Sage
"No"
"What do you mean No?"
"You're not doing it Sage" his authoritative voice rang through the pin drop silence of the room.
"I wasn't exactly asking. This is what we came here for" I stood up and walked towards him.
"Then why are you here?" He fixed his gaze on me. His eyes looking darker than ever.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" I was so taken aback by his reaction I was lost for words.
"Why are you in my room? Why did you come to tell me this?" he rested his hands on his hips.
"Because we came here together" my patience was slipping away and I was really starting to lose my cool.
"Then we should be taking decisions together too Sage" he copied my tone. Why was everyone trying to get on my nerves today?
"Are you serious right now? We're not co-parenting Axel. We're trying to find out information and this is the only way." I was yelling at this point.
"Then why are you trying to explain it to me? You've already made up your mind" he almost yelled back.
I stopped what I was about to say. I forgot what I was about to say. I did not expect him to snap at me like that.
"You were right again Sage. I shouldn't have come" he shook his head and turned around to leave the room.
I sat on his bed, defeated, annoyed, upset. We came here to find out whatever we can, however we can. And if we have a shot a finding out anything we had to take it.
I left his room for mine. Arabella told me that we would do the spell later that evening so I decided to take a shower to kill some time.
She told me to wear something light and breezy so I was thankful for the little dark green dress I had thrown into my bag. I slipped on the dress hoping it wasn't too short because I needed to be comfortable. Being a part of a spell, working with a witch was stressful enough for me. I didn't want to have to worry about taking care of my damn dress as well. But thankfully it ended at my knees and was a little loose, making it a very comfy wear.
I lay on my bed for a while wondering where the hell Axel took of. I was hungry. I hadn't fed in almost two days and I knew the spell would take alot more power and energy than Arabella let on.
I went through my bag and realised forgot to pack the one thing I should have packed first. Blood.
"Damnit" i threw my stuff on the bed in annoyance and ran my hand through my hair.
I walked out to Axel's room, hoping he would have some. He was already irritated with me about agreeing to this spell, I didn't know how he was going to react, I really wasn't in the mood to fight and argue now.
I knocked on his door.
No answer.
I pushed the door open slightly and my heart sank. He wasn't there.
This pit started forming in my stomach. What if he left?
No. He wouldn't do that. But then I didn't really know much about him anyway.
I shut the door behind me and kept walking till I reached downstairs to the hall room.
The sound of glass caught my attention, I walked out to the sitting area.
It was empty.
My ears fixed on the sound again and I followed it, leading me to the kitchen.
"Axel" A wave of relief washed over me in that moment as.
He looked up from the bottles in his hand with a frown.
"What?" He scanned me with a confused look.
"I thought you left." I breathed out and walked in.
He stopped frowning and leaned down on the counter in front of him, facing me.
"Why the hell would i drive all the way out here to leave you?" his voice was questioning but his eyes were getting softer by the second.
"It was stupid. My mind isn't working" i rounded the counter to his side. "What do you have there?"
"Wine" he looked down at the bottles in his hand.
"Alexander had good taste" he looked a the cupboard to the left and I followed his gaze. The cabinets were stacked from the roof to the floor with wine. Most of which looked really old, but that just meant its been aged well.
"Didn't think Xander to be the wine type" i eyed the cabinet.
"Didn't think he was the father type either" he drew my attention back to him.
"His ex girlfriend died in child birth" I looked back at the wine cabinet.
"Shit" he muttered.
"He was so devastated he made me feed her my blood hoping she would recover" I turned towards him.
"You were there?"
I turned around to find him looking at me wide eyed in surprise.
"Not exactly, but I was around" i shook my head trying not to picture that moment.
I didn't say anything more so he understood not to ask anything else.
"Why were you looking for me?" his frown was back.
"I don't remember" I lied. I wasn't hungry anymore.
The time for the spell was coming closer and I was starting to have second thoughts about it. What if the witch tries something? What of she screws with my mind? What if something goes genuinely wrong?
"You really thought I left you?" that familiar low voice once again dragged me out of my thoughts.
I looked at him with a somewhat vacant expression. It was stupid of me to think that. But what if he did? I shouldn't have been upset. I should have been angry. I didn't want him here in the first place.
I didn't respond to him. I just looked to the side, taking deep breaths, counting the seconds closer to the spell.
"Hey" he took a step towards me "I'm staying with you. Even if you go with this stupid decison of yours" he cupped my face in his hand and I felt another wash of relief over my whole body.
"Will you be there through the whole thing?" I put my hands around his hands that we holding my face and.
He nodded.
"If anything goes wrong I will kill every single one of them" his voice was intense and threatening. I knew he wasn't lying about it. I knew he was strong enough to actually do it.
"No" I put a hand on his chest. "You will not" I gave him a warning look.
He breathed out and pulled his hands down from my face but I caught them before they dropped.
"You can kill the witch if you want" I gave him a slight smirk, hoping he would return it but he didn't. His expression still held that intensity and threat.
"You're really hell bent on doing this aren't you" his voice was a whisper, his hand came back upto my face to run his hands along the side of my face as he took a step closer.
I simply nodded in response. I could feel my body giving into his touch already, just by this slight gesture of his.
"Axel" my voice came out barely a whisper.
"Hm" he kept his eyes on my lips.
"I'm nervous"
"I know" he took another step closer caging me against the counter.
I didn't say a word. I just started back into his Grey's as if I was hypnotised. His were burning into me and my body started feeling hot from his gaze.
"We can call it off if you want" he whispered again, as if he was consoling me.
I was so busy focused on his lips I took a second to process what he just said. I furrowed my brows and scanned his face as he continued burning through me with his gaze.
"No." I shook my head and pushed on his chest a little signalling him to move back. He did. He dropped his hands from my face and took a step back with a concerned look.
"Were you trying to talk me out of it?" I looked at him with a questionable look.
"No Sage, I wasn't . I know how stubborn you are" he crossed his hands over his chest. His expression changed from concerned to arrogant in a second, as his lips curved into a cocky smirk.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" I dropped my hands to my sides in annoyance. Was he trying to play mind games with me?
"Leave it..." he turned around to walk away.
"No Axel" i turned him "tell me what you..."
He turned around and the next thing I felt was my back against the wall and his lips against mine.
His hands were around my waist pulling me as closer to him, if that was even possible. My hands moved up to the collar of his shirt pulling him lower, closer to me. I just wanted him as close as possible. I needed him as close as possible.
My hands travelled up to his neck and into his hair. One of his hands reached up to my hair tugging my head back to give him more entrance as his mouth took over mine, dominating it, devouring it.
His hands moved down my back to grab my behind, lifting me off the floor. I gladly wrapped my legs around his waist, crossing them even tighter. Big mistake. I thought having him this close would calm me down. No. I didn't. It only made me hungrier. I felt me body begin to heat up again.
He probably understood that by the way I pulled on his hair and kissed him back. He pushed me up against the wall even more, pressing himself against me and he squeezed my behind. I couldn't hold back the moan against his lips. I could feel him smirking even as he kissed me.
"Fuck!" we heard a voice as we both whipped our head to the side to see who it was. Stefan.
"Yes Stefan" Axel turned back to look at me, moving a strand of hair out of my face. An annoyed look on his face.
"Arabella is waiting for Sage at the pool" he kept his gaze on the ground and turned around leaving us in the kitchen.
"Why pool?" I looked back at Axel.
I hadn't realised he was still carrying me. My legs were still around his waist and we were still holding onto eachother like our lives depended on it.
I looked at him, scanning him, his chest was rising with the sharp breaths he was taking, that arrogance flashing bright in his eyes, that smirk plastered on his lips.
"What?" my voice barely above a whisper.
"We should've done that a long time back" he smiled at me before crashing his lips back to mine one last time and putting me down on the floor.
I kept my arms around his to make sure I don't fall from the daze he just put me in. What the hell just happened? Why do we do this?
"We should go" I looked away from him as I settled my dress.
He just nodded and turned around to lead the way.
I wasn't very confident in the spell, but at least he was going to be there, even if he just wanted to kill a bunch of werewolves.
*****
Axel
Fuck the spell.
It could have waited.
I had her right there. Close. Hungry. She gave me every single thing I needed in that moment but I knew there was so much more. So much more to give. So much more to take.
It took so much strength to let her down. So much resistance to not take right there against that wall. I somehow pushed every filthy thought to the side and turned to walk away from her.
Stefan was waiting for us at the front door.
"Have you not heard of the term knocking Stefan" I put my hands behind my back and gave him a smile.
"I'm so sorry Axel" he shook his head "Arabella said to get Sage immediately"
"Its okay Stefan" she appeared from behind me. "We'll make sure to lock the damn door next time" she smirked as she walked past me.
Next time. That was the only word that stuck with me.
I couldn't help but smile back at her, but when she started walking ahead something in my stomach started sinking. I was worried about what was going to happen. Whether it would work or not. Whether it would affect her or not.
I personally don't think dream walking was going to work. Besides if Sage didn't see anything she wouldn't be able to remember anything anyway. On the downside it gives a witch acess to the mind of one of the most powerful supernatural beings alive.
I could feel her slow down to walk beside me. I knew she was nervous. I didn't know whether to be concerned that she willingly admit it to me or whether I should be happy that she felt comfortable enough to tell me that.
We approached the pool and I turned to towards Sage, her eyes held nothing but determination, but her body was moving closer and closer to me, as if she wanted some sort of reassurance. I told her I was going to be there through it and I was going to make good on my word.
I instinctively put my hand on her waist. " We still have time. We can stop it"
She just gave me warning look and shook her head.
"Do not kill the wolves. No matter what happens" she hissed under her breath.
I smirked. But at least I could kill the witch if I had to.
She moved away from beside me and began walking towards the woman standing at the edge of the pool, talking to Xander and I followed. She was slightly taller than Sage with longer hair and a similar flowy dress. Guess they planned that.
"Sage" the woman looked at her and flashed a wide smile, causing Xander to turn towards us to give us a small smile.
"Why are we at the pool?" Sage walked up to the witch and stopped.
"Water's helps the energy flow better" she stated blankly.
"Huh...so if the spell doesn't work I can drown you in it too. You're smart" Sage turned away from her to face the pool with her hands on her hips.
What?
Did she just say that?
I couldn't hold back the chuckle escape me. I felt this ease in my chest, realising how damn dangerous she really is.
"Hmm we'll see about that" the witch returned the same sarcastic tone.
"Shall we begin?" Sage turned back to her with.
"You need to drink my blood for me to link to you." The woman gave Sage an uneasy look and tossed her a vial of blood.
"I prefer drinking from the vein Arabella. Are you scared I won't stop?" Sage gave her a smirk and she returned it with a glare. I knew she didn't drink from the vein much. She was just teasing, but it still led me smirk at her subtle warnings.
Arabella. The name sounded familiar. She had to be an older witch, a strong one, or a very stupid one, taunting a pure blood like that. The girl did have guts.
Xander looked back and forth between them and backed away towards me.
Sage put the vial to her mouth and immediately spat it out, looking at the bottle with surprise. My legs moved on their own and in a second I was there holding her as she coughed up some of the blood.
"What did you do?" I shot my gaze to the witch.
"Oh I forgot to tell you. I drink verbena" she crossed her hands across her chest, but before I could do anything Sage was infront of her in a second with her hands around her throat making her almost pant for air.
"Vervain? You really are suicidal" she stated with in an ironic tone.
I took a step back. She was perfectly capable of handling this. Why the hell did she look so hot threatening to kill someone? Damnit.
"Can never be too safe when dealing with Vampires baby" the witch smirked back.
Sage put the bottle back to her mouth defiantly, downing the vial as she let Arabella go. She coughed up a little, kept it down.
I reached towards her and rubbed her back slightly. She didn't need it, but I suppose I was trying to comfort myself more in that moment.
"Sage" I took a step towards her "this is madness. Call it off"
"No" she shot back.
She turned back to over my shoulder. Arabella was already in the water, walking towards the centre when she turned around, waiting for Sage.
I felt her move away from me, out of my arms and I started getting anxious. They were so hostile to eachother before the spell even started, what if something went wrong inside her head.
All I wanted to do was grab her, take her back to my room and keep her there. Keep her safe. Away from everything.
"Do you think this will work?" Xander whispered leaning towards me.
"Well you never know" I kept my eyes on Sage as she entered the pool making her way to the witch.
"Let's hope. What's the worst thing that could happen?" he sounded like he was trying really hard to console himself.
"The witch dies" I shot back.
"No she won't Axel." His sharp voice seemed so distant. I wasn't really paying attention to him.
I didn't say a word. I just stood there watching the two of them hesitant in the pool. Arabella was arrogant but she didn't really seem that confident about the spell itself. They stood facing eachother, the witch put her hand out and Sage took it.
Arabella started chanting something in some weird language I couldn't quite understand. It was probably Latin or something similar.
I felt a breeze begin to swirl around us to see the leaves rustling through the air, the curtains from inside the house blowing in the wind.
Suddenly the candles around the pool flared up bright. As the chanting grew louder and faster, the wind started becoming more aggressive, the flames started burning higher and brighter, the water around them began moving because of the breeze.
The wind began getting so rough I had to cover my eyes. I managed to peak at Xander and he had the same reaction as me. We heard a loud scream but before I could react everything went silent around us.
The wind was calm. The candles went off. The water was motionless. And right in the middle of it Sage and Arabella, lying motionless.
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That was long chapter!
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