Possessive Son/TruthlessSage- Ooof. Forget going back to the Peak, Truthless is going to disappear COMPLETELY as soon as his babies are well enough to move, and he will not speak with nor allow Sage to touch him the entire time they're at risk since he blames him and his lack of caution with Black Sapphire for them getting sick. Even leaves his wedding band behind before he and the twins vanish somewhere that even Sage can't find them. And Sage has a much harder time defending his eldest with how downright CHEERFUL Black Sapphire is over the twins nearly dying and Truthless leaving with them as soon as he is able to.
Black Sapphire wakes early the next morning to the sound of...
He'd been expecting Truthless or is father to have something to say to each other. Ever since his little spell had backfired, they'd been at each other's throats.
But, he still had work to do, so he got up, got dressed, and went down to make himself some coffee.
His father was seated at the kitchen table when he walked in.
"Good morning," He trilled happily.
Sage didn't say anything.
Black Sapphire hummed to himself, "Coffee this morning, father? Or tea for you?" He rummaged around the pantry for his ground coffee beans, "I'm having coffee, myself. Oh...I suppose I should extend that offering to Recluse as well, shouldn't I?"
"Pardon?" Black Sapphire looked back at his father while he filled up the coffee pot.
"He's," Sage's face twisted as if he were in pain, "Gone."
Black Sapphire blinked, "Ah well, they don't call him a Recluse for nothing, I suppose." He shrugged and started the stove for the pot.
"Are you —?!" Sage stood and threw his chair across the room, not at Black Sapphire, but he did turn and stare at his father in shock. "Are you HAPPY??" He asked.
For the first time in his life, Black Sapphire didn't know what to say.
"Because," Sage chuckled weakly, "Because —," his face crumpled and then he followed shortly after to the floor.
Black Sapphire finally noticed the letter on the table. He walked over cautiously and looked at it:
I've taken the twins somewhere safe. You may not see your son for the snake he is, but I do. Our daughter is blind, our son is deaf, and you keep defending the cookie responsible for it. By the time you'll have read this, I will have removed their magic and my own so that you cannot trace us.
I love you, but I cannot stay with you while you defend the monster that hurt our children.
Sage sniffled and stared at the floor, "Did you do it?"
Black Sapphire looked from the letter to his father. He could tell the truth...he could admit he'd tried to kill his own half siblings...
