Chapter 21: Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Venom Vs. Antivenom

Gregory

He paced around Aiden’s office with his hands clasped behind his back. After they were forced to leave Lily, they all had come back here to try to figure aut what was going on. Ana and Jo were watching him, while Aiden, Sasha, Kalani, and Ethan were all watching the other two. Finally, lo stood up to

stretch.

“So, anybody have any idea what the fuck happened back there? I thought she had agreed to come away with us?”

Gregory let out the smoke that Dayan had caused from breathing fire inside his body.

“Goddess, calm down will you. That’s not helping right now at all.

“She did. She promised to come to the gym after school. When she didn’t, Ana and I went looking. We saw her arguing with jo and went to help, were too late. We shifted and went to her house. Jo tried to aura her and she auraed her right back.” He threw his arms out. “Ta da. We’re here.”

“Well, you and Ana talked to her. What did she say?”

“That she was being forced to do stuff and if she didn’t, she was punished severely.”

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Gregory dropped into a chair and Kalani immediately sat in his lap to lean against him. He wrapped his arms around her and put his forehead against hers. She pushed calmness into him and his eyes narrowed. He jumped up and she hit the ground. Everyone glared at him.

“Oh my goddess. Wait here.”

He didn’t wait for anyone to respond before he was sprinting out of the office. He dashed up the stairs to the third floor. He knocked on Chrysanthemum’s door, impatiently waiting for her to answer. As soon as the door opened, he grabbed her and dragged her behind him to the office. He proudly set her in the middle of the room and she nervously looked around at the powerful dragons gathered in the room. She dropped into a curtsy,

“Your Majesties, am I in trouble?”

Gregory excitedly pointed to her. “Don’t you see. She has all of the answers.

“What in the living and breathing hell are you fucking talking about?,” lo said.

“Yeah, Gregory. English, please,” Sasha said

Gregory growled and spun to face jo and Ana. “Magic.”

“What?”

“Didn’t you feel the magic? It was all over her. I couldn’t place it at first, but it felt familiar. Now, I’m a million percent sure it was magic.” He beamed proudly. “It’s okay, you can admit it, I’m a fucking genius. Wouldn’t mind if y’all bowed down to me for once”

Jo rolled her e

eyes, a small smile playing around her lips. “In your fucking dreams.”

“Okay, bitches, enough. Tell me how in the hell are we going to fight magic and get our Lily back?,” Raven said as she entered the room, with Melissa and Sherri, following close behind her.

Aiden growled. “This is my office and you

weren’t invited.”

Raven sat on the edge of his desk, smirking. “Then tell us to leave.”

He opened his mouth, but it was immediately closed at Sasha’s furious look. Raven and Sherri high fived. Melissa just sat quietly in the comer, observing.

“Chrys, when someone is under a spell do they have a change in personality?”

“They can, yes.”

Chapter 22: Venom Vs. Antivenom

“Can a spell cause someone to doubt the mate bond?”

“Yes and it can even erase it and be used to create another one,” Melissa answered. “Is that what happened to Lily?”

“It has to be. In the gym, she was all about Lukas and being open. By the time we got to her house, she was reserved and her movements were jerky. Her eyes were dead again and she obeyed everything that motherfucker said.”

“What motherfucker?”

“The old guy. He was very much in charge of what was going on. Everything we were trying to do was countered by that asshole.”

Chrys reached out for Gregory’s hand and Kalani growled, stepping in front of him. Chrys immediately submitted, lowering her head.

“I only wanted to see the man, Queen Kalani. I meant no disrespect,” she said.

Gregory put his hand on her shoulder and gave her a little squeeze. “Baby, it’s okay.”

He wrapped his arm around her and moved her to his side so he could take Chrys’s hand. He pushed the scene that had unfolded at the castle into her head. Each image that he passed on, made it look even more like a low budget horror movie start. He pulled away as soon as he was forced to leave. Chrys had tears on her face and she sank to her knees. Her body trembled and she dropped her head to hide the tears.

“Oh, goddess. I know that spell. If she doesn’t comply with the maker’s orders, she will die. The only way to break the potion’s hold on her is to let it run its course or give her the antidote.”

“What’s the antidote?”

“You have to cleanse her blood.”

“With what?

“Venom.”

“From what?”

Her jaw clenched. “A vampire.”

“What do you mean, a vampire?”

“That potion is made with the antivenom that they use to subdue victims.”

Sherri frowned. “That sounds like venom to me. Nothing anti about it.”

Melissa threw her hands up in frustration. “A vampire’s venom turns or kills their victim. The reason it’s called antivenom is because it is the only thing that can reverse a turned vampire. They would have to be injected with a dose of their maker’s antivenom

Sasha rolled her eyes. “I thought vampires were myths.”

“They’re not. There are only roughly two dozen still alive. They are rare. It would be easier to let it run its course than to find the vampire whose antivenom was used.”

To jumped to her feet. “How in the hell do we figure out what vampire was used?”

“We have to find the witch and then find out who they used.”

“Okay, how do we do that?–

Chrys got to her feet. “I have to go to the covens and look.”

Melissa stepped up next to her. “I will go with you.”

Chrys looked at her gratefully. “Thanks.”

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Melissa narrowed her eyes. “Don’t thank me. I’m not going to help you. I’m only going because right now I don’t trust a soul outside of the royal family. If you double cross us, I will kill you.”

Chrys paled and to smirked, laughing, “Well, damn it really is the quiet ones.”

Kalani sighed and rubbed her eyes. “So, what do we tell Lukas?”

Everyone looked at Jo who put her hands in her pockets.

“We don’t. If what this witch says is true, him going anywhere near her right now could spell catastrophe for both of them.”

Everyone heaved a collective e groan, knowing she was right. If they told Lukas, he would go after Lily. Lily would probably fight to get to him and it might kill her, which would devastate Lukas and he would die, too. Gregory cursed. He pointed to the door.

“Better bring us answers soon or I will be coming for you.”

“We all will,” Jo o seconded his threat.

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that venom, anti–venom thing was very confusing!

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