Chapter 9 The Slave Quarters

King Damon Adrian's POV. Commander Lorenzo and commander Felix in media...

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Lorenzo, Felix and I arrive at my study room minutes later while the doctor stays back at Lucas' room to watch after him.

Lorenzo assure me that Ana is safe at the slave quarters with the other humans but to double check and to be assure of it, I mind link flugencio and he assures me the same, then I order him to stay close to her.

To be sincere, I myself don't understand the obsession, the sensation that pulls me close to Liliana. I know that my three self has not agree to accepting her, but still we want her close.

Thanks to Lorenzo, who mindlink me to bring me into awareness of Lucas' situation and that I need to get to them as soon as possible or else I might not have known what my internals, my monster might have done to Liliana  at the hallway, and to top it up, bivatar and I wouldn't want to stop him either. We'd obviously love it.

We need to keep our distance, so we don't scare her. The king of all benders have really gone mad, isn't it?

The world most dangerous predator. I scoff lightly as I remember my emit telling me that, earning confusion glances from Lorenzo and a wink from Felix. What the hell has Australia done to change him to this character?

The doctor arrive after a while and on my third cup of tainted. Getting fed from, especially Lucas, absorb most of my powers than expected. The dark spirit as said by the doctor must be extremely powerful to drain that much power from Lucas and even comatose him.

"Shall we begin, Adrian?" Lorenzo ask as I fill another cup of tainted. I nod at him as I'm still weary to even talk.

"Ned!" Lorenzo gives way and take a seat.

Ned- the doctor clears his throat before spilling out the causation.

"My king. According to my experience and the techs, I found out that there's a mysterious powers behind that attack. A dark one, my king. The powers is strange and not from around here, but commander Lucas must have noticed it and probably that's why he didn't hypnotize or blood bend them because that would have cause a reversible reaction that would or may kill him. So instead the dark powers drain his powers and I'm sure commander Lucas must have done something in the process to cause that draining, anyways he should be able to clarify more of the situation and shine more light to it when he awakes, my king." Ned says.

"What about the draining thing? Why would Lucas drain that much powers from Adrian?" Felix asks.

I cut in into the conversation when the doctor wants to talk. "I'm guessing Lucas wants to tell me something, its somehow blurry. I can't hear the words, they... Maybe when he wakes, he's gonna explain." I confess. The whole situation still baffles me as I try to decipher it.

"Well we wait till Lucas wakes then." Lorenzo says.

"And we need to keep it as a secret till then. We can't afford to let our subjects knowing about all of this." Felix adds. He's on the same topic as me, we can't let anyone know this, and I can only trust Lorenzo and Felix only, Ned excluded.

"Where did you get him." I mind link  to Lorenzo, eyeing the doctor obliviously.

"You can't kill him. He's an expert and obviously he's the best and he also knows about all this shit. You don't wanna know how stressful it takes to get him from Gov. Liam." He mind link back.

"I didn't say I was gonna kill him."

He scoff lightly. "You don't have to say or think it before I'll know. What good thought could you have had towards Ned?"

"But what does all this have to do with keeping the secret safe?" I mind link back. Felix eye glow lightly, meaning he's listening in, but I didn't stop him. He's family.

"It has to do with everything. More so his Liam's family doctor."

"Liam will find another." I say, even though I know its not a good plan for Lorenzo. He and Liam have been friends since before we got banished, and about Ned. He's Liam's in-law and obviously he's his family doctor too.

"We'll still need him. What if Lucas wakes and another dark.. Whatever happens. We'll seriously need Ned. He knows about it."

"Still don't buy it."

Lorenzo physically smack his forehead, while Ned looks scared, with that trembling movements of his.

"I just don't want any conflicts between my countries' governors and I, especially Liam. He's important to me, besides can't you just hypnotize him or something." Lorenzo says through the connection.

"Fine!" I say aloud and Ned's heart suddenly picks more speed, multiplying a thousandth time of the original.

I face Ned and gesture for him to walk closer but his leg didn't move a inch. He's more scared than I've thought and I can hear his thoughts - fear laced thoughts.

My bivatar powers activates again as my eye glow its original hazel-coloured. I inhumanly move towards Ned and my hypnotizing tone kicks in. My hands brush the back of his neck, slowly and towards the front part. Gripping his neck, I command.

"You shall listen to my every command, do you understand?" Ned slowly nods his head. He's in my trap. "Now listen carefully, when you leave here you shall not tell anyone what you've done. Everything about Lucas. Even when you're asked. We clear?" I ask and he nods once more. Good!

"What if someone read his mind, someone stronger than him. The memories will still be in his brain and we don't know where the harlow's might have been, they may be lingering around with their dark powers and possibly read Ned's mind to locate Lucas." Felix enlightens.

"He may have had some of their secrets, probably. We still have no idea why they'd comatose him." Lorenzo says

"Exactly." Felix says and I nod in agreement.

"I shall erase all the memories of Lucas from you, and you shall comply." Ned nods again.

Slightly I move my hands to his skull and then an electric surge moves from my hands to his head. Ned whines lowly and as time pile up. I lost control and soon start to feed from Ned as he grunt hardly.

"My king. You are feeding from him already." Lorenzo panic and I quickly brush my hands away, snapping myself from unintentionally killing Ned, even though that was my plan. Lorenzo and I are friends, and he wouldn't appreciate it if I defy him. At least for now, Ned would be safe.

"I need more tainted. You can go, Ned." I say as I collect another cup of tainted from Felix.

"Yes. My King." He says and walk out.

"Is he going to be fine? 'cause that look on his face makes him look worst." Lorenzo ask as Ned walk out the door.

"Yeah, it'll soon wear off when he's out of here and he wouldn't have any memories of coming here or doing anything here." I say, gulping down the relaxing substance.

"Secret safe. Check." Lorenzo mumbles.

"Dark powers. Strange." I wonder as I lay back on the couch. I've used more of powers today than expected. Last time I checked, its since the mass that I've used this much powers and I have a feeling that there's still more I'm going to use. The future is going to be strict. Another uprising war...

Liliana Roslyn's POV.

I don't know how fast my legs move but within seconds I'm in front of Anne. She's laying on her bunk bed and on a drip of blood and water passing down into her veins.

"What happened? Who did this to you, Anne?" I yell lightly and then realize that she's comatose.

After a while of sitting next to Anne sleepy frame. I decide to check out the slave quarters.

There are many beds in this massive room all filled with weak slave. There's a medical practitioner at a farther distance of the room, who's currently treating slaves.. And with my guessing I'm sure those bitches just finish feeding from them, Anne included.

"Lil." Anne calls. Her cheeks has dried tears. "You are here?"

"Yes, I'm here. I'm sorry but what happened? Who did this to you?" I ask again, slightly pressing her arm.

"Always the feisty one, aren't you? What you gonna do if you know the person?" She ask. I don't know what I'm going to do but all I know is it that no one hurt my friend and get away with it.

She pulls her head up and rest her shoulder part on the bed. "I'm fine. Well, I would be." She grunt lightly as the words leave her mouth.

We both got lost in silence and I decide to brighten up the situation. Now her body is getting better, her flawless skin is kicking in. I don't know what's mixed in the blood,  dripping down into her veins but one thing I know is that it's not a normal blood due to the sparkling slightly emitting from it. It's unlike that of normal blood-Human blood used for transfusion.

At least, I am not a poor student in biology while at the academy. I only attend classes that deals with human affairs.

"Hey! You wanna tell me about 'Lil'? Why do you call me that?" Sarcastically, I ask.

She snicker harshly, probably due to the pain and uncomfortability.

"I used to know someone who likes been called Lil." She say with a sadden look and a drop of tears escape her eye. She looks like she's relieving a bad memory. She must have caught me sharing the pain with her, probably by some teary look on my face.

"Oh, no! Don't give me that look. You don't wanna spoil that smiley and cheery face of yours." She say and whispers. "Your cheery face reminds me of someone."

Tears start to stream down her face, and I regret asking her the question in the first place, I should have kept quiet. I just sometimes hate this stupid mouth of mine.

With her condition, I don't want to force anything on her.

"Ben Lily. My mom's name." She says with a small laugh. I want her to drop the  subject.

"It's okay. You don't have to continue." I say to stop her.

"Nope. It actually feels good to share this with someone, a friend." She pause. "You are the first person whom I'd first share this story with." She says as her weak hands seep mine tenderly.

My heart flutter at her words, I never know we would get along so fast like this, it's just wonderful.

I'm sure Rita would be happy that I finally find a friend, just that I wish she was here too, to tell me that herself. I still hope that she'd be okay, well she always is, wherever she may be right now, our friendship bond will never wear off. That, I'm sure of!

Anne's words bring me back to earth..

**flash back of Anne's story**

My mother, lily was a former emunctor lactis in Europe years ago until someday when some rebels attack the weakest part of commander Lucas' kingdom and then got my mother out along with some humans. They lodge successfully in a hidden foster home at a deserted  island.

17 years ago, after I was born. At that time I was 6 years old when we found a dying woman with a baby in her arms near the river's bank. Fortunately, we were able  to save the child but the mother.. She died, since she was too weak to respond to our inadequate treatment. Days later, commander Lucas and some benders attack our home, we never knew how they discovered us. While my home was been ambushed, my mother gave me the child and ordered me to take her to the north's direction.

"Listen Anne, take this child and go to the north. The humans there are aware of what's happening and they're out looking for any survivors." She said and that was the last I heard from her...

The guards followed me through the woods, trailing behind me. When I get to the north, I saw the rebels and quickly I handed over the child to them but I take the east direction, to divert the guards from capturing the north rebels.

A bad move! Before my legs could move far, the guards capture me and dragged me back to my home. A place that's now filled with a pool of blood. The sinister massacre everyone I loved and cherished. One of the guards placed a knife on my throat but commander Lucas stopped him. He sniffle my body as I was yelling to be freed and let go.

His broad hand touch mine and my body instantly cooled down. "Little girl, what's your name?" He cooed.

"Anne."

"You are different from your race, Anne. A brave one, I'd call that. Come with me." He says.

... Commander Lucas sent me off to school and treated me more fairly than normal humans. He'd always say that, I'm different from my race, all over again. When I was 11 years old, I heard that commander Felix and his guards captured the foster home and they sent the humans to Australia.

It broke my heart and I feel the burden that"I failed to protect the child." The only survivor apart from me.

**flash back ends**