Secret Lure of a Cat Demon

He had slapped me and even though I knew it was for the best, I wanted to slap him back. I guess I felt like I needed to make things even but I stopped myself and I knew what I needed to do. I stormed into the court room where everyone was sat; Kieran was sat in the questioning chair. Danni was still shocked. When he heard me storm in he looked at me. His eyes were full of disbelief. He knew what I had done.

“You used all my assets against me…” he mouth. I just smirked at him. I walked right up to him and punched him. I hated the man. I heard a few gasps around the room and the queen just sighed and shook her head. A few people started heading towards me but the queen stopped them.

“Let her be.” She said. I was grateful. I walked up to the jury and stared at them. I walked along the line and then I smiled.

“You guys are going to let him free. All the stories so far don’t add up, don’t make sense. Well, I will tell you this. No one knows better than I. This man used me, manipulated me and yes; I guess I am still in a doll like state. I need to wake up but that man killed my son, to protect me, to hurt me, who knows? But that plant is pretty much a lethal weapon. You should try some, maybe your partners will be able to control your actions in a battle, or control your actions against someone else. Maybe even control someone like me. That man is guilty. Maybe we can’t prove anything and maybe I am not the best candidate to tell you this but, for the last 7 years he has planning to kill Zev. Your prince, your future king, your leader and yet, you sit here thinking that this man isn’t guilty. Well, if you don’t want to kill him and let him keep fighting against your future king than I will stop him.” I looked at Danni and talked to everyone. “I will stop him, I will make him suffer for the stuff he has done to me and whether you like it or not, this man deserves to die for his crimes. I know that plotting to kill a member of the royal family is death. If you can’t convict him on my past then convict him on Zev’s.” Everyone was silent. Had everyone gone silent because of my threats or because they actually believed me? I was a little confused but I had to stay put hold my ground.

This man was guilty on so many things but only a few of them could be proved. These people knew my story by heart now; there was no need for me in the room but I felt like I had to stay. I looked around and I finally let my eyes fall on Danni again. I walked up to him. He just sat there still in shock; he had started to realise the truth.

“You lose. Your plan is useless, your efforts are useless. I win Danni. And like I said, you are dead.” I then walked over to my seat and sat down with my arms crossed. No one said anything. Was I grateful? U felt relief that the queen hadn’t stopped me. She stood up and looked around.

“I believe that there is no need for the hearing to go any farther. Jury if you will deliberate. We will meet again in two days’ time to deliver the verdict. I got up and left. Danni was still in shock and he had to be pulled away from the room. His eyes wouldn’t leave my body as I left the room. I felt them. His gaze was strong. He was helpless. The used had become the user.

When I had left the room, I saw Zev leaning against the wall. He looked up to see me but I didn’t look to see him. I knew what would be all over his face. There would be confusion. He would be wondering why I was out in such a quick time. He might also be wondering why I was holding my hand in a funny way. He would be angry at me for rushing off. He would be worried as to what I could have done. I walked past him and he followed me. I headed to my room. I was exhausted and I needed sleep.

It took me a while to get there. I walked aimlessly for a little while. Everything seemed to be catching up with me. Half a decade worth of lost memories were catching up with me. It was giving me a head ache. I started feeling dizzy as I headed to my room. I had turned the corner and I was nearly there when the room started to spin. It was scary. I fell over to the wall and all I could hear were the fast footsteps of Zev before I blacked out. It wasn’t like I blacked out but more like my brain had an over load of memories. I felt pain and anger, hunger and joy. Everything that had taken place over the last five years came flooding back all at once. I had flashes of my time with my sister and flashes of times where I would play fight with Kieran. I saw Danni and how he used to hold me like he actually cared and then I saw how he used to force me to use my magic to help him. I saw the horrible things he got me to do with that knowledge. With every image I felt worse. I felt more pain that I had ever done in my life. I felt alone and unwanted by the end. Danni had taken my son away from me. A cross breed between a wolf and a shifter could have been dangerous to me and to the world.

It didn’t feel like I had been out for long when I opened my eyes. At first I didn’t know where I was. I looked up and I was cradled in some ones arms. I felt safe. They were asleep and as I sat up in their lap they stirred and looked at me. He smiled and mouthed hey. I just smiled back. I knew who it was, in the back of my mind. I knew he meant a lot to me. I kept staring and all I could see was him and a bright light.

“Why are you shining?” I asked him. Shock was suddenly written across his face. He was silent for a little while but then he smiled. It was a soft happy smile. There were no worries in his face.

“I’ll explain later when you are a little more with it, okay?” I nodded and just sat there. His arms weren’t moving. He sat there just holding me. After a while I started to remember who I was, where I was, what I was doing here and most of all, who the guy I was sat with. I jumped up and span to looked at him, clapped my heals together. Realisation seemed to hit me. It was his fault that I was here. It was his fault that I had been hurt and it was his fault that everything had happened this way. It was strange though, doubt still filled my head. I couldn’t believe it. As I stared at him the glow around him started to dim down. I was silent as I walked up to him and pull the collar of his top away from his neck. The amulet that I needed wasn’t there.

“Where is it?” I asked. Zev just looked at me. He didn’t understand what I wanted. “Where is the amulet?” I asked.

“My amulet?” he questioned me back. I nodded.

“Yes! Where is it?” I almost screamed at him. He just stared at me. I rolled my eyes and stormed out of my room. I needed that amulet. I heard Zev call my name as I passed through the door but i ignored him. He was hiding something from me. My sister was protecting him. My sister evaded the truth when it came down to that of who had been following us. I stormed through Zev’s room and I headed for his draws. I ripped them out; I pulled his clothes out, everything that belonged to him. The tops were swept clean and then I headed to the wardrobe. I pulled that out. I emptied boxes, turned every shoe upside down. There was nothing. I jumped on every stone to check for looseness. I jumped on one and it made a different sound to the rest. I stopped and looked down. I knelt by it and lifted it up. There was a box under the stone.

I pulled it out and sat down. I opened the box and I saw the amulet. It was the exact same one I saw when I tried to escape the stalker. I picked it up and I stared at it. I then looked at the box. There was a folder there. It had my name on it. I picked it up putting the amulet down. I looked in the folder and I couldn’t believe what was there. There were pictures of me doing everything. There were reports and information that I didn’t even know. This was an investigation file. I looked up and saw Zev at the door. I saw regret in his eyes.

“You lied to me. It wasn’t because I broke the rules was it?” I asked him.

“No, I was still personally investigating Danni.”

“So, you knew I was involved with him?”

“No,” he said quietly. “Gur was doing patrols around the area. It is a yearly thing. He noticed your sister acting reckless and so followed you a little. He noticed your connections and so I was pulled into help. I noticed you were related to Danni somehow but then it all changed. I overheard some people talking. They mentioned you, the amount of land you owned and how you were always mysterious. Then one mentioned the news of how a large black cat had been seen prowling the woods, your woods. They were making connections and so I had to stop it.” It didn’t make any sense.

“So, you lied about my charges” I asked. He didn’t say a thing. I glared at him. “Well?” he sighed.

“No, I just didn’t tell you the truth.”

“And yet you kept the truth from me for so long. Even tried to keep it from me with Danni about but you knew it would emerge when Danni was sorted. You tried too hard to keep it from me.”

“I didn’t tell you for a reason” He said. He seemed totally unfazed by this. It was like it wasn’t affecting him. Did he even care? I got up taking the amulet. I wanted to keep it. I gathered the file and I stalked over to Zev.

I forced the folder at him, pressing it into his chest. He didn’t glow anymore.

“You are dead to me” I told him. I saw him snap in half at that point. He was angry and hurt. He wanted to hurt me but beg for me to stay. He was torn between keeping me and forcing me farther away. He tried moving in front of me but I pushed past him.

“You’ll regret this” he muttered. I stopped and looked at him.

“Me? No, in fact I think it will be you who will regret. You will regret the day you ever met me, and my family. You will regret even acknowledging my existence and you will regret the day you dared to bring me to this awful place.” I then walked away. I still held the amulet in my hand. It hurt to walk away from him. My heart was heavy and I hated it but how could I trust him again. He had kept secrets from me, lied to me and broke my trust. I didn’t know where I was heading but when I burst through a door I knew where I was and who I was about to have a go at.

“You knew!” I shouted at the queen. She was sipping tea as though nothing was going on. She lowered her cup and looked at me.

“Dear, you forgot to knock. I’m in a meeting.” I looked around me and she was right. She was in a meeting with some important looking officials. I rolled my eyes and gripped the amulet tighter.

“I don’t care! You knew that your son was investigating me. You knew why he was investigating me and you knew he then proceeded to hide it all from me, and yet you tell me I broke rules and you insisted on keeping me here. I couldn’t figure out why the rules surrounding me were slack, compared to others. It was because I am not even a criminal. I’m not a demon who wanted to join this thing you call a guard. You needed to give me the space. In fact you have no right to keep me here under Act 56. An act so small and yet so powerful.” She took another sip of her drink and sighed.

“Are you quite finished child?” she said. I blinked.

“Oh, yes, I’m quiet finished with this hell hole. I hope you rot” and I stormed out the room. I stormed through the corridor and I headed to the door. I pushed it open and I looked down at my hand. The silver gleamed in the sun that shone. I didn’t know what day it was or even what time. I didn’t care. I needed to get away from this place from life. I took the chain of the amulet and pulled it over my head. It was mine now. I then changed. I looked behind me and I knew I was finished. I was finished with Zev, the guard and this life. I would start a new somewhere else.