I am Broken

Chapter 17- Willow POV

                  We reached where we were going, it looked like a demon strong hold and I knew it must be one of the brother’s residence and I was tense to find out, Valick was now my mate so at least no one would try anything with me, the word mate felt tasteless in my mouth, it felt wrong and right at the same time. I now had my powers back, it was refreshing so no one would have a chance anyway. I had free range, more than I had ever had before, even Alex was too cautions about my unexplored gifts.

              Valick already told me he wanted me to explore them and that I would be having training with his witch, he also said he had a surprise for me, so I was intrigued on what he had gotten me. His creepy bony looked man servant I had learnt was called Mr Bowman opens the door to the car once we had arrived in the strong hold, he explained It was the safest place for me to regain my strength to fulfil my destiny. 

                Mr Bowman held out his hand to help me but there was no way I wanted to be touch by this man so I got out with my own two feet and pushed passed him to his dismay, I could hear Valick chuckling in the background “get my things from the car Bowman, she's fine on her own” Mr Bowman smiles, he yellowed teeth shined through as he bows and walks to the back of the car, I turn to Valick, linking my arm in his “who’s house is this?” I looked at him as I asked.

              “This is one of my more loyal sons house, William, he’s away at the moment but he will be back in a few days, until then the house is ours” a grin was plastered across his face and I knew what that meant, he wanted me, I mean why wouldn’t he, we are mates now but I felt unsure and unclean when he looked at me like that, I wasn’t ready and I wouldn’t be forced.

             I felt him lead me towards the house, the doors were opening as we grew closer and a woman that looked like a goddess appeared, she was dressed as if she was in a different century, almost Viking like. She wore a crown of bones and her face had black makeup smeared across he eyes, she looked powerful and dark. “my queen my name is Larga, I am your Witch and will help you see your true potential, I have brought you a tonic I made, it will increase your strength and power” 

           She bowed as someone who seemed to be a weak human brought a golden chalice to me, a blood red liquid sat motionless inside the cup, I looked at Valick for approval, he nodded encouraging me to drink this mysterious liquid. It was tasteless as it went down my throat but I did feel the power radiating though me, “good, good now let’s get you into something more suitable, we have much to do today” Larga pulled me away from Valick, I looked back with slight concern “it’s okay my dear, we will see each other shortly, I have to speak my with sons generals but I will meet you for your surprise” I nodded as he placed a kiss on my cheek, this time I felt no wrongness to it and I basked in the pleasure of it.

           Once I was away from him, I instantly missed him and felt the urge to be near him but I was preoccupied with my new witch, her fashion was not fair from mine though she was more reviling, I was dressed head to toe in black but I was back in comfortable tight jeans, a slightly revealing top and knee high boots, she then placed a red crystal around my neck, it was heavy but beautiful “Valick had saved this for you the moment you met and was going to give it to you on your wedding day before you were brutally murdered” I turned to her from the mirror “can you tell me what happened, I don’t remember?” 

             She sighed giving me a pained looked “I’m afraid I can’t, that is up to Valick, all I can say is that he has searched for you across lifetimes, don’t make him wait any longer, just give him what he wants” her words concerned me a little, she wanted me to be obedient, maybe it was something from her time but not from mine, I nodded to keep her happy but I would be cautious on what I said to her in the future, we all knew she wasn’t loyal to me.

              After my little change, I was lead down the lowest part of the house, Valick was still not around but I sensed a familiar aura, I couldn’t see who it was, but I could sense I knew them. I walked down a corridor closer to this sense, but I was soon lead away, this seemed not to be my surprise, but I would find out who this person was. Larga continued to walk down the dimly lit corridor until we reached an opening, even though it was only lit by candlelight you could clearly see this was a witch’s den, her alter sat in the middle surrounded by symbols and black candles.

            “Don’t be concerned my queen, I have not brought you down her to harm or hex you, but to bring you justice, we have someone who caused your death at the very beginning, taking you away from your true love” a bright spotlight shined upon a woman, she looked crazed and dazed, her lips were sown together, it was clear someone didn’t want her to talk “who is she and why is she like that?” I asked, Larga was about to speak but a male presence came up behind me “she is my ex-wife, the woman I was cursed with, the woman that killed us both” 

            Valick placed his arms around me, his embrace was well received as I felt a blast of jealousy after her introduction, the chained up woman’s eyes widened at the sight of her ex-husband embracing another, she moaned and called out but no words were formed, her mouth was too tightly sown together. 

             He continues to whisper in my ear “This godless woman is Lilybeth, the woman who sold you out to the vampire god and had you killed, the reason I spent years of hell without you” I didn’t want the rage to build but it did, it was like an out of body experience, I was just reacting without thinking, without finding out the truth, her reactions were muffled screams as she shuck her head, tears now rolling down her cheek, without realising my body tensed and a large iced spike drew from my arm.

             Her screams were louder and a part of me hesitated, what am I doing? I don’t just kill people, no matter what they did to me, who was I becoming? “she took everything from you Willow, she took our first born, she took your happiness and watched as you were r***d and murdered, she watched as your whole family was killed right in front of your eyes” I didn’t know if he was telling me the truth but I became more and more in raged, if this was true even in my past life I wasn’t free from this supernatural hold.

           What did I do to deserve this, what horror did I set upon the world to deserve this, I took steps closer and closer to her as her screams grew louder, Valick stayed by my side, whispering hate into my ears “kill her! KILL HER!” they chanted around me. My head began to hurt and spin, stop! I wanted it to stop, something pulled me closer and closer to her until, the once blue eyes that stared at me glassed over and rolled into the back of her head, the screams stopped, and I felt as if I was going death.

           It was almost like I was hovering above my own body, denying my own actions but no one could deny that my iced hand had plunged into her chest and pulled out her once beating heart, it crumbled in my palm and soon her body joined it, ice particles left her and soon there was nothing left. I dropped to me knees as I reinterred my body, I felt pain nothing but pain, what was happening to me, this wasn’t me!!

            “Willow my dear, its done, be still be calm, she had to die and now she is gone I will give you each one of them ending with the Vampire god who started all of this!!” his laughter filled the room, but it did nothing to relive me. Larga joined me on the floor passing me another golden challis with the murky red liquid inside, this time I didn’t hesitate and took the liquid whole, I did not stop until it was gone, I needed strength to get through this.

          “Valick my king, your queen is tired, I suggest you take her to her chambers, there will be her surprise waiting for her there” he pulled me into his arms without hesitation, no word was said but I was glad to be out of the witches den and I felt like he knew it, the bond must let us sense each other’s feelings as I only felt pride from him and it was intoxicating, we finally reached a door to which I assumed was our room “is this our room?” 

             He looked a little disappointed when he answered, “no this is just yours for a little while, as much as I want you sexy, beautiful body next to me, Larga warned that it might be too much for now, but this is temporary do you understand?” his hand griped mine a little too tightly and it was beginning to hurt so I nodded quickly giving him a sad look about the separation. “no male is allowed in your room except your gift, he will be your personal slave”

           I looked at him with a confused expression as he gestured me inside the room, I was not ready for the person stood in front of me “Jeremy?!”