"We were on to you by that point, I think," Perses suddenly said with a deep frown, as if trying hard to remember something, "Theia gave me an order after she visited the bar."
"I THOUGHT it was her." Metis nodded, "I had to leave a message in the bar in case others go back, but it would lead to me if anyone were to decode it."
"Of course she did." Erebus nodded.
"I still cannot believe it was her who was the spy..." Metis sighed.
"You two were close. I know you see her as your little sister." Erebus patter her on the shoulder, "I'm sorry."
"It's okay." Metis shook her head, "I guess she never really loved us, which made all these easier."
"But Kitty suggested that she should be the one to take Metis in." Perses said, turning to Erebus, "I think at that point they were still pretty convinced that Kitty really hated you for protecting me, so no one even objected it."
"I was, too." Erebus gave a bitter smile.
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"The Three Hallows?" Metis frowned."The wand, the stone, and the ring." Erebus murmured."That's right." Menoetius nodded, "But by then I had no idea what she was even talking about, I was just pointed to a direction and so I ran.""That sounds a bit risky, for her to give you this assignment." Metis frowned, "What happens if you couldn't find her? After all, you didn't know anything about this matter.""We knew." Menoetius nodded, "But while she wasn't exactly 'arrested', she couldn't go anywhere either. I think it's the Queen's mistake to leave the guard in the dark, because if the wolf guarding her didn't let me in, then it would be even harder.""Still --"But before Metis could finish her concern about the past, the rest of the Dim Patronus was already there."My Lord." Pallas bowed to Erebus with a polite smile and stood on the side, calm and with grace, like always. He was Erebus's oldest warrior, and they knew each other too
Put Kitty on the bed, Erebus knelt beside the bed, struggling whether he could just stay there for a little longer.It felt inappropriate to stay near when she was sleeping, but he also had no strength to fight against his suppressed longing towards her anymore.Just a peaceful moment with her would satisfy his desires but...Erebus forced himself to stand up and leaving for the door. She was too precious for him to mess this up. He had to be patient and not scare her.But when he left the bedroom, his step froze --Allura was standing by the window, back towards him, watching outside.The burning pain inside his stomach distinguished the moment he saw Allura.Danger always alert him."Feeling better?" Said Allura after a shore silence."Why are you here?" Erebus wasn't even trying to hide the hostility in his tone.Allura turned around with a bitter smile: "I know you hate me, but I... I...""I told you, I
Kitty stared at him in shock.The scar on his chest was so scarlet, as if it was just cut open, and blood would be oozing out any second. But that wasn't the only thing that shocked Kitty --"I really don't understand you." Kitty mumbled in a wronged voice, as if tears would come down any second.Why would he always reject her and then pull her close, and do the exact same thing all over again the next time she tried to get ANY closer?"I'm sorry, I really am..." Erebus said, not even noticing that his tone took on a shred of pain from her sorrow, "I can explain, and I promise I won't hurt you ever again.""I don't want promises." Kitty frowned and want to pull back her hand, "I cannot do anything if you won't hold up to your words. I'm done forcing you --""You are not forcing me!" His heart hurt so much hearing her heart broken words that even breathing hurt, "Please, I know I have hurt you, I won't hide things from you again, can you deci
"I do talk to her." Erebus joked with a pretended "serious face"."I know you don't like her --" Kitty laughed, touching his hand."She did try to kill you." Erebus rose an eyebrow with a surprised tone."Well --" Kitty laughed, "That too. But she's our ally now, a necessary one at that.""I can talk to her. I'll do anything if you ask." Erebus said simply with a grin, "Can I get off your blacklist now?"It didn't seem to be a hard decision for him.Kitty squinted her eyes at him with an amused look."That day, the Queen came to me telling me about all your 'crime', and while she didn't say it, I was actually under house arrest." Kitty shook her head with a wry laugh, "I didn't really have a choice.""I know --" Erebus nodded."But I WAS shocked." Kitty continued, "I understand why you chose to hide that from me, but you don't think I would have understood if Perses were not to be blamed?""You are right. I should
"I understand." Erebus nodded, "If she can be trusted, then I won't be hostile to her, I can do that.""But?" Kitty laughed and asked at the struggling look on Erebus's face."But, even if we CAN trust her, it sounds like that the Queen has all the reason to have all the precautions she can have against Allura, so it would be hard to get the ring anyways." Erebus sighed, frowning."That's true." Kitty sighed as well, "It's not easy, even at this step. And now with the new powerful wand, it could only be harder.""Speaking of," Erebus said, "I thought the wand your mom gave you was broken! That was actually how I confirmed that 'Jane' were Kitty, because she wouldn't have that wand in anyway.""Yeah, haha," Kitty laughed, "I only did that to give you a hint, so that you would know it was me. But you didn't seem to have any reaction towards me. I thought it was too nebulous a hint.""No..." Erebus shook his head with a wry smile, "I really tho
Had been feeling unfair about the fate of a werewolf, Erebus never even thought about getting rid of this identity, ever.Being able to shift WAS part of him, and he never had even thought about what it would mean to him to lose something like this.Would he still be himself? Or someone else?Of course he didn't want to be someone else's slave, but what it would mean to him, to be... ordinary?To have no strength nor speed that special to anyone?"You will still have your magic, I'm sure, IF you choose to lift the spell." Kitty said softly with a low voice, as if any sound louder would scare Erebus."Thanks." Erebus nodded numbly, "But what it would mean to others...?"They would just be human again.But not really "again", cause they never had the chance to be human in the first place.Then where WERE their place, in such a world?"That's actually the question that has been keeping me from going the next step." K
"That's a very cruel curse..." Kitty sighed."I don't assume they let any of their families wolf that was with magic in there with them?" Erebus said."They killed every wolf of those families, and the ones that were kept in there," Kitty said, "had only magic of course.""They killed all their hope, and left them there to die." Erebus nodded."Not ALL." Kitty said slowly."What do you mean?" Erebus frowned not at the words, but at the cautious tone she took."There was one family, who were also rooting for lifting the spell." Kitty shook her head, "The head of the family was killed by his own daughter, and hence, his family escaped the punishment, because they didn't really participate.""I understand that his daughter didn't want to, but what if there were others who would want to help?" Erebus asked."Good question." Kitty nodded, "That was they started to assign alphas to all werewolves, instead of just those with magic."
The pure dark liquid was like mercury --It covered Erebus and soon flew off him like nothing ever happened, and re-united after flew back to Kitty's hand, forming yet again a grey, small stone."How do you feel now?" Kitty asked."How... how should I feel?" Erebus asked hesitated, looking down on his own hands.It felt like nothing had changed."Our souls are still linked, that one we need Allura to lift," Kitty smiled, "But it won't have any effect on how you feel towards me now.""Okay..." Erebus mumbled slowly, frowning as if he never knew himself."Well, now that you are freed from the spell, I can leave." Said Kitty all of a sudden."Wait, what?!" Erebus stood up with her; his hand held tight on her wrist."Now that you are not under the marking spell, I now can let you know," Kitty smiled politely, "I chose Charles, the day he took me away.""What are you -- I don't believe that!" Erebus won't let go of her