His eyes widened when he saw the beast coming for him with great anger, and when he tried to stand, he couldn't cos of his numerous wounds.
He looked up again and closed his eyes, expecting the worse, but someone else took the hit for him.
His eyes opened, and his eyes widened when he saw Lissa lying on the ground, bleeding from the chest.
"Lissa!" He gasped.
"What are you doing here! Lissa!" He shouted, and right in front of him, she began transforming.
He stopped talking, and each step of her transformation made his eyes widen more till she reached her grown form. Mali!
His eyes widened more, and he was forced to stand.
"Princess of the dark?" He muttered shockingly, and despite her bleeding chest, she stood and ran off in the opposite direction.
He made to run after her, but the beast came for him again.
He got knocked down, and he passed out,then Master Duran appeared with Chief Water.
At a time, they directed their energy to him, and he turned to dust himself, blowing around the place.
•••••
BACK IN THE CAVE
The restlessness stopped just now, and Sheila sighed before returning into the cave.
"I guess the beast got conquered" she muttered, and surprisingly, Samara was already awake.
She patched her bleeding neck already, but the patch is full of blood now, and she looks so pale like she's bloodless.
She almost fell when she left the bedding, but Sheila sped to hold her.
"Why am I in so much pain?" She muttered weakly, her eyes barely opening.
"I bet you're feeling just 20 percent. Orion feels more" Sheila replied.
"Where's he?"
"Definitely in the tomb he took you to the other time" she replied, and Samara tried to teleport, but it didn't work cos of her condition.
"Poor you" Sheila clicked her tongue and took her hand.
She sped out of the cave with her, and they got to the tomb almost immediately.
Sheila sped off, leaving her all alone.
It's already dark, but his backhand stars illuminated the cave as expected, and Samara staggered in weakly.
She traced where the light is coming from and met him sitting behind a rock, resting his back on it
He's still bleeding from the neck with large spills of tears on his face, and he looks dead.
"Superior" she muttered, walking to him.
She knelt in front of him, and his eyes opened slightly.
"What are ...you... doing....here...?" He asked weakly, and without replying, she leaned in, placing her lips on his own.
Immediately the contact happened, the wounds on their necks began healing slowly, and his backhand starlight got brighter and brighter.
Their strengths started coming back, and their powers, much energy even than before.
Samara's hair became whiter on her head, even more than snow this time, and it grew longer too was reaching the ground in her kneeling position.
Their lips spend five whole minutes on each other without moving away, and when she parted it, she saw tears on Orion's face for the first time.
"Superior...
"I promised your granny not to hurt you, I broke it" he whispered.
"It wasn't your fault" she shook her head.
"I've always been like this, why are you trying to make me feel better with lies?" He replied.
"It really wasn't your fault. Your dark side took over you, and the hurtful words you heard made it worse" she replied, and he nodded, staring at her.
*The kiss wasn't deep enough, you can do better* the voice in his head said, and he grabbed her face instantly, pulling her in to reconnect their lips deeply.
This time, Samara closed her eyes, sliding her palms on his back as she reciprocated.
Orion deepened it immediately, and the voice chuckled in his head, exciting him.
He slid his arm on Samara's waist and pulled her closer, having all of her lips in his mouth before gently taking her to the ground.
Her back stayed on the stony floor, and her hands went to his face. She began caressing it with her slender fingers as they kissed without thinking, and the deeper the kiss, the more energized they became to do more.
He dipped his hand into her hair before he knew it, and instead of hurting him, red flower petals appeared in the air, beautifying it so much
Orion's eyes opened when he felt it, and his eyes glowed the usual red.
In the next minute, they landed on his bed in his room, and Samara broke the kiss slowly.
He's still on top of her, and he smiled immediately.
She caressed his cheek a little more, looking at him with different eyes.
"We're healed" she whispered.
"Yeah, pretty girl" he replied, and she chuckled as he leaned in to kiss her mouth again.
It was short, and he lay beside her when they broke it.
"I think we get stronger the more we spend time together" she said, and he sighed.
"Things are revealing themselves to us, we don't even have to try hard" he said.
"Orion" she called.
"What happened to Onion?" He replied.
"I'm not in the mood to call you that" she replied, and he faced her.
"What?"
"You're you. Whatever anyone says about you is not who you are. You're Orion, not a beast, not a demon, and not a monster" she said.
"But those three are part of my personalities. I can transform into anyone" he replied.
"I know, but you were born that way, not that you chose to be that way. You're my Superior, always remember that anytime the dark side tries to take over you" she said.
"My dark side has no control. I tried severally" he replied.
"You're just not ready. You can do it" she said.
"Can we stop the talks about my dark side already? Tell me about your family instead" he replied, drawing closer to her.
"I'm not the only daughter of my mother" she replied.
"Interesting" he muttered.
"I have two siblings just like you, but mum counts me as the only daughter" she replied.
"Why?"
"Wanda is my senior sister's name, and she's a whitehead too, but she committed a great sin when she was fifteen" she replied.
"What sin?" He asked.
"She killed our father during her power training, though it wasn't intentional, but mother lay a curse on her, and she lost all her hair. She became bald" she replied.
"So she became powerless?" He asked.
"She became a heretic. She has no power of her own but can absorb from magical objects or creature. In other words, she's a siphoning witch, and she's currently touring the world just like Sheila does. Last I saw her was two years ago" she replied.
"What about your second sister?" He asked.
"Can we not talk about her yet?" She replied, drawing closer to hug him.
"I'm feeling sleepy already," she said, and he snapped his fingers.
Lights came on in the room.
"You hate lights" she said.
"But you love it" he replied, and she smiled.
"Is the voice still in your head? Is that why you're acting sweet?"
"Just sleep, witch" he returned her head to his chest, and she closed her eyes with a big smile on her lips.
The blanket climbed their bodies by itself, covering them completely.
•••••••
CITY HALL
"Over 300 people died tonight" Lancelot said, settling beside Arya.
Everyone in the room looks tensed except the vampire hunters, Rhea and Jameson.
"But the deaths weren't caused by vampires this time. It's a beast, and it's not the first time" Arya said.
"We should focus on getting rid of the vampires first before facing the beasts" a council member said.
"And that's why Rhea and Jameson are here" Lancelot said.
"But are they not humans? How can humans face vampires just because they're hunters?" A council member said.
"They're not normal humans. They've been fortified by a witch called Lilith, and they carry the power that can kill any vampire. They can't be compelled and they can't be killed easily" Lancelot explained.
"We have to go now. Hunting starts tommorow" Rhea said.
"We meet tommorow" Arya said, and she left with Jameson.
"Are they really trustworthy?" Arya asked.
"Wait till they start" Lancelot smiled.
•••••••
A SMALL HOUSE IN TOWNTOWN
Jameson was busy drawing on a large piece of paper in the open room when Rhea came out to him with a bottle of bourbon in hand.
She got behind him and stopped when she saw the face he's drawing.
"Sheila Alaric? Duran's first child? She's one of our targets" She said.
"I guess I didn't tell you she's my ex in Chicago. I broke up with her after finding out she's a vampire. I'm a hunter, we don't match" he replied.
"Even besides that, you both can't be together" she said.
"What do you mean?" He squeezed his brows.
"Nothing much" she replied.
"So... Are you gonna show yourself to Duran? You're Astrid's mother after all" Jameson said.
"Of course. I'd be visiting the Institute tommorow" she replied and he stood.
"Let's kill the vampires we're here to kill and go back to Berlin" he said and walked to a door.
He tried to open it but couldn't, and he faced her.
"Another forbidden room? Must you always have secrets?" He said, and she smiled
He eventually went in, and she sighed, opening the bourbon to drink directly from the bottle.