Chapter 46: Chapter 46

CHAPTER 46 TAYLOR POV I had only been lying down for a little while and I watched the sunrise from my cell, like I did every morning. I barely got any rest in this place. Especially not with a bed. But then I heard these horrific noises downstairs.

I heard roaring from wolves and glass and parts of the building shattering.

“Jackson.” I say softly. I quickly got to my feet and I looked out the window and I saw werewolves everywhere making entry to the castle and I couldn’t help but smile at what I was looking at.

I then ran over to the door and I grabbed the door handle and I went to open it but it was locked so I put some werewolf strength behind it and the doorhandle came off the door altogether.

I saw one guard standing just down from my door and he looked at me in shock and sang out to the others while pointing his weapon at me.

I was then faced with five guards and I simply put my hand up and hit them with an energy blast and they all flew backwards down the stairs and I started making my way down the stairs as well.

When I got to the bottom of the spiral staircase that went up the tower and down to the bottom floor of the castle I saw Jackson standing in the office with a couple of his warriors. My eyes locked with his and all I could think of was how horrible I must look right now.

But I walked on to the office and everyone was just staring at me. But then I caught sight of Eric and Ava took over without me trying to stop her. I didn’t have the energy to fight her anymore. I was out of the cell, she could do whatever the hell she wanted.

“Taylor. Eric told me that you were dead. You were killed at the outcast camp.”

Vincent says standing from his desk.

“No Vincent. I wasn’t killed. I was thrown in a dungeon. Two months ago. With a pissy little wooden door on it. This bastard really doesn’t know anything about werewolves.” I scoffed. And I looked over at Stefan, who was standing next to Jackson.

“Hey Stefan.” I say casually.

“It’s good to see you out and about again.” Stefan says. And his father glared at him, realizing that Stefan was never really on his side.

“Taylor. Things work differently in this realm then in your world.” Vincent says. And I looked over at Jackson.

“This isn’t a realm. It’s a cloaked piece of land on Earth.” I say.

“You know?” Jackson asked.

“I figured it out. With Stefan’s help. Vincent really shouldn’t leave important reading material like that lying around.” I say shaking my head in mock disappointment.

“You betrayed us.” Eric spat at Stefan.

“It’s time for the truth Vincent. And I mean, now.” I demanded as my eyes grew blacker and my voice deepened. It wasn’t my talking, it was Ava.

“The real fea Kingdom wouldn’t accept us. So we needed to find somewhere else to go.

Some place safe and this was the best that I could come up with.” Vincent says.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” I asked.

“Because I thought you would think less of And you would start asking questions about why we were rejected from the fae Kingdom.” He says.

“It’s because you’re an outcast, isn’t it?” I asked.

‘Yes. I’m not allowed there because I broke he law. I had a child with a werewolf. A half blood child that I am not allowed to have.

So I did really create this world for you.” Vincent says.

“You could have just told me that. You didn’t have to lie.” I growled.

‘He’s not telling you the whole truth.’ Jackson said in the mind link.

“What else are you not telling me?” I asked.

“That’s everything.” He says slouching back in his chair. And I turned to look at Jackson.

“He didn’t just break the law by having you. He was also giving information to vampires about where fae’s were. Fae’s have been hunted by vampires for years. And Vincent was using that to his advantage. Vincent made sure that his people who live in that village down the hill didn’t get hurt, as long as he gave the vampires other faerie’s.” Jackson explained. And I looked back at Vincent who was giving Jackson a deathly stare.

“You were sacrificing your own people?” I asked shocked.

“I had to do something. They were coming after me and my people. The fae’s that I gave them were loners. They had no one. No one would miss them.” Vincent yelled trying to defend himself. And I threw my arm out in front of me and hit him with an energy bolt and it threw him across the room. He clearly wasn’t expecting it because he didn’t try to defend himself.

He found his way to his feet again and he looked at me strangely. But then straightened up and regained his composure.

“So, you found your powers?” He asked.

“Yeah. And thanks to Eric, I’ve had two months of complete loneliness to practice.” I say.

“You can’t beat us. So don’t even try.” Eric says.

“Wind, water, fire and earth.” I say staring at him. And his eyes widened like he was terrified.

“You can’t do that.” He said in disbelief. So I raised my hand and a wind created itself in the office, blowing so hard that it was knocking books off of the shelves and people needed to hold on to the walls to stop from blowing away. But I was completely unaffected by it. And I raised the other hand and made it start raining in the room.

“Would you like to see earth and fire too?” I yelled above the noise of the room.

“NO.” He yelled. So I lowered my hands.

“I didn’t think so.” I say as my eyes went back to normal.

“What the hell?” Jackson says.

“Do not let her go. Ever.” Wyatt whispered to Jackson, but I still heard what he said. And I tried not to chuckle at that.

“We’re leaving now Vincent. If you get in my way again, I’ll burn this whole place to the ground.” I growl glaring straight into his eyes.

I turned to look Jackson in the eyes and he was smiling at me and I walked out of the office and with the Jackson and the other wolves following us. But I stopped and turned back for a moment. 1 “Stefan. Are you coming?” I asked. I knew that if he stayed here then he was going to end up dead. So I was giving him a choice.

And he looked at his father briefly and then started following me down the hall.

We walked down the 2500 stairs to the bottom where the village was and I was exhausted by the time I got there. I had exercised in ages and we walked through the village with everyone staring at us. They would have all heard that I was dead as well. And not matter how horrible I looked, I held my head up high and walked through the village like nothing had happened.

Because I had nothing to be ashamed of.

Jackson had caught up to me and was walking next to me and he reached out and held my hand as we were walking through the village and I turned to look at him. But I didn’t say anything.

When we got to the Mystic forest we were met there by all the other warriors that Jackson bought and that’s when I realized that he had no intentions of going home without me. And I saw Layla and Damon waiting in the woods as well.

I ran up and hugged Layla and Damon hugged his brother Stefan.

“I really thought you guys were dead until Stefan came to me the first night and said that everyone made it out alive.” I say.

“It was close. They were determined. Chased us for days trying to wipe us out. But we managed to lose them and now we’re doing good.” Layla says.

“Are you all going to be alright here alone?”

I asked.

“Don’t worry about us. We’ll be fine. There’s nothing to worry about. But you guys need to leave now. I can feel it, your father is trying to move the portal so you can’t leave. “Layla says. And I feel Jackson’s arm around my waist.

“We need to leave. Now.” Jackson says.

“Stefan.” I say.

“I’ll be alright. I’m gonna stay with Damon. We’ll be fine here.” Stefan says.

“Thank you for everything that you’ve done. “I say.

“It’s not a problem. Just hurry and get back to your world.” He says.

So we had to start running through the woods to the lake and waterfall and that was where we knew the portal was last time.

“How the hell do we open it?” Wyatt asked. And I raised my hands in front of the last known portal and started waving my hands around in the air.

A bright light appeared and the wind picked up as the portal opened and Jackson started getting the warriors through first while I kept the portal open.

We got everyone out and then he stood next to me and held my hand.

“It’s our turn. Everyone else is through.” He says. But then we saw sparks coming from the portal.

“Shit.” I say struggling to hold it.

“What?” He asked.

“Vincent is fighting it. He’s trying to close it.” I say.

“We jump. Now. We’re not staying here.” He demands holding my hand tighter.

So I held the portal for as long as possible and Jackson had to hold me around the waist while my arms were still out holding the portal open and he jumped up on one of the rocks next to the lake with me in his arms and we jumped through the portal together. And just after we did, I lost control of it and it closed.

Jackson and I both landed on out backs on the ground and I looked up at the sky and the world around me. It didn’t look like a faerie land anymore, but it was home.

“You guys made it.” Wyatt says walking over to us.*

“Of course we made it.” Jackson says standing up. But I just laid there for a moment looking up at the sky.

“Are you alright?” Wyatt asked.

“It’s good to be home.” I smiled and they both started laughing.

“Vincent was desperate to keep you though. “Jackson says helping me up.

“Yeah. I don’t know why.” I say.

“I think we need to find out what his story is. “Wyatt says.

“Later. Right now, I just want to go home and have a shower and get into some normal clothes. That doesn’t involve a corset.” I says.

“Sounds good to me.” Jackson says leading me over to his car.

I got in the passenger side and he got in the driver’s seat and we started off down the highway while the warriors ran home.

“Jackson. I did a lot of thinking while I was locked up in the tower.” I say.

“What about?” He asked.

“I’m not accepting your rejection. You’re stuck with me whether you like it not.” I say matter-of-factly while I was looking out the front window and not looking at him.