Chapter 61

Irene’s POV
Taehyung was furious.
In fact, everyone was. It was an hour after Lilly was taken away by the vampires. We didn’t know where to go and we couldn’t track where they were going; the vampires knew what they were doing when they came here. They must have had a spell cover them so that no other supernatural’s could find them.
We immediately called Lucifer and told him what happened, and it took him a painful thirty minutes to get back to us since he was in the middle of doing business with…mafia men in some parts of Arabia. It was excruciating. Taehyung was growling, his eyes were wide and glowing red, Yoongi was ready to kill someone, and I could only calm them down because if I let myself be devoured in impatience and anger, the three of us could cause chaos.
Finally, just as Lucifer’s little assistants were finishing up cleaning the mess in the feast hall, and Taehyung and Yoongi were pacing back and forth, Lucifer had finally arrived, and he looked worried.
“Where the fuck were you?!” Taehyung growled the moment Lucifer had fully teleported in a cloud of smoke. Lucifer raised a hand at him when Taehyung neared.
“No need to yell at me, boy.” Lucifer warned.
“Yell? We’re literally on edge right now. As much as we tried, we can’t find Lilly and where those vampires took her!” Yoongi exclaimed. “For all we know we could be mere minutes late of saving her from losing her head!”
“No one is losing their head.” Lucifer grunted. “I’ve gathered some pertinent information about this…race all of the supernatural’s are talking about.”
This made Taehyung and Yoongi calm down—just a little. I neared dad.
“What is it? Why do they want Lilly?” I asked.
“Apparently an immensely powerful witch who lives in a mountain in Italy hosted this grand race open for any immortal. She wanted to have Lucifer’s youngest child and bring it to her alive, and in return she will grant them unlimited and compelling power that can overpower me.” Lucifer explained.
Yoongi frowned. “Is that even possible? An immortal much more powerful than you?”
Lucifer hesitated to answer, but he nodded. “Yes, but it is exceedingly difficult to achieve. You will need to harness the power of celestial bodies, and that alone can kill you.”
“Celestial meaning…?”
“The power coming from the moon, the sun, the galaxy…but it will cost you your life. If you even, try absorbing even a sliver of its energy you will shrivel up and explode. But since they’re witches, they can help each other. They can use their bodies as a form of storage, absorbing a little bit of it just before they can react fatally. So, for that they will need at least…hundreds to thousands of witches.” Lucifer explained. As I looked at the faces of my brothers, they too had a surprised expression on their faces. It was understandable; having known all our life that our father was the most powerful, and now knowing that it was actually possible to overpower him…it was both interesting and scary at the same time.
“So, you’re not all that powerful at all, huh?” Taehyung smirked, teasing him. I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at his sudden change of mood. He’s always like that, and if you’re not used to him, you would think he was bipolar.
“You can laugh all you want, but that should at least be enough for the lot of you that I can’t always protect you and clean up your messes.” Lucifer replied as he walked away from us, and we watched as he began producing some kind of window to a different place.
“This isn’t our mess, dad. Someone barged in here and took away our sister.” Yoongi replied exasperatedly. He then pointed at what he was doing, “That better be useful.”
“I’m trying to contact the other witches of the dark.” Lucifer shushed him. I could hear him muttering a spell underneath his breath, and as he did so, the window morphed and became dark. It was working.
But just as he was about to finish the spell, the window broke in front of him, a white cloud of smoke appearing before a girl fell to the floor in a slight thud causing Lucifer to back away.
“Who did you call??” Yoongi asked in alarm.
“I do not know who this is,” Lucifer breathed out, his voice in shock. “Who are you, girl? Speak!”
The girl looked harmless. She was panting heavily; her long curly hair covered her face, and she was wearing a white dress. As she looked up, she had a scared and frantic look on her face. Who was this? Did she teleport to a wrong place??
I watched as Lucifer raised his hand and I knew that he was going to send her away in fear of her being a witch or another supernatural in disguise, here to create havoc. But just as Lucifer casted something to her Taehyung leapt up and held back his wrist, keeping him from using his powers.
“What are you doing??” Lucifer asked in shock.
“Father, I think she is harmless,” Taehyung breathed out, and finally, his eyes were no longer glowing red, but a bright color brown. He looked like a deer caught in headlights.
“Please,” the girl spoke out and we all faced her. She struggled to stand and as she did so, she quickly held her hands up defensively. “I’m not here to hurt anyone. I-I know where L-Lilly is!”
Lucifer lowered his hand as I quickly neared her, seeing the way she slightly flinched at our sudden closeness.
“Where is she? Tell us.” I said quickly.
“Wait, how would we know that we could trust her?” Yoongi asked skeptically. “For all I know this girl is leading us to a trap.”
“What are you, girl??” Lucifer asked. He didn’t wait for her to answer as he neared her and pulled the sleeve of her dress down, revealing her bare arm. There, on her pale skin, we could see an obvious birthmark shaped in a crescent. She was a born witch, pure-blooded.
Lucifer stared in surprised as his hand moved away from her. She was quick to lift her sleeve back up.
“Yes, I am a witch. But I am no witch of the dark. I belong in a small, hidden coven in Italy. We heal mortals and we protect the town we live in. We also protect animals and go on about our lives like human beings.” She explained. “I am a healer.”
So, she really was harmless. Healers were a different name for a specific kind of witches who do good and do not engage in dark magic. Instead, they protect each other, live in peace and harmony and they usually live with nature. It is against their rules to use magic for malicious intent, and they only use their magic for healing; nothing more and nothing less. They were like vegan types of witches.
“I know where Lilly is.” She continued. “I was kidnapped by a few vampires and hid me in a cold, worn-out cottage in the outskirts of Italy’s woods. They brought her there and asked me to heal her. But werewolves found us, and they were about to fight, which gave us the chance to escape, and I brought her with me.”
“Where is she, I don’t see her. Tell us right now before I rip your head off.” Yoongi threatened as he neared her. I was about to stop him from hurting her, but Taehyung beat him to it.
“Yoongi-ah!” Taehyung scolded. “Let her talk, please!”
What was this? What am I witnessing? Is Taehyung, the fiercest and coldest half-demon I have ever known, being protective of a small, innocent witch? Is he literally showing compassion?
Was the world about to end??
The scared witch’s lower lip trembled. “I-I brought her to our coven. Our head, Marie, was willing to take her back here, to you. But then one of our witches turned the other cheek and sabotaged us, taking Lilly with her. She said she wanted to win the race, so I am assuming she is heading to the host’s mountain. The other witches in my coven are trying to find her as we speak.”
“Thank you for letting us know and coming here.” I thanked her with a small smile. “Would you be able to stay and help us?”
The girl looked me in the eyes and nodded. I could see dark circles underneath her eyes and her cheeks were hollowed, as if she wasn’t eating properly for days. Her collarbones and cheekbones protruded, and her thin arms looked like it would break with just one pull. How long was she kidnapped by these vampires??
“What’s your name, pretty?” Taehyung asked. I could see Lucifer roll his eyes as he waited as well.
“My name is Ella.” She replied. “I am a witch of the moon; a Luna.”
“Well, Ella,” Lucifer began as he moved forward, blocking Taehyung from staring at Ella. “Welcome to our own little coven. From now on, you will stay with us and help us find my daughter. Until then, you cannot go back to your home coven and sleep soundly.”
Ella nodded. “My coven is willing to help, sir. Michelle is our sister, and we do not want a witch in our coven to go astray and wreak havoc. Lilly has also become a new friend, and I am willing to save her and help what I can.”
I looked over at Taehyung and he looked like his eyes would explode in hearts at Ella’s response.
This was going to be one long adventure.