Esme's pov
She jutes out her lower lip, staring at me with mocking eyes. "Can't you smile for me sister?"
I tilt my head, staring at her for a minute before I smile, grabbing her arm and pulling her in a hug. "How are you?"
She chuckles, patting my back as her hair floats around us. "I'm happy."
Of course you are, I mentally say to myself. She pulls back, staring at me with a grin before those black eyes shift to the mute standing beside me. Her brows shoot up in surprise and if I was anyone else I wouldn't have noticed the slight malice surrounding her from looking at Alec. She can definitely feel the power from him but just enough for her to think he is a powerful witch but not someone whose power exceeds hers.
Bet she didn't see that one coming did she?
"Who is this sister?" She questions calmly and I smile mockingly at her.
"That's Alec."
She licks her lips, trails her eyes over his body and I see him shake from slight anger. I narrow my eyes at him, silently communicating with him to calm down. My sister is strong and even the slight shift of something powerful, she will be able to sniff it out. Alec is the first ever warlock to exist and that makes him extremely powerful.
Warlocks have never existed until a prophesy came about a warlock that was going to be born. That time my sister was at her prime, trying to salvage every power she could get and when she heard about the prophesy, let's just say she wasn't fond of having someone more powerful than her.
At that time I knew about the prophesy and was already on my way to find him. I wouldn't have been able to if not for Artemis, that Alpha helped me and we were able to find a five year old Alec. If we had gotten late, he would have been burnt to ashes just like his village but doesn't mean we weren't late because when we got there, we found him hiding under his parents burnt body.
The advantage to the prophesy was that, it came late and everyone thought that the child was now going to be born but who would have thought that he had already being born and wasn't even aware of who he was except for what I think might have been his parents from the way he was protected.
The fire consumed the whole place as his little body shivered in fright. I still remember that day and how much it took for me to even get him under control. His power was just too much for me and Artemis had to do her sleepy thing for him to go unconscious.
The only thing I couldn't do was prevent him from seeing the person responsible for wiping out his village. It took a lot of training to get him to control his power and himself as well.
Shaking my head, I tune back to reality to see her still staring at him with a thoughtful look on her face.
"Is he your new toy?" She asks after sometime, a playful smirk on her lips and I shrug not giving her an answer but her gaze remains on him before she bites her lip, staring at him seductively as her eyes shift to blue.
"Can I have him?"
I raise my brow at the sudden shift in her eyes and purse my lips, shaking my head. This little twig is horny. Slowly her eyes change back to black and she shifts her gaze to me.
"Why are you here?"
I mentally scoff, like you don't know. Hearing the chill in her voice, my expression goes back to the blank one. "Why did you do it?"
She tilts her head, giving me an innocent look. "Do what?"
Innocent my ass.
My eyes twitch a bit. "I'm not going to repeat myself Emrie."
She cocks her hips to one side, tapping her chin thoughtfully as she looks up the grey sky before she snaps her fingers. "Oh you mean Ares?"
I stare blankly at her and she shrugs nonchalantly. "Because I was bored and come on sister, it's been so long since we had a war."
At this point it shouldn't surprise me but I know her and she never does something just because she is bored. My eyes narrow into silts as I stare at her black eyes. "What were you promised?"
Her lips stretch out into a sinister grin and she chuckles, walking around me in circles. "Ever the clever sister."
Emrie stops behind me, playing with the hood of my cloak as she leans closer to whisper in my ear. "The world and every power in it."
After saying that she steps away to stand in front of me and a quiet chuckle escapes my lips. "Aren't you satisfied with the power you have now?"
She gives me the 'are you dumb or stupid' look and I shrug. Emrie shakes her head, giving me a sad look. "Not really sister and besides a war between the gods, who wouldn't like to be in it."
I regard her a for a minute before I smirk. "You know I'll have to stop you right?"
She smiles again. "Yes."
And the air suddenly shifts, a mist starts forming around her as she looks at me and I frown getting into a defensive position. Darkness appears behind her, through that darkness, I see shadows moving and I purse my lips in irritation hearing the whispers of the death shadows she has called from the underworld.
I hate those things. They are like poison, with the skull-like faces, breath wreaking like death and sharp nails that from one scratch can cause your death.
I look at Alec to see the calm look on his face but the anger is still written within those green eyes. As if sensing my gaze, he gives me a brief nod that he is in control and I nod, turning to face my sister.
She steps back with the same sickeningly sweet smile. "No hard feelings sister but you need to join mother and father."
I smile mockingly at her. "Make sure to say hi for me."
The smirk disappears and with slightly narrowed eyes she steps into the shadows, whispering one word. "Go."
Under her command the shadows move forward, screeching almost like a banshee as they fly towards us.
"Alec get behind me." I say closing my eyes. When I don't hear a response, I open my eyes to see him still glaring at the shadows.
"I said get behind me." I grit out angrily and he looks in my direction before he sighs, stepping behind me.
"Why won't you let me help?" He grumbles and I close my eyes, placing my two index finger together and press them against my lips.
"Si re mola lit salem dom." I whisper, my finger suddenly glows and I direct it towards the shadows coming closer. The force of the light blasts them, tearing them to pieces and destroying them. I can't avoid to have them coming close to us, else one scratch from the nails is like a slow poison that can kill anyone.
The first blast works and I chant under my breath hoping that I can create another portal to get us back home but get distracted when I hear the screeches and skull-like faces coming closer to us.
"Shit." I curse under my breath. Turning around to face Alec, I purse my lips. "We need to run."
He gives me the 'what the fuck' look and I give him a pointed look. He sighs but complies and that's when the chase begins.
I stretch out my hand sideways, a force emitting from my palm sends the shadows on my side towards the dead tree, snapping it in half.
"Raga nom." Alec whispers and another blast tears the shadows into pieces. Looking behind, I can't help muttering curses under my breath at the number of shadows behind us. My sister really doesn't intend for us to leave here alive.
I bite my lip, thinking hard and if not my arms wrapping around my waist and pushing me to the ground, I wouldn't have noticed the damn axe that was sent in my direction.
Alec glances sideways at me, a concerned look in his eyes. "Are you okay?"
I purse my lips nodding my head before raising my hand over his back, pushing away the piece of shit that was getting closer to us. Quickly rising to our feet, we press our back together, seeing that we've been completely surrounded.
A chilling chuckle floats through the air and a misty face of sister appears through the darkness. "Don't take this personally Esme but I need your power as well."
I bend down, taking the two daggers laced with a death spell hidden on the side of my boots before looking at my sister with a smirk. "Over my dead body."
Her eyes glee with what I think is happiness. "That can be arranged." She smiles one last time. "Kill them."
I hear the swoosh of a blade and I see Alec holding a flaming sword in his hand. I smile, impressed that he was able to conjure one very quickly.
"Ready Alec?"
He grunts and I smile. "Make sure they don't touch you."
Facing them, I smile mockingly. "Come and get it."
A/N; Extremely short chapter but I hope you enjoy it!
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