Xavier

Caspian paced the large room in the palace as we all stared at the news channel. The same news about Queen and Syn being missing had been on the television and we were all tense.

"And you said Queen wasn't hurt right?" Lucifer asked again.

"She was fine and with Syn when I called them," Cleo urged. "She sounded scared but she was okay."

"Scared of Syn?" Gen asked.

I looked at her in shock and scoffed. "Syn would never hurt Queen."

"You guys said he didn't remember her," she said. "I don't know, I'm just thinking about all the possibilities."

"And it's not possible, for Syn to ever hurt Queen," Caspian said.

I looked at Cain who seemed to be more on edge than anyone and I clicked my tongue. "Cain, what's going on?" I asked.

"My fucking sister is missing, what do you mean what's wrong?!" He snapped. The room became tense at his outburst and I looked away from him and brought my attention back to my hands. "I'm sorry, I'm just worried."

"We all are," Mia said as she rubbed his arm.

"What do you guys think is going on?" Lucifer asked. "Did something happen before they disappeared that could help us find them?"

"Not really," I said with a shrug. "Syn said he needed to use the bathroom and never came back."

"Where was Dimitri during that time?" He asked.

"I have no idea," Cleo muttered.

"I don't trust Dimitri at all," Mia said from her spot. "Especially not after what he did to her."

"What do you mean what he did to her?" Cain asked from beside her.

"I told you this," Mia said sadly as confusion creased her features. I watched as his eyes searched hers for any hints but he shrugged and shook his head as nothing came to mind.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he finally said.

"What did he do?" I asked.

"He raped her," Mia said.

The silence in the room was almost deafening as I could feel each one of our hearts stop at the information. "What? When?" I asked.

"Was it a few days ago?" Caspian asked sadly as he buried his face in his hands.

My eyes snapped to him and I gave him a lost expression. "You knew?"

"Not really," he replied. "I was with Syn a few days ago and he was crying and breaking down on the floor. Marks were appearing on his body but nothing was happening to him."

"The soul bind?" Lucifer questioned lowly.

"I'm pretty sure," Cas said. "We called Queen afterward but she insisted nothing had happened and that she was okay."

"Why didn't you tell me this?" I asked in a hurt voice. Caspian was my boyfriend and Syn was my best friend, but recently since he came back, I'd been feeling like the odd man out.

I would only find out that they hung out after they were done with no prior knowledge. "It wasn't my business to tell," he replied.

I tore my eyes away from him and ran my hand through my hair in anger. I should've been one of the first people to know about this. I didn't know when Syn started keeping secrets from me but I hated it.

How ironic, right? I was the one here keeping huge secrets and yet I was upset at him.

Cleo cried beside me and I wrapped my arm around her. "I should've known," she sobbed.

"None of us knew," Cain said as he wrapped an arm around her.

Cleo wiped her tears and looked at all of us. "On the phone, Syn said to trust nothing that Dimitri said. What if he's the one that hurt Queen?"

"What do you mean?" Lucifer asked.

"The elevator footage was only two seconds with Syn over Queen's body. It doesn't make sense that all the footage was deleted except the ones that incriminate him," she said.

"You think Dimitri was the one who did that to her?" Caspian asked.

"Well, he hurt her before," her voice cracked as more tears fell down her face. Cain and Mia continued comforting her and my eyes looked to Lucifer who seemed calmer than he should've been.

"You're not worried?" I asked him.

"I'm worried about how Queen is doing, but I believe she's safe with Syn," he said confidently.

"How are you sure?" Gen asked.

"Queen told me the other day that they...hung out, to be appropriate," he insinuated. "Syn wants to be with her and even if he wanted to hurt her, he'd be hurting himself in the process."

We all nodded in agreement and silently thought about solutions to this entire thing. Caspian's phone rang and he pulled it out of his pocket. He looked down at the screen and his eyes widened as his head shot back up in our direction.

"It's Syn," he said.

"Answer it!" Cain yelled.

Caspian quickly did and put it on speaker. "Syn-"

"I don't have long," Syn said. "Queen and I are in the hospital right n-"

"Hospital?" I asked as worry took over my senses. "Are you guys okay?"

"I'm fine," Syn replied. "Queen isn't doing too well though."

"Why?" Mia asked. "What's going-"

"Don't worry," Syn said. "I'll take care of her. You all just take care of yourselves and especially James. I'm going to get rid of this phone but I'll contact you all when I can. Bye."

The phone hung up and we all looked around at one another in uneasiness. None of us knew exactly what was going on and we had no idea what to do. We sat in silence until Cain cleared his throat and we looked at him.

"Why don't I remember you telling me about Queen?" He asked Mia.

She shrugged and held her hands up. "I have no idea, I told you and you said you were going to find him. You even asked me to stall Queen."

"I just remember thinking how good he is for her," he winced as he held a hand over his head. "I can't remember anything else."

Cleo held a hand over his forehead and closed her eyes. Her hand glowed with a blue light and when she removed it, she looked at him. "Your memories were erased."

"How do you know?" Cain asked in surprise as he touched his head.

"Magic," she said. "In your mind, your memory is fine except for a large missing chunk of time a few days ago."

"Who erased it?" Cain asked. "Can I get it back?"

"Only the person who took them away can give them back, unfortunately," she said with an apologetic smile. "As for who erased it, I have no idea. They don't leave signatures or anything."

There was something oddly familiar about the memory wiping, I couldn't exactly put my finger on it but it was nagging me. "Cain, are you getting headaches?" I asked.

"Yes," he groaned as he laid a hand on his head.

"Any flashes of memory? Images that you've never seen?" I asked quickly.

"I keep seeing a baseball bat," he said. "And someone licking my shoe..."

"That's probably one of your subs," Mia teased.

"Funny," he muttered. "But I'll have you know that Syd no longer does that anymore."

"Oh, she has a name!" Mia gasped in feign shock.

"Focus," I said as I snapped my fingers. "Any weird dreams?"

"Not really, I just dream of some warehouse these past couple of days," he answered. He squinted his eyes and groaned once again. "Also, the name Sebastian keeps on popping up."

"Sebastian?" Gen asked. "Queen's ex-boyfriend?"

"I have no clue," he answered.

I didn't bother to think about Sebastian as I thought more about his memory loss. I remember feeling the same a few years ago when my memory was toyed with. I was sure multiple people in the universe could do it, but my mind stayed with one name.

It couldn't be a coincidence that the only person who I knew could do such a thing was a person who had problems with us. Besides, what an easier target than her own son.

I turned to Lucifer and he gave me a knowing nod as if we were thinking the same thing. With a sigh, I looked back at everyone and clasped my hands together. "Eve."

"What?" Mia asked.

"I think the person who took his memory was Eve."

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Author's Note
Hate to say it but....hallelujah 🙌🏾

Amidst all this shit, I'm glad they're figuring some stuff out🥲
Thank Lucifer that Xavier knew his bit of an ex's tricks🙄 What matters tho, is what they do with the info...
Lmk your thoughts ✨