"What" Kyle said taken aback a bit "what do you mean by that" she whispered
"That's enough, Hazel. We need to go" Selles said after watching their closeness for a while, although she didn't hear their conversation. Kyle turned to look at her and than at Xavier again
"We can't leave him here, he'll bleed to death"
"Hazel, you chose your dad over him and if you don't follow us now, I won't hesitate to kill your dad right here" Selles threatened
"I'm so sorry, Xavier" she said once again before standing and moving towards Selles "please I want to come along with my dad"
"Of course, he's free to join us" she agreed
And with that, they turned and left leaving Edith who stayer back as she went closer to where Xavier was on the ground, still bleeding. She raised her heel, stepping it on his chest where he was stabbed and pressed on it, to which he grunted
"It will give me so much joy to kill you myself here, but, then again, its refreshing seeing you in this condition, without help" Edith said as she kept applying pressure on her heel "Till we meet again in hell, demon" and with that, she joined the rest to leave.
Some minutes later, when it was just Xavier remaining, Elliot appeared and hurriedly made his way to Xavier
"Y-you ha-ve to fo-llow them" Xavier spoke slowly "retrieve the bod..y bef...ore they would do some-th-ing to it" he continued
"You're bleeding seriously, Xavier" Elliot scolded as he tried looking for a cloth to press on the injury and stop the bleeding "why the hell did she stab you right in the chest" he cussed after realising that nothing he did was working"
"Elliot, you have to leave now before you miss them" Xavier struggled to say
"And what about you? Hazel will have my head if anything was to happen to you"
"Yeah she will" Xavier said as he smiled a bit, thinking of her "that's if something was to happen to me, I'll be fine. The dagger was just poisoned, so its the one weakening me"
"You better be alive till I get back" Elliot finally agreed and left. Seeing this, Xavier trier crawling to a corner where he found a cloth to tie round his chest, and with some difficulties, he was able to do it after a while. He sat back down, trying to catch his breath.
His gaze then fell in the direction where Dorin still laid dead, with Mrs Decron who had awakened from her unconscious state, mourning. He in a way, felt sorry for her, but it was inevitable, he had seen it coming all along. Mrs Decron had sensed his gaze and then turned to meet his
"What?" She questioner with her voice crooked from crying "are you going yo kill me too?"
"——"
"You couldn't even save her huh? You just stood there and watcher as she died"
"——"
"How could you!! She was at least, your sister!!" She shouted not liking the fact that he was silent. Her gaze then lowered to his injury and a thought came to her head. She quickly stood up and rushed to his side, planning on taking advantage of his weak state to hurt him more. Xavier foresaw it and with a quick movement, he was up to his feet, just in time when her hands where raise to hit him. He stopped her with his hand and stared at her dangerously
"Just because I've been hit, doesn't mean I've lost my strength" he said as he flung her hands away "and blame no one but Dorin herself for her death. She should have known what type of creatures she was dealing with" he spat
"Its because of your foolish lover. If she wasn't Herr in the first place. My Dorin wouldn't have done that" she yelled
"Mourn your loss and bury the dead" he said calmly as he sat back down ignoring her heated gaze
"I HATE YOU!! and just so you know, someone like you doesn't deserve to be loved. Maybe that's why nine of your parents loved you or stayed with you, you even killed your own fa..."
"One. More. Word. About my parents Emily Sophia Decron, and you'll regret it" he said in a very calm but tensed voice as he called her by her full name.
Mrs Decron seeing this, knew not to push further, so she stomped away from him as she yelled
"I hope you die and rot in hell!!"
"Right after you mother" he spat with contempt
At the forest, Selles and the others had reached a cleared space where some weird markings were drawn on the ground. More witches were around the area as they formed a circle around the marking as the others kept joining in, expanding the circle. Kyle seeing this, clung onto Morgan tightly as she dared speak to Selles
"What are we doing here? You promised to let me and my dad go the moment I had ki.... done that to Xavier" she said as she found it hard to believe she had stabbed the guy she loved
"Promise? When did I do that?"
"Do jot go back in your word, witch"
"Watch your words, little witch, and you are too naive if you believed I would spare you" she smiled a bit at her
"What?"
"I don't know it its me, but I do feel something weird about you" Selles said eyeing her suspiciously
"There's nothing weird about me" Kyle was quick to defend, not wanting to blow her cover
"Really? Cause if so, why do you appear so confused on what's going on"
"....."
"Don't you know...."
"I know why I'm here, but you promised to let me go if I hurt Xavier"
"Poor Xavier, he fell for someone that doesn't love him like he does" she tsked
"I do!! I just didn't have any other option..... And I can't let my dad die"
"About that..... Your dad?"
"Yes"
"Who's your dad? Cause nobody here seems like your dad to me"
"Look, Selles, spare my dad at least" Kyle pleaded ignoring her statement
"I would have done so, if the person in question was here"
"Are you blind now" Kyle almost yelled out thinking she was playing some games, she then turned to Morgan who was standing besides her "who the hell is this then?"
"This?" Selles asked pointing at Morgan "this is Cross, Hazel, not your dad"
"Who's Cross" Kyle asked slightly confused
"Cross, I think you did a good job in making her trust you, but you can come out now" Selles said to Morgan and almost immediately, Morgan's body fell yo the ground with a thud as Cross emerged from him. Kyle watched with wide eyes as she saw Morgan's lifeless body on the ground
"Who the HELL are you" She shouted
"Hello daughter, or should I say Hazel. I'm Cross, the guy that have been in this body since Morgan was kidnapped. Its a switchers thing"
"What!!!"
"Yeah, I guess"
"Where's my Dad?!!!" She shouted as tears clouded her eyes
"I killed him" Selles answered
"Why would you do such" Kyle almost begged
"He didn't agree to get you for me and since he didn't, and I just needed his familiar face, I decided to let Cross borrow his body, at the expense of his life though"
"....."
"So...that's is.... Ahh, it feels good to let that off my chest. I'm not really good at keeping secrets, you know" she explained to Kyle who was already fully crying out loud
"Off your heart, you say" kyle said angrily "what heart, you heartless bitch!! And to think you made me kill Xavier knowing fully well, that I was doing it for my dad.... My dad that's already dead. You're a MONSTER, A HEARTLESS ONE AT THAT"
"Okay, I'll accept all that because you're mourning. And I'll let you mourn just for a little bit, then we move to what's next which is killing you. At least, you'll get to meet your mum, wherever she is" Selles said and walked past her, leaving her with Cross to watch over.
Kyle sat there, crying her heat out as she thought of the reason she had come to this world, it was just to get the kind of love, Hazel always had, but it didn't seem like it any longer. She had killed the man she lived with her bare hands and her dad has been dead for some time now.
'Is love, really not for me' she asked herself 'don't I deserve to feel loved also' she kept sobbing till she passed out
At some safe distance from where the witches were and the markings were made, Elliot had kept watch and had overheard the conversation between them, which got him angry, angry with the fact that Hazel will be heartbroken if she get this news. He wanted to just go out there and place these witches in their place, but he couldn't because it wasn't his fight and, it would mean him breaking another of the Barrier's rule. Hazel would have to do it herself.
Some minutes passed and then, he watched as some witches came and raised Kyle up, dragging her towards a stick that was placed at the middle of the markings, and then splashed some water on her face to wake her up. She looked confused for a moment, to she realised she was tied, and then started struggling. All her attempts were futile as the witches that formed the circle kept chanting higher until Selles came herself from behind her and slit her throat open. Elliot bent his head at this scene not wanting to see it also, to him, it seemed like it was Hazel that was being killed.
After some moment of silence, the group loosened the body to drop to the ground as they left to the other side of the cleared area where another set of markings were made to open the dark portal. Elliot saw this as his chance and left immediately to retrieve the body. He successfully did it and just as he was about yo disappear from the arena, he turn to see that Selles had a smile on her face as she stared at the opened portal
'We do not have time' he thought as he left