"How does it feel Lily? With the silver, you won't be able to shift, and your healing is slowed down. It's almost as if you were human again," She sneered, walking towards a small table and holding up several knives one by one. "If you don't do what I ask then I will make your death last for hours, if not days!" Lacy threatened her. Lily couldn't hold back the tears any longer as she continued to cradle her arm.
She looked up at Lacy. Her once best friend held the biggest knife Lily had ever seen before, and she swallowed with difficulty, realizing it also was silver plated. Her breath caught in her throat as the blonde advanced towards her with a mad look in her eyes.
Hours later, Lily lay on the floor, exhausted. The metallic smell of her blood filled her nose. She wasn't sure how much time had passed while Lacy merciless tortured her and showered her with insults. She'd been cut with silver knives, burned, kicked, and lashed. She glanced at the small rectangular window seeing that dusk was just about to arrive. When the night set in she could give the vampire control and the silver would lose its effect on her then Lily could over power Lacy.
Maybe she was delusional but Lily had the faint hope that she could make Lacy see how crazy she was being. Lily knew it was Xavier's fault. He was a parasite; he fed people lies and impossible promises making them think he can make their greatest wishes come true. He used them up until they no longer served then he threw them away. "Lacy," Lily croaked. "Please... let us talk... about this," she started.
"I'm sorry. I never meant to do those things to you. I'm willing to do what I can to make amends, except try to turn you into this monster that I am. If I could get rid of this horrible mark on my shoulder and step aside so you and James could be together I swear to you I would" she explained, and Lacy's face started to soften. "Please Lacy, give me back my best friend, I can't lose you too! Let's forgive and forget please," she pleaded but Lacy's face contorted with mad anger.
"You're absolutely brainless! You don't deserve to be forgiven and like hell do I want your forgiveness," she screamed and hit Lily in the ribs with the bar again. Lily cried out and closed her eyes, feeling her heart break along with her ribs.
"Then I must tell you this," Lily said looking at the little window seeing it was dark. She slowly gave over to the vampire. "I never wanted any of this! I didn't want to have your parents; I wanted my biological parents to love me! I never wanted to be changed; I was happy being human! I never wanted James, I can't stand him," she snarled.
"You are the stupid one Lacy," she snapped as she sat up, the pain becoming a dull throb. "If only you would discuss what was wrong, we could've worked it out but you choose to hold bitterly on to your grudges and let them poison you," she growled, grabbing the silver that now no longer burned her and easily removed it. Lacy took a step back with a look of confusion.
"H-how did you do that," she asked. "Y-your eyes?" she gasped when she saw Lily's now brownish red eyes. She hissed at the blonde with rage.
"Once I allow the vampire to take more control, silver no longer burns me," she snarled walking slowly towards Lacy. "But since you tortured me I've gotten very hungry," she threatened, and Lacy continued to back up into the wall.
"Y-you can't, y-you wouldn't," Lacy cried as Lily stood before her.
"Why not, you wanted me dead?" Lily replied and she could hear Lacy's heart beat racing and she bared her fangs lunging at her friend. Lacy screamed and tried to escape from her, but Lily easily caught her and slammed her against the wall.
"Please," Lacy squeaked. "Please don't drain me!" She sobbed.
"Seriously you don't know me at all," she spat at Lacy. "Or you would know I would never attack anyone like that, especially you. I thought we were friends, more than that I thought we were sisters," Lily told her sadly. "Why couldn't you just have talked to me, Lacy? Why would you rather destroy me than talk to me," Lily pleaded, traitorous tears falling down her face.
Lacy's face softened a little but hardened quickly. "Because you don't care about anyone but yourself Lily, it's always about you. Poor little Lily: mistreated and abandoned! Our own little Oliver Twist! You've got everyone falling for you! Kyle wanted you! Xavier couldn't stop talking about how perfect you are and how if he ever had a daughter, she'd be just like you! James fought for you, not only against my uncle but my father too," Lacy explained with icy calmness.
"Everyone quickly rose up to defend the great Lily Nawassa, everyone! It's not fair," she said, her voice cracked with a sob. "I left three days ago and only now did people notice I was gone," she continued. Lily's anger dissipated, and she wanted to hug Lacy so badly, but she couldn't bring herself to trust fully in her Lacy again.
"I'm so sorry Lacy! You have no idea how much I wish I could go back in time and refuse to help your father with those pills! I know a lot of what happened was my fault," Lily told her wiping away the tears from her cheeks. "We can fix this Lacy, I know we can," Lily told her, and Lacy remained silent, her head hung against her chest as tears fell down her face. She pulled her sister over to the silver cord and snapped it away from where it was attached to the floor.
"Sorry, but I have to do this. You can't blame me for not fully trusting you right now," Lily told her and Lacy simply bobbed her head in reply. She wrapped the silver around Lacy's wrists. Lacy cried out as the cord began to burn her.
Lily grabbed a dirty piece of cloth around one her hands and forced the vampire back down inside her. She grabbed the cord with her protected hand tugging at Lacy to follow her. "By the way it may have taken three days to notice your absence but you have no idea the love you have from your family. Everyone went crazy to find you, that pathetic clown as you called him, thinks you are the best thing in this world," Lily told her. She saw a small smile appear on Lacy's lips that gave Lily a bittersweet feeling. They walked out of the abandoned farm, and Lily helped her sister into the back seat, tying the cord.
When Lily arrived back at the hotel, she felt utterly exhausted but forced herself to stay alert. Chris would have a hard time understanding that Lacy was now their prisoner. She opened the car door and dragged Lacy out of the back. "Lily everyone was looking for you, where did you go? Isn't that the alpha's daughter?" Bianca asked when she saw Lily then noticed Lily's bloodied appearance and started to ask what happened, but Lily interrupted her.
"Where are the others, we are going to have to discuss some things," Lily told her with a matter of fact tone. Bianca nodded turning to get everyone else and quickly she saw Chris running towards them. Seeing his relieved face just made her heart break even more.
"Stay back Chris," she warned him as she held up her hand. James was close behind him, looking just as confused.
"What the hell Lily, why is Lacy being silvered?" Chris demanded.
"She's gone crazy Chris! I think Xavier did something to her," Lacy cried out, and Lily glared at her sister and shoved her backward. Chris growled and tried to help his mate, but Lily shoved him back too. So this was how it was going to be, she thought bitterly.
"Chris back off and let me explain," Lily told him but he shook his head racing toward her again. Thankfully James grabbed him and held him back. "Lacy was never taken by Xavier, she is working with Xavier," she said and explained everything that had happened that day, but Chris still didn't look like he believed them.
"It can't be, tell them, Lacy. Xavier made you do this," he pleaded with her.
"Oh God shut up you pathetic idiot," Lacy snarled at him. "Just when I thought you couldn't get any worse," she complained, and Chris looked at her in surprise. Lily shook her head; she thought she had gotten through to Lacy but apparently she was wrong.