Stormy belongs to GeekyCookie1

Quick author's note: I haven't really done these in a while, but this book is almost complete! There's roughly four more chapters left and that's it! So I am just really curious to know what everyone's reactions is regarding the news of this book ending.

Enjoy this chapter and I hope to hear from you all soon! Peace! 💕

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"Aliya?"

Jesse couldn't deny his heart racing as he stared at the light-skinned girl who was now wearing a misty blue sundress and light blue sandals. Her hair was back to its medium-length curly style and as she laughed in a heartfelt way, he only felt his heart beating faster.

Jesse hated how he was trying to become dead-set on loathing her for the rejection, yet here she was, sneaking her way back into his heart. The way Aliya made him feel was both exhilarating and downright exhausting at times. Sometimes, he thought he had Aliya pinned down then she ended up doing things like this that made him confused about how she truly felt towards him.

"Were you expecting someone else, Your Grace?" Aliya cheekily questioned, displaying a sense of confidence and somewhat of a flirting spirit he wasn't entirely used to seeing.

So when she had referred to him in a similar nature to the royals, Jesse found his hair glowing, slightly taken aback but in a good way. However, her comment did not please Iris, who recovered from the sight of being challenged.

"The only one who gets to use royal terms around him is me! Not you, Fae-Maid!" Iris quickly snapped, approaching the wingless faerie, who simply crossed her arms. "Oh, how so?" Aliya patiently inquired. "Because I'm actually going to be Queen one day!" Iris sharply answered as she eyed the girl.

"One day, Fae-Maid, you'll be lucky to be one of my maids cleaning beneath my feet, but if you start talking to me with some sense...." Iris trailed off for dramatic effect as she gave a brisk chuckle. "I might just make you my handmaiden," Iris smugly continued, crossing her arms with a triumphant smile.

"Right... but what makes you royal material exactly? Last time I checked, you weren't even a real Avalonian," she started, which caught Iris off-guard. "Yeah! According to Avalon laws, I believe only real Avalonians can become royals and if I'm correct, I'm more Avalonian than you'll ever be," she continued, glowing with delight at the sight of Iris's shocked eyes.

"So Iris, if we're both being honest here, you'll be the one serving me instead," she continued, maintaining the same boldness that rendered her rival speechless. "I would hate to have your head served to me on a sliver platter in the future, so just watch how you talk to me moving forward," Aliya continued, now closer to Iris as the two were in personal proximity to each other.

In that moment, Iris's hair became brightly lit in response to the frustration she felt from being unable to speak. She tried to get the words out, but by then, Iris could just see Aliya's smug look and the hybrid knew it was over for her.

"Ugh, whatever," Iris reluctantly mumbled, rolling her eyes. "My father will hear about this!" she snapped, swaying her hair over Aliya as she confidently held her head high upon leaving the faerie. "Mhm, I'm sure. Tell him I'm ready to talk to him whenever!" the faerie called out to Iris, who angrily huffed on the way out.

"Now before we were rudely interrupted, where were we?" Aliya smoothly continued, returning her focus to Jesse, whose hair kept glowing brighter at the sight of the girl stroking her chin. "You were about to kiss me," he blurted out, to which Aliya pulled him close.

"Is that so?" she lightly teased as Jesse's eyes widened. He was so infuriated with her in that moment, the love fairy failed to see the seashell necklace around her neck nor did he bother to see a slight glow coming from the necklace. "Well, if that's what you want, why don't you make the first move, lover boy?" the faerie continued, pulling Jesse closer to hide the glow radiating from the necklace.

"Jesse, I love the human realm as much as you do, but I'm not going to leave Avalon just because you made the decision based on what you felt was best. That's not who I am."

"Come on, Jesse, it'll be great. Then we can live together and have the fairytale life you always wanted. All you have to do is kiss me," she softly persisted, yet it was the sudden shift in her words that made Jesse remember what she had told him prior to the trip back to Avalon.

"Your life isn't some kind of fairytale, Jesse!"

As Jesse stared at Aliya and recalled the words she told him, a sudden knot began to form in his stomach as he felt an acidic burn in the back of his throat. As the love fairy felt the heartache and mixed emotions swirl inside him, he pulled back from the faerie, who gave him a puzzled look.

"What's wrong?" Aliya innocently asked, moving closer to him. "Don't you want this?" she continued, only to get stopped by Shiron and Talia, who fiercely stood in front of their son. "Stay back from him!" his parents exclaimed, but Aliya paid the couple no attention.

Aliya was focusing on Jesse's eyes and she frowned when she saw the gold shimmer in the love fairy's eyes start fading away. She was this close to having him and the boy's parents just had to intervene!

"We know what you are, Fae-Maid," Talia confidently stated as Aliya momentarily blinked. "You do?" she asked, more so out of confusion. "Amara, your daughter is a witch! I've been saying it all along!" the boy's mother proudly stated to which Aliya briefly chuckled.

"Well, you'll have to catch me first, if that's what you think."

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When Aliya disappeared in thin air, Talia smugly pointed in the direction she vanished from. "See? She's a witch! What did I tell you?" she confidently continued as everyone was trying to process the exchange between the two Avalonians. "Look, our daughter isn't a witch," Amara and Issac firmly stated as Talia laughed.

"Still clueless as ever. Did you not see your daughter trying to use witchcraft on my beloved son? Not to mention, she vanished as quickly as she came!" Talia definitely pointed out, before turning to her husband. "Shiron, please tell them I'm right," she continued as Shiron slowly lift his eyes from the paper.

"Actually, sweetheart, I think we made a mistake," Shiron slowly began, hesitating with each word he spoke, but he knew the truth needed to come out. "Aliya isn't a witch and we owe her about sixteen years' worth of apologies," he continued, trying to ignore his wife's crestfallen face while simultaneously avoiding the smug, we-told-you-so looks from Amara, Issac and Stormy.

"Please tell me I made it!" Faustin loudly exclaimed, panting as he held his knees from collapsing. "Why didn't you just teleport over here?" Stormy pointed out as the fortune teller blinked. "I'm a psychic, not a flyer," Faustin firmly stated. "Well, did you happen to come across the whereabouts of Aliya?" Stormy asked.

"What are you talking about, Storm? Aliya was right there!" Jesse protested as Lillian and Jaxon glanced at each other. "You couldn't possibly believe that the girl in front of you was Aliya. There's no way!" the siblings protested, now laughing at his reaction, which only fueled the anger inside of him.

"Besides, Aliya wouldn't carry herself like she's a royal. She dislikes Iris with a passion, but I highly doubt she would have gone that far into insulting her," Castor chimed in as Jesse briefly scoffed. "How would you know what she's like? You barely started talking to her not that long ago," the love fairy sternly pointed out.

"I may have just started talking to her, that's true but somehow, it seems as though I know Aliya better than..." Castor purposely paused as he eyed Jesse. "What were you to her again? Her best friend?" the knight sharply challenged, mocking the love fairy, who clenched his fist.

"Anyways, that's because she looks like Aliya, that doesn't necessarily mean it's her," Amara firmly insisted, stepping in between the two Avalonians, who were on the verge of fighting each other while Stormy and Issac quietly sighed among themselves, vowing to rearrange the fight on a later date.

"Besides, when have I ever been wrong?" Jaxon casually asked in a smug tone, only to be surprised when everyone merely stared at them. "I mean when it's important!" they sharply added, now using an annoyed tone as Jaxon was clearly insulted by the group's reaction.

When the group kept looking at their direction, they only released a frustrated sigh. "No offense, Jax, but you're wrong on a lot of things," Lillian cheekily chimed in, much to the latter's annoyance.

"Well, I think you're all wrong. That girl was Aliya and I'm going to prove it!" Jesse stubbornly persisted. "Jesse, the girl you saw wasn't her," Jaxon now countered back as the love fairy glared in their direction. "How would you know?" Jesse bitterly shot back, which caught them by surprise.

"I know because I actually care to know how the real Aliya acts. She's my sister, after all."

"Care? Oh, that's real considerate coming from you," Jesse sharply snapped, relying on his anger to get his point across. "Tell me, did you care when you called her a monster? Did you care when you pushed her to commit suicide or did you only start to care when you realized Aliya void our contracts?" the love fairy continued, each word coming out of his mouth more aggressively than the last.

"Wait, Jaxon, you did what?" Amara, Issac and Stormy immediately asked while Shiron and Talia awkwardly observed. "It was a failed attempt," Jaxon weakly said, though that did little to help their case. "We are definitely having a talk when all of this is over," the three firmly stated, their voices all hardened in sync.

As Jaxon heartbrokenly flinched from Jesse's words, Lillian darkly glared at Jesse, who remained unfazed. "Hey! At least, my sibling is trying to owe up to their mistakes, even if what they had said or did was wrong and unnecessary," she firmly defended, standing beside their sibling.

"Besides, you should be the one to talk. You are the one who has caused Aliya the most harm and that's a courtesy, considering what your parents did to her!" Lillian continued while Shiron and Talia silently eyed with each other, a moment of wrenching guilt and shame flashing in their eyes.

"Stay out of this, half-breed!"

In that moment, Lillian rendered herself speechless as a flash of pure anger appeared in her eyes. She wanted to make him pay, but in the moment, she was still processing his words.

"Watch your tone, Jesse. You're walking on thin ice here," Jaxon coldly warned him,  holding their sister close. "Right... I'm just supposed to fear my life here all because I offended two half-breeds. Please. You and Lillian don't scare me," Jesse shot back, now crossing his arms.

"For starters, your powers are pointless and Lillian's abilities only work at night. If you ask me, you're both useless," Jesse coldly stated in return as Jaxon laughed, now losing the illusion of holding their crush in high regard.

"You know, I defended you from everything because I loved you enough to look past everything you did, but this... this is just a blow to who you are as a person," Jaxon solemnly stated, shaking their head.

"Jesse, you're nothing more than an extension of Iris at this point, which news-flash, she happens to be a half-breed too," they continued as they observed Jesse shaking his head.

"Wait, Iris is a hybrid?" Shiron and Talia asked, now eyeing Amara, Issac and Stormy, who all looked equally annoyed by this point. "It's a long story," Stormy dismissively answered as she was more focused on how she was going to tell the teens to finish up as time was being wasted.

"We would tell you, but then again, you two will go back to despising us the moment we end up getting our daughter back," Amara and Issac answered, turning their attention back to Stormy and the kids, while Shiron and Talia found themselves questioning just how much they knew.

"Iris? A half-breed? Like you two? No. You see, now I know you two are lying because that's impossible."

"Jesse, do you really want to go through this?" Castor dully asked, coming to Jaxon and Lillian's aid, though the knight mainly wanted to wrap things up as he knew time was not on their side. Anything could happen to Aliya and he just wanted her to be okay....

"Because you know Jaxon and Lillian are right, especially since you were the one to experience the effects of her powers first hand," the knight sharply continued. "If it weren't for Aliya and her resourcefulness, then you would still be under Iris's control," Castor continued as Jesse fell silent, knowing he was right.

"So, how about we just move on and focus on trying to figure out a plan to rescue Aliya since we're running out of time and she could be in serious danger?" Castor followed up as Jaxon and Lillian looked at each other in shame, mumbling an apology for stalling on a serious matter.

"Why? So you can prove that you're some kind of hero when we all know you're far from it?" Jesse angrily shot back, much to the dismay of his parents, who were now getting to see how much their parenting had truly impacted their son. "Jess, we have bigger issues at the moment. Could you try to attack Castor later?" Shiron chimed in, because now he was tired of seeing this argument drag on.

"Fine, but I'm not going to apologize," Jesse reluctantly mumbled, just loud enough for Castor to hear. Castor wanted to say something, but he was unfortunately held back by Jaxon, Lillian, Amara and Stormy. On the other hand, Faustin, Issac, Shiron and Talia were trying to get Jesse to stop talking.

"Right, like I was trying to say. I was able to find Aliya, but I got two signals pointing me directly to the sea witch's lair. At first, I didn't know why, but if what the group is saying turns out to be true and given from what I've seen myself...." Faustin started in a direct tone.

"Why..." Amara began, only to trail off as the faerie began piecing his words together with what she saw during Jesse and 'Aliya's' conversation. "She must be in Aliya's form still, that's why you picked up two signals," Stormy briefly finished just as Amara came to that conclusion.

"I was going to say that!"

"Sorry, Mara. You were just too slow with this one," Stormy smugly teased, playfully messing up the woman's hair. "Okay but if this is the case, why would she end up going directly back to her lair?" Amara and Faustin followed up. "She wants us to follow her there, and I think I know why...." Issac started, only to purposely trail off as he stared at Jesse.

"Sacrifice! Sacrifice!"

"Libby, no!" Jaxon sharply protested as Lillian dramatically groaned before frowning at the fact that Jesse would not be a sacrifice for the sea witch. "Besides, we can't sacrifice him... yet. We'll use him as a last resort," Stormy and Issac briefly stated as Jesse waited for a punchline to appear, but when it never came and he realized the two were serious, he gave the two a sharp glare. 

"You are not using our son as a sacrifice for the sea witch!" Shiron and Talia defensively exclaimed yet Stormy and Issac smugly grinned at each other. "No one here is getting sacrificed by the sea witch," Faustin started, reassuring the couple as Stormy and Issac opened their mouths.

"No, not even Jesse," Amara sharply answered, which led to Stormy and Issac frowning from her answer.

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"There, these should end up holding her," Atticus sharply finished as he fastened the last of the iron restraints on Aliya, whose hands were tied as she glared at the human mage. "We can't have her trying to intervene," the sea witch started as she clenched her fist.

"I am getting my souls tonight, so help me! You all might have screw me over, but I will get what I want, rest assured, " the sea witch continued, grabbing the girl's face afterwards. "Don't worry, love. This is only temporary. By then, I'll have that dashing boyfriend of yours under my spell but as for you..." the sea witch lightly hummed, as if trying to figure out her words.

"While it's true you won't be affected by the soulmate curse, you will feel significantly weaker and if you somehow manage to break free of those chains, I have a few more surprises for you," she started.

"Even if my surprises don't end up killing you and you manage to escape from here, you'll have to deal with Cain again. That should be a rather fun reunion between you two, huh? I'm sure he'll want to finish what he started from New York," she continued as Atticus finished chaining the girl to the bottom of the dungeon.

"Deals aren't the only way I acquired my lovely souls, after all. Besides once I have that boyfriend of yours under my spell and he transforms into Cain, he will make a great addition to my collection," Narcissa continued, triumphantly grinning as she took on Aliya's form, which only seem to anger the real one.

"Relax, love. If everyone manages to follow through, I won't end up devouring their souls specifically. I'll just use them for my potions or depending on their specialty, I might just use a few as part of my crew, which is sadly standing at one," she paused to eye her ex.

"It would have been two, but Erebus is stuck regenerating and because our little game has come to its dreadful ending, I'm stuck collecting souls for my entertainment," the sea witch continued. "Mostly though, I'm starting to get low and am in desperate need of a refill," she concluded.

"So, I shall wish you luck, because you're definitely going to need it, seeker. Let's see how you manage to get yourself out of this one," Narcissa smugly concluded, grinning towards the girl before turning to her ex. "Atticus, if our seeker tries to escape her cell, stop her from leaving," the sea witch continued, locking the two inside while placing the key stealthily inside her necklace.

"Let's finish this."

"Jesse? Sweetheart, what did you see?" Talia concernedly asked as the love fairy tried to process his thoughts. "It's too risky if we all go. Narcissa wants all of us, but she mainly just wants Cain, so if I go alone, maybe I can strike a deal with her," Jesse firmly stated as everyone's eyes widened.

"Jesse, you are not going to make another deal with the sea witch!" Talia and Shiron firmly exclaimed. "Look at how much trouble and distress your friend is causing just by her deal alone!" the two continued. "Let's not forget that ole love-boy started this mess, so if we're all being honest here, this is Jesse's fault," Lillian firmly stated, but of course, no one paid her any mind.

At least, not in the moment.

"Besides, it's not smart for you to go alone either," Stormy and Faustin sternly pointed out. "You'll just be making the same mistake you made the first time around," Issac and Amara continued as Jesse stubbornly crossed his arms.

"Jesse, you're not a fighter and you'll end up doing more harm alone than if we all just collectively go as a group. She's only one person and we're all a larger force compared to the sea witch. If we all stick together, we'll be fine," Castor and Jaxon insisted, but Jesse wasn't impressed.

"Aliya is trapped inside a dungeon with my advisor and if she manages to escape that, the sea witch only has more obstacles in her way to stop her. She's a lot more cunning than we realized. She might be one person, but she's not as stupid as we think she is," Jesse continued before sighing.

"Okay? You were all right about the Aliya we saw not being the one real, but I just can't let you all come," he persisted, his eyes falling to the ground. "I lost her once. I... I can't afford to lose her again," he truthfully admitted, before eyeing the illusionist's bracelets.

"Jesse, she matters to all of us just as much as she matters to you. I know you're afraid of losing her again but we're going to save her. I promise," Castor warmly assured him, even if he wasn't completely certain about Aliya meaning much to the love fairy. Still, now wasn't the time to bring that issue up.

"Now that we resolved that matter, let's go get Aliya back," Castor added as he began activating one of the bracelets. As Jesse stared at the bracelet, a part of him wanted to believe the knight, but the love fairy felt he knew better. So in the end, he knew he couldn't let Castor and the others go.

"I know, but I can't let you keep that promise."

In that moment, Jesse seized Castor's bracelet as the knight stared at him in shock. "I'm sorry. I know you all mean well, but it's just going to make things so much worse in the long run," he continued as Jesse stepped back from the group. "Jesse—" the others in the group began in their cautious tone.

"Trust me, it's for the best."

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When the bracelet glowed, Jesse held on tight and despite Castor's best efforts to stop him, the love fairy was gone.

In a blink of an eye, the love fairy found himself back at the sea witch's lair where he had once came to turn human.

Now, he was here on different terms.

"Oh! You came!"

As Jesse turned, the love fairy saw Aliya — no, Narcissa who just happened to be using Aliya's form — now wearing a glittery black sundress and matching sandals. Her hair was still to its medium-length curly style, but Jesse could clearly spot a glimmer of gold sparkles scattered across her eyes.

Jesse knew what was at stake here and Jesse knew what he was going to lose by going through with his plan. But if he could just get the key from her necklace, then maybe he would have enough time to get Aliya out before he transformed into Cain. Yet to do that, Jesse would have to force himself to believe into the sea witch's lies.

"Why wouldn't I? Everyone was so worried about you!" Jesse began, amazed by the level of concern in his tone. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry anyone. I was trying to find Atticus since I saw the sea witch take him here, but since you're here..." she trailed off and as Jesse saw the glimmer of desire in her eyes, he had to remind himself that it wasn't actually Aliya.

But instead, a sea witch who really wanted control over his dark side.

"... maybe we can finish our kiss," she finished as Jesse took a deep breath. If there was a bright side to this plan, the love fairy was (technically speaking here) kissing his best friend. "Gladly. There's no one here to stop us," Jesse stated, careful to hide the brief, mixed emotions in his tone.

As Jesse moved closer to Aliya — Narcissa, ahh! Why couldn't he get this right? — he pulled her close, careful not to let the latter see where his hands were going. "I knew there was some spark to you," she teased before laughing, which only made Jesse feel more disappointed just for the simple fact, he wasn't even with the real Aliya. As he attempted to lean in, Jesse briefly paused.

"While it's true you won't be affected by the soulmate curse, you will feel significantly weaker."

The soulmate curse.

By kissing the sea witch, was Jesse actually harming Aliya more than he was helping her? He had gotten a vision of seeing her in danger and despite their string turning black, the two were still linked to one another. That meant the two were still be badly impacted by the kiss, given how his transformation to Cain would end up leading to the girl becoming weaker as he would be drawing on her energy.

Realizing he hadn't thought his plan all the way through, Jesse tried to back up and feign some half-baked excuse but as she forcibly pulled him closer to him, her harsh impact led to Jesse directly kissing the sea witch.

Although the love fairy managed to grab her necklace and drop the seashell in the midst of the kiss, the damage was already done. Already, Jesse could start to feel the effects of the kiss and he was absolutely certain, he felt Aliya getting weaker by his decision. As he spotted the key, Jesse quickly seized the item in the midst of her transformation.

"You destroyed my favorite necklace!" the sea witch snapped as she transformed back to her Avalonian form.

"Great, now Aliya has her voice back..." Narcissa mumbled before the sea witch realized she got something better at the end. "But, you know what? That's okay. I have plenty of those and my use for Aliya's voice was already served, so I guess there's no need for me to keep her voice now," she assured him as Jesse tried to speak, only to fall on his knees.

He had also forgotten to factor in just how fast the curse would work once the kiss took place.

"I always thought the soulmate curse was a myth, but huh. It seems to be working," the sea witch lightly mused as she stared at Jesse trying to fight against the curse.

"By the time you transform into Cain, your girlfriend won't have much fight left in her. If she manages to make it out, the rest of the obstacles will surely tire her out and if not, then she gets to meet you. What a reunion that will be!"

"Jesse!"

Looking up from the ground, Jesse and Narcissa saw Castor, who had just teleported inside the sea witch's lair. "Get him," she firmly ordered as Jesse clenched his fist and punched the sea witch, knowing it would only be seconds before Cain took over. When Castor teleported to his side, Jesse quickly gave the illusionist back his bracelet and the key to unlock the dungeon.

"Jesse, you are —"

"Incredibly stupid, yeah, I got it," Jesse sharply finished. "Listen, Aliya and Atticus are stuck in the dungeon together. I don't know where the dungeon is exactly, but you need to find it and get them out," the love fairy quickly spoke as Castor did his best to catch up.

The knight wanted to know why Jesse suddenly felt the need to speak fast until he saw the love fairy's necklace turning black. "Jesse, what did you do?" Castor solemnly asked the love fairy, who only gave a sad smile.

"I kissed Narcissa who was in Aliya's form and activated the soulmate curse. I made a mistake and now, instead of my life being on the line, Aliya's life is also at stake," Jesse admitted, using the same tone as the knight. "Which is why you need to go get to her and once you do manage to find her, tell Aliya I'm sorry for getting her involved in this mess," he continued before Jesse fell to his knees again.

Castor opened his mouth to angrily rant at Jesse's terrible decision, but in the end, he took the key and teleported himself away. Once the knight left, the sea witch made sure to get reinforcements on several areas, ensuring Castor would have to deal with several obstacles of his own before he could reach her.

"You might think you're clever, Jesse, but I'm still one step ahead of you," Narcissa smugly stated just as a portal appeared and the two could hear screaming. In that moment, the sea witch summoned her clay-like zombie souls, who were completely devoid of life.

"No, no, no," Jesse mumbled, trying to fight against the curse before the spell wrapped itself around him completely. In the end, the spell consumed him and in his place, Cain took over.

When he stood up, Narcissa was pleased by her efforts.

"Now, the fun can really begin."

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"Couldn't you have tried to opt in for a softer landing?" Talia asked as she rubbed her head before slightly wincing. "You tried teleporting several people at once with a tight deadline!" Lillian angrily snapped as Talia quietly apologized.

Although the shadow hybrid felt slightly bad for lashing out at her, she remembered how Jesse's mother did nothing to help Aliya and her sympathy towards Talia faded.

"For what it's worth, you did a great job, sis," Jaxon softly assured her as Lillian smiled from their words. "Thanks, Jax," she sincerely responded before looking around. "So, this is the infamous sea witch's lair, huh?" Stormy and Amara lightly mused as Jaxon nodded.

"Yeah..."

"Tell me again, how all of this got started," Issac and Faustin stated as Jaxon and Lillian eyed each other. "Jesse," the two siblings answered in sync. "Right, we'll have to clarify this once we get him and Aliya out of here," Shiron and Talia sharply chimed in as the two siblings aggressively pointed towards the sea witch's note.

"One of your soldiers went to retrieve the girl, but he won't make it to her in time. As for the boy, well...."

As Jesse's parents and the others stared at the army of zombified, clay-like souls surrounding the group, each of them were horrified to see who was leading the abominations.

As the group stared at the male with his pitch black medium-length hair with a dark denim-blue jacket on top of a dark gray T-shirt followed by black jeans, high-top black heart-break stylized socks and black sneakers to finish off his look. Although the group could see hints of some kind of eye color, the male's eyes were a darker shade of brown, almost black as the male was surrounded by shadows.

"Is that..." his parents began as Jaxon and Lillian reluctantly nodded. "I see even the heart of purity could not get rid of Cain," the siblings mumbled, which caught the attention of the rest of the group.

"Heart of purity?" Stormy curiously repeated as Lillian nodded, confirming the mind seer hadn't misread the hybrid. "Just one of the things Jesse had to collect before someone shattered the relic to pieces," Lillian answered, eyeing her sibling, who purposely looked away.

"Wait, how—" Amara began, but Issac simply placed her hand down. "Let's hold off from asking more questions until after we address this mess, okay, love?" he insisted, holding her hand as Amara lightly sighed before nodding.

"You are all too late to save him," Narcissa softly cooed, stroking his chin as Shiron and Talia glared at the sea witch. "You can't get away with this!" his parents exclaimed while Stormy, Issac, Amara and Faustin facepalmed their face in sync. "You two have got to get better at your lines," Jaxon and Lillian mumbled to the couple, shaking their heads from disappointment.

"Oh, I believe, I already have," Narcissa smugly stated. "Now if you all excuse me, I have a certain knight to address," she finished, before grinning from the sight of their faces.

"Good luck!"