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Brian’s POV I am so angry right now with Kevin. He took Maximilian as his mate. He asked and I didn’t see it for what it was. Fuck me! That kid is going to be the death of me. Fucking hell! I look at Marilyn and this Zeke character. I’ve seen demons like him before. They are called blue demons among the many names they have. They say they can save my golden boy. I push all thoughts of my younger children for the moment. I have to concentrate on my Justin. “We don’t have much time,” Marilyn says. “We have to do this as soon as possible.” “I thought you said there was no way,” I say. Marilyn sighs. “This could kill Zeke…I didn’t want to…” I look at them and wonder what this demon sees in him. But oh well, to each it’s own. “When can you do it?” I ask them. “I brought everything we need,” Zeke says as he looks at Marilyn. “Jacob told me this was important to him.” I don’t know what to do. I don’t trust them. “If we wait it might be too late,” Zeke says as he turns to look at me. “The spirits are with me now. I can bring his demon back.” “What do I have to do?” I ask him. “I need a room that can be locked down,” Zeke tells me. “No windows and the walls have to be solid. The demon might try to escape.” I nod at him. “You can’t be present because I might free your demon as well and then I’ll have these two things in the room and I won’t be able to handle it,” he informs me. “You have to lock the door and don’t open them until is done,” Jacob tells me. “If it escapes it would be lost forever.” “It’s not going to be a quick fix,” Zeke says. “This takes quite sometime.” I lean back in the chair and think about it. So many things could go wrong and I won’t be present to help Justin. But then if I don’t do anything I won’t be able to help my boy either. “It will cost you,” Jacob says suddenly. “Of course,” I say with a smile. “How much?” “Fifty thousand,” Jacob says. I see that Zeke is looking a bit worried. “Your prices have gone up since the last time we met,” I tell him and look at Derek that’s been standing to my right all this time. “Go,” I tell him. Derek nods and leaves the room to get the money. I look at Peter that’s ready for anything. I get up and nod. “Fine,” I say. “We’ll do this but you do anything wrong and it’s your lives.” “We understand,” Zeke says getting up. “Follow me,” I tell them. I moved Justin from his bedroom this morning. He’s tied up in one of the chamber in the third floor. The walls there won’t hold out. So I’m going to have to move him. When I enter the room he turns his head to look at us. “Untie me, Brian,” Justin hisses. I smile and do but don’t let him go. I pull him with me and don’t say anything as he keeps asking where we are going. I had to tie him up and leave him there. I can’t have him walking around freely anymore. He never followed the rules and I know he’s not going to start now. The less I see him the more I am able to control myself. And he can’t hurt me either. It’s what’s working now but I know it won’t forever. So I’m willing to try some magic if that would get me Justin back. “Brian,” Justin complains. “I’m fucking naked.” “Don’t start,” I say. “I don’t have time for this, Justin.” “But…” he tries. “Shut up,” I tell him as we start to make our way down to the basement. “Wait,” Justin says trying to pull back when he realizes where we’re going. “No, Brian.” I push him against the wall. “We’re going to fix this, Justin. Okay?” “I don’t need to be fixed, Brian,” he yells. My golden boy looks at Zeke and Jacob and then at Pete. He looks down and then back at me. “Please, Brian,” Justin says. “You don’t understand. I don’t want to be anything else than what I am now.” “But you’re not this,” I tell him. “Look,” I tell him. “If after this you still want to walk away from me. Then you can.” “You mean it?” he asks. I nod and he frowns. I’m not sure if I would really let him. I’m hoping that he’s going to want to say after he’s back to his old self. What am I saying? Of course he will. “Come on,” I say as I pull him to the chamber. There are no windows here. The walls are thick and the twin doors are metal. We get Justin in the table and he looks around at the various instruments in here. Some are very old and some are new things I’ve had acquired from this time. He’s nervous and I kiss his forehead. “He has to be secured,” Zeke tells me as he put his bag on the floor next to the table where Justin is sitting down. “No, please,” Justin says. “It will be okay,” I tell him pushing him back. He struggles but Pete helps me to tie him up. I play with his hair before I pull away. “It’s going to be okay.” Justin starts crying. “I hate you.” “I know,” I tell him. “Let’s start then,” Zeke says. “Anything happens and you will pay,” I threaten him. I exit the place with Pete and I hear them locking it behind them. “You stay here,” I tell him. Pete nods. “Yes master,” he tells me. I go up to my office again. I sit down and look at the papers I was inspecting. It’s all about what I used to own that is now mine again. There are a few new things including Babylon. I try to read it and analyze it but I can’t. All I can think about is Justin. I want him to be okay. I want him to be back. I close my eyes and smile as I remember one of the many occasions we shared together. I stare at Justin for a long time wondering what I am going to do with him. “What?” Justin asks as he licks his lips which are covered in blood. “What are you doing here?” I ask as I get on my knees and start crawling towards him. The woman in his arms is crying and trying to fight him off. “I got hungry,” Justin tells me. “You disobeyed me, Justin,” I inform him. “I told you not to leave the house.” “I got bored, Brian,” Justin mutters as he sticks his fingers on the blood pouring down her neck. “It’s sire or master!” I yell at him. “You’re getting punish.” I don’t know if I want to be angry or proud of him. I see the corners of his mouth twitching. He wants to smile at my words. I know he did all of this in purpose so I would follow him and punish him. “No!” she screams when he buries his fangs on her again and drains her. “You didn’t even share with me,” I tell him as I pull the corpse away from him. “I don’t like sharing, Brian,” he tells me and smiles like a little kid. “Is that bad too?” I growl as I get on top of him. “You’re a very bad boy.” “I am…Brain,” Justin whispers and I feel his nails scrapping my neck. I let my fangs out and bury them in his neck. Oh, he’s going to get punish alright. My thoughts are interrupted by Marcus. I can feel him near and I can’t help but be angry. What the fuck he wants now? I wait patiently and Susan is the one that brings him to my office before she leaves. “What do you want?” I ask. “I want to expand my business abroad,” Marcus says standing in front of me with a big smile. “I know the rules state that I have to let you know first.” “No,” I tell him. “What do you mean no?” he asks shocked. “It means no, you cannot expand your fucking businesses!” I yell at him. “You can’t speak to me like that,” Marcus says. I laugh at that and get up. I have never been too concerned in molding him. Kevin made him and I didn’t felt like welcoming him into my family. Shit, Kevin didn’t even want him afterwards. “You think you can do whatever you want?” I ask him. “You think because you turned most of your family that makes you a master?” Marcus frowns and takes a step back. “It makes me powerful.” “Wrong again little boy,” I tell him. “You’re Kevin’s childe and that makes you my grandchilde. Which means that everything you own is mine,” I inform him. “You were only let go because you could sustain yourself and…because you were so pathetic that nobody wanted you.” “That’s not true,” Marcus contradicts. “Kevin…Kevin just couldn’t take care of me the right way.” “You don’t know the extent of Kevin’s power,” I tell him. “You don’t have a single clue of what he can or can’t do.” “He’s become…” he tries to speak. “Shut the fuck up!” I yell. “Kevin is almost a god! One day he will be able to control it all. He will be able to push it all back and only pick what he wants and needs!” Marcus starts laughing. “You are proud of him!” I grab him by the neck and pull him up. He tries to fight but soon finds out that it’s pointless. He gives up and looks down at me. I bury my nails on his neck to hurt him. “I’m very proud of him,” I say. “You in the other hand…I feel ashamed that you form part of my family.” Marcus closes his eyes and doesn’t say anything. I lower him to the floor but don’t let go of his neck. I know he’s hurting. Good. I haven’t killed him because he has many childes. That might help me in the future and also a lot of money. So as long as he behaves he can still be part of the family, but it’s time for a few rules. It’s time I put my foot down where he is concerned. “Now,” I tell him. “You’re going to go back to your fucking mansion and stay there. Show your kids some discipline because I’ve been informed they just do whatever the fuck they want to. They think they are above everything. They are wrong. You and all of them are below me and all of mine. I need to have control over things, Marcus! If not I’ll get the hunters myself and go over to your fucking house.” He lowers his head and nods. “Whoever you can’t control in three weeks you will kill,” I tell him. “Yes master,” Marcus tells me. “We understand each other,” I say as I let go of him. “When you show me that you can lead your family and respect mine then we can talk about your businesses.” “Thank you master,” Marcus whispers. “Maybe I will be proud of you then,” I tell him. Marcus stares at me and nods. “Now go,” I instruct him. Marcus quickly exits my office and I groan. This never fucking ends. Fuck! I need to deal with Max and Kevin too. I better do it now than leave it for later. Later I have things to do with my golden boy. I leave my office in search of my younger kids. I smile knowing that they listened and are in their room. I open the door and find Max on the floor with his eyes close. I kick him slightly with my foot but he doesn’t move. “No, no, no, no, no,” Kevin is chanting from the bed. I bent down and pick up my youngest. I take him to the bed and Kevin starts pawing at him. “No, no, no,” Kevin tells him trying to shake him awake. “Sorry, so sorry.” “What did you do, Kevin?” I ask him. Kevin looks up at me. He frowns and then his eyes grow big. “I showed him!” “Showed him what boy?” I ask sitting in the bed and push Max’s red strands away from his face. “Justin is ours!” Kevin screams so hard that it startles me for a second. I look at him and nod slowly. “Silver!” he yells and pushes me hard so I fall off the bed. The little brat! I get up quickly and start hitting him. He hits me back screaming and not submitting to me. “Kevin, stop it!” I yell at him grabbing him by the neck. “Silver!” Kevin shouts. “Silver!” he says punching me. He over looks every single rule that there is. Sometimes he follows them but that rarely happens. But the thing is that no matter what he respects what I tell him to do. Always. He has never defied me like this. “Silver wants pretty!” Kevin yells as he scratches my face. “Silver! Pretty is ours!” Fucking hell! I let go of him and start running to where Justin is. A blue demon bleeds silver. I’m going to fucking kill him! I am! “Susan! Derek!” I yell with all my might. I know they heard me and they are going to follow. When I get there Pete is banging on the door. “Something is wrong, master,” he informs me. “Justin was yelling. I heard him. I know I did. It was only once but that’s more than enough.” “What did he say?” I ask going out of my mind as I banging at the door. “He screamed something about not being a sacrifice,” Pete tells me. What have I done? I bang harder and harder but the door is not budging. I was the one that told them to construct them like this. “Master!” Susan says screaming. “I found him sneaking outside.” “Let go of me you witch!” the fucking cow says. “Silver!” Kevin appears and grabs the cow by the hair. “Silver! I got him! I do!” This thing must be important to the demon. “Zeke! I got whoever you came with out here! Open the door or I will kill him!” “Kill him, Zeke!” the cow starts screaming. “You know it must be done!” I hear the lock and I push the doors open. Jacob is there crying and then I look at Zeke who is fighting with Justin trying to stab him. Justin managed to get one hand free and is pushing Zeke’s hands away. I fly to them before this fucking demon manages to do some damage. I punch him as hard as I can and he comes at me. He gets on top of me and hits me on the face a few times before I turn us around and start strangling him. “How do you like it?” I ask as he tries to push me away. “This!” Kevin says bringing me chains. “No!” I hiss as I start punching Zeke. I’m going to kill this fucking asshole. He tries to fight me but he’s not match. I will turn his face into a pulp. “This!” Kevin screams. “This, please, please, please, daddy.” I grab the damn chains and punch Zeke one last time before I chain him. Then I move his body back into the wall and chain him to it. I turn to look at Jacob who is cowering to one side. I want to kill all of them but I have to find how I can use them. Apparently they have a purpose or Kevin wouldn’t have stopped me. “I cut Justin’s arm lose,” Jacob tells me. “I helped.” “You got him into this mess!” I yell at him as I walk over to him and slap him hard. He looks up at me from the floor. “I’m sorry,” he says as tears fall down. I look back at Kevin who is now chaining the cow. “Let him go!” Zeke screams. “I’m sorry, Zeke,” the cow says and turns to look at Jacob and me. “You betray us! You damn asshole! You lied to us. You did what Zeke said you were going to do!” “No Rick,” Jacob says and gets up. He walks over to him and hits him on the face. “You two betrayed me!” “A love triangle,” I say with a smile as I stand behind Jacob. I grab him by the hair and pull his head back. “So, Zeke, it’s time to choose.” “Fuck you!” Zeke yells trying to break the restrains. “I’ll kill them both then,” I tell him. “No!” Zeke yells at me. “Brian,” Justin says. “Stop this madness. Stop it!” “Pretty,” I hear Kevin say. He’s probably untying his brother. I look back and I’m satisfied to see that he’s just caressing him. “I’m sorry, Jacob,” Zeke says making his decision. “Kill him!” “Burn in hell,” Jacob spits. I smirk as I look at Zeke. “It looks to me,” I say to him. “That you just made yourself an enemy.” “He’s nothing,” Zeke spats out. I push Jacob to the floor. Great, he has no one but me now. He will be handy from time to time. “Susan, take him to a room and lock him there. Pete, find a fledging to guard it.” They leave and I turn to Derek. “Master?” Derek asks. “Hang him up there,” I say looking at the cow. “You will be in charge of making sure that he and Jacob have food.” He nods and starts doing what I told him. I walk over to Kevin and Justin. “Let me go now,” Justin hisses. “Now, Brian.” I untie him and pull him towards me. I get them out of there and up to my room. “Are you okay?” I ask him once I put Justin in the bed. Justin just glares at me. “Kevin, go to your room,” I tell him and he obeys me. I’m happy that he’s obeyed me this time. “I hate you so much,” Justin tells me when I try to reach for him; he slaps my hands away. “Can you tell me what happened?” I ask him. Justin shakes his head. “I don’t know. He was telling Marilyn to be prepared. That he would kill me,” he says and starts crying. I frown not sure what to do now. “That they were going to have time to get out,” Justin relates. “They had guns and then someone was going to create a distraction…I don’t know. He touched him and suddenly they couldn’t stop staring at each other.” “Who touched who?” I ask him. “Marilyn touched the fucking demon,” Justin tells me. “His name is Jacob,” I inform him. “Whatever!” Justin yells. “All I know is that they started screaming about a guy named Rick.” “Probably the cow,” I mutter. Justin sends a fierce look my way. “He cut the rope from one of my hands telling him that the deserved to die and that I would kill him. But before he could set me free the thing punched Marilyn and he fell to the floor. That’s when you started pounding on the door and he went and opened it.” I nod and move closer to him. “I wanted to do the right thing, Justin. I wanted to help you.” “But I don’t need help,” Justin tells me. “You can’t even remember your life,” I tell him. “You made up your mind that I’m a monster. But before, fuck Justin, you and I were one.” Justin frowns. “Can I go to my room?” “You don’t care anymore, do you?” I ask him and it hurts so much. “I want you with me, Justin. We belong with each other.” “Brian,” he whispers as he caresses my face. “I…you have to let me go.” Like that’s ever going to happen. “Can I go to my room?” he asks. “Please.” “Drink from me first,” I tell him. “You haven’t eaten in a while.” I know that Kevin and Max have been sneaking into his room to feed him but I don’t say anything. As long as he keeps his strength it doesn’t matter. “Please, Brian,” he begs. “No.” “You will be able to go to your room,” I tell him. “No!” Justin says getting up. “I don’t want anything from you! I won’t drink from you! I just want to go and forget that you ever existed!” I hit him hard across the face. He turns his head slowly to look at me. We stare at each other none of us wanting to back down from this. I move forward and he pushes me hard. I do the only thing I can do. I hit him hard to make him pass out. Then I go get some chains. I’ll have to try and find another option to help Justin. One way or another I’m bringing my mate back to me. “Master,” Derek says coming into the room looking pretty scared. “Stanley ran away. I’m going after my childe. Ewan is going to take my place. I will be back as soon as I can. I needed to inform you.” Fucking hell, today’s been one hell of a day. “Fine,” it’s all I tell him. “Take Quinn with you and be very careful.” Then I busy myself by playing with Justin’s blond locks. I have to think of something soon. I’m losing him fast. Does he not know how much I need him or that I can’t simply live without him?