, it never says I need to kill your daughter, just that I need her blood and only your daughter and Elora need to read the incantation to break the curse.” Abigail thinks over his words before grabbing the book from him and flicking through the pages to the page he was on.

“Says you need a powerful magical sacrifice or the blood of the Oracle as well as the blood of the sun and moon, to right the wrongs of the past and restore the balance to where it once was. Are you sure this is for the curse on the Dragons?” Abigail says looking up at Silas.

Silas nods. “Yes, before the Oracle died, she said. To break the curse, we had to find the Fae’s book of spells that was with one of the royal families along with the chosen one, the fae with magic,” he says pointing to me. Abigail nods her head.

“Well for starters we need a full moon and exactly where are you going to get the blood of the moon and sun”

“Taylor, and a human” Abigail nods in understanding from my knowledge humans were supposed to represent the sun because they had an impending life force, whereas creature of the moon like vampire and werewolves were cursed by the moon, making them strongest during the full moon but weaker during the day to create a balance between and give the humans a fighting chance. Every creature has a weakness. Vampires were weakened by the sun. Werewolves by wolfsbane. Humans by their mortality. fae were weakened because we weren’t granted immortality, fae had magic which gave us a form of immortality as long as we weren’t injured, we could technically live forever as long as no harm came to us. Dragons though, I was unsure what they were weakened by.

“The next full moon is in three days time; we will break the curse and you will allow your daughter to help”

“And if I say no?” Abigail asks.

“I will do it anyway, best to keep your family alive Abigail, I have waited a hundred years to break this curse, a hundred years for her. I won’t let anyone stand in my way of breaking it, no matter what you mean to my mate,” he says looking over at me.

“As for you two,” he says, looking between both Abigail and I.

“You will not lie to me again,” Abigail nods and Silas looks at me, but I turn my face away. I hear Silas growl before I hear him speak. “Abigail you’re free to go, you may take your daughter home and return in three days” Abigail nods and runs from the room to collect her daughter leaving me with an angry Silas.

“You think I am that cruel to kill a child?” Silas says, stepping toward me. I turn to look at him and he steps forward making me step back.

“It wouldn’t be the first time you have killed children Silas, those girls you had slaughtered were still children in my eyes”

“I promised I would not kill Abigail and her family. Have I done that?” I say nothing.

“Have I done that”

“No, not yet,” I tell him. Silas nods before dipping his face in my neck inhaling my scent.

“After everything you have done I am supposed to trust you blindly now?” I ask and he pulls his face from my neck before gripping my face with both his hands.

“Yes because I am your mate, I won’t lose you again. If anything, trust that,” he says before storming off leaving me with Matitus still standing near the bookshelf watching me. I let out a breath.

“Come Elora.”

“No, I need to check on the children at the warehouse,” I tell him about to walk off when he grabs my arm.

“Silas already did that while you were sleeping, he has made arrangements with people in the city and hired people to watch them. He also saw your friend Victor and retrieved the medicine for them. He is trying to change for you maybe give him a chance Elora”

“Give him a chance? He has had every chance to make things right Matitus.”

“Yes, and every time you have been fighting against him every step of the way. He is doing all this for you, why can’t you see that?”

“Because forgiveness is earned and even if I did forgive, I will never forget what he has done. Not only to me but every goddamn person in this city Matitus. He wants my forgiveness he better well fucking earn it”