So my eyes simply closed. "Yes, the necklace. Smart girl." He put a small strand of hair away from my face.. "Tell me, Lana, are you going to die in here tonight? Or obey me, help me, and live?" And then ran a cold finger down the side of my face.. I felt nauseous from despise. Hate. "Goodness, a Morpher's blood really is flowing through your veins, isn't it? A beauty like this cannot be mistaken." My fists clenched so tightly, my nails dug in my skin until blood came out.. I felt the cuts burning.. I released my hands a bit.. My own blood sticky on my palms. I had to kill him. Hell, I had to. And I was almost controlled by those urges.. Almost. But instead, I spoke.. "You shouldn't have killed my father, Adam.." The word that would've escaped me.. It would've been a clear threat. I knew it would. How I managed to stop there, I have no clue. But perhaps it was my tone that had him take a step back.. Or the look behind my eyes when our gazes met. Perhaps he even read my wishes.. My urges and sensed my fury.. He walked back and turned his back on me.. Walking towards the door. "I had to get your attention." He simply said. So I continued with my questions. "And your witches.." I looked around. "Where are they?" "When they work on their magic, they leave.. It's not easy to come back from the dead." "The doors are opened. Why don't you just leave?" And it was when I said that, that he stopped in front of the opened door. He had his hands classically folded behind his back.. "I can't." He rose one hand.. Reached towards the outside.. But as f there was a glass there, the magic stopped him. "That sister of yours.. Amelia.. She cast a spell on me.. On this house." "She—" She went though enough torture because of you, I wished to say. That sister of mine that hates you from the depth of her soul. Yet instead, "She told me about you, you know," "I wouldn't expect any less.." He put his hand back behind himself. "Even though she left me to rot in here, I knew I would always be with her. I marked her, you see," And something seemed to turn in my stomach. "How?" He turned to face me then.. Crystal blue eyes looked back at mine.. Almost as pale as the moonlight itself. "I'll always be part of her memory. Even if she found a way to kill me." For me, for Christian, for family. I repeated to myself. I had to kill him for them. And I didn't even realize that my eyes had closed.. I gained some control over myself. Looked at him again as I crossed my arms over my chest.. As innocently as I could. The only thing I could think of was, what would Amelia do.. What would she say if she was in my shoes? Her and I were very different. Two opposite when it came to temper and control. I had to make it seem she and I were more alike.. "How did you wake up?" My gulp was noticeable on purpose.. And it made him smile.. It made him start walking back towards me.. "I made friends.." I didn't move back this time. I allowed him to stop before me again.. "That hate the le Boursiers more than I do.." Perhaps it was too daring that I stared back into his eyes.. Thinking how much longer it would take to see them lifeless.. "Ah," I looked on the side, managing to somewhat nod my head slightly.. I kept my voice quiet. I kept myself still. In control. And looked at him again.. "And me? If they try to hurt me?" He frowned when he scanned me.. In ways that seemed like he was analyzing every feature of mine.. "No one will try to hurt you. You came here willingly, love," Then he leaned closer, and I failed to process his words because my focus was on all the ways he could've been tortured, if not killed. "Help me, and I'll keep you safe, for eternity," His breath was against my hair; his voice in my ear. His words.. I heard them. "Try running—" My chin was directed until my eyes locked with his again. "I'm afraid it won't end so well for you here.." I inhaled slowly, trying to gather my patience. "What do you want me to do?" How I had managed to mouth out those words, I have no clue.. But simply hearing myself say that, the weakness in my voice, fake or not, had my temper snap, just like that. And..