Queen smiled at us, something human missing from her eyes as she continued dragging a struggling Mia down the stairs. Finally getting annoyed with her, she let go of her and Mia rolled down the stairs and landed on the floor with a loud thump. Queen happily skipped down the stairs and now that she was close I finally saw her completely.

She was practically doused in blood and her mouth and chin had fresh blood on it. When her eyes met mine my mouth dropped. Her red eyes burned through mine and I couldn't help but stare. I knew Queen wasn't human, but I didn't think it was this. She was a lot more similar to me than I had previously believed. Her eyes moved away from mine when Mia groaned on the floor.

I couldn't take my eyes off of her. The malevolent energy she exuded at the moment attracted me to her like a moth to a flame. I watched her every movement as she smiled at Mia who was lying on the floor.

"What the fuck is going on?" Xavier asked. "We came to save you but-..." He trailed off not being able to say any words when he looked around the scene.

"Aww that's sweet." Queen said as she smiled at him over her shoulder. "But I handled it."

"Clearly," he said in a frightened tone.

Queen crouched down to Mia's level and looked up at us. "I have some unfinished business with Mia and I hope you two aren't here to stop me."

"Umm..no-" Xavier said in a nervous voice as he quickly shook his head. "We would never. Right, Syn?" He nudged my arm.

She looked back at me and my mind raced with things I could say to her. I wanted to say she was beautiful. That I would accept her the way she was even if I had no idea what it was, but nothing came out. I just looked blankly at her and she frowned at me.

Standing up straight, she looked down at Mia. "Stand." Queen walked away from her and back to the living room carefully maneuvering through the bodies. I looked back at Mia who could've taken the opportunity to run out of the back door but remained in her spot. She kept looking at the door as she stood up. As if she wanted to go, but she remained still. Queen walked to a chair in the middle of the room and sighed. "Come."

Mia walked slowly to her as she cried. "No! Let me go!" She screamed. She looked like she wanted to run away...but she couldn't?

"No, you tortured me. So you will get tortured as well." Queen smiled, patting the bloody seat with a sigh. "Don't mind the blood, it's mine. Sit down, Mia." Mia threw herself onto the chair and began crying. I felt nothing as I watched her sob.

I wanted her to die.

Besides, if she had tortured Queen, she deserved everything she got. If Queen didn't hurt her I would've.

"Whatever I do to you, don't move from this seat." Queen said as she looked down at a cart beside the chair.

I glanced at Xavier who was watching the scene in front of us with a mix of shock and curiosity. Neither of us truly cared about Mia. I looked back at Queen to see her pick up a small red vial. "This is what you used on me, right?"

"Haven't you done enough?!" Mia screamed. "You killed my boyfriend!" She glanced at a man with a fur coat on the floor. His neck was twisted out of place and his body and face was stained with blood.

"Mhmm, sorry I guess," Queen said dryly as she injected the red substance into Mia's arm, making her look up at her and cry.

"Don't be sad. It takes a minute to kick in. That's what you guys said to me, right?"

A few moments later I watched as long bumps traveled around Mia's skin as she screamed. It looked like something was crawling inside of her body.

"Shit," Xavier whispered from beside me.

"Do you want to try this one too?" Queen asked as she held up the syringe now filled with a blue liquid.

"No." She coughed up blood, her red hair matted to her head. "Please."

Queen ignored her and gently inserted it before stepping back and we all watched as Mia's skin became covered in bloody scars. It looked horrific. I kept a serious expression on my face as I watched her scream in pain.

She lifted her head to look at me as if I would help her and I crossed my arms. Since Queen went through this shit, I wanted her to go through it ten times over. Earlier when I tracked Queen I heard her screaming the exact way as Mia and it made my blood boil. This would make me feel a fraction better.

"I'm not going to kill you Mia. I'm not cruel," she muttered as she looked at the dead bodies at her feet.

That was a lie. Maybe it was unknowingly to her, but Queen was dangerous, and I yearned to be near her.

Queen walked to us and sighed. "I hope you guys aren't scared," she said softly with a sad expression on her face.

"I seriously should be." Xavier said in a high pitched voice. "But I can't when you look at me like that."

Queen smiled at him and held her hands out for a hug. He looked down at the blood on her and shook his head. "Love you but...no. Also Queen...you have a bit of explaining to do."

"I know." She nodded with a small voice. He gave her a small smile and moved to touch her shoulder, but pulled his hand back when he remembered the blood. "I'm going to go outside and call the clean up crew to come...clean up." He nervously gestured towards the blood. Without another word, he left the through the front door.

Mia's screams still lingered in the air and the room became tense as Queen and I were left alone. I wanted to pull her into my arms and kiss her and remind her of what my touch did to her, but she probably didn't want me to. This didn't change the fact that we were still broken up.

Even though I wanted it to.

"Hey," she said.

I snapped out of a daze I didn't know I was in and blinked a few times as I looked at her. "Hi." She remained silent beside me and I turned to her. "How long have you..."

"Just a couple days. If I knew before I would've told-"

"I know," I said softly.

We watched Mia's bones crack with deafening clamor and her arms and legs twist in ways that shouldn't be possible. I looked back to Queen who was looking at her inattentively and I couldn't hold back anymore.

"Fuck, I miss you."

She turned her head back to me slowly and when we locked eyes I watched her eyes fade from red back to their chocolate shade. I stepped towards her and took her hand into mine, not caring about the blood all over her.

"I can't do this break-up thing," I admitted. It was one of the hardest things I had ever done and I didn't want to spend another minute without her. "I haven't been able to sleep, eat or think, Princess. I-..."

She searched my eyes and turned to me. "You what?"

I took a deep breath and looked back at her with the same tenderness she was at me. "I need you."

She smiled up at me, her eyes beginning to brim over with fresh tears as she swallowed a breath. "I'm sorry about-"

"I hate you!" Mia screamed as she looked at our interlocked hands.

Queen removed her hand from mine and stepped back. "Maybe here isn't the best place."

I dropped my hands to my sides at her movements. She couldn't be pushing me away now, not after all of this.
When she noticed my demeanor she smiled at me. "We'll talk later?" No shit. I nodded.

Queen walked over to Mia and bent down to her level. "I think you've learned your lesson, right?" Mia nodded vigorously and I rolled my eyes. She didn't learn shit. Mia was a sucker for pain and in a few weeks, she'd be back doing the same thing. "Now, I want you to never mention this to anyone at the palace and especially not your father. If you even think about saying it, I want you to remember this feeling you feel right now, got it?"

Mia nodded as tears spilled down her face and Queen picked up a syringe with a green substance. She punctured Mia's skin with it and after a few minutes, Mia was back to her regular self. Just bloodier and weaker.

"Let's go home." Queen said as she helped her up. Mia wrapped her arm around Queen's shoulder for support, but a disgusted look remained on her face. She clearly didn't want to accept the help, but she had no choice.

I walked outside to see Xavier talking to a few of our men about the best way to clean up the mess. "I guess dispose of the bodies somehow and we're going to need a lot of-"

"Just burn it all down," I instructed.

Xavier turned to me and looked at me in confusion. "Burn the entire house down?"

"Yup."

His confused expression turned to one of excitement and he turned to the men. "You heard the man. Let's get explosives!" I winced at that. I didn't even mention explosives, but he seemed too excited. Besides, as long as the evidence was gone, I could care less if he blew up the entire street. He turned back to me as the men dispersed. "I'm definitely staying here for this."

"Okay. I'll leave the car with you and we're just going to portal back."

"Okay." He said. I nodded and turned on my heel to leave. "Syn hold on." I turned back to look at him and raised my brow. "You're in love with her."

"What?"

"I wasn't sure before but the way you were looking at her in there...you are."

"How are you going to tell me how I feel about her?"

"Because you can't tell yourself," he answered. "You mentioned her being like you and I thought you were reaching, but after today I don't doubt that you both belong together."

That I agreed with him on. Queen and I definitely belonged with one another. I didn't want to be with anyone else even after what she had done...I couldn't shake her.

"You don't have to admit you love her but just know that it's obvious, in case you wanted to try to hide it." He grinned.

I scoffed, shaking my head as I walked away from him. He had no idea what he was talking about. At all.

I went back into the house to see Mia still holding onto Queen and Queen struggling to keep her up. I quickly made a portal and took Mia from Queen's arms, making her grin at me as tears rolled down her red face. "Syn, I knew you-"

"Shut up," I hissed. I was in no mood to speak to Mia and I never would be. If I had it my way I would've killed her, but this was Queen's decision.

"Wait here for a second," I told Queen and she nodded.

I stepped through the portal and into Mia's room and dropped her onto the bed. "Syn-" Before she could say anything else I walked out of her room through the portal again and stood next to Queen.

"Where's Mia?" She asked curiously.

"In her room," I replied. I made the gateway close and I opened another one to my room in its place. I took Queen's hand into my own and pulled her in with me. As soon as we entered my room, the dark portal shut behind us and I turned to Queen.

"Syn, I need to apologize fo-"

I silenced her, pulling her against me and pressing my lips to hers. I relished in the feel of her lips and didn't register how much I missed it until now.

There would be time to talk later but right now, I needed her.