E p i s o d e 16 P a r t 2

Aleksios P.O.V:

Davina and I is currently sitting on Davina's old bed in the attic. Davina is sitting next to me, I offered up my lap but she just shook her head 'no' with flushed cheeks. Cami is standing near the bed, looking at my Love with sympathy in her eyes.

"Davina?" Cami sits down on the bed and hugs Davina, eyeing me warily. I would have rolled my eyes if I wasn't so worried about the little witch, that looked afraid to move if I wasn't by her side. "Do you want to tell me what happened?"

Davina starts to cry and I glare at Cami but I stopped once Davina started talking. "I died. And at first, I was alone, but then I heard them. Voices, whispering to me." Immediately, a feeling of dread and sympathy took me over. The ancestors.

"Who?" Cami asked.

"The ancestors. They're so angry with me. I used my power against my own, and they said they'd do horrible things to me if I misuse my magic again." Davina tells us in a sad voice and my blood boils. I'm about to open my mouth and threaten the witches when I get cut off.

"You can't kill everyone that tries to hurt me, Aleksios." The newly resurrected witch tells me, turning to me and giving me a pointed look.

"And why the hell not?" I counter, my voice tone remembling a whine and I hear Cami trying to cover up a laugh with a cough but I don't pay any attention to her as I'm captured by the beauty next to me.

It's quiet for a while before Davina suddenly declares: "Because I said so."

"Fine," I huff in agreement. "But if there is so much as a scrath on you because of them, I will kill them and you won't be able to stop me."

"She really has you wrapped around her finger, doesn't she?" Cami blurts out and I turn to her. Her expression turns to a panicked one and I feel Davina stiffen next to me. But instead of being angry at her, I grin.

"Yup." I tell her, nodding and the smile not wavering and not even a little bit afraid to admit it because she does have me wrapped around her finger. Turning back to my Love, I see her cheeks are flushed and I reach over and place a kiss on one of them, making her blush deepen.

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It's a while later and Cami continues to try to help Davina heal from her experiences in Ancestral Limbo and I have yet to hear anything from my siblings, and I'm starting to get worried. Maybe, I should have gone there and come back for Davina. But I missed her so much and I didn't want to leave her. Maybe that's selfish but after a thousand years of unquestioned loyalty, I think I am allowed to be selfish for once, right?

"I've studied the effects of trauma and abuse. The witches that forced you into that ritual, they've lied to you. They hurt you." The blonde tells my brunette beauty and I roll my eyes.

"And tell me, Doctor, what do they say is the recommended treatement for being tortured by a gaggle of dead, lunatic witches in an Ancestral Limbo?" I asked, sarcasm coating my tone. My comment wasn't appreciated by Cami as she gave me a glare and I smirked as it didn't even faze me. What did faze me is the sharp jab to my side.

"Ow!" I exclaimed and turned to Davina. "What was that for, love?" I ask her, frowning and rubbing my side but she doesn't answer me, instead she reaches over and places a kiss on my cheek, causing the frown to vanish and a smile to take over my face. I feel blood rushing to my cheeks and I know I'm blushing. I move closer to her and I wrap an arm around her waist and she cuddles into my side as best she can. I place a kiss on her temple and I turn back to Cami.

"What, Aleksios was trying to say is, Cami, is that there's nothing you've studied in some book that can help me." Davina tells the woman with a sigh, still cuddled into my side and not looking at the blonde human.

"Okay, forget the books. Let me tell you what I know from experience. When my brother died, I never thought I'd be okay again. I cried for weeks. I blamed myself. I blamed him, and then I realized all that... sadness was swallowing me up. And I made a choice. I wasn't going to let it. You can make that choice, Davina." Sympathy blooms in me as I listen to her words. In my week of mourning, Nik told me about Cami's twin. I had a new found respect for the blonde because of how well she handled her brother's death. I went on a murderous rampage when Nik was killed.

"You say that like it's so simple, but the witches aren't just gonna let me go. They're not done with me." The brunette says sadly.

"I know you don't like me saying this, but I will kill them if they hurt you." I butt in and Davina gives me a look of annoyance but I know it's fake when she relaxes sightly in my embrace.

"No one can control you unless you let them." Cami tell her and I nod.

"I agree with blondie." I voice and the two look at me in shock.

"How do I even know who to trust? Should I trust Marcel? The first thing he did when I came back was try to use me again to help Rebekah. The only one who isn't not her for my power but for me, is Aleksios. Be honest, Cami. Isn't there something you want, too?" She questions the human.

"Yeah. My uncle is sick. I thought you could help him." Davina starts to cry again so I pick her up onto my lap. She doesn't struggle against me and wraps her arms around my waist and lays her head on my chest. Cami rushes over to her and reaches out but retracks her hand when I give her a murderous glare. I do not like it when my Love cries. "That's not why I'm here. I care about you. I want to help you." She says and I narrow my eyes at her, not believing her words.

The brunette beauty lifts her head and looks at Cami before she answers. "What can you do? When I came back, the voices I heard, they said the only ones who could help me are the witches. But, after what I did to them, they hate me. So, how can I go back and ask for their help now?" My eyebrows furrows at her words. Did she really want to go back to them? My heart stings at the thought because I know what would happen when she does go back?

"Hey," Marcel greets us, I glare at him, and I smirk when he gulps. "Lex, Cami, can I talk to you two for a second. In private." I raise my eyebrows and shrugs. Davina climbs of my lap and lays down on the bed.

"I'll tell you when I come back." I tell her when she looks at me questioningly. She smiles and I bend down to give her a kiss on the forehead. I follow Cami and Marcel out of the attic and I cross my arms over my chest as I look at him with raised eyebrows.

"How is she?" He asks us, well more Cami than me. I'm not the shrink here.

"Depressed. Lex helps a lot. She distracts Davina's mind from what happen but it's not a permant solution. She needs real help. Maybe a stay in an institution where she can get round-the-clock care and medication." The blonde tells us and I smile at the first part but I glare at her last words.

"Maybe I should rip out your toungue." I say harshly and she looks at me with wide eyes.

"No, no, no. She stays in a place like that, she is never getting out." Marcel tells her, agreeing with me.

"You have a better idea?" Cami questions us and I'm about to tell her that I can help Davina when Marcel says something very idiotic.

"I could take her back to her people." My jaw drops and my anger flares. I don't think I've ever been this angry. Not when Davina died, when my twin was captured or when I found out twiddle dum and dumber betrayed me and Nik.

"What?" Cami asks as I just glare at Marcel's head. To angry to form words.

"There are bigger things going on here, Cami. It's the only chance that she has." Marcel tells her and I clench my fists.

"We have to talk about this." The human says and as angry as I am, I roll my eyes.

Marcel sighs and looks at her, clearly exhausted and at a loss for options. "I'm not asking for permission." And that's when I exploded.

"You don't get a say in this." I spat towards the blonde. The anger in my voice very evident. I turn to Marcel, hybrid face out and say, "And you," I don't say anything else. I grab him by the neck and speed him downstairs. I throw him across the church benchs and I start.

"I JUST GOT HER BACK, NOW YOU WANT TO TAKE HER FROM ME?! AGAIN!?" He opens his mouth, probably to reason with me but I'm way past reasoning. "IF YOU WANT HER, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME!" We are about to charge at one another when a voice prevents us from doing so.

"STOP!"

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Alright, here you go. I am dead tired. The flu really takes it out of you. I'm going to sleep now.

If you enjoyed this chapter, you know what to do.

-mixie_2000