Chapter 11: Nyx's Judgement

Nyx 

The moment she came here, I knew she was doomed. How can a star so bright fall short into the hands of those that wants her dead? It was the same question I asked when Kael told me about her. I wanted him to come to me with the information, what has kept me this long in the shell of this family was knowing when and what to speak. When you say things people don't want to hear, your head would be on a stake. That's how people like me exists and survive. Honestly, nobody would knowingly hurt me. My protection was the only thing I can extend to her now, what lies ahead of this fragile couple they have to walk alone...

Kael, Marcellus's father, came to my home and knowingly uses his faint disguises to delude what he truly wants. What he has always wanted. To warm my bed. I let him linger for a while before sending someone to bring him up to the garden room.

"You are still as radiant as ever, Nyx." His deep voice stirred something inside me. I knew better, I knew the extent of his lust. It is consuming. When I still had my eyes, it was what drove us apart. It was how I knew his fate, but I couldn't bring myself to tell him. Part of being in the order, is seeing and not being able to speak. It is daunting to see all these lives colliding against each other and not being able to do a thing. 

I smiled as I watered the plants, dropping the leg on the desk, I followed him to the where I sit. I knew the nook and cranny of my house and even when I couldn't see him, I followed his sense of smell and heavy footsteps. "You haven't changed. Your flattery isn't going to change anything."

"I know. I don't want to misuse the privilege of coming to see you. I wish we had a life together instead of secretly being in love while your sister carried my child." I stretched a smile, a wistful smile. A knowing sin that I am still paying for. Still I never regretted a thing. "Nyla had always been fond of you. It would have been foolish to take that from her. It wasn't going to end well."

"I know you see the end of all things but in between there are thousands of possibilities you couldn't even account for. Maybe with your sister out of the way, I wouldn't have to had married Myra... She isn't you."

I scoffed. "Yet, she had Darius for you." There was this anger brewing its force inside me. Hearing him talk about my sister like some forgotten tramp, doesn't sit well with me. It was bad enough that I stared her bed with her husband, but I had never disrespected her. Nyla got married to Kael out of duty, it was too late for her and her son, when she finally learned about the curse. I pray for my punishment every day that I couldn't save her, worst of all her child.

"You didn't want anything to do with me. Which I could understand because Nyla's death wasn't something you could have overcome in an instant. Marcellus, had his fair share of grief too."

"Then why are you treating him this way?"

"Why are you deflecting?" His tone changed. "How I treat my son is no one's business. He is half dead, the best I can do is allow his transitions to be smooth." He was pissed, but his emotions were turbulent, as the former Alpha he was taught persistence and serenity in the face of adversity. Not only that, but he was trying not to react to the past we both had. I would love to sit with him and chat about our stupidity back in the day, I wanted to stop him from doing something idiotic. Tampering with his son's fate was only going to wreak chaos and I didn't feel like putting out fires everywhere. 

"Actually, it is my business. You forgot you are dragging that young girl along. Haven't you turned from your cruelty has the past taught you nothing."

He stood up in anger, I could feel the rage emitting from him. "You agreed to stay out of his life, I don't see why you are bothered now. Bothered about him now? What do you think he would say when he finds out that you are his aunt? Huh!" We might have had our fun in the past, but I can never lay in the same bed with a man whose darkness has confined him by the day. He was becoming more unrecognizable.

"Fine. I just thought to remind you that interference with his fate would lead you to your death. If you do not know how untouchable he is by now, then you are more foolish than I thought."

He was already leaving, holding on to whatever dignity he had left. "You should be more concerned about your visions, you are out of touch. I came here thinking we could be able to work something, spark some heat. It turns out that you still see me the way you saw me then."

Kael left. I sighed. "Yes. You are still very immature."

Suddenly, the air around my changed the darkness that meets my eyes only grew worse and terrible. Pain, fear, anguish. Pain, fear, anguish. That was all I could feel. The feeling left flashes of Claudia abducted at the back of a van... 

I sighed. "These damn, fools."

 I snapped my fingers, leaving with the swirls of darkness and arriving in front of the moving van. I could feel the van moving towards me with so much speed. Maybe I might have lost my touch with my visions, but my senses were sharper than that of an animal that he was. The shield enveloping me stopped the van, it turned over like it hit a brick wall. After the van stayed still, I walked to the back of the van, feeling the touch of the back of the van, I touched Claudia, teleporting back to my house. 

"Vincent?!" 

"Ma'am!" My butler came running in haste. I heard him gasp, I knew that he had seen Claudia. 

"Get the maids to help her with the wounds. The stench of blood is so bad. If I had not arrived in time, there's no telling what would have been done to her. Give her clean clothes, wash off blood on the wound and I will come heal any major damage she has." I went back into the garden room, waiting and hoping that she doesn't lose touch with her reality. Souls like her were so easily entrapped in their own mind by choice. She just needed a face of hope then she would be fine.

*

"I was told I am going to find you here." Claudia sauntered into the room, where I sat, listening to an audio chants of spells. I switched off the sounds as soon as I sensed her presence. 

"It is my hiding spot. How are you? I hope you don't have any hidden pain, you can tell me." I compelled her to speak, but she wasn't the type to be moved by many words. It made me wonder what else she was keeping to herself. I found only see a possibility of her end, and it wasn't pretty. And it came in fragment. I didn't know how to react around her, but I guess keeping things secrets was my specialty. 

"I remember been taking by some men. They were masked, so I didn't really make out what or who they were. Did you save me? No one would notice if I was gone by the way, but I'm grateful, if you did. Thanks for healing my wounds."

"How did you know it was me?" I asked her inquisitively. She was observant a d that's a plus in my book.

"It takes one to know one." 

"I would notice if you are gone. Even if you didn't call out to me..." I could feel her eyes on me, her emotions were at war with themselves. She wanted to speak but was picky with her words. 

"I didn't call on you."

"You would not know. You didn't it unconsciously, Claudia. " 

"You are an Elder and I don't know you to be a god or something. How did you know I was in danger?" I had a feeling that if I kept avoiding the question, she wasn't going to stop asking. She had become that child that I had never gotten close to, her presence was so overwhelming calm that I couldn't help but extend my sympathy for all she has gone through in the hands of everyone and most importantly what she will go through. Her journey had only begun.

"I told myself I wasn't going to do this. I don't want you to knowingly put yourself in danger just because of me. The last time we met, I placed a protection spell. Like an alarm, if anything should happen to you and should you need my help, I will be there."

I could hear her sniff. "Thank you. You are the only person here that has cared for me."

I smiled. "I have sent for Marcellus. He is on his way, he is a hot-tempered man, but he cares about you. He doesn't just know it yet. For that he is just like his father. I am here for as long as you shall need me." I felt her agree with me. 

"I don't know when he is going to arrive but I do have some questions for you?" I gestured for her to continue, I had an inkling of what bothers her, but it was just that. As much as I can see the end, there is so little I know about her. In fact when I try to see her near future, it was blank. "Are you from this realm? And why do people want Marcel dead?"

"Oh well! That's a very long story."

"I can wait."