Chapter 25: Chapter 25

***so the reader from Booksie user: CamarmellaKiss gave me the idea to use the name Blade for @unknown@ character so i figured sense i 1:love that name and 2: think it fits the person well i chose that name so from now on @unknown@ is now going by Blade

*** another thing some people whined about the new charcter Cecilia i promise things will go back to normal...soon...so just hang in and please continue to read :)

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Chapter 25

:Blade/Jordan/Tanner

My eyes locked on the three of them as I looked at Cecilia. Smiling I pointed to them. ‘do you see those men?’ she nodded.

‘yes father the three? But what of the fourth one?’  she asked curiously her brows knitted together. ‘father?’

‘he’s another one dear kill them for me’ she nodded with her hand tight on her hilt. ‘but not today’ holding her hand I turned us away and walked away  ‘come now child lets go back home let them deal with the mutts’

Nodding she tightened her hold on my hand. Glancing down at our hands I gave a small smile. The gift of planted memories my dear daughter Cecilia would be proud to be serving me like this. ‘father?’

Grunting in response I looked down at her.

‘that man with the three men’ she whispered with a frown. ‘he found our home, but left in a puff of smoke’ stiffening she glanced up at me. ‘is something wrong?’

Shaking it off I shrugged. ‘not at all go on ahead of me sweetheart’  giving her a kiss on the forehead I glanced around and sighed. ‘Jordan my you haven’t changed in the least.’ I smirked as he stepped out his eyes cold as he watched me curiously.

‘Same for you, I thought you were dead’

‘I guess you thought wrong’ I chuckled with a smirk. ‘so niave to think someone like you could take me down a filthy half-bred.’

‘your killing your own kind. You’re a traitor’ he snarled through clenched teeth.

‘My kind?’ I snorted. ‘my kind have screwed me over time and time again, I will exterminate your kind from the face of this earth. Filthy vermin.’

~

His movements the way he spoke it was all the same as I remembered him to be. He was cocky but not to long ago he was at the end of my sword. Tasting the steal of my blade slicing through his skin. Cursing under my breath I clenched my hands.

**

With a snap of a whip he fell to his knees his skin was torn and bleeding. Smirking to myself I walked towards him my body moving with grace as I kicked him in the chin my hands were in my pockets as I planted my weight on my one foot that was on his chest slowly putting pressure restricting his breathing. Smirking I squatted down keeping my foot on his chest as I pulled out the silver blade in my belt. I watched his reaction of pain as I dragged the tip across his chest tearing his shirt leaving a trail of blood that sizzled from the reaction of the poison on the blade.

‘Silver, and garlic salt’ I muttered softly to him. ‘the silver because you’re a wolf, the garlic because it burns because of the salt in it. It could leave a scare if you were to survive that is not saying you will by the time I’m done with you, you will be dead.’

Coughing he snapped up at me his teeth gleamed up at me with a red hint to them. ‘You will pay for this’

**

‘daydreaming will get you killed Jordan’ looking at him I rolled my eyes as his blade slid under my throat his hot breath tickling the back of my neck he was the same height as me. rolling my shoulders the gun I had already positioned under my arm pointed to his stomach. ‘ah always a step ahead’ he held the sharp blade away from my neck as he moved away from me as I slowly let off the trigger.

‘yes you forget this all the time now don’t you?’ I answered sarcastically

‘shall we spar as we did years ago?’ he smirked as he held himself with confidence not bothering to wait as he lunged at me dodging I pushed his arm away that held the knife using my own to slice up his chest before he could get away. Letting his arm go I  jumped back as he lunged again slicing up just as I had done moments ago only I moved out of the way in time jumping away from him with ease.

Growling he threw the knife down and swung with his right hand that was fisted blocking I jabbed up easily catching his chin hitting it in the right spot he fell back his body limp.

Rolling my shoulders I walked to him kneeling as I did long ago my blade in my hand I rested the tip of my blade at his throat.

Gasping in pain I looked down at my left shoulder in shock at the arrow that was piecing through my skin. ‘FATHER!’ Sophia’s voice stilled me as I forced myself up.

Turning I faced her, in her hands was a bow already drew back with another arrow in place ready to fire. Father. Blinking I looked into her eyes I knew that look.

‘get away from him beast’ doing as she asked she moved with ease. She didn’t fire the bow but she was giving me a clear warning nodding I let myself disappear.

~

Looking at Jordan stumbling in with a arrow in him I went to him to help. Shoving me away he broke the arrow off and pulled it out. ‘what happened to you?’

‘what the fuck does it look like?’ he snapped as he looked troubled. Something was bothering him.

‘who did this?’ his eyes jerked to my face as he shook his head. ‘what? Tell me?’

‘I seen her’ was all he said and my heart dropped. Sophia did this? No not my Sophia! ‘I need to go and study with Nikko there’s something about her.’ He left quickly leaving Zachary and I alone. Standing Zachary rolled his shoulders.

‘I’ll be back I have to go check on my men’ he muttered as he slipped out of the room.

~

‘Nikko?’ I paused.

‘what is it?’ he grunted sounding slightly annoyed by my call. Which was usual he was most likely testing a new spell of enchantment. ‘what do you need now?’

‘I think I know what happened to Sophia I’m sure your familiar with the spell can I come and stay with you?’ I muttered with a frown.

‘I suppose you can’ he answered softly.

Hanging up I turned to face Zachary. ‘you seen her’ he whispered. ‘did you see her eyes?’ I nodded. I would have to agree with him her eyes were different she was different. She didn’t recognize me once. Something was wrong with her. ‘can-can you make her normal again? Back to herself?’

I nodded. ‘that is what I plan on doing right now I have to go now though tell Tanner I will come back when I figure out how to handle this’

~

Groaning I felt my chest tighten as I opened my eyes finding Cecilia looking down at me with concerned eyes. ‘Daddy’ she frowned at me. I knew I would get a scolding from her. ‘you let that vermin get the best of you’

‘I didn’t mean to’ I muttered to her. It wasn’t often that fear struck me but Cecilia was like her mother short-tempered and sharp tongue.

Slapping me up side the head I shrunk into the bed knowing I had trained her to kill a person without getting caught she could easily make a cocktail injection to kill me and take over. In my state I couldn’t do anything about how she was treating. ‘your stupid’ she slapped me again. ‘you could have died then I’d of had to take over control of this mess you’ve started’ she slapped me again. ‘I cant believe your even making me work along side the vermin in this little plan you have father’ she ground out through clenched teeth.

‘it will all play out as I planned Cecilia the vermin will not make it they will all die’ I promised making her smile.

‘good’ she smiled. ‘good, I plan on finishing the job tomorrow morning’

I shake my head, ‘no we will wait we must think this out Cecilia.’ I ordered getting a glare. ‘its not that I don’t trust your power or strength but we need to get all three in one shot’ she finally nodded.

‘fine I’ll be in the training room’ she growled out as she left the room. ‘and Father?’ I looked at her. ‘I wont fail this time’

~

‘there you are’ Looking at Lex I smiled.

‘hey’

She nodded. ‘how you holding up?’ I looked away quickly. ‘not good?’ rubbing my back she sighed. ‘don’t worry she wont get hurt, Melody gave her a bracelet that will keep her from getting hurt’

I gulped. ‘I cant help but worry for her Lex. I love her and its been five days sense I’ve seen her’ I glanced at the clock. ‘six days now, six days she’s been taken. Worst thing about it is she’s not the same she looks different’

‘I know’ she whispered softly. ‘Melody went with Jordan to Nikko’s to go study spells he thinks he knows something about that look in her eyes’ she shivered. ‘we have to get her back’ she frowned with tears in her eyes. ‘I cant fail her too’ turning she left quickly only to have Evan slip in moments later.

‘you know Lex may put on a bad ass persona but she’s just a little girl deep inside with a lot of pain.’ He whispered as he looked the door. Sitting on the table he glanced at me his feet on the chairs as he held his hands together fingers locked. ‘I’m sure your curious to whom she failed’ I nodded slowly he took a deep breath. ‘Lex had a brother’ never good pass tense. ‘he was taken by rouges and she came to me for help of course I helped we grew up together as children but when we found the rouges it was already too late. The werewolf’s were having a wedding like in the ancient times with a sacrifice and like the ancient times they used a vampire. They had him tied to a cross with his wrists slit emptying his blood into two large cups.’ He looked up at me. ‘he was only seven, Tanner when he died. Lex blames herself for his death because she was the one with him when they took him. She hates herself because she lived and he died he was so young and he barley lived his life’

I looked away. ‘that’s horrible.’

‘and she’s fond of Sophia very fond’ he muttered as he looked at me. ‘she wont stop looking for her Tanner. It’d kill her to loose her the very same way’  he stands and runs his hand through his hair. ‘we will get her back. She’s our friend so this burden is not for you to bare alone. Rely on us Tanner trust us as we trust you. We all want the same thing. We want Sophia safe back were she belongs by your side.’ He walked to me and patted my back. ‘Sophia wouldn’t want you drinking yourself to death, she’d be upset if she saw you now the real her’

I nodded. He had his reasons and he made sense.

**

Zachary stood beside me his pack was with him he had left half of it with the woman and children many had came because they wanted. As well as Darcy he had came and in turn offered me peace between the kingdom and my people. To help look for the men responsible for the death of many mates and the ones searching for their mates. He also wanted to help look for SoSo or so he called Sophia.

The dog. Yoshiro was now seated on my lap growling away at Zachary as he took his seat in front of me. ‘its been two weeks’ he pouted as Yoshiro gave another growl.

‘there there’  I soothed to the dog as I patted its head. ‘come now we’re close to finding them and Jordan is close to finding out what happened to Sophia to make her change’ I tried to stay positive. Most of the time it worked I mean I had Lex there always to slap me around to keep my mind off the fact that I was now in a large bed alone again. Thought I was back to my old schedule I barley slept I trained. Nothing but trained because when I came face to face with the bastard that had my Sophia I would kill him and I wanted him to pay. ‘We will get her back.’ I repeated once more.

‘how can you stay so-so positive that is SOPHIA we’re talking about damn it!’ he shot to his feet his hands clenched his eyes burning with a swirl of emotions. ‘Sophia our Sophia my mate, your girlfriend is with a wolf a male wolf Tanner, its been two weeks Tanner. She’s different to different’ he growled.

‘I stay positive because I cant think negative. Damn it I train I don’t sleep because I go to a empty bed that has her scent lingering it in there is a hole in my heart because I am missing my Sophia I cant stand the thought of her  being with that monster but I cant think like that’ I hissed through clenched teeth. ‘why? Because I have to be on the top of my game to be able to get Sophia back I cant mope around anymore not when I can get a chance at bringing her back. Train that’s what I do Zachary I train like I’ve never trained before don’t tell me that I don’t feel anything about Sophia being gone because I do I love her!’ Yoshiro had hopped off when I shot to my feet. ‘I’ll be in the training room damn it’ I stormed out of the room slamming the door behind me.

‘forget about her’ looking at Charlotte as she stepped towards me. ‘Tanner I can give you more then that girl can’ she whispered. shoving her away I slipped past her.

‘you will never take Sophia’s spot. I don’t want you I don’t ever need someone like you by my side Charlotte. Go to your room and stay in there that is a order I will have someone bring you food just stay the hell out of my sight and leave the guests alone’ she ducked back whimpering her hand on her stomach that was slowly forming yet barley showed the results of her pregnancy.

~

Cecilia glanced over at me and sent Bentley a scowl her hands were clenched as she turned her nose up to him and stomped off.

‘Bentley my dear boy you stand no chance with this Cecilia. I’m afraid even with Cecilia’s memories that body’s heart still belongs to another’ I shake my head with a deep sigh. ‘but not for long soon that person will be dead an by her hands no less’ I gave a harsh laugh as he smirked. ‘then you may try an woo her.’ I patted his back.

‘I take that as your acceptance of me?’  he grunted out to me as I stood beside him watching out the window as she strolled across the lawn taking confident strides holding herself with a scowl on her face. ‘she’s prettier then the last one you chose’ he muttered with a chuckle his eyes sliding down her curvy figure.

‘yes I must say she is’ I answered softly.

‘but not as pretty as the real Cecilia’ he answered sharply as he turned away from her.

‘I know no one could ever really look like Cecilia. She died a noble death’ I muttered as I turned with him.

‘it was no noble death. She died trying to give me a son’ he shakes his head. ‘if she hadn’t of gotten pregnant she would still be here’ he clenches his hands. ‘she didn’t tell me she off the pill.’

‘Look she wanted to give you a son, she did what any wife would want to do’ yes wife my daughter was his wife but after she died while giving birth I took her memories and placed them in another body each body housed a different piece of memory. Ten Cecilia’s ago they were married and she was still trying to get pregnant. Five Cecilia’s later they had just started to date. The timing of the memories were never certain but he never argued because he still got to look into their eyes and see the emotions of Cecilia. Now her memories were when they broke up for the first time because she had chosen to go on  a raid with me that nearly took her life.

‘I never asked for children I didn’t need them if I had her’ he answered dryly as he left the room. Turning back to the window I continued to look out the window at her smirking when I watched him make great strides to follow her. I couldn’t hear them but I knew he was trying to sweeten her back into his arms.

Turning away from the window I cracked my knuckles.

This girl wouldn’t fail me she’d get close enough to kill them all they were all close to her. Smiling at the thought I rolled my head back and forth as I tried to become relaxed.

**

‘Make him stop!’ she screamed like a child as she stomped into my study looking past her I found Bentley grinning like an idiot as I looked back at Cecilia I found her lips swollen and puffy from kissing? ‘make him stop’ her voice dropped. ‘please’ she whispered the emotions in her eyes were raging between guilt and lust. That woman Cecilia was put into was strong in loyalty. She was fighting against Bentley and Cecilia’s bond. Fighting against the spell. Walking to her I waved my hand in front of her face. Her legs gave out and she fell. Catching her I carried her to her room. Bentley opened the door for me and stepped in.

‘you pushed to far Bentley you know you two always get together again’ I sighed as I dialed in a number. ‘I have to have the spell strengthened that human girl is strong’

Nodding he sat on the other side petting her hair gazing down at her. Her hand found its way into his as she held tight.

‘Tanner’ blinking he reeled back with a growl.

‘it’s the human speaking not Cecilia. Tanner is her boyfriend. The one I want dead’ I answered dryly as he settled back down by her side.

‘that’s twisted’

‘what better way then to die by the hand of your loved one?’ I chuckled with a smirk. ‘to look into their eyes one last time’

‘when you put it that way I sort of understand  what you mean.  If I were to die I’d want to look into Cecilia’s eyes before I did’ he answered softly. Closing my eyes I muttered into the phone ordering for a witch to be brought to me quickly.

**

‘there the spell should hold back any feelings that body holds’ the helper whispered as he picked up his masters dead body. ‘what shall I do with her body?’ he motioned to the body slung over his shoulder the witch was tattered and bloody from casting the spell.

‘do whatever you like’ I offered watching a curled smile take over his place.

‘is there a spare room?’ nodding I jerked my head to the other one.

‘down the hall first door on the right’ nodding he walked out of the room with his bounty. I knew his kind. He was a demon created by a witch to keep them safe. Though he was a demon of hunger and need, what he did with that body didn’t concern me in fact it didn’t matter that witch walked in knowing he would die just as the one before it had died. The cost for this spell.

Rolling my shoulders I glanced back at Cecilia and sighed as Bentley walked in. ‘can I sit in here?’

‘she shouldn’t fight back anymore that girl is fully suppressed’ he smiled as he said down next to the bed and slid his hand into hers.

‘that’s good. Because I miss my Cecilia’ he whispered softly a smirk filling his face as he looked up at me. ‘I told Zachary I’d make him watch me sleep with her and I’m going to enjoy watching him suffer.’

Rolling my eyes I snorted. ‘that is sick if she wasn’t really my true flesh and blood I’d kill you for saying that’

Blinking he rolled his eyes. ‘whatever old man’