CH58 Wow, news travels fast

After my shower I dried myself and got dressed I towel dried my hair and left the bathroom, I walked down the corridor and knocked on Dylans bedroom door, I went in and smiled at everyone in greeting, Dylan stood up
"Right, food, let's go" before I could argue the men had walked out, I followed them, we went into the kitchen "ahh" Dylan said from inside the fridge "so the fridge is empty" he told us as he closed the fridge, the cupboards were also bare
"We didn't know how long we'd be gone, so we didn't stock up" Charlie announced apologetically
"It's fine, I'm so sorry you guys" I apologised once more
"Don't worry, I'll go shopping right now" Dylan said as he walked towards his front door
"Why don't we just order in?" I asked trying to save Dylan time "I really want pizza" I told them
"That's a mortal thing, we don't have takeouts here" Damon told me I thought for a bit
"Then let's go to the mortal world and get pizza, I really want pizza, please" I pleaded
"You don't have to plead Ana, we'll have pizza" so with that Damon blinked us all to my house in the mortal world, he blinked us to the living room and I used the phone to order pizza, I ordered three pizzas with various toppings, and ten minutes later the pizza arrived, with a thanks to the delivery boy, we sat on the floor in the living room and devoured all three twelve inch pizzas, Damon had one slice, whilst the rest of us ate the rest, we had ordered three cans of sprite too, once we were done Damon and I washed up, Charlie and Dylan tried to take over but we said it was fine.
Once we were done we blinked to Dylan's House once more
"Let me show you to your room" Charlie offered as he started walking up the stairs, all of us followed, including Dylan, Charlie showed us a door next to the bathroom, we were in the back of the house whilst Dylans bedroom was at the front
"I already put your shopping bags in there, there were pyjamas in there as well, for both of you" Dylan announced
"That's weird" Damon told him I just laughed, said goodnight, opened the door and went in, I turned on the light and saw that the shopping bags were on the bed, I took out the pyjamas for me and Damon
"I'll go get changed first" I told my mate as I left the room, I went into the bathroom, did my nightly routine, then went back to my room, Damon was already in bed, he groaned when he saw me, the pyjamas were light green, and they were silk, when I got in bed I saw Damon was wearing boxers, and nothing else, I straddled him, and kissed his neck, then his shoulders, then went down to his chest, I bit and nibbled him all over and he groaned, but didn't try to stop me,
"I love you, my king" I whispered
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The following day Damon and I went downstairs to the smell of pancakes, Dylan was at the stove making pancakes and Charlie was setting the table, there was a pot of coffee and plates on the table, and empty mugs placed at each place,
"Come, sit, both of you" Charlie told us, Damon sat and I took my mug in my hand, Charlie looked at me skeptically
"She doesn't like coffee" Damon told him before I could say anything
"Oh I'm sorry" Charlie said to which I said it was fine and he needn't worry "here, let me make it for you" Charlie came to me with a box of teabags
"No its ok, I got it, don't worry" I assured, Charlie smiled and joined his husband at the table "Hey Damon? Do you want a mug?" I asked my mate
"No its ok I'll have coffee" Damon assured me, I finished making my tea then went and joined the men at the table "I think I should go into work today, if my boss finds out I'm back I'll get into trouble for not going in, is that ok?" Damon asked me to which I told him it was fine, so after breakfast, once he helped clear the table, Damon went to work, Charlie washed up and I dried the dishes, and Dylan put them away.
I decided to go for a walk after that, I walked mindlessly around until I found myself at Damons place, seeing it in the brightness bought tears to my eyes, there was nothing left, just rubble, although I saw people clearing the rubble, on closer inspection I saw it was the women I had freed from the dungeon
"Your majesty, are you ok? Is Damon ok? We found bodies in there male bodies, but we've not been able to identify them" a woman spoke to me
"King Jabari and Prince Dakarai" I told her, not looking at her, she gasped
"Of Africa?" She asked sounding amazed, I just nodded
"Damon is fine" I finally looked at her "What are you doing here?" I asked her not angrily just out of curiosity
"Someone reported that your house was burnt to the ground, all the members of the council came to help you, when we got inside we saw two male bodies but we couldn't find you, or Damon, we were worried" she explained
"Wow, news travels fast around here" I commented, she nodded at that
"So what happened here?" She asked me I just shook my head, and that was the end of that conversation "where is the king?" She asked me
"Oh he went into work" I told her, I proceeded to walk towards the house, my arms wrapped tightly around myself as I stepped over the door, the smell of burning still lingered in the air, I looked around to see most of the walls still standing down here, but the upstairs was completely gone, if you looked up all you could see was the sky, everything in the kitchen was either charred or burnt to a crisp, in the living room nothing had survived even Damon's drink cabinet was burnt to a crisp, broken bottles lay near it, the stairs were half there, half gone, you could go up five steps, then nothing it was all rubble, people had already moved the bodies of Jabari and Dakarai, I didn't know where, I didn't want to know, as long as I never had to look at them again, I don't know how long I sat on the steps but I sat and cried, the events of the night before played in my mind, I killed people, I had never killed anyone, but I killed them, I was a murderer, I could see their charred remains everytime I closed my eyes
"Your majesty?" Someone shook me, it was the woman from before
"Yeah? Yes, I'm fine, I'm ok" I assured her, the place looked a lot cleaner now, "how long have I been sat here?"
"You've only been here two hours, we're witches, we're really fast" she assured me, I smiled at that
"Can I help?" I asked as I stood up
"No your majesty we'll be fine" the woman told me
"Sorry, what's your name, I should've asked before, I don't know why I didn't" I said apologetically
"It's Stella" she told me with a smile
"Stella right, so what will happen here? Can you rebuild it?" I asked
"Your majesty we're witches" she reminded me "we can fix anything" Stella smiled, I smiled too, her smile was contagious, after saying goodbye I left and started walking towards Dylan's place, I knocked on the door, and Dylan let me in, something smelled amazing
"What are you cooking?" I asked "it smells amazing" my nose took me to the kitchen
"Lasagna, its Charlie's speciality" Dylan told me.
I went to the living room and took a book from the shelf that lined one wall, I sat and read for a while until Dylan joined me
"Good book?" He asked, it was then I realised I hadn't gotten past the first page, I hadn't read, that had never happened before, I stared at the book wondering what happened "Penny for your thoughts?" Dylan asked I just shrugged
"It's never happened before" I told him, Dylan just chuckled knowingly
"What were you thinking about?" He asked me
"Jabari and Dakarai?" I told him "I went back to the house, their bodies have been moved, Stella didn't know who they were, when I told her she was amazed, Dylan? What happens now? To Africa, I mean, do they get another king? What's the protocol? Will I need to go there? Tell them what happened?"
"Hey, hey relax, you don't have to do anything right now, I don't know what the protocol is and quiet frankly I don't really care, but you don't have to do anything, when the time comes we'll figure it out, they will find another king, if they can't, you will have to find one for them, but we'll be with you, Damon, Charlie and I will always stand by you, ok?" Dylan finished and I nodded
We ate in piece that afternoon, but I kept thinking about the charred bodies, I played with my food, not really eating, I couldn't concentrate on my food, would I go to prison? The king and prince were unarmed when I killed them, Annabell had killed her son in law for a good reason, but she was still killed, would that happen to me? I would deserve it, I killed them in cold blood, they were loved by their kingdom, what would the people do to me? Once they found out I killed their king and prince, they would want my blood
"Anastasia you need to eat" I heard Dylan say, I was crying, and my plate was still full
"Sorry" I directed towards Charlie "I'm not hungry" before they could argue I got up and blinked to my room, I lay on the bed on my back, I stared at the ceiling with one arm above my head, my punishment would be huge, I knew that, and I would have to take it, I would stay in jail, how long would I get? Ten years? Fifty? Seventy? A hundred? Damon would move on by then, who would want to be mated to a murderer?
The bed dipped and I looked towards my right to see Damon, he smiled sadly at me, and I knew, I knew what he would say, he would say he hates me, he'll say he doesn't want to be mated to a murderer, it's just as well, I'm going to prison for a long time, I sat up slowly.
"Dylan told me you haven't eaten since breakfast, so I bought you food" I looked at the bedside table and sure enough there was a plate of lasagne "you need to eat, baby" he bought the plate towards me "please eat something" he whispered, I nodded and Damon bought a fork full of lasagne to my mouth, I opened my mouth and took the food, I chewed and swallowed, my throat was sore due to crying so much but I managed to swallow "please talk to me, I know you're sad, I want to help you, we all do, but we can't help if you don't talk to us" Damon seemed sad, I wanted to hug him, to sooth him, to make him him feel better, but I didn't move, how could I? Damon would have to get used to not seeing me anymore, he would have to go on without me "Ana, please talk to me" he said again, tears fell from my eyes as I thought about prison
"I'll miss you" was all I could say, before I started crying again, Damon hugged me
"I'm not going anywhere" he promised that caused me to cry harder, he wasn't going anywhere but I am, I'm going away for a long time "Shh baby, it's ok" he kept whispering in my ear
"I will be arrested, Damon, don't wait for me, promise me you'll move on" I cried and hiccuped, Damon let go of me he looked me in the eye
"You aren't going to be arrested, and I'm not moving on"
"But I killed them, in cold blood, they were unarmed, Damon, they will lock me away, I deserve to go to jail" I cried
"No, no, you are not going anywhere, hey look you killed them because they wanted to kill me"
"Who's going to believe us?"
"They will believe, Anastasia you're the queen, you killed them because they deserved it"
"No" I shook my head "they were loved by everyone, they didn't deserve this, I'm a horrible person" Damon hugged me again, tighter this time, I allowed myself to be hugged gods know when I'll get the chance to hug him again "I love you Damon, more than you'll ever know"
"You're not going to prison, Anastasia, I won't allow it" Damon promised, he sounded sad