Chapter 68 Power makes demons strong

ANDREW'S POV.

"You know, I did not miss coming up here." Simon says out of breath.

We are on our way to Lyra's cottage and from the looks of it, we're almost there.

"You should have drank the blood bag earlier." Daniel stated.

"Jeremiah, wouldn't give me any!"

Daniel gives Jeremiah a look before he huffs and hesitantly hands Simon a blood bag from his bag. Simon downs it like he never ate for days.

"Can I have another one?" He asks with a sheepish grin. Jeremiah takes the bag off and throws it at him.

"Just take the whole thing." Simon catches it caught by surprise.

"No, no, no. What am I suppose to get?" Daniel asks.

"Can you guys shut up?" They all stop talking when the cottage comes into view. "Lyra!" I shout.

Remembering what happened the last time we were here, I prefer to take precautions.

"Where is she?" Simon asks impatient.

We here rustling in the bushes behind us. We snap our heads back, but it stops when we do. What the-?

"Hello boys." We all turn around startled to see Lyra in front of us.

"Jeez woman, give us some warning first." Daniel puts his hand to his chest.

"How may I help you?"

"I need you to find, Elle."

She pauses for a second as if contemplating. I raise an eyebrow questioningly. "I can't."

"You can't or you won't?"

"I won't. It's not time yet."

"Wha- Time for what?!"

"The war."

"I don't fucking care. The demons probably have her captive and needs our help!"

"Captive?"

"That's what he said." Jeremiah answered.

"Please come inside." She turns around and walk inside with haste. We follow behind her and close the door. "We can not allow the demons to get their hands on the baby."

"The baby? What does the baby have to do with this?"

She looks up at me for a split second before rushing to take up some herbs. "With the baby, it comes power and power makes demons strong."

"Thank you for explaining in English." We snap our heads at Simon and he begins to stutter. "Uh I-I mean bad. Bad demons." He looks at me and whispers ashamed. "Sorry."

"Why didn't you tell us this before?!" I curl my hands into fist ready to just knock it through something.

"I warned you, that was enough." She seemed to finish mixing whatever she was putting together. "I need something. Something of Elle's."

"You won't destroy it, will you?"

She shakes her head. "No."

I take her ring from my pocket and hand it to Lyra. She stares at it with a small smile. "It's beautiful." She compliments before placing the ring in the mixture and takes it out, with it covered in a black substance.

"You got in engaged?!" Simon asks. "And didn't tell us?"

I grit my teeth and turn to him. "The time didn't really come around, Simon."

"Congratulations to you both." Jeremiah congratulates, following Daniel and Simon.

"Thank you, guys." But there was still this feeling lingering around in the back of my mind and it's killing me inside.

I turn my attention back to Lyra. She closes her hand around it and close her eyes as she silently chant words over and over. After a couple minutes passed she finally stopped and opened her eyes. She lets a breath out and says, "She's at Lord Nikolaos' castle. In a cell." I am pissed that they got her in fucking holding cell but it's also a relief to know that she's alive.

"Who is this, Lord Nikolaos?" Daniel asks with a British accent.

"A long time ago he was once Elizabeth's lover until he killed her family."

Silence takes over the room and Daniel whistles. "Never thought it would be that." He mumbles.

"So.... he's the one running all of this?"

"I can not tell exactly but... yes." She hands over the ring and it's already cleaned from the black stuff.

I thank her with a smile and put it back in the velvet box before putting it in my pocket. "Where is his castle?"

"It's 20 miles away from the mountain, traveling on foot. Half of it was destroyed in the early 1800s after Elizabeth surfaced back for the first time. I can point you in it's direction-"

"Ok, tell us." I urged.

"But, you have to come back here. You nor I can take the risk of them getting their hands on your baby. Do you understand?"

"Yes, now please tell me where I can find, Elle."

ELLE'S POV.

"No."

"I knew you would say that but I'm going to present you a deal. Child for the lives of your people."

"Pass."

"I'll leave you time to think about it."

"You must be out of your mind to think I would just hand my child over to you."

"Can't blame a man for trying, right?." He turns to walk away but I stop him.

"How-How did you know I was pregnant?" He stop and stares at me with a smirk.

"Your scent. I smelt it on you." But what if I wasn't? What would he have done then?"

"What would you have done if I wasn't?"

"Then you would have mine." I suck in a deep breath taking a step back while watching him cautiously. "The demons are dying out, getting powerless. If we had a baby, it would be full demon and have succubus gene and that child will be fit to rule and give my demons more power." I growl looking at him in disgust. "The werewolf and succubus gene isn't bad though."

"Over my dead body!" Elizabeth and I said in one voice. "You touch this child and I will break every single bone in your body, Nikolaos and yes, that is a threat."

"It's good to see your still with us, Liza."

"That wasn't, Elizabeth. That was me." His smile drops from his face as I slowly walk up to the cell gate. "Threaten to take my child and I will wipe out your entire existence. Just try me, Nikolaos." I said his name harshly like a distaste on my tongue. I bang on the cell gate and stare right into his eyes, challenging him. "This cell won't keep me from doing that."

After a long staring contest, he was the first to break eye contact with chuckle. "You're cute when your threatening me." I snarl when he calls me cute. "I know a lot about you Elle-"

"You know nothing about me."

"I know everything about you, Your past..... and future. I am a powerful man and I get whatever I want." I look at him confused as he walks off with a pleasing smirk on his face. "I'll see you tomorrow, Elizabeth!" He shouts from a distance.

My future?

"Do you know what he's talking about?" I ask, Elizabeth.

"No."

I furrow my eyebrows and let a breath of frustration out. I glance for a millisecond at the other cell before turning around. I stop in my tracks with my heart beating out of my chest. I slowly look back to see nothing but darkness.

I could've sworn I saw a familiar set of blue eyes or am I just going crazy?