"Yes. Your king, who released you so you could be with me." I reply 

"He's good, this king. I understand your love for him." he whispers 

"We have an obligation to stand by his side and fight with him." I say 

"No, the obligation is his. As king, he has no choice. Let's just leave this place while we still can." Eric whispers 

"This is my home, and we cannot just leave Bill to die. It's not right." i say 

"There is no right, or wrong. These are human notions." he whispers 

"And I am human, mostly. And so were you, and I've never seen you as human as you've been these past few days. It's what I've fallen in love with. But, you're also a warrior, and you don't run from a fight. You'd never forgive yourself." I whisper placing my hand on his cheek and he sighs 

"I just want to be with you, only you. Forever." he whispers 

"There's no such thing as forever." I sigh and I quickly pull him into an embrace as he begins kissing my collarbone. When we arrived to Bills we were sent to a room and I held his hand as I waited finally Bill walked in the room 

"Sorry to keep you waitin', and uh, I don't have much time, so what can I do for you?" Bill asks 

"We're here to fight with you." I state 

"Fight with me?" Bill asks 

"Against the witches." I reply 

"Megs, this is not your battle." Bill responds 

"It's yours, and it's Eric's, so it's mine." I whisper 

"She has a warrior's heart, Your Majesty. She wants to fight for you, as do I." Eric states pressing my hand to his lips 

"I want peace. But I'm not convinced we will win." Bill states and Eric nods 

"Well, war isn't about whether you think you can win, it's about being willing to die for something you believe is worth dying for." Eric whispers 

"Perhaps I'm a little less inclined to gamble with Megs's life than you are." Bill hisses 

"That is not our decision." Eric responds and I roll my eyes 

"Thank you, Eric. And now maybe you can both look at me and allow me to speak for myself. I can help. I have powers. Now, granted, I may not be in perfect control of those powers, but they've saved me and others from some pretty dire circumstances." I sigh 

"Megs you could die." Bill states and I nod 

"Well, call me crazy, but I'm willing to die if it means keeping an entire group of people I know and love from being eradicated in the name of hate." I say and this time I see understanding cross Bills face 

"Thank you." Bill states and Eric bows his head 

"My liege." Eric says 

"My... Bill." I whisper and thats how we find ourselves sitting in the darkness waiting for Bills command 

"Lady Antonia?" Bill asks 

"I am no lady. I am peasant, and proud of it." she whispers 

"I come in peace." Bill states 

"Do you? I know you are not alone." she hisses 

"Nor are you." Bill says and we walk out of the darkness to show ourselves but I watch as she snaps her fingers and people appear 

"Tara?" I whisper seeing her but she shakes her head 

"A sad testament to our inability to trust each other. But I still believe that we can achieve a peaceful resolution." Bill says 

"Describe this peaceful resolution to me." she spits 

"We will never harm you again. Anyone who has done so has been commanded to desist, or they will face the true death. In return, I only ask that you remove the spells from my two subjects here." Bill says looking at Eric and Pam 

"You say you are willing to execute those who have harmed me, but you bring them to me, and you ask me to remove spells I placed on them in self-defense. All for a promise that I'll never be harmed again." she says crossing her arms 

"Yes." Bill responds 

"I have your word for this?" she asks and suddenly a weird feeling rushes over me 

"I swear it." he whispers 

Spell

"Bill, she's casting a spell!" I cry 

"Demoness!" she shouts 

"Now!" Bill cries and I watch as more vampires and humans appear pointing guns at her 

"You may have dominion over us, but you do not over the living.
Surrender now and no one will be hurt." Bill cries but I watch in horror as Eric storms up to a witch and rips the heart out showing it to the woman and she cries up at the moon and I watch as fog appears everywhere. 

"I'm not a vampire, you idiot!" as i feel someone grab me and I turn around and scream and he flies across the room but then I feel something hit me and I look down to see blood 

"Oh, fuck." I cry as I fall to the floor in pain and I feel the world start to go funny around me but when I look up I see Alcide looking down at me. 

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