To lay it all down on the line

Everybody wants a hero

Everybody wants someone

Who's gonna fight fire with fire

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"ArihmaTheo!" George growls as he step into the room with a guard and Sebastian. "That is no way to treat my Granddaughter," He says with a dry laugh.

"Sarcasm doesn't suit you High Lord," I scoff and lean back to rest my head against the wall. "I have a question though," I say while keeping my eyes on my friends, am glad George step in when he did because I'm not sure what would have happened if Theo cut Jessica.

George tightens his grip on his cane and step forward into the light reflecting from the windows. "You know you don't have to ask, Granddaughter."

What's up with the granddaughter business?

"Actually I have more than one question," I figured since he is willing to answer my question, I might as well ask everything.

He nods. "Well then go ahead, I don't have all day," He reminds me.

I purse my lips as I try to compose the question in my head. "Why do you hate my father so much? Why did you keep me away from my parents? What happened to The Vale, the real town Vale, what happened to it?" I mean there must be a reason.

He shrugs casually. "Eric is a demon. You are a Cambion basically you are an abomination and there is no town Vale," He answers the questions.

What did he mean no Town Vale? I just met him and I know I don't really know him but there is one thing am certain, it's that George Holme is anything but a liar. Which can only mean that Theo lied.

"I know what ArihmaTheo told you about The town Vale but there is no town Vale, there never was," He explains.

I raise my head and lock my gaze with Theo. "I... I don't understand, Theo just didn't tell me, he showed me," I say in a broken tone. My head is a real mess.

George laughs, the laughter that run chill to my spine, the man is really evil. "Why do you think you were unconscious for two weeks? You thought it was because of your trip to the supposed past. Now let me tell you something Camille, my family and I are from New York, which was where your father met my daughter, they same place they started their little doomed romance that resulted to you."

I still can't believe this. "What... What about everything he showed me? It seemed so real, it was-"

"An illusion. There was no town The Vale or beautiful rose garden, the mansion you saw is my home in New York and your school The Vale was Eric and Sabine's home, they hide there using a barrier and protective spell so I won't find them, we all know how that turn out," He says.

I shake my head. "Actually I don't, why don't you just explain it from the top, am lost," I whisper.

He smirks. "Let ArihmaTheo do the talking," He demands and step away from my view, making way from Theo.

He looks dead, like a walking corpse except his eyes are glowing and his face shows fear. A fucking compulsion Spell, good one Granddaddy.

Theo stands infront of me staring into space. "Now Theo tell Camille what you did and why you did it," He demands in an alpha tone.

I have seen Theo control Jessica without touching her and seeing someone else using the same tactic on him is so good and fun to watch.

"I love Sabine, I have always loved and protected her, I was assigned to be her guard since she was a teenager and I have loved her since then. One day just one fucking day I wasn't there to save her, guess who showed up and got to be the hero, Eric fucking Stark..."

I turn his voice off my head, so my Dad is the Stark and Corinne and Richard are really Starling. I was just a pawn in their stupid game, they were playing me and I was allowing them to.

"Shut the fuck up and get to the fucking point. Why-" I try to stand up but the chains are preventing that. "-Did you take me to see them?" I demand in a harsh alpha tone I didn't know I had.

George chuckles in the corner and I think I hear him murmur something like 'She's got her mother's spirit and her father's stubbornness'

"I didn't take you to the past, I entered your mind and created a playground, you chose the settings, I chose the action but everything I said was true, everything was-" His words are cut short.

I wasn't looking at him before because I thought I can't bare to look at him but I snap my head up when I realize he stopped when I didn't ask him to.

Theo's hand in wrapped around his neck and blood is gushing out from his hand. My mouth drops open as he falls to his death, I turn my head to corner George was standing, he is already coming my way.

"He was talking too much," He complains.

I stare at Theo's body. "You killed him," I whisper. I'm not sure why I'm feeling sorry for him but I know he didn't deserve to die.

"Yes and you are next if you don't shut up," He threatens and sighs. "Sixteen years I have been waiting for this moment, and now that it's finally happening I don't know what to do first-" I interrupt him.

"How about telling me where my parents are and getting me out this chains," I raise my hand showing him the power damping cuffs. I'm not feeling very comfortable with my back pressed against the wall, I'm still putting on a camisole and I don't like the way my skin keeps grazing the wall.

He smirks. "You are smart, I'll give you that, you found my hideout but too bad your parents aren't here."

He has got to be kidding. "You are lying, where are they?" I demand. "I know they are here somewhere, Where. Are. They," I jerk my hand forward. I don't even care about getting hurt again, they've done enough.

I am not just going to sit around and let them hurt me or my friend, I will break myself out this bondage, I will free my friends and I will look for my parents and there will be no one stopping me, they will die trying.

Like he heard my thoughts, George take a step back and raise his cane before hitting it on the ground twice. Seconds later the sisters of the dark appears.

"So we meet again, Empath," They say at the same time.

They stand behind George. "Go ahead Camille. I'd like to see you try and break out of those chains, I really am," He smirks.

He has no idea who he is dealing with, I am not Sabine or Eric, and I'm not weak.

I change my sitting position into kneeling with my head down. "I am Camille Raven Stark!" I push one leg out. "Daughter of El-Noh-El Di Hipsodat!" I try to stand but the chains is keeping me. "I am the Granddaughter of the El Demon, I am El-Sah-El Di Hipsodat!" I stand up breaking the chains in the process, the cuff and collar is still on me, I stand straight infront of a shocked George and Sebastian, I can't see the sisters faces.

"You broke yourself, good job. What's next?" George rolls his eyes and scoff, I did not miss the sarcasm in his tone.

"Aye Jessica Cruz eerf sorag sorag alla lana shaka vesu Exdurum dul Santo Jessica Cruz!" I scream at Jessica to snap out of her ghost self, I need all the help I can get because there is no way am getting out of here alive.

George laughs. "Trying to beg the sage out her ghost self. See, here is the thing about sages, they go on the ghost journey because they are too much of a coward to fight so they hibanate themselves, too bad your friends are with her," He smirks.

I close my eyes and try to communicate with Jessica. "I need you, Jessica. If you can hear me please return to me," I think.

I take a deep breath and relax myself. "Lurytendra Azar Bycom?" Immediate I say the mantra and I feel the markings on my body appears without burning my skin, I can feel them writing themselves and also the collar in my neck and the cuffs on my hand shatters.

I open my eyes and I know that they are glowing, I can't explain how I know but I can feel the change in the color of my eyes.

"The markings of the El gods, that is not possible," George spit out.

I smirk. "You have no idea what's possible," I spread my hand and stare ahead to conjure the spirit of raven, channeling my soul self and the powers from Di Hipsodat (Thank you Lurytendra)

I have no idea I can do this consciously.

The windows starts to shatter as the ravens makes way in, flying around the room but not hurting anyone. I can feel the powers running through my body and veins.

"Ata tun sey rum," I whisper and direct my hands to George and Sebastian, somehow the sisters are nowhere to be found.

The ravens circles the both of them separately creating some kind of force field around them, I smile as I hear them cry in agony.

Suddenly I feel something... someone push me against the wall, I wince and close my eyes, breaking my connection with the ravens in process.

My mouth drops open at the interesting sight infront of me. "Oh bloody hell."

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💗,Milia.