Spell Bound

Arabella

I am startled awake by Lucian pressing kisses on my neck.

I glare at the ceiling as he peppers the kisses all over neck, not focusing on a single spot.

"I am so glad you're awake Bella." He whispers in my ear before nibbling on the shell.

I roll my eyes at his statement. He knows that the only reason that I am awake is because he woke me up with his need for affection.

His arms wrap around my waist and pulls me closer to him and nuzzles his facs in my neck. "I'm going to miss you."

I feel myself freeze up at his words, but Lucian doesn’t seems to notice as he he continues to rub his face against my neck.

“Why would you miss me? You keep me here locked away, and see me whenever you want.” I state, trying my best not to sound suspicious.

He trails his nose from the top of my shoulder, up my neck causing a shiver to go down my spine. “The queen has commanded that I help gather things to give to the packs that have suffered from recent attack. I wanted to bring you along, but she made the command that you are to be left here.”

I frown at the thought, this probably means that even more children have been hurt. I can’t help but be curious as to why the witch’s want this land so bad that they will stoop down to the levels that the claim the wolves are at.

I wrap my arm around his back and pull him closer to me, causing him to let out a soft purr.

I bite my lip to keep from smiling. I always assumed that men were not usually the affection ones when it comes to romantic relationships. In my coven I would overhear women speaking on how their husbands wouldn’t show them much affection. Lucian is quite the opposite, he almost craves affection. It makes me wonder if all male wolves are like this.

“I don’t want to leave you here.” He squeezes me tighter. “I want you to see how our community comes together to help one another.”

I feel my heart thrash in my chest. If it wasn’t for Valentina in this moment I might stay with him. Try and see through the fantasy that he’s been trying to sell me these last couple of days. I can’t take that leap of faith knowing how clever he is. This is my one shot to escape and I can’t blow it. I squeeze him a little tighter before exiting his embrace. He lets me go, but still holds into my arm as we lay in silence.

I don’t know why I feel so guilty about leaving this place, but I do. He’s held me captive and mocked all of my failures. Yet, I can’t deny the connection that the two of us share. How comforting his presence is, just knowing that we are within a short distance of one another is enough to settle me, to make me feel safe.

Which is so dumb because I don’t need anyone to protect me, but I know that he would protect me anyways.

“What time are you supposed to help out?” I ask.

“I’m not exactly sure, someone will probably mind link when it’s time for me to help. Until then.” He pauses in between sentences, pulling me back into his body. “I want spend this moment right here with you.”

I would be annoyed by him if I didn’t find this kinda cute, in a weird way.

I run my hand through his hair as I sit and think of everything that I need to do. I know my theory on saving Marisol has to be correct, and that should be enough to pay back my debt of gaining my powers thanks to Lucian. Yet, there is a part of me that wants to stay with him. I feel like I could be happy with him.

I roll my eyes at my pathetic thoughts. I have done plenty to ensure that my ancestors will torture me in the afterlife, I don’t need to pile onto their anger.

“You’ve been really quiet, Bella. What are you thinking about?” He asks.

I tug on his hair. “Wouldn’t you like to know.” I responded before slipping out of his arms and quickly jumping out of bed. Another minute of us laying there would have me begging him to do things that we have no business doing.

He lets out a what only could be described at as a whine as I walk towards the closet.

I roll my eyes at his clinginess.

I feel myself gravitate towards his side of the closet. I think the entire time that I have been here I’ve only worn his tops. Still I grab another one of his basic navy blue t-shirts of the hanger, and a pair of denim shorts that are hanging on my side.

I walk out of the closet with those clothes in my hand, throwing them onto the bed.

Lucian sits up and glances at the clothes before raising his eyebrow at me. “And where exactly are you going today?” He asks.

I feel the blood in my body start to pump faster at his question. “Anywhere you allow me to go, since you are the one holding me captive.” I tried to respond as snarky as possible, but my voice shook just a little bit, and I know he noticed.

Instead of calling me out he nods. “I’m glad that you enjoyed our little night stroll. I’ll make sure to get done helping so we can do it again.”

I feel like the guilt is starting to eat me up on the inside, and just as I am about to confess to him what I have planned he shoots out of the bed.

“Duty calls.” He states before he strolls in the closet. He comes out in a pair of black jeans and a white v-neck shirt. “I can’t wait to see you tonight, my little spitfire.” He states before placing a light kiss on my cheek.

“Lucian.” I call out just as his hand is about to touch the doorknob.

He slowly turns to me. “Yes?” He asks.

I bite my lip as I stare at him.

I bite my lip as I slowly start to walk towards him.

I grasp him by his shoulders, pulling him towards me, and before the courage can leave my body I plant my lips against his.

He instantly responds, his hand splaying against my back, pulling me closer to his body as he completely dominates the kiss.

I pull away, desperate for air, but he continues to give my lips soft pecks. Smiling in between our kisses.

“I really need to go.” He states before nuzzling his face in my neck, his nose brushing up against the mark.

“Okay.” I state quietly.

He pulls away from our embrace, his arms still around me.

I gasp as I watch his eyes go from black to the amber gold that appears when his wolf wants to take control. It was only for a second, but it makes me aware that his wolf is in favor of disregarding Marisol’s request.

“Tell me to go.” Lucian’s hand travels down from my back to my hip, squeezing it. “Tell me to leave, please.” His voice was gruff, and his body slightly shaking.

“You need to go help. That way you can come back to me faster.” I respond.

Lucian threw his head back and growled, and when his eyes connected with mine I saw that his wolf has completely taken over.

He spun me until my back slammed against the wall. His fingers dug into my hips as his lips softly brushed against mine, his teeth grazing my bottom lip, but he doesn’t actually break the skin.

He pulls away and nods at me before storming out of the room.

I didn’t move even after I couldn’t hear his footsteps in the hallway. Instead I slowly slid down the wall until I was sitting on the floor.

I am in way deeper than I thought.

Right after Lucian left the room I changed into the clothes that were waiting for me in the bed.

I don’t know exactly how I am supposed to figure out when the magic barrier is lifted. Will Marisol come tell me herself? Will she send someone else too?

There’s too many unknowns that come with this plan.

What if Lucian finishes gathering the donations early? What if he has a wolf watching me to make sure that I don’t escape? What if he has someone guarding Valentina?

I shake the thoughts out of my head.

I am sure Marisol wants to live, so she must have ironed out all of the details and just hasn’t had the time to tell me.

In this moment I envy wolves and their ability to have conversations with one another in their minds.

I pace back and forth in the room, the nervousness starting to kick in.

Lucian has shown me on more than one occasion that he’s always one step ahead of me. What makes this any different?

He could be using Marisol to test me, and when I fail he’ll chain me back up.

I glance at the bed’s footboard where the chain was.

That’s just going to have to be a chance that I take.

In one quick moment I feel my magic begin to start buzzing through my body, like everything has clicked into place.

I don’t make any kind of movement for a few seconds, just in case this is some kind of trap.

A smile slowly forms on my face when I realize there is no one around.

I lift up my hand, my palm facing up. After concentrating for a moment a small flame floats above my hand.

“Yes.” I whisper to myself before flicking the flame away. For a moment I am tempted to burn this place down to the ground. I would have to be fast, before they put the magic disabling spell. I would be a legend among my peers, siphon witch or not they would have no choice but to respect me.

I shake away those thoughts. I can’t indulge in my wants right now, the best thing that I can do is get Valentina and get the hell out of here.

I focus my thoughts on the room that Valentina is in currently, and then I imagine myself in the room as well.

I feel the floor leave under my feet, and it feels like my body is being torn in half as I fall into darkness.

Before I know it I am stumbling in the middle of her room trying to catch my balance as Valentina screams into her hands.

I wave my hand at her while shushing her as I try to stop my body from swaying. “If you don’t stop that you’re going to get us caught before I can get us out of here.”

I thought that performing these spells would be easy. I always thought that having the power to do them was the only necessary step. I never thought about the time that it takes to execute the spell gracefully.

“What the hell Arabella!” Valentina shrieks quietly. “You can do that? Only like a handful of witches can do that!”

I smirk at her statement. One of the perks of becoming the most powerful being with magic on the planet. Things that were once only a dream to me is now my reality. There isn’t any spell that I can’t do.

As much as I want to brag about my newfound powers, I bite my tongue. Now is not the time. “I don’t know how long we have until the disabling spell goes back up. We need to leave now.”

Valentina slowly climbs out of the bed, her eyes still wide from shock. She doesn’t state another word as she stands in front of me.

I don’t have to tell her that teleportation hurts, I am sure she can see it written all over my face.

We don’t have time to figure out how we can make teleportation less painful, the only thing we can do is escape.

Valentina reaches for my hand and intertwines her fingers with mine before taking a deep breath and nodding.

I squeeze her hand as I envision our cabin in the woods, specifically our living room. Valentina’s scream pierces the air as the teleportation spell starts. I know that she is feeling the exact way that I am. Having your body split in half only to have it be put back together again.

When our feet land back on the floor we stumble, and Valentina ends up tripping over her own feet causing us both to fall to the ground.

“That was amazing.” She says with a giggle. “I don’t see how people just continue to go about their day as if nothing happened after doing this.”

I groan and hold my head. I guess transporting more than once within a short time frame is something that I won’t be participating in unless it is absolutely necessary.

The splitting headache was definitely triggered by the transportation spell. Valentina’s scream probably didn’t do me any favors either.

I slowly crawl to the couch as the pain in my head starts to get worse. I squeeze my eyes shut and shove my head into the cushion, trying to block everything out.

“I know that you’re in pain, but we need to get what we need to get and then leave. Your mate is probably going to figure out we escaped, and from the way he looks at you I doubt that he’ll be happy about that.”

I groan at her words. I know she is right, but that isn’t going to make me move any faster.

What is the point of being the most powerful witch on the planet if I can be taken down by a headache?

Valentina sighs. “I’ll try and see if I can make something quick for your headache.”

I want to thank her but I can’t. Only slight movement that I make only makes the pain worse.

In this moment the only thought that lessened my pain was Lucian.

Maybe this headache isn’t a result of the teleportation and maybe it is a result of being away from him. It would make sense. Though the pain that I am feeling right now pales in comparison to the pain that I was in the day I tried to escape. So that can’t be right.

Lucian and his cocky attitude, unique eyes and constant need for affection. I don’t know when or how, but I somehow found myself falling for him.

I don’t know if I am going to be able to spend the rest of my life evading him while I secretly crave to be by his side.

I’m not sure how Valentina will react to my feelings for him, but as long as she is prepared to hideaway with me then that’s what the two of us will do.

I groan as Valentina shakes my arm. “It isn’t going to make your headache disappear completely since we aren’t letting it sit and marinate, but it should help manage the pain.”

I slowly lift my head off the couch and hold my hand out with my eyes still closed.

Valentina sighs before letting out a laugh. “You have always been such a drama queen.” She states before placing a cup into my hand.

I slowly lift the cup to my lips and begin to sip the bitter liquid. Unfortunately the cure to my headache tastes like shit.

Like Valentina said my headache doesn’t clear up completely, but I can open my eyes without blinding pain. “The moonstone.” I whisper. “I need the moonstone.”

Valentina’s eyes widen. “Wait! The moonstone is here?”

I groan at how loud she is being, and shove my face back into the couch cushion. “Yes.” is my only reply.

She grumbles about me keeping secrets from her as she walks away. I slowly stand, using the couch to help me get to my feet.

I give myself a few moments to compose myself before I start to make my way to my room. I’m sure Valentina is already in there wrecking everything to get a glimpse of the moon stone.

I laugh silently.

I just need a few moments to recover, then I’m going to grab the moonstone and get us out of here.

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