Syn

It's not like I wanted her to be on the run from the cops with me. That's the last thing I wanted. But then why was hearing her say she'd come with me so satisfying.

She looked around nervously and then back up at me. "Can we go?" She whispered.

"Right," I said as I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Syn!" Cleo hissed from the phone. I was surprised at her voice considering I forgot she was on the phone.

"Yes?" I whispered.

"The police are doing a magic lock on all the realms," she said.

"Shit," Queen muttered. I gripped my phone until my knuckles turned white and held it up against my head. It would be hard enough to evade the police with my magic and now I wouldn't be able to use it.

Magic locks weren't something that happened frequently. The realms only ever used it for extremely dangerous situations. It wasn't like we couldn't use our abilities though, we could. But warlocks in charge of it would be able to pinpoint the location and user of it.

For Queen and I now, that meant no spells or portals. Without any of those that meant-

"We're screwed," Queen said.

I sighed and shook my head. "Trust me?"

She nodded. "Always."

"Cleo, we'll call you all when we can. Let the family know nothing Dimitri says is true." I heard her say something else on the phone but I quickly hung up and took off the spell shielding Queen and me.

I took her hand into mine and peeked out into the hallway. I groaned as I saw a forensics team headed towards us and I turned back to Queen who still looked visibly weak. I needed to get her to a hospital as soon as possible.

"Can you run?" I asked.

"I can try," she said with a small smile.

I looked back at the team head towards us and shook my head. Thankfully the magic lock didn't apply to innate abilities meaning that my vampire speed was an option.

The only problem with that was...since this was Juva, most of the forensics teams and police were supernatural. But since that was my only option, I just needed to be faster than they were.

Queen gasped as I carried her into my arms and I let out a determined breath as I looked down at her. "Hold on tight."

She wrapped her arms around my neck and I sped through the corridor and past the team. They must've noticed me because it wasn't long before I heard footsteps moving past me.

"He's still in here!" Someone yelled.

"Lock-off all the exits in the building!"

I continued running and avoiding the police as Queen buried her face into my chest. Her trust in me to get her out of here was something I liked immensely. I rounded a corner and stopped running when I saw a group of officers along with Dimitri.

Before they could see me, I slipped into a conference room with Queen and remained silent as I listened to their conversation.

"Where's the elevator footage?" Dimitri asked.

"We have it on a flash drive and deleted it from the building's video camera memory," a man said. "We'll destroy the flash drive as well."

"Don't," Dimitri said. "I'd like to watch it."

They all laughed together and I shook my head. It was beginning to become evidently clear that Dimitri had a lot of not all of the police is Juva on his side. They continued talking and I looked down at Queen who was fanning her face as if she were about to sneeze.

I gave her a warning look and she pinched her nose to stop it from being too loud. I relaxed as she dropped her hand, but then another sneeze immediately followed.

The conversation outside of the room stopped and I froze and held Queen tightly against me. "Who's there?!" One of them yelled.

"I want all of these rooms checked," Dimitri commanded.

I heard doors down the halls being slammed and closed shut until they neared ours. I looked around for any sort of escape but the only thing I saw was a large floor-to-ceiling window. "We need to jump, Princess."

She nodded and I set her down on her feet. I locked the door to the room and moved a dresser in front of it to stall them somewhat. "We need to break the window," Queen said.

"I got it," I said as I walked towards it. With one single punch, the entire thing shattered. Everyone must've heard it since the banging and yelling came to the room we were in. "Get on my back."

I lowered myself in front of Queen and helped her hop onto my back. The people at the door finally managed to break it down but by then, I had jumped onto the top of another building.

I continued running until I no longer heard any footsteps behind me and then I jumped into an alley. I helped Queen onto her feet and she took a deep breath. "Are you alright?"

"I'm okay," she whispered.

"Queen, if we're doing this together, I need nothing but honesty from both our parts," I retorted.

"I understand," she said with a nod.

"So, are you okay?"

"I don't think so," she replied softly. "Things hurt. A lot." She laid a hand over her stomach and hunched over as she leaned against a wall.

"You need to go to a hospital."

"We can't," she said.

"I don't give a shit," I said. "We'll try not to but if we can't then at least you're in a hospital."

"Are you sure?" She asked.

"I'm sure."

I held out my arms for her and she hesitantly let me carry her once again. I hadn't been through Juva like this in what felt like centuries so I wasn't positive where the hospital was. But with Queen's guidance and whispering in my ear, we were there within five minutes.

I walked into the hospital and rushed to the receptionist whose eyes widened as she looked at us. "Umm I- your highness," she said with the bow of her head.

"We need a doctor, right now!" I ordered.

She nodded and walked to the back and I looked around at the guests in the waiting room. They were all looking at us in fear and I rolled my eyes. "What?"

An old man pointed to the TV and I turned to it. "The city is in a state of emergency as the Son of Lucifer has brutally assaulted and kidnapped Hell's Queen. Here is a message from the Queen's husband:

"I'm utterly disgusted and pained by the savagery Mr. SinClaire has displayed with my wife," Dimitri said as tears rolled down his face. "We were about to get married, to start a life. Syn SinClaire let jealousy ruin this life Queen and I would've created with one another."

Dimitri looked around at the press in front of him and wiped his tears. "That is not all, Syn SinClaire has a history of kidnapping."

Queen gasped in my arms as a man I didn't recognize appeared on the screen. "He kidnapped and killed my good friend Sebastian Kingston. He also killed nobleman Justin Raines and took his son." I recognized James' father on the screen and shook my head. I didn't even kill the man, he was alive...I think.

"For too long we've been excusing his behavior with his lack of emotion. For too long we've been living in fear of him." Dimitri yelled as the crowd cheered. "That ends today. I will make sure he's held accountable for every injustice he's caused to us all."

"He promised," Queen cried.

"Promised what?" I asked.

"That he wouldn't say anything about Justin or Sebastian if I did what he said."

"Did I kill Sebastian?" I asked.

"I don't know," she whispered. "But he has evidence that makes it look like you did."

I looked back at the TV with a glare as I looked at the man on it. "As Fiancé to the Queen, I will be taking over in her absence." The cheering continued and I rolled my eyes once again. These must've been his people.

"I will hunt you down, SinClaire, and I will not stop, until Queen is back by my side again," he said into the camera. "Also, there is a fifty grand cash reward for anyone who calls in with information about their whereabouts. No expenses will be spared in my endeavor for my girl."

The news switched back to the reported and I slowly turned to look at the waiting room full of people who had just seen what I did. I saw a man move to take out his phone but before I could move to attack him, Queen grabbed my gun from my waistband.

"I hope you value your life over money," she said. "If any of you so much as move, I'll kill you and your family."

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Author's Note
*Me after Queen's instructions*

It's giving me...Bonnie and Clyde. Hopefully Syn and Queen have a better ending than those two ...yikes😀.
Also Dimitri with the acting again🙄. He's also taking over Hell in Queen's absence. I wonder how that'll go.
Lmk your thoughts ✨