Be Careful When You Bite Me

Chapter 35

"Holly, are you alright?" I could finally hear Luna's voice," Holly?"

"They took him," I burst out, sudden tears blurring my vision," the Council, they took Damon."

Luna remained silent but I could see her expression had turned sad in the mirror.

"Did you hear me!" I demanded," they took him!"

"I heard," her voice was quiet.

"What do we do, we can't let them take him-"

"There's nothing we can do for him now Holly-"

"They will kill him, because of me-"

"You don't know that."

"Yes, I do! Those people don't know how to spare someone's life, I can feel it, they're going to kill him,

Luna!"

"That is neither mine nor your business anymore, Damon made his choice."

"How could you say that?" I wondered if it was because she was reunited with her lover if that made

her lose all care for Damon.

"We don't stand a chance against the Council-"

"Drop me off at Asia's," I spoke the words without taking a second to think.

"Holly, you said you wanted out-"

" I can't let them kill him."

"They'll kill you both."

"I don't care!" I snapped," I-I can't just let you take away my memory, I can't let myself forget that I had

gotten Damon killed, I just can't!"

"This isn't your world Holly!," Luna's angry eyes met mines in the mirror," this is how The Underworld

handles things, it may not be right but it's just the way things are, the only way the Council will keep

from coming after you is if we do the ritual-"

"This is my world!" I couldn't hold back anymore, tears flooded my view and I spoke through gritted

teeth," I know that my mother's a witch Luna, this is my world."

Luna's eyes stayed locked on mines and her expression told me that she knew.

"What good will it do if I drop you off at Asia's? When the castle finds out your missing, it's the first

place they'll go checking-"

"Xavier is there, he'll help me-"

"Help you do what Holly? Break into the Council's prison? Help Damon escape? He's probably already

dead!"

"Just drop me off!"

Luna let out a defeated sigh before nodding," fine."

The ride to Asia's was silent and when we reached the high-rise building, I let myself out of the car and

slammed the door.

Luna came out out of the car running after me," Holly, wait."

I ignored her and flung open the front doors to the building. Her grip caught my arms and she whipped

me around to face hers. She handed me the cellphone from before," take this, and call me if you need

anything."

I nodded and grabbed the phone from her hands. I began to make my way towards the elevators,

hearing the last words she said to me which were," be careful."

I got to the eighteenth floor and marched down the familiar carpet until I was standing right outside

1809. Before I could knock on the door, it flung open and to once again reveal a shirtless Xavier.

"Where's Damon?" He poked his head out to glance outside into the hall.

"I'm alone," I said," can I come in?"

"Who is it?" I could hear Asia in the background.

"It's Holly," Xavier replied and muttered in annoyance," again."

"Please, I need to talk to you."

Asia walked right to where we were, her pearly smile lighting up the entire doorway," Holly!"

She pushed past her lover and took me into her arms. I felt the comfort of her embrace immediately

and wanted to stay wrapped up in her grip and sob until I had no more tears.

Inside the condo, I was too anxious to stop and admire the place. I sat on the couch where Asia and

Xavier both joined me. Asia had a look of concern on her face whilst Xavier looked fed up.

"Holly," Asia took my hands in hers," what happened?"

I swallowed back some nerves and began," today, the Council came, they took Damon, I'm not sure

where."

Xavier got up off the couch snapped his next words directed at me in a way that made me flinch," what

the hell do you mean-"

"Xavier," Asia looked up at him," let her talk." She gave me a comforting look that told me to continue.

"They showed up today, all of them, Vesto, Ameera, t-that witch Kia, Fabian..."

"Aboot and Isla," Asia finished.

I nodded," they told me that my mothers a witch, they couldn't kill me so they took Damon-"

"Why the hell did they do that, if you aren't a foreigner, then he didn't do anything wrong-"

"They said he needed a lesson in authority, I don't know what that means-"

"It means they're going to kill him!" Xavier barked out and I felt as if the ground beneath me had

shifted," where the hell was Seth?"

"It was Seth and Isabelle that called them, they set it up to get Damon dethroned."

Xavier was pacing now, on hand gripped tightly at his silver hair.

Asia's big eyes met mines," did they say they were going to kill him?"

"No," I shook my head," I don't know, I couldn't tell, the guards dragged him away, I-I don't know

where."

Hot rivers of tears raced down my face and I suddenly felt weak and helpless and most of all I felt

stupid.

"How did you get here?" Asia asked softly.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

"It's a long story, I stole a car from the castle, I made a deal the witch that Damon took me to before he

brought me here, if I delivered a human boy to her she'd do the ritual-"

"What boy?" Asia asked.

"He's a villager boy, but they had mated but she couldn't get him out-"

"So as long as you were able to deliver the boy.."

"She would do the ritual."

"So why are you here?" Xavier snapped," why aren't you with her?"

"I couldn't do it," I mumbled," I couldn't go without trying to help or doing something."

"You've done enough," he continued, pointing a finger my way," Damon is going to die and you're going

to be the reason!"

"Stop it!" Asia interjected, grabbing his hands and placing them by his side," she isn't the enemy here

Xavier, Seth and Isabelle are. They're doing exactly what they did to you to Damon, and they're willing

to get him killed to get to the throne."

"What do we do?" I asked," how do we help Damon, we can't let him die."

"The Council has him now," said Xavier," there's nothing ten of us could do, let alone just us three."

"It's not just us three, Luna would help, Dimitri too-"

"Two and a half witches, and a villager," he stated sarcastically," against six of the strongest members

of the Underworld."

"We have to do something,-"

Asia was oddly silent. She was looking down at her feet.

"Asia," I said," please, we have to do something."

She shook her head," we battled the King and Queen for years and almost lost, we don't have any

more fight left in us Holly, if we help you, it could end us-"

"It won't, please!" I exclaimed, careless to the fact that I was almost sobbing now, "you have to help

me, he doesn't have anyone else-"

"We'll lose the fight against the Council in seconds Holly, we're finally happy."

"Then I'll go alone!" I snapped," tell me where they'll keep him!"

"You need to get some rest Holly, it's late-" Asia reached for me but I flinched away.

"I don't want to sleep," I said," I can't sleep, not when they could kill him any minute."

"We can offer them a trade," Xavier was speaking to Asia," Holly for Damon."

"Xavier," Asia spoke," how could you-"

Xavier faced me now," you care so much about him then offer them yourself for Damon-"

"They don't care about her, she's half-witch, if they wanted her they would have taken her!" Asia

exclaimed, staring up in disappointment at Xavier.

He gripped his head in both hands, clearly stressed. Asia stood up and held Xavier in her arms. He

nuzzled his face in the nape of her neck although he hovered over her. She wrapped her arm around

his shoulders and held him.