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          there was no doubt in lyserg's mind that this was not how he envisioned the day would unfold . one moment he was perched up a tree waiting for the right moment when his friend would pass by as according to his schedule , so that lyserg could launch himself down onto the poor lad and give him a huge fright that would knock his soul out of his physical form . because such was the dichotomy that was lyserg pichler ; a young boy never to age , trapped in a adult's ageing body .

          the next moment his foot slipped and upon losing his balance , he found himself unintentionally falling towards the ground . his mind in a quick second prepared him for the upcoming impact , however he was left at a loss when he was instead greeted with another sensation he was not unfamiliar with .

          his eyelids slowly lifted and blue eyes gazed upon the face of his saviour . a thump suddenly pressed against his chest that he was certain did not arise from any physical impact whatsoever , and a tingling sensation curled up deep within his stomach . never one to hold himself back from satisfying his tactile urges within reason , a hand reached up and his fingertips probed the older male's cheek lightly . his excuse was that he was merely testing to ensure he was indeed not dreaming of a knight in shining armour .

          “Show me how it looks,” Aristeo ordered yet there was softness and concern in his voice. Lucian had managed to get beaten up pretty bad that night after the visions - bruises, cuts and broken bones while they tried to stop Li Na from feeding on a human, and Aristeo himself managed to get some broken bones too, but it was nothing compared to Lucian’s injuries. And it took longer to heal.

          Aidan usually didn’t care what others thought of him, what people were talking didn’t quite affect him, but he was feeling anxious with Dorian. Until about a week ago he thought Elise’s brother was completely out of the picture, but he thought wrong. If his relationship with Elise used to be like Aidan had with his siblings or if he felt the same love towards Elise that Aidan felt towards his siblings, then he knew Dorian was distrusting of Aidan.

          They clearly knew of the existence of vampires and that they had been asked to be here to protect the royal family, and how could they not - after all there was war, so there must be spies, it was inevitable. They were determined to get rid of vampires, starting with Theo. It was unfortunate, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, he had gotten captured and somehow weakened to the point where he could barely stand. Were they a vrajiit? Or were there some kind of substance they gave to weaken him? He couldn’t remember, his mind was hazy and cloudy. Lucian. His only thoughts were about him and how he wasn’t afraid to die, but his heart yearned to see Lucian again. He didn’t want to die and leave Luc, but he couldn’t fight either, he knew his fate as he was looking at his captor from the tip of their sword.

          Suddenly there was a loud crash and doors of the room Theo was dragged in, flew open, nearly out of their hinges. He lifted his eyes to see Lucian standing there, terrified, but soon that look turned into anger, pure rage even. Theo knew right then and there that Lucian wasn’t thinking rationally anymore, he probably wasn’t thinking at all. “Luc, no,” he barely breathed out, but it was too late. Lucian was already standing next to the man, his hands were on either side of their head and with an audible crack he sharply turned it, making the body go limp and fall to the ground.

          “Oh no,” Theo whispered seeing Lucian’s features change. Where there was pure anger before, there was now the realization of what he had just done. He had acted on impulse and taken this man’s life to save Theo’s. He knew the last and only time he had killed anyone, was right after Theo turned him, and this was about to hit Lucian hard any second now.

          Someone was targeting people that were close to Princess Mina and Meilin was afraid she was going to be next. She had a feeling she was watched while she was in the city. Her home was in the woods and she made sure nobody was following her when she was going home, but she was still afraid.

          Usually she was annoyed when Marek came to visit her unplanned, but this time she was happy he did. The attacks were kept under wraps, and he had no idea she was in danger, but he did catch on, quickly noticing she wasn’t being herself.