Syn

I spent the next few hours doing research on the spell Lilith had used on Dimitri and Sebastian. It was an ancient one and there was no clear reversible spell. At least not that I could figure out as of now. I had concluded that we had a couple of options but none of them seemed safe.

We could kill Dimitri and let him come back as himself...the problem right that was that it meant Sebastian would be free to roam the earth until he found a new body.

Exorcising him was also a possibility but it would have the same result.

The third and perhaps more lethal option that we had was to turn to black magic as Lilith had. The problem with that was that there was always a consequence when using it. I wondered what we would have to give up to be able to do that.

I sighed as I pulled away from the table and I ran a hand through my hair. In a perfect world, we'd find Dimitri a new body and I'd torture Sebastian for the rest of eternity. But looking at our luck in the past few years, it was going to be a lot more difficult than that.

The door to the room opened and Queen walked in with a large grin on her face. She scurried to me and kissed me on the cheek before squealing and jumping around.

"Syn," she started. "He's amazing. We have so much in common!"

"Cool," I said lowly.

"I know, right?" She said with a sigh. "We were wrong about him. He and Cain have been through a lot."

"Yup."

"Why are you being so dry?" She joked as she wrapped her arms around my neck from behind me. Before I could answer, she picked up one of the papers in front of me and held it up. "Is this the spell Lilith used?"

"Mhmm."

She eyed it momentarily before sighing and putting the paper down. "It's a fixed spell. You can't directly reverse it without finding a loophole."

"Yup."

"Syn," she said as she pulled away. "What's wrong with you? Why are you acting like that?" She tried to tilt my face up to her but I pushed away her hand and stood up from the chair. I picked up her phone from the table and passed it to her.

"You left your phone in the car."

She took it from my hand with a frown on her face and sighed as she turned it on. "We're going to talk about your attitude in a second, Syn."

I leaned against the table and watched her look at her phone when a strange look appeared on her face. My chest caved in at what she could've been looking at, but when she found my eyes on her, she cleared her throat and put her phone away.

"You good?" I asked.

"I'm good. Are you?"

"I'm perfect."

"Great," she said slowly as she looked around awkwardly. "I need to go shower, I have a meeting to go to." She walked towards the restroom and I followed behind her.

"This late?" I questioned.

"It's barely six, Syn," she laughed.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"I just said a meeting, Syn."

"With who?"

"People," she said as she walked into the restroom. "Why are you asking so many questions?"

"Why are you being so secretive?"

"I'm not." She began removing her clothes and I pinched the bridge of my nose in frustration.

I didn't know what I expected her to do, but I didn't think she'd lie to me. I thought I'd have a cool head through this entire thing, but she was breaking me. Every one of her lies, her hesitation to answer my questions...it all pointed to the one undeniable fact.

She's cheating on me.

I promised myself that I'd leave her if she went through with this, but why did it seem so hard? I looked at her as she undressed and wondered at one point I lost her.

Did she meet the man after I died? Has she been with him all this time? Was it during the month I left? Is that the real reason why she suddenly didn't want to marry me when I got back?

She had said yes to my proposal before I left for Heaven, but when I got back her mind was suddenly changed. Was it because of him?

I didn't have any of the answers I was asking myself but I wasn't sure if I even wanted them. This could possibly be one of the last times I saw her if this was true. In the past, I would've fought tooth and nail to make sure she didn't leave, but I knew better now. I wasn't going to fight for someone that would betray me this way.

I watched as she got into the shower and I rubbed my chin in thought. If she was going to be with another man, I'd make sure she was thinking about me the entire time. I wanted to cause her as much pain as she was causing me right now.

Queen

I let the warm water run down my body and I washed my face. I was always early when I met people so I wanted to hurry up and leave as soon as possible. I moved to get the soap but I was stopped with a hand around my throat.

I gasped as I was turned to face Syn and he looked down at me emotionlessly. "I hope tonight is worth it."

"What?"

Instead of answering my question, he pushed me against the wall and roughly brought his lips down onto mine. I groaned in pain as I felt his fang pierce my lip, but he ignored it and continued kissing me.

I don't know what caused his sudden coarseness, but I didn't question it. I loved him and I knew he'd never truly hurt me. I trusted him.

He moved his lips off of me and quickly turned me around. My body was pressed against the cool marble of the shower and I winced. "Syn, you know that's cold as fuck."

"Why should I care?" He seethed as he pressed his body against me. His hand moved in between my legs and he thrust a finger into me before sinking his teeth into the flesh of my neck.

I winced at his painful actions, but he didn't comment on them at all. He was always one to pay attention to how uncomfortable I felt, but right now, it felt like he didn't care.

His fingers dug painfully into my hip and I groaned as I placed a hand over his. "Syn, that hurts."

He made no moves to stop and my heart began thundering in my chest. I'd never seen him how he was right now. Usually, I didn't have to be vocal for him to know I didn't like something. But right now as I actually TOLD him, it didn't faze him.

My body went weak as he continued sucking my blood and tears streamed down my face. I couldn't take the pain he was causing anymore and I screamed as I pulled away from him and held a hand over my neck.

I sobbed as I looked up at him and I shook my head. "You hurt me."

As I looked at him, I noticed his red eyes and the tears falling down his own face. "You hurt me too." I looked up at him in confusion but he quickly wiped his face and turned to leave.

With my free hand, I reached out to grab him. "Don't fucking touch me!" He seethed as he pushed me off of him. I slipped from the sudden force of his push and fell roughly to the bathroom floor.

A winced at the sudden pain that shot through my wrist as I fell and I held it against my chest. I looked up at him with teary eyes and he looked like he was going to move to help me, but instead, he shook his head and left me.

I sobbed at the pain and confusion of the events that just occurred and I held my legs against my chest. I had no idea what I had done. I didn't know why he was so angry with me...I'd seen him mad at me plenty of times, but he always made sure I was okay no matter what.

He never actually physically hurt me.

After a few minutes, my wrist was okay and I stood up on shaky legs. I quickly wiped away my tears and tried to forget everything that just happened, which was hard. Every time I closed my eyes, I'd just see the way he looked at me when I was on the floor. It looked like sadness and disgust and rage, all wrapped into a bow and placed into his blood-red eyes.

I washed away the blood from the closed wound on my neck and took deep breaths to relax. If I was human, what he just did could've killed me or seriously injured me. I had no idea what just happened with us, but if he told me and apologized...could I forgive this?

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Author's Note
No cuz this shit made me cry😭 He always catches her but-...

That hurt but why is Queen being so secretive? Does Syn  have a right to be suspicious of her?
I think we can all agree that he could've handled it better😔
Lmk your thoughts ✨