Chapter 51 Pain

Chapter 51 Pain

After my dream this morning Andrew and I left immediately to the castle. We didn't want anyone in the pack to know about this as yet, although they are getting impatient and worried about my well being.

"It makes so much sense; why I don't remember anything, how I got in that guy's mind."

"So you weren't taken by the demons?"

"I was, I still don't remember that part, but she must of gotten out. She must have killed the demons you found."

"Then where has she gone for a week?"

"I don't know. They wanted Elizabeth, I think they tortured her out of me."

"This might be a long shot but do you think you can call her out?" Jeremiah asks.

"I guess but what are going to ask her?"

"All our unanswered questions."

I take a deep breath and close my eyes.

Elizabeth, I say trying summoning her but I don't feel different. I'm still conscious.

I sigh and try again, more concentrated.

Elizabeth!

More louder this time. I start feeling myself drifting off. It's working!

ELIZABETH'S POV.

I open my eyes to see three handsome men looking at me anxiously.

"Hot stuff," I say greeting Andrew. "Cristian's look alike." I greet Daniel. "And Cristian's side kick." I greet Jeremiah I suppose. "How may I help you?" I bite my lip looking at them.

"My first question is why and how are you back?" Hot stuff asks.

"I obviously have unfinished business and for how I got back, that's complicated."

"What happened to you?"

"Who knows? I could have been sleeping all this time or I just needed to repower. We'll never know."

"No, where did you go after you got away from the demons?"

With a straight face I lie. "Got lost."

They all look at me annoyed and turn to each other.

"What tickles my brain, is how did the demons even got to Elle."

"Oh that's my fault." They all look at me with an expression that says explain. "In my process of surfacing that caused Elle to get all those visions of Cristian. When you two weren't talking I had to stop them because I needed more juice to be completed. Eventually you did make up," I wink at Andrew then continue. "I got to excited and unaware she walked into the woods and that's how they got her."

"They tortured her for days, why didn't you help then?!" Andrew shouts angrily.

"I don't know." Well I do. I needed time to make sure my plan would work. "But hey their ok now."

"Who's they?" They ask in unison.

Oop almost gave it away. "You guys." I smile.

Andrew sighs annoyed. He is so hot when he's annoyed, I should do it more often. "The rogues, their poisoned with the demon blood, can we change them back?"

"Oh I know nothing about that." They drop their heads disappointed. "But I can help you get information."

We take a stroll down to the library and they stand and watch as I search. I walk down to the second to last row of the last section. I put my hand up and brush my fingers against the books on the top shelf. Bingo.

I pull a huge book out and from the looks of it, it's ancient, like since this castle was made and that was hundreds of years ago.

I drop the book on the table where the boys are gathered. "Read away." I take a seat and put my legs up on the table and check them out while their looking at me confused.

Probably wondering how I found the book but they should know I work in mysterious ways.

"Here it says that they would feed werewolves their blood as punishments for stealing their food or even just spotting. It's more like torturing."

Werewolves and demons never got along, not even back then. Demons were the upper hands, werewolves would fear them more than they did now. But over the years they realized werewolves were getting stronger and stronger so they chose to leave them alone.

"It's like you're on fire inside. The demon blood burns their soul away and that must hurt like a bitch." I look at them and all give me a look. "What? Remember I'm over a thousand years old creature."

"No we didn't know that. How old are you?" Daniel asks.

Someone is a little curious. "None of your business."

"I think I found something." Jeremiah rushes. "Here it says there is a special bush that can wash the demon blood out of ones system but it's really rare."

"What is it and did it say where you can find it?"

"The Sambucus bush and it says you could only get it from Lyra's garden, some witch from back then."

"Oh." I say without thinking.

They look at me. "Did you know her?"

"I heard one or two things about her." I lied.

"This is about a witch that died over a hundred years ago and a plant that I have never heard of before. It's not like we can just go find a witch, we haven't heard of one for so many years now. I don't even think they exist anymore."

I roll my eyes and put my legs down. "Well it's time for me to go now."

"Wait, what are you going to do?" I know they mean about the demons.

"I've got a plan. Now someone point me in the direction of Simon." They all look at shocked.

"Why?"

"Just point me in his direction."

"We're not sure where he is." Daniel lies.

"Fine." If that's the game they want to play. I leave the library and they follow behind me. I open a black door and a painting of Cristian is the first thing I see. My blood boils as I walk further into the room to see more of his things all in this room.

"Elle?" I look to my left and he comes out of a room.

"Guess again."

He takes in a breath. "Elizabeth."

I smile. "Bingo." I punch him in the face as hard as I could. His head snaps to the right from impact. "What, No welcome back present?"

I kick him in the gut sending him back against the wall.

"Elizabeth!" Daniel shouts but I ignore him.

I grab Simon by the throat and put him flat on the floor and straddle him. I begin sending him a punch after another. I want him to feel the pain I went through, the pain Cristian went through to see his bestfriend betray him. I kept going and going and got even angrier because he's nit fighting back. "Fight back you piece of shit!" I shout at him.

I look at his bloody face and I could see pain in his eyes. "I won't because I deserve it... I'm the reason he's dead. I'm so sorry." He cries.

With one more punch to the face I take a deep breath and get off of him. I look at the boys and say, "Now I'm done."

I leave in peace and let Elle back in control.

ELLE'S POV.

After Elizabeth let me back in control Andrew quickly took me back home to get some rest. I just woke up and this unusual hunger took over so Andrew made me noodles.

He hand the bowl to me and I rest it on my pillow as a table and I rest my legs on his lap. I instantly begin slurping my noodles.

"I didn't think Elizabeth would be so affected by Cristian's death." I stop slurping and look at him. "Considering she never showed any affection, to anyone."

"Succubus' are really attached to their mates. They may not show it but they have this  connection to them." I remember reading about this a couple years ago.

"Are you ok?" I begin to tell him I'm fine but he cuts me off. "And don't tell me you're fine because I know you're not."

I pause for a second to realize he's right I'm really not ok. I take a deep breath and say, "You're right. I've been lying to you, to everyone, even myself to think that I'm ok. I was taken and tortured and I don't even remember which I should be thankful for but it feels like I'm about break any second. I hated the way everyone looked at me like I'm a fragile glass about to break, even you treated me like that and I hated because... I hate feeling that way. I hate feeling vulnerable but that's all I have felt my entire life. And those visions of Cristian, it just opened old wounds that I thought I closed for good." Andrew wipes the tears away with his thumb, I didn't even realize I was crying.

"I'm so sorry baby. I didn't mean to make you feel that way."

"Don't apologize. I know you all care about me and I appreciate it. I do." I sniffle and sigh. "But I'll be ok as long you're by my side."

"Always." We both smile at each other and I share some of my noodles with him which I was kind of hesitant about.

After, I spent the rest of the day with Mia and she wanted to know everything that was happening and she wouldn't take no for an answer so I told her...