Chapter 40: Corruption

Skylar sent human hounds to go after them and bring them back alive to the pack house, the hounds chased them down and successfully found them in a small village just on the outskirts of the White stone pack lands. They brought them to the pack house and that was the beginning of Meredith’s failure.

She tried to use a love spell on Elaine while she was knocked out but it didn’t work instead it made Elaine hate Skylar more. She had tried her best to create chaos by putting the idea of an aphrodisiac into Hayley’s head and made her suggest it to Skylar but it didn’t work because Hayley was sleeping with another.

She needed her to be eliminated or she will spoil the plans they have set in place, so she allowed Skylar doubt his wife and punish her by putting her the the house of the hounds. Brandon went to save her with the help of Edgar and this gave Meredith the opportunity to strike again, she used all the moves she could possibly think of to make them die in that house but non of them worked.

After so many attempts, she was successful enough to make the fire that spread through out the house but then, Brandon and Edgar were outside fighting one of the hound so it was only Hayley that died in the fire.

Meredith made Skylar to be able to do something no one has tried to do in so many years.

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Elaine’s POV

I was awoken by a very loud sound that seemed far but I was quite sure it was made closer than I thought. I came down from the bed and I realized just how weak I was, how long was I asleep for?, I said to myself but there was no time to waste my guts told me something wasn’t right.

I walked down through the halls that I was all too familiar with even if few changes has been made to the walls. I hastened my footsteps as I began to hear loud voices.

“Stop it!!! Control yourself!!” The voice screamed and I was very sure it was Brandon’s.

I finally got down to the great hall and I could see Edgar standing at a place with Jon in his hands as he strangled him, he was already gasping for breath and shaking as he tried to free himself. The gruesome sight left me dumbfounded and I knew that Edgar must be letting his rage take the best of him. Now I remembered all I have been doing while asleep for as long as I was, I was taken to view the past and the future and now I am left with the present to make sure they all align.

If it is truly what I think, I needed to think of a way to save Jon, he wasn’t supposed to die, at least not now because he had a bigger part to play in the war to come.

“Edgar!!! Let him go” I said screaming from where I stood and everyone in the room turned to look at me with relief in their eyes that I was awake after looking at them all I focused on Edgar.

Unlike the usual dark red, Alexander’s eyes were black and emotionless, I knew something was wrong and he wasn’t himself but after few moments, he let Jon fall to the ground and he coughing violently.

Edgar’s attention was focused on me as he gave me a murderous stare, something was wrong and the only way to know was to let it play out.

“Everyone, leave us and bolt the doors” I said not batting an eyelid as I stared deeply into his eyes.

“My Lady…” Brandon said as he tried to tell me.

“It’s alright Brandon, I’m well aware he’s not himself. Now do as I say” I said and he obeyed after few moments of hesitation.

As soon as the door closed I focused back on Edgar who looked like there was a battle in his mind, it seemed like two souls shared his body and one of them fought to take dominion over him.

“Eddy, it’s me Elaine,” I said as I slowly walked closer to him from across the hall.

“I don’t know what’s happening but I’m very sure we can sort it out together” I said as I continued walking towards him.

Come on Eddy, talk to me” I said this time standing right in front of him, I saw that he was trying to restrain himself from hurting me but I knew no matter how far gone he might look, there was still some part of him that was still the Eddy I know.

“Don’t come any closer Elaine, I don’t want to hurt you” he said as he took few steps backward.

I ignored what he said and moved closer to him, I held him in my arms closer to myself, I felt him lean on me as he groaned in pain. I held unto him for a while waiting for him to get better like he should. After few moments, he stopped groaning and raised his head up.

When our eyes met, I could see a pair of dark red eyes staring at me and I knew he was the Eddy I knew”

“What happened?” i said immediately I confirmed it was really him.

“The mountain ash never really left my body ever since the incident with the human hounds” he said looking at me like he was scared.

“That’s impossible, I burned it out myself” I said not believing anything he was saying.

“Well some of them found a way to stay in my body because how else does corruption comes if not mountain ash”