Finding Dad in the gym, I watched him for a moment before going in. He still moved with the power and grace of a skilled fighter, yet there was a slight delay in some of his actions. Age was something no one could hide from; unless you were a vampire. 

"Hey Princess!" Dad lowered his sword, smiling as he waved me in.

"Want some company?" I move over to the bench and run my finger over the handles of the others and seeing the golden snake, pick up a sword of my own.

"Always."

We start to spar and I'm surprised to find I have to take it easy on him - so is he.

"I might not always show it or tell you, but you do this family proud Ellie." He huffs, starting to get out breath from trying to keep up with me. 

"Well someone had to save Jordan's dumb ass."

"I resent that!" Jordan interrupts, and looking over he was sitting on the bench watching. I hadn't even noticed him come in. 

"It's true." I smile, blocking Dad as he tries to take advantage of my distraction. 

"It's a sad day when a Father has to admit his little girl is more than capable of looking after herself and doesn't need him anymore." He lowers his weapon and extends his hand. Rolling my eyes, I hug him instead.

"I'll always need you, but you did it a good job in making us who we are today."

"We're Buntings, its a given!" Jordan pipes up, coming over he takes Dad's sword and taps the blade with mine. "He's an old man, lets see how you go against me?"

"I could do it with my eyes closed!"

"I dare-"

"Jordan! Do not dare her to do anything, Elise, don't fight your brother with your eyes closed!" Mum walks in with a bottle of water for Dad and I have to laugh. Look at us being a family. Jordan and I start to mess around and for a moment, nothing else exists. There aren't crazy mutants running around on the surface trying to do something that could effectively end the world, we're not in hiding with demons of all things offering us protection, we're just a family training in sword fighting.

This whole time I had wanted us to be normal, but for us - this was it. Deciding to stop fighting who I am had it's perks and I was able to enjoy this more than I would have been able to any other time. I would have been whining and complaining about how heavy the metal felt in my hand or that Jordan was showing off. Now it was me showing off, as I threw back his moves with more ease than he had doing them in the first place.

"The others are here." A woman I didn't know walked in and I knew she wasn't like us. Dad seemed to know her though and nodded.

"Others?" Jordan asks, looking at me I only shrug.

Following them out into the hall, others is an understatement. All around the beams of light are leaving groups of Hunters standing around in the general hall area.

So much for being secretive.

"Dad, what's going on?" Jordan watches in awe as more people start to appear and it's then I notice the tables along the walls and Council guards unpacking boxes of weapons on them.

"Reinforcements."

He stalks off towards the Grimm's and I only glare at Penny as she turns and smiles at Jordan.

"Should've stayed with Selene." I mumble, ignoring the look Mum gives me before she follows after Dad.

Everyone is here and I keep to the outside of the hall, finding the stairs I take a seat to watch. I spot Ailin and Lily as some of the ones bringing in the others and there are some light fae doing the same thing. When our President arrives, the crowd all starts to gather to one side and out of nowhere a podium appears for him to address the crowd.

"We are approaching midnight. Tomorrow will be the night of the Blood Moon and I know you are all aware of what the werewolves and to a lesser extent the vampires are planning. We must acknowledge the heroic efforts of Elise Bunting for freeing her brother, Jordan, from the Alpha Selene's hold. While I do not approve of her reckless antics, she was successful and having them both here gives us an advantage but also makes us a greater target."

I stop listening and considering they were discussing their defense down here I should be listening. Unlike the other underground, this one stands alone and the only way in is by magic. I'd already searched for a secret passage or something and had no luck so we were really in a box, waiting.

"Elise!" Turning, Jodie and Chris were coming up the stairs and I was actually glad to see them. Maybe this wasn't so bad and as Keiran and Raya appeared, I had some friends here. After hugging the girls, we ended up going down stairs into one of the lounge areas and for the most part, there wasn't much to catch up on with them.

"I can't believe you escaped Selene!" Jodie gushed.

"Neither can I. So what's with the army?" I motion behind us to the gathering.

"You won't be doing it alone, we're all here to fight with you. If they come here, we're ready and waiting." Keiran answers, and Raya nods, agreeing with him.

"This is bigger than them just wanting you and Jordan. You are the key to them opening the portal and as Hunters, we can't let that happen."

"I'm kinda glad you guys are here." I didn't think I'd ever admit to needing anyone else, but I did have friends.

"We are too!" Penny interrupts, crashing the party. Everyone groans and Jordan comes in behind her. "Who knew you were such a good Hunter Elise? How is your Tracker friend? Logan wasn't it? Is he here?"

"I already told you he wasn't!" Jordan snaps, sitting beside me. "So CJ, seen Zane lately?"

"Na man, he was working with another Slayer but haven't seen him since."

I forgot about Zane, and in a case of speak of the devil I sensed Reece and turning he walked in with the other Slayer beside him. Neither looked happy, I had to wonder how much Zane knew about what was going on with Reece.

"Zane!" Jordan stood and the pair did one of those weird bro hug things. I didn't think he had it in him to be social, or even likeable and the hardness to him still kind of scared me. Making eye contact with Reece, I knew something was bothering him. Leaving the others to talk, I went over to where Reece stood apart from everyone else.

"What's going on?"

"Ailin wants to see you." I didn't like that and instantly started to worry. He was closed off, not giving me much to go on and that was all I needed to know something was wrong.

I followed him out and going upstairs where the bedrooms were, he stopped and knocked twice. One of the rooms wasn't a bedroom and instead opened up into a room double the size of what I knew it should be. Dad was in there and Ailin sat on the desk rather than the chair behind it. I knew one of the other men, but I couldn't remember where from or why. He wasn't as old as Dad or as young as Jordan, maybe in his thirties? His dark brow hair was free of greys and he wore a suit of all things. He wasn't overly handsome, but he was kind of interesting to look at.

"Miss Bunting, pleasure." He extended his hand and thanks to the look Ailin gave me, I shook it.

"And you are?"

"Elise, this is Tom Van Helsing." Dad introduced.

"Oh a Van Helsing?" I try to act impressed. "Ailin you wanted to see me?"

"Yes, could we please have a moment?" Dad nodded and Tom winked at me as he walked out making me roll my eyes.

"Does he creep you out as much as he does me, I've heard things about him. His younger brother is meant to be really cute though!" I sat down in the chair opposite the desk.

"I didn't call you in here for, girl talk, Elise. It's the demon you call Alfie I wish to discuss."

"Alfie? Is he here? Did you get him?" I quickly stood up, eager to go and see him.

"Elise, sit down."

"Why?"

"We couldn't get him."

"Didn't he let you near him? Take me and I'll tell him it's ok!" I couldn't stop the building hysteria in my voice.

"There were two covens of light fae, when the three of us showed up we were out numbered. Their attack-"

"Light fae? They don't attack!"

"They defended themselves. They didn't believe us when we said we came to help, I think they've nearly cleared the magic binding him. Elise, I'm sorry but I can't help you with this."

"You have to! Take me there, if they're not changing sides and are doing good then me being there will make them give him up!"

Why was she doing this? Surely she could have got her cattery of demons to over power them. I started to panic, worried that even fae were capable of deception. Looking at Ailin, I only got angry and then I really started to loose my shit.

"You don't want him here, you want them to keep him. If I don't have his help, you know I can't get out. Do you even want us out? Do you not want him here because he will protect me? Oh my god, you're on their side. You want us defenseless!"

Her slap was sharp and to the point. "Calm down, I have Toyo watching them!"

"You do?" I felt like a three year old and wanted my Mum to come in and reassure me it was going to be ok. I didn't even realize I had been crying and the whole emotional side of things seemed to make Ailin uncomfortable. I almost expected her to slap me again.

"Believe it or not, I actually like you. Get some sleep, you want to be fully rested for what ever today will bring."

"You like me?" I can't help but smile and the stern expression that is always on her face doesn't change.

"Goodnight Hunter."

Closing the door, Dad and the Van Helsing hero are still outside; only now Ronaldo is with them. Looking down over the balcony, the hall has emptied out and the clock on the wall tells me I was in there for an hour, not the ten minutes I had expected.

"You alright Princess?" Dad looks me over instantly worrying, before Mum appears and hugs me like I had wanted her to do in there.

"Yeah, I will be."

"Get some rest sweetie." She strokes my hair before kissing my cheek and Ronaldo watches on completely confused.

"What?" I sigh, not impressed that he was watching in on a more private, family moment.

"I thought I had you figured out Miss Bunting, but you keep on surprising me."

"We'll see you in the morning." Mum pats my arm before going into the office and I leave them to their meeting or what ever was going on.

Going back to the lounge, everyone is gone except one figure in the back. Against my better judgment I go over and take a seat opposite Zane.

"Hunter." He greets, his tone void of any actual emotion.

"Slayer." I mimic back, making him raise an eyebrow in my direction. Again I copy him and with a sigh he sits back in the chair, waiting for me to do the same. I don't disappoint.

"Drink?" He slides me over the bottle of vodka and I remember the last time we shared a drink including him having a go at me for avoiding Reece.

"I'm good, thanks."

"He was right about you," Zane takes a swig and doesn't even flinch as he swallows it straight.

"Who, Reece?"

"Yup!" He looks me in the eye and I don't know whether is looking for something or if he is trying to intimidate me, either way I'm not backing down. "Bet you've always been wondering what I know about you two, what he tells me about you. Am I right?"

"A little, but I don't think it's any of your business." Inside I wanted to scream out yes and beg him to tell me, but I managed to keep my cool.

"You're right. It's not. Do you know how hard it is for me to find someone I like, that I can trust and work with?"

"Well with your winning personality-"

"What ever. I met him a few years ago and we got on. We have been in some deep shit together, and apart from that, we have the same view on life you know. Just get through it. No attachments, no fuss – we do what we do and that's it. It's easier that way." He takes another sip and puts the bottle in my direction. I only shake my head.

"And after busting some bad vamps, we part ways and he decides to join up with this little group for awhile and that's when I met up with CJ and Jodes. A month or so later, a little unexpectedly - I get a call from him saying he met this Hunter dancing on a table in the middle of a bar full of vampires." Zane looks at me as if it was hard to work out whom he was talking about. This was the most I've ever heard him speak and so far it was working in my advantage as he let me in.

"I was perfectly safe there!" I argued and he only shook his head.

"He was smitten with you the second you chased after that Tracker. Trust me, I heard every fucking detail about that night from him the morning after. But we don't do attachment. We don't get involved. He actually asked me for advice and I told him to do what he had to, to get you out of his system as soon as possible. Apparently he did try something, but it didn't seem to stop him from talking about you!"

"He told you, ah, everything?"

"Guys talk too, it's not just a girl thing."

I groan, taking the bottle from him finally and cough as the clear liquid burns the whole way down my throat making him laugh. I don't think I've ever seen Zane laugh. Maybe he really isn't as bad I though he was.

"I know my friend is going to die. This quick fix is just that, a quick fix. You haven't seen how he's been lately. When he just fucked off the other night, I thought the vampire must have won and he was gone until he phoned me yesterday and asked me to get here. He's different around you and I don't know if that's good or bad."

"Different?" Now I was really interested.

"It's almost like when we were being attacked and he had to fight, he was vampire. The more he was giving into his new skills, the more it took over and I was actually scared, I'd have to kill him." He hesitates, and I give him the time he needs. Now he speaks slower, with more emotion than I thought possible. "When he left, I was going to hunt him down. To kill him. I know he'd want me to, he'd be one fucked up vampire considering he used to be a Slayer. I've met a couple of those. Nasty fuckers too."

"Do you think you could do it, he will be more than just another monster he's your friend?" I hated that now I sounded emotional too. Bits of that night came back to me and I had failed being a Hunter and a friend. I couldn't.

"Yes." He answers too quickly and doesn't look at me as he takes two big gulps - nearly emptying the bottle. "But I've done it before."

My mouth drops open at his admission, not really believing it.

"Getting here, I was surprised to find him back in control. He told me about the transfusion you gave him and he thinks it could have worked, feels different than last time. I think it's just another bandaid."

"You could be wrong, his first attempt at a feeding was from me. What if that was the cure? I care about him too much to let the vampires win this, we have to believe it worked!"

"You're not his cure. There isn't a cure. It's how Selene is getting the vampires to co-operate. False allies. That vamp guy isn't going to be able to cure them all; they're just desperate enough to believe that she's telling the truth. Thousands of years Hunter, no one has a cure and your blood isn't going to stop his change either."

For someone who was practically claiming to be Reece's BFF, he sucks at showing it. "I'm not giving up on him."

"Do you love him?"

"I-" Stopping I didn't know what to say. I cared about him. Was that love? "I don't know. If we had more time, maybe."

"That's a great answer Hunter, you don't think about whether you love someone – you just know." He mumbles sarcastically before having more of the vodka before putting on the lid and he goes to leave.

"Zane!" I call out, not willing to let him leave. I don't know what do or say and I don't think I have to say anything more than that as I see him hesitate.

He only frowns as we make eye contact again only this time all I see is pity and pain. He is hurting over this as much as I am because honestly, we already know the truth. Reece can only fight the vampire for so long. Zane may be older than I am, and he has been Slaying longer too, but with this we're both as clueless as each other.

"I can't tell you what to do Hunter, it's not my business, but I will ask that if you have to shoot him again don't fuck it up." He leaves and I feel as if he just hit me.

I end up going back to me room, feeling lost and confused. I consider going to Jordan, but maybe being on my own will be a better option. What I really want is Alfie, to hide within the coils of his body and forget the world. I want to hear it from him that I am safe, and as I head towards my door it's not Alfie waiting for me, but Reece. He says nothing as we go into my room and I wonder if he knows what's going around in my head, as he's been pretty good at that lately. I feel drained, and sleep doesn't seem like a bad idea as I take off my boots.

"What did Ailin want?" He breaks the silence, and looking at him all I can see his concern. He really does care about and thinking over the last few

"Alfie, they can't get him." I quickly fill him in on what happened, minus my catch up with Zane and somewhere along the way; I end up curled beside him bed. It's nice, familiar and moving my arm over his chest, I'd never been more comfortable. Well except for the last time we took a nap together and we had been in an underground then too. My eyelids get heavier and I loose myself in the sound of his heartbeat beneath my ear.

"I'm going to go. Get some sleep Elise, you'll need it for tomorrow." Reece places a gentle kiss on the top of my head and as he goes to get up, I grip the side of his shirt and refuse to move.

"Please, just stay." With a sigh he stops moving, adjusting himself into a more comfortable position beside me as he starts to relax.  "Thank you."

Despite feeling so safe, my dreams betray the peace by torturing me with my fears of Selene killing Alfie. Just when I think I'm destined to suffer through it and that I'm not dreaming, Reece wakes me up.

"You were dreaming. It was just a dream!" He soothes, as I look around frantically trying to get my bearings before I burst into tears again.

"She was killing him!" I choke out letting him hold me, as I can't stop crying.

"It wasn't real. The Kasha won't let that happen, it was a bad dream."  I don't even need to tell him anything else because he must know. Reece holds me until I stop and I don't know how much more I can take. I need this to be over. "It's going to be ok Elise, I promise."

When he makes a promise, I believe it because unlike Logan he has never given me reason to doubt him.

"Reece I-"

I don't know what to say. Words don't seem enough and looking at him closely, he looks tired. I should've let him go, he clearly needs the sleep and reaching out he leans his face into my hand as I cup his cheek. Closing his eyes, I feel bad for keeping him awake and leaning closer, I can't deny the urge to kiss him. Zane's question rings loud in my mind making me hesitate. Do I love him?

Our lips are barely touching and taking the lead, as I knew he had a tendency to do, his were soon pressing harder against mine. His hand snaked around my waist, settling on my lower back as he pulled me closer while my hand left his cheek to go around the back of his neck.

Now I was kissing him, almost desperately as my lips parted and the sensation of his tongue teasing mine had a moan forming in the back of my throat. Our make out session only grew with intensity, and sliding over him clothing quickly become optional.

What I didn't expect was for him to stop as I sat up to slip my shirt off. His eyes roamed my body appreciatively but I could see how conflicted he was inside.

"Is something wrong?" The thought of rejection hurt and from what the rest of his body was telling me, it wasn't like he didn't want it.

"Are you sure?" I sat back up, looking down at him confused. "A lot has happened since last time. Remember Logan?"

"Logan?" Was he serious right now?

"I want this, I do, but-"

"But nothing. Honestly, what ever that was, was a mistake. I don't know what is going to happen for us, but I do care about you a lot. That's enough for me."

Things were beyond complicated. The risk of no cure a possibility so for now I was going to enjoy what we had and make sure he knew how much I had really come to care for him. Something had brought us together in the beginning and I don't doubt that was why we were here now.

Logan was a mistake. The voice in the back of my mind always told me no when Logan was concerned, how many times did something nearly happen between us before I pulled away? His persistence had paid off, and I was stupid enough to believe it was something more. The reality was, Reece was there the whole time and yet he only stood by, even encouraging me to be with Logan.

"Why didn't you ever say anything to me about, well us?"

"Why would I? Elise, you don't need to waste your time on me. I don't deserve it and we know what's going to happen."

I had never heard him sound so defeated and if anything I didn't deserve him. He had always been able to make me speechless, and once again I was at a loss of words as he flipped us around so he hovered above me. A ran my hands up his arms, loving the way his body responded to me and I only shivered in pleasure as his lips returned to mine.

"What's going to happen Reece?" I managed to whisper breathlessly.

"You're going to have to kill me, because I can't live like this for much longer. I don't want to be one of them, please don't let me be one of them."

Taking his face in my hands I make him look at me. "We'll find a cure. We just have to get through tomorrow, get out of here and then we'll work it out."

 "I want to believe you, so, so badly. I need you." The possessive edge to his tone only had me wanting him more. This was changing things; I knew there wouldn't be any going back now and I didn't have a single regret in the world.

"I'm here and I'm yours." By the time we ended up falling asleep in each other's arms that claim had been firmly put in place.

-x-

Pounding on my door had me falling out of bed with a thud as I jumped awake.

"Elise!"

"This better be important Jordan!" I snap, taking Reece's hand as he helps me up. Finding my shirt and a pair of sweatpants, I quickly slip them on as Reece goes to hide in the bathroom.

"Get dressed, two minutes and we're going." He comes storming in, looking completely freaked out and hearing the shouts and yelling from outside my room I walk out to look down towards the hall to see everyone gearing up. "Elise!"

"What is going on?" I run back in as Reece comes out dressed, looking between us he only frowns.

Jordan doesn't even flinch at seeing him, and I feel my cheeks going red at how embarrassing this could be.

"We're being attacked. Ailin is taking us away, like Antarctica kind of away. The shields in place are weakening and once they get through, this place is going to disappear so all down here will be sent up there to face off against them. They have four covens worth of dark fae going against one of ours and the clan of Kasha!"

"Shit! Shit! What about Mum and Dad?"

"Get dressed or you're going as you are!" He yells, ignoring my question because I know they're staying to fight.

I run to my bag and spare a desperate look at Reece who stays silent. This wasn't exactly how I wanted to wake up. I risk taking a quick shower and once dressed, tie up my hair and going back into my room Ailin is waiting. I don't hesitate in grabbing my gun holster and a knife, strapping them to my body I feel the stiffness of the throwing stars in my boot. At least I have something on me to help fight and once I'm done, I look at Reece.

"Please Ailin, don't leave him or my parents here!"

"Not now Elise." She snaps, grabbing Jordan's arm he grabs me and yet nothing happens. She closes her eyes, reaching over to grab my arm and I don't pull away, knowing something is wrong. "I don't understand!"

"What?" Reece asks, stepping up behind me.

"I can't leave!" She closes her eyes and disappears, before reappearing a second later and grabbing my hand tries to go with just me. We end up down in the hall and as she moves us again, we're back in my room. "I can't get out!"

"Why?" Jordan looks at me as I was the one doing it and looking at Ailin, her expression actually changes to one of panic.

"I don't know. Wait here."

"It's not like we can go anywhere else!" I roll my eyes and Jordan runs out of the room. Turning to Reece, he looks as worried as Ailin. "I'm not going to leave you down here."

"You don't have a choice, you need to go with Jordan and get out of here. You need to be kept safe."

"Reece – I meant what I said last night."

"So did I." I felt safe in his arms and despite the chaos on around us; I kissed him.

"Stay with me, we can get out of this, we all can."

"We might not have a choice Elise. Come on, we have to find a way out."

Grabbing Jordan we ran down the stairs and in passing, we each picked up a weapon. Taking the sword, I handed Jordan an axe and Reece picked up two smaller hunting knives, which he put into holder around his waist and found a shotgun.

"I will try again." Ailin appeared with her sisters and seeing Mum through the crowd I froze.

"Mum!"

I didn't get a chance to go to her as Ailin grabbed my hand and in the rush that followed being transported, I closed my eyes. Reece's hand grabbed mine and opening my eyes I quickly closed them as bright afternoon light burned and blinking a few times to adjust, I looked around confused.

"Where are we?" Clearly Jordan was joking about Antarctica. There was no snow, the forest not anywhere I recognized. Some of the trees were different to the pines that grew near Selene's pack house.

"I don't know, this isn't where we were meant to go!" Toyo gasped, looking around we instantly inched closer together as they shifted into their demon form while we raised our weapons. "Lets try again."

We held hands as Ailin reached out to touch my shoulder, yet nothing happened. All three connected and tried again, getting the same result.

"Is it because he came too?" Jordan looks at Reece cautiously and Ailin shakes her head.

"No, he will help protect her. I think this was all a trap!" She growls, her snake-like tongue flicking out over her rows of teeth as she talks.

We group up, and from our left clapping begins. Then out walks Selene, flanked by six wolves. Instantly I get on the defense, and moving to take a step towards her, Reece pulls me back.

"Well aren't you a smart demon! Hello Buntings!" She greets sarcastically.

Instantly I look to Reece and he is only glaring at the werewolf Alpha. Jordan tries to pull me closer towards him, but taking out that bitch is the only way I'm going. Once again Ailin tries to zap us out of there, but she can't. "Stop trying, you're in my world now demon."

"We're bound!" Toyo gasps and I don't understand what she is talking about. How are they bound?

"What-"

I don't get to finish as we're all thrown in different directions and the shadows in the tree-line start to take shake of cloaked witches and fairies. Selene had some serious power going on here, what was in it for them?

Getting up, the wolves have left their Alpha, three come towards me and the others go to Jordan. Standing I can't manage to lift the sword I was carrying and as I watch, it gets swallowed into the earth.  That's not good.

As the first wolf lunges at me, I still have the knife strapped to my side and I throw it swiftly into its chest. Reece has taken down one of the others and seeing him twist its neck with his bare hands makes me shudder, not because of what he did, but because as he looks at me – his eyes are red.

"Reece?" The distraction lets the third wolf knock me down raising my arms to protect my face the creature is thrown off me as Reece finishes it. Helping me up, I quickly look over to find Jordan has five circling him and the Kasha are squaring off against the witches as golden and red balls are thrown back and forth at each other. For a second I can't move, I have never seen anything like it before.

"Come on, let's get Jordan!" I nudge Reece who is just as much in awe of the magical war taking place as I am and we quickly take out a wolf each and with the pressure off, Jordan does another two on his own before Reece takes the final. We quickly group up and going to run, we don't get very far as we literally run into an invisible wall – the shield keeping us all here.

"What are we going to do?" I hate how helpless I sound, but the only ones that could possibly break this down is the Kasha. No one gets to answer me as even more shifters appear, the wolves snarling and growling like rapid monsters and I'm starting to think the odds aren't in our favor anymore. I can't even try to think up a plan - none of us can, and instead it becomes a battle of survival.

"Enough!" Selene appears, stepping over the dead animals as if there were merely rocks and the ones still attacking obey her command. The fact she is here and the zapping of the magic from the clearing has silences only feels me with the dread. "Well Slayer, I don't really have a purpose for you anymore."

Reece suddenly falls to his knees, clutching and gasping at this throat I drop down to his side. Looking back to Selene, the cloaked woman behind her as her hand curled into a fist and the mumbled hum of her words in without a doubt what is doing that to him. Leaving Reece, I slowly stand, slipping my hand into my boot before I glare at Selene.

"Hope you have a back up plan mutt, we won't let you use us!" I snap, and as expected she moves a little closer.

"Oh stupid girl, I have several!" She boasts, turning to Jordan I don't hesitate as I throw the tiny blade at the other woman and not missing my target she howls in pain as it embeds itself into her fingers. Instantly Reece falls to all fours, taking in deep gulps of air as if it was his first breath.

Spinning around to see what was happening to her back up, Jordan doesn't hesitate in raising the axe and as he goes to swing it, I plant a high kick in her back sending her falling before him. Before it can make contact, he freezes and the weapon lights up with a green glow before disappearing I can't move either and with a growl Selene stands, looking more pissed off than anyone I have ever seen before in my life.

Her slap is hard and yet my head doesn't turn on impact, making it hurt that much more. I want to scream, fight, run, anything but instead I am just as stuck as Jordan – only less awkward as he is still hunched over in his attack position.

"What did you do to them?" Reece yells, getting up I can't even try to stop Selene as her claws extend and she punches him in the stomach, his shirt tears and as she pulls her hand away, his cover his abdomen quickly becoming covered in his blood.

"No!"  Now I can scream, and as Reece falls to his knees once more, I cant make myself move to go to him.

"As I said, I have a few options available to me Hunter. I've had enough of you interfering with things and now I have you both, sunset is only a couple of hours away and then you shall fulfill your destiny."

She turns and says something to the dark fae before carrying on walking away. Slowly I find movement in my arms and fighting it with every inch of my being, I manage to sink to my knees. Reece's eyes are red again, but the rest of him is in shock. Tears start to run down my face as I can't help him. He can't die because of that bitch. I am going to get out of this, I have to. "Reece, it's going to be ok!"

"I don't think it is."

Moving is hands away, the blood now only stains his skin and the marks from where her claws had sliced into him are gone.

"You're heal-"

I scream as suddenly he is thrown meters away and I'm forced to stand. Turning around, Jordan gasps as we watch Reece get back onto his feet, quicker than humanly possible and running over to us it's clear they've thrown him out of the bubble. I can't hear him shouting and his fist pounds against the air. The fae with us only laugh and the heaviness on m wrists has me looking down to find large gold handcuffs have been put on Jordan and I.

This isn't good.

"Come now my precious ones, we have a lot to get ready for tonight." With a click of her fingers, Jordan passes out beside me. The clang of his chains making me jump and turning back to Reece, his face is the last thing I see as I am served the same fate as my brother.