Chapter 55
Chapter 55
Elora’s POV
Silas and I waited in silence, he didn’t utter a word, yet I could feel him watching me. Dragus obviously
realising something was up when I never returned walked in, stopping and leaning on the doorframe.
“Why are you holding her here?” he asked Silas. Silas looked up at him, his eyes scanning over
Dragus. “You know why?” he simply says. So Dragus knew and never warned me.
“Come Elora,” Dragus said, making Silas growl and stand up. Dragus ignored him, holding out his
hand. I looked at Silas, but he didn’t say anything when I stood and walked over to him, grabbing his
hand. Silas was angry about me keeping it from him, yet I could feel something else, uncertainty.
“Bring her back when Matitus returns” Silas said, running a hand through his hair. Dragus nodded to
him, pulling me from the room.
Dragus took me to the dining room and Abigail was sitting there with Lilith completely unaware of what
Silas had planned. She looked up and smiled at me as I walked in and I went to go to her when Dragus
pulled me against him.
“Have some faith in Silas, he may be a monster but that’s because you refuse to see him as anything
else” Dragus whispered. Looking at him Dragus gripped my hand tightly refusing to let me go to Abigail.
Abigail was going to be angry if I didn't warn her as it is. I didn’t have to wait long, after about twenty
minutes I heard the phone ring. I looked over toward the door when Marian walked in holding it with a
worried look on her face.
“Abigail, it is your mother,” she says her hands trembling and I know what is about to happen. Hopping
up, I get ready for Abigail’s wrath. Abigail answers the call and I watch as all the blood drains from her
face, the phone dropping from her hand before she spins around and glares at Dragus and I.
“Where is my daughter?” she spits at him. Dragus holds up his hand telling her to wait.
“Silas has been scouring that library all night and there is no other way to break the curse, Abigail,”
Dragus says, and Abigail takes off running toward the library and I chase after her.
“Abbie wait,” I called out to her, knowing if she ticks off Silas, she will feel his wrath. Abigail runs to the
front door before stopping and stepping back as she turns to face the library. Matitus walks toward her
and Dragus never said anything to me about Matitus returning. Abigail shoves past him into the room
and I run toward her, freezing next to her as I walk into the Library.
Claire looked up when we entered, she was sitting on the floor with Silas in front of the fireplace. Silas
had my grandmothers’ book in his lap. Abigail’s voice stuttered as she called for Claire.
“Claire, come here.” Claire looks up unaware of what is going on. Claire goes to get up off the floor
when Silas grabs her tiny hand and I see Abigail take a step forward, her hands glowing green.
“Sit Claire” Silas says to her but there was no anger in voice, he spoke softly looking up at her. Claire
smiled before flopping back down on the rug.
Moving into the room, I step next to Silas, Abigail following me. Lilith walks in and see Claire waving to
her. Silas looks up when Claire waves back to her. Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.
“Claire, go play with Lilith so I can speak to your mother” Claire nods before hopping up off the floor
and running towards Lilith and they both run off and I notice Dragus follow after them to keep an eye on
them.
“How dare you take my daughter” Abigail spits, her anger making her hands glow brighter.
“I mean your daughter no harm, Abigail. I am just pissed off you both lied to me” Silas said standing
before leaning against his desk. He had my grandmother’s book in his hand scrolling through the
pages not even fazed by Abigail’s magic. He flicks to a page before turning the book around holding it
toward us. I step forward taking it from him. Abigail looks down at the page, worry crossing her features
before she turns her glare back to Silas. He folds his arms across his chest. Waiting for us to say
something.
“I will not sacrifice my daughter for a curse” Abigail says, her hands glowing brighter.
“Read it again” Silas says, and she looks at the page and so do I. Silas steps forward stopping in front
of us pointing to the page.
“It says you need the blood sacrifice of the Oracle. I won’t let you kill my daughter, Silas.”
Silas shakes his head before taking the book from my hands and closing it.
“Says we need the blood sacrifice of the Oracle or a magical sacrifice, it never says I need to kill your
daughter, just that I need her blood and only your daughter and Elora need to read the incantation to
break the curse.” Abigail thinks over his words before grabbing the book from him and flicking through
the pages to the page he was on.
“Says you need a powerful magical sacrifice or the blood of the Oracle as well as the blood of the sun
and moon, to right the wrongs of the past and restore the balance to where it once was. Are you sure
this is for the curse on the Dragons?” Abigail says looking up at Silas.
Silas nods. “Yes, before the Oracle died, she said. To break the curse, we had to find the Fae’s book of
spells that was with one of the royal families along with the chosen one, the fae with magic,” he says
pointing to me. Abigail nods her head.
“Well for starters we need a full moon and exactly where are you going to get the blood of the moon
and sun”
“Taylor, and a human” Abigail nods in understanding from my knowledge humans were supposed to
represent the sun because they had an impending life force, whereas creature of the moon like
vampire and werewolves were cursed by the moon, making them strongest during the full moon but
weaker during the day to create a balance between and give the humans a fighting chance. Every
creature has a weakness. Vampires were weakened by the sun. Werewolves by wolfsbane. Humans
by their mortality. fae were weakened because we weren’t granted immortality, fae had magic which
gave us a form of immortality as long as we weren’t injured, we could technically live forever as long as
no harm came to us. Dragons though, I was unsure what they were weakened by.
“The next full moon is in three days time; we will break the curse and you will allow your daughter to
help”
“And if I say no?” Abigail asks.
“I will do it anyway, best to keep your family alive Abigail, I have waited a hundred years to break this
curse, a hundred years for her. I won’t let anyone stand in my way of breaking it, no matter what you
mean to my mate,” he says looking over at me.
“As for you two,” he says, looking between both Abigail and I.
“You will not lie to me again,” Abigail nods and Silas looks at me, but I turn my face away. I hear Silas
growl before I hear him speak. “Abigail you’re free to go, you may take your daughter home and return
in three days” Abigail nods and runs from the room to collect her daughter leaving me with an angry
Silas.
“You think I am that cruel to kill a child?” Silas says, stepping toward me. I turn to look at him and he
steps forward making me step back.
“It wouldn’t be the first time you have killed children Silas, those girls you had slaughtered were still
children in my eyes”
“I promised I would not kill Abigail and her family. Have I done that?” I say nothing.
“Have I done that”
“No, not yet,” I tell him. Silas nods before dipping his face in my neck inhaling my scent.
“After everything you have done I am supposed to trust you blindly now?” I ask and he pulls his face
from my neck before gripping my face with both his hands.
“Yes because I am your mate, I won’t lose you again. If anything, trust that,” he says before storming off
leaving me with Matitus still standing near the bookshelf watching me. I let out a breath.
“Come Elora.”
“No, I need to check on the children at the warehouse,” I tell him about to walk off when he grabs my
arm.
“Silas already did that while you were sleeping, he has made arrangements with people in the city and
hired people to watch them. He also saw your friend Victor and retrieved the medicine for them. He is
trying to change for you maybe give him a chance Elora”
“Give him a chance? He has had every chance to make things right Matitus.”
“Yes, and every time you have been fighting against him every step of the way. He is doing all this for
you, why can’t you see that?”
“Because forgiveness is earned and even if I did forgive, I will never forget what he has done. Not only
to me but every goddamn person in this city Matitus. He wants my forgiveness he better well fucking
earn it”