by CATT
I looked at Harris and noticed Dominick for the first time since everyone had gotten here. He stared me in the eyes and the look on his face spoke volumes. He is hurt, by seeing Case kiss me, and his arms around me now. Yet another person I've hurt, breaking eye contact I turn my face away from his I know I will have to find time to try to explain things to him later but right now I need to worry about my parents. Summer sees the look on Dominick’s face. She looks from me to Dominick. I can tell she knows something is going on between us I will have to talk to her too. God I hate how she can read people!
“The demons took me from the club they came up behind me and shot something in my neck that knocked me out. I yelled for Case but blacked out before I got his full name out. The demons took me to an old building when I came around, they gave me a paper and told me to be at the address on it in two days at eight o'clock I think it was. They said, they had Raymond and Kristie, and if I didn't show up they would be killed. I took the address broke loose and killed them. When I walked outside I met up with Dominick, and he helped me. We came here I put up a veil so you guys couldn't find me, there was no way I was going to lose you guys or take a chance that you would try to stop me from going after them. Dominick stayed with me. He made up a plan, and we spent the last two days making sure it would work.” I was tired by the time I was done telling everybody the story. Everyone is looking at Dominick for the first time. He stands there not saying a word I know he is hurt, and it is my fault.
Harris walks over to Dominick and holds his hand out. Dominick takes his hand and Harris thanked him for helping me and keeping me safe. Dominick gives a node with his head without saying a word.
“Dominick there will never be a way for me to repay you for what you did for us. My daughter is stubborn and worries more about others than she does her own self. I am forever in your debt. We will give Sage a minute then after he tells us about Raymond and Kristie we will all sit down together so I can hear the whole story.” Harris replied
“You young lady” Harris said looking at me leaving no doubt as to whom he is referring to. “If you ever do anything this crazy again I swear you'll never leave the Keepers' World again. We are all Keepers and we could have helped you. Instead, we have been worried sick and roaming the world looking for any sign or clue to where you may have been taken.” Sage opened his eyes his face has a sad look to it.
“Sage what did you find?” I begged.
“Princess the man has been poisoned. His body is weak, but I can heal him. It will be hard, but I can do it. The woman she has been poisoned as well but her insides are torn apart. The demons did things to her, that even if I can fix I don't know if her mind will ever heal. Her mind is gone. It’s nowhere to be found. The things they did to her body drove her crazy. I'll do all I can you have my word on that. Right now we need to get them in bed. It will make it easier on them. Your Majesty could you call in maybe three more Sage's that way we can work in shifts on them.” Three other sages appeared as soon as Harris made the request. Our Sage told them what was wrong and what they were going to do. My mom and dad were blinked to their bed. The Sages all walked down the hall to the bedroom.
"Let’s go to the kitchen where we can all sit I'm positive I'm going to need coffee while I listen to what all’s gone on here in the last three days." Harris states as he leads the way to the kitchen. Walking by Dominick, I feel the coldness from him. He is mad at me and hurt. I want to go to him and tell him I’m sorry that I care about him my feelings for him are real. That I should have told him about Case, but I couldn’t.
Dominick tells the story of everything that had happened. I speak only to tell about Lucifer other than that Dominick is the one talking. My body is worn out. I laid my head on Summer’s shoulder. I know Case had rather I let him hold me. However, I thought it is best right now if I don’t show my feelings for him in front of Dominick. What makes it so hard is the fact I did want to lay my head on Case’s shoulder and feel him holding me. However, I wanted to do the same thing with Dominick. I am truly fucked up.
Summer is playing with my hair not one time do I look at either Dominick or Case. I close my eyes and listen as everyone talks with each other. My eyelids are heavy and my mind keeps leaving then coming back until finally I drift off to sleep. At some point Harris wakes me.
“Come on baby girl you need to rest.”
Yawning, I sit up looking around I see everyone has left the kitchen. Harris and Summer walks me down the hall to the guest room. Which use to be my bedroom when this was my home. Harris pulls the blankets back on the twin bed and I lay down. He covers me up and kisses my cheek, and for the first time tells me he loves me. I hug him and tell him I love him too and I meant it. Harris stands, and Summer bends down. I hug her and tell her I love her. She hugs me tighter as she tells me the same before placing a kiss on my cheek and standing back up. She tells me to get some sleep and not to worry they would stay in the room with Raymond or Kristie. Then I watch as they leave the bedroom together.
Pulling the cover’s tighter around me my tears start flowing again. Thinking about my mom and what had happened to her. What if Sage can’t help her? What can we do to keep them safe from the demons and Lucifer? There are so many questions that can’t be answered. Dominick's face comes back to my mind and how he looked at me. He thinks I used him. I saw it in his eyes. He acted as if he hadn't fit in around Case, Lisa, or Cain. On the other hand, they had treated him different not mean exactly. More like he wasn't there. Harris and Summer however, hadn’t treated him different just, the opposite really Harris went out of his way to make Dominick comfortable and Summer was kind to him just like she is with everyone.
My bedroom door opens. I know who it was without looking; I close my eyes and pretend to be sleeping. The bed gave some, from weight of being sat on. Feeling arms go around me as the rest of the body settles against my back. I make sure to keep my breathing even I stay still as not to give myself away. He starts speaking in a whispered tone to me. Lying there listening as Case tells me how much he loves me. How he had thought he had lost me forever. That he'd looked for me day and night and that he had been a real ass hole to everybody at home. He grew quite I thought he was sleeping. The next words leaving his mouth made me feel sick and scared at the same time knowing that he is telling the truth. Chills run through my body, and I roll over to face him.
“Don't ever say that again Case."
Case's hand moves up to the side of my face. “I’m sorry I thought you were sleeping, or I never would have told you that.” He said a small smile on his face.
“Case you have to swear to me, you'd never do anything to yourself not over me. I'm not worth it."
“Lana you're my life. Without you I have a nothing. You've been my life since we were kids, and I would come with Harris and Summer here to watch you. Even back then I loved you and couldn't wait for you to turn eighteen so we could meet. When you got old enough and started looking at guys, like I told you before that about killed me. When I actually met you and touched you, I knew we had been made for one another. When I thought you were gone and not coming back. My life lost purpose if I hadn't found you, or if I'd found out you were dead there would have been no way. I can’t live without you.”
“Case can't you understand living is exactly what you should do. I can't have the responsibility of your life on me. Worrying about you and thinking if anything happened to me, you'd take your life. That’s too much I can't live that way surly you understand what I’m saying. I refuse to let you do that to me or yourself.”
“Your right Lana I shouldn't have told you that. You shouldn't worry about me. I’ll tell you what I'll make a deal with you. If you never do something as stupid as going off on your own to fight Satan by yourself, again then I swear you won't hear something as stupid as me saying I was going to try to kill myself come out of my mouth again. Does that sound good to you?”
I want to tell him I hadn't been alone that Dominick had been with me. However
, I’m not ready to say Dominick's name in front of Case. “Yeah, it does” I said knowing it didn't make me feel better in the slightest. Rolling over on my other side my back against his chest Case he wraps his arms around me and pulls me tight against his body. I try to clear my mind from everything going on so I can get some sleep I know everything will start over again tomorrow. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. Case, on the other hand, fell asleep rather quickly. He probably hadn't slept since I'd been gone. What have I done my mind keeps repeating repeatedly?
That's the last thing I remember thinking before sleep finally overcame me. When I wake up the room is dark, moving Case's arm easily as not to wake him I slide out of bed. Tiptoeing to the door, I open it and step into the hall closing the door behind me. I walk to my parent's room and go in. All the Sages have their eyes closed, and I know they are using their minds trying to help my parents. Summer is sitting in a chair in the corner. Seeing me, she jumps up and crosses the room to greet me.
“How are they doing?” I asked.
“It's too early to tell the sages have been working nonstop.” “How are you doing?
“I’m feeling better just worried about them.”
“The sages won't give up until they heal them. Come on” Summer said putting her hand on my shoulder “let's you, and I go to the kitchen and find you something to eat."
Nodding my head, I turn and walk out the door with Summer behind me. I notice Lisa and Cain sleeping on the couch. “Where are Harris and Dominick?"
“They’re outside walking around making sure we don't have any unexpected visitors."
Without another word, I walk into the kitchen. There is food sitting on the counter I guess at some point Doug must have prepared and delivered it.
“Douglass sent food down."
“AWE” I said smiling, “I thought maybe you had cooked.”
“You will never see me cooking. Anything I cook would kill you” Summer said laughing while she picks up a couple of plates handing one to me. We take the lids off the food, and see Doug had prepared a salad with grilled chicken. Lifting another lid, I see the Texas toast I love so much. With our plates made we walk to the table and sit down. We eat in silence for a while before I said, “I’m sorry for worrying you. I thought I was doing the right thing. I've lost so much in the last nine months I couldn’t take the chance of anything happening to you. I also couldn’t let my parents die because they had been the ones chosen to raise me.”
“Honey I'm sorry about Raymond and Kristie if we had ever thought anyone would come after them, we never would have left them unprotected.”
“I know that. It's not your fault. How could you guys have known I'd end up being such a freak and the devil would come out of Hell and hold Kristie and Raymond hostage, so he could get to me? I mean I don't think this kind of stuff happens to people everyday”.”
“There’s my girls” Harris said as he and Dominick entered the kitchen.
“Dominick let’s get a couple of plates and eat I don't think we have to worry about anything breaking in here for while thanks to my daughter.”
The way he said it you could hear the pride in his voice. They fixed their plates and sit down at the table. Harris asked how Raymond and Kristie were doing, and Summer told him the same thing she had told me earlier. I look over at Dominick. He has his head bent over his plate eating without looking up. I have to talk to him. I don’t know what to say, but I guess I will think of something when I have to. It doesn’t take long for me to get sleepy my body is so tired I know it is due to all the stress I'd been going through. Harris stands and tells us he is going to check how things are going with my parents, and Dominick jumps up from the table in a heartbeat saying he will go with him. After they left the kitchen Summer looked at me.
“Would you like to talk about what’s going on between you and Dominick?”
"Yeah I would but not right now I'm tired and would like to lie down.” I stand up and put my plate in the sink.
“Okay we’ll talk later.”
“Thanks” I said giving her a kiss on the cheek and start to leave the kitchen.
“Lana is Case in your bed?”
Turning back around I answered honestly. “Yes, he is.”
“Do you think that’s a good idea?”
“I don’t know what’s good anymore Summer, but it's not like we're having sex.” Without waiting to hear what she is going to say I walk out of the kitchen and go back to the bedroom and crawl into bed next to Case. His arm automatically goes around me. He kisses the top of my head and tells me he loves me without ever really waking up. I fall back to sleep feeling safe with Case’s arms around me.
CHAPTER 23
Three days passed my dad had come around a couple of times. Nothing he said made any sense. My mom was still the same, but the Sages had assured us she is starting to heal. Everybody has taken up residents at the house. Doug delivers food to us three times a day. Dominick makes sure he stirs clear of me. He wanted to leave but Harris spoke with him, and he changed his mind. Harris will never know how grateful I am to him for doing that. Summer hasn’t questioned anything more about Case or Dominick. Case still treats me as he always has and Harris has runes on the house. So we don’t have to worry about visitors of any kind, and Lisa and Cain patrol nightly.
They were getting ready to go out for the night when Summer tells Case he needs to go with them. He didn't want to go, but Summer convinced him. It will do him good to get out for a while. I think Summer knew I needed a break, and she was right I did. After taking a shower and getting dressed, I dry my hair, and go to the living room. Standing by the window is Dominick. We are all alone I start to turn around and run back to my bedroom to afraid to face him now that I can. Dominick looks at me then turns back to the window. I jump when he finally speaks in a cold voice.
“Your boyfriend let you out of his sight?”
Here, it goes. I thought knowing he has every right to be angry with me. "Yeah I guess he did.”
Dominick turned and walks up to me. Staring down at me, he asked, “Was I a game to you? Was I somebody to play with? To fuck while Case wasn't around?”
The hurt and anger in his voice makes me take a step back. He takes a step forward not letting me have any space.
“Dominick you have it all wrong. What I felt for you, I mean what I do feel for you is real. I wanted to sleep with you. I wanted it more than I've ever wanted anything. I've wanted you from the first time I saw you.”
“Really is that so? You could have fooled me Case gets here and runs up kissing you. I didn’t see you pushing him away, and his hands are always all over you still you don’t push him away. Here's the best part, though he's in your bed every fucking night, not me and I don’t see you fucking kicking him the hell out either!”
“Dominick I'm sorry I know how it looks. I swear it's not like that. Yes, I'm in a relationship with Case and I have been for the last nine months. We've never had sex I swear. I know I shouldn't have slept with you, but I couldn’t stop myself. I'm as drawn to you as you are to me. Yes, he's been in my bed but nothing’s happened. I would never disrespect you by doing that here. I see some of the anger leave his face. Staring at me he touches my cheek looking like he had lost his best friend. My heart hurt for all the pain, I am causing him. I know he will never trust me again.
“Lana I’m the one that’s sorry. I have no right being mad at you. I was crazy to think we could ever be together. You’re a Keeper I’m not. The whole thing was a mistake. I should have stopped before things went too far, but I couldn't I wanted you and that next morning when we made love I wanted you more than I did the first time, but still I had no right to do it. You didn’t tell me about Case but, there’s things I haven’t told you either you don’t even know what I am.”
“Dominick it doesn’t matter to me what you are. It’s who you are that’s important, and you’re a good man. I'm the bad one in all this not you. Don’t try to put the blame on yourself.”
Dominick's hand was still touching my face when we heard Case’s voice.
“What the hell’s going on?” Case said stepping up he grabbed Dominick’s arm jerking it away from my face. Dominick hit him before I could stop it. Case was right back on him. I yell for them to stop they were beating each other blood is flying everywhere and things are being broken they cursed each other as they threw punches. I scream for them to stop again telling them I will use my powers on them both. They fall on my parent's coffee table breaking it. Neither one of them paying any attention to what I had said. Harris, and Summer come running in the room. “What the hell's going on in here” Harris booms as he pulls Dominick off Case. Case jumps up and runs straight for Dominick.
Dominick jerks away from Harris and run right back at Case. Harris grabs Case this time thinking he can hold him easier. Harris yells “what’s wrong with you two? Don't we have enough problems without you two acting like children?" Harris is still yelling as he holds Case which is struggling against him trying to get back to Dominick. Dominick, on the other hand, has stopped. He stands there whipping blood from his face.
“You son-of-bitch keep your fucking hands-off Lana, or I'll kill you. You hear me, you freaking vampire!” Case yells.