Hellbound With You (WN)

”Shall we wait for him outside? ” Kyle had suggested, and the rest agreed to it by moving out of the house.

However, an hour had passed, and Ezekiel was yet to return. Lucas and Kyle had gotten bored just standing around waiting for Zeke, so they decided on some beneficial activity to pass their time and started sparing intensely in the nearby forest while Zeres and Alicia stayed at the house ’s doorway. There was a long-backed bench that Zeres had placed Alicia to sit and rest while waiting.

Alicia had been trying to initiate a conversation with Zeres for the first few minutes after he had put her on the bench, but eventually, she stopped. It was not due to Zeres ’ short and blunt responses but for the only reason that she was already starting to feel weak again. This evidence of weakness totally disgusted her. For her to be so weak to the point that she could not even sustain a simple conversation was making her even more miserable.

This had not happened before. Usually, she was able to at least remain standing until they reached their next destination. But now, they have yet to even move out and already, her knees were giving out as if she was some sickly old human lady. She had sat weakly on the floor thirty minutes ago and now her breathing was starting to become more laboured and louder.

Sitting across her on a tree stump that was conveniently lying around, with his wrist on top of his bended knee, Zeres silently gritted his teeth. The tendons and muscles in his fists and neck appearing as his gaze sharpened in rage – a rage directed towards himself and the world.

But he loosened up after closing his eyes, taking a deep calming breath before he finally stood and approached her.

Without a word, Zeres gathered her in his arms and Alicia could not even mutter a protest. She scoffed at herself internally. What was there for her to be all proud and uptight in protesting on the way he is caring her and seeing to her needs? She could not even sit and talk comfortably, much less stand up and walk on her own strength. It was all she could do to hold her head upright instead of leaning it against Zeres ’ chest, while he carried her. The sound of her own breathlessness filled the silent atmosphere since the two vampires had already long stopped their sparring and had headed back to where they were.

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Kyle saw Zeres picking Alicia up in his arms and was about to rush over towards them, but Lucas grabbed onto his shoulder, effectively stopping him from barging into something that might cause more awkwardness than it already was.

”Don ’t. You can ’t do anything for her even if you do go rushing over. ” Lucas said, causing Kyle to frown at him. He shrugged off Lucas ’ hold on his shoulder and brushed past him and approached the two witches, but at a more sedate pace rather than at a dead run like he wanted to do so earlier.

”Zeres. What ’s going on? ” the boy asked but Zeres simply glanced at him and looked at Lucas.