CH71 First sign of trouble

I had been working at the library for two weeks when I saw a familiar face
"Kristen?" I greeted, she rolled her eyes when she saw me, she carried on looking at the shelf infront of her "Are you looking for something in particular?"
"Just leave me alone" Kristen answered
"Excuse me?" I was a little angry, no one talks to me like that, she turned to me
"I said leave me alone"
"What's your problem? Is this about me breaking your bones? Coz I already apologised for that"
"No it's, I don't have to explain anything to you, you might have Damon wrapped around your little finger, but I can see right through you, queen Anastasia" she said my name as if it left a bad taste in her mouth
"You like him" I realised
"Of course I do, he's my friend, he's always been there for me" Kristen told me
"No, it's not that, you're in love with him" I clarified, Kristen laughed, actually laughed
"No, no I'm not, I just know you're bad news, and when Damon realises the truth about you, I pray to the gods that I'll be able to help him" with that Kristen picked up a book and walked away, I scoffed behind her back my eyes welling with tears, did she just say all that? Why would she say that? Is she still upset about the bone breaking, or is she upset about me firing her dad? Yes that must be it, she's upset because I hurt her dad, but didn't he deserve it? She should realise why I did what I did. I did my work with all these thoughts going through my head, the thoughts were still there when I went home that evening, Damon wasn't home and after I washed my hands and face I went into the painting, not wanting to cook or eat, I wanted to find and make a potion that would help Kristen see the truth, I had nothing against her, but she hated me, I didn't like that Kristen hated me, she is Damons friend, his friends should be my friends, I never want him to have to choose between his friends and me.
I was searching through the books and I came across Joan's, the first queen to be born in the magical world, I opened it expecting to find spells, but the first few pages were like a diary, she talked about Delores and how this world was created and how she was the first to be born here.
"Woah, look at this place" I heard Robert
"What? Robert how did you get in here?" I stood up not being able to believe he was really in here
"Uh, I'm a ghost, I can go anywhere?" Robert told me in a duh tone, I just rolled my eyes I supposed it made sense that a ghost could get in here
"Evangeline made this place, to give herself privacy to work on her spells and potions, all the queens after her used it as well, no one else can get in" I explained as I sat down, playing with the rim of the water glass
"Except me" Robert said smugly
"Yes, except you" I rolled my eyes again but I was smiling, this was ok I mean I couldn't bring my mate in here but atleast Robert could get in, I now had someone to talk to "so what brings you here?" I asked him, I knew this wasn't a social visit, it never is when it comes to Robert
"I heard a rumor" Robert began, I raised an eyebrow as if to say 'go on' "people are saying you killed a king and a prince, is that true?" Robert seemed worried but interested
"King Jabari and Prince Dakarai tried to hurt Damon, they wanted to kill Dylan and Charlie, I didn't mean to do it, Robert, but all I could see was Damon dead, Dylan dead, Charlie dead, I wasn't punished, I deserved it, but it never came, I'm waiting for my punishment" I told him leaning back in my chair Robert whistled
"Jabari and Dakarai are in hell and the Lord of the underworld is punishing them like there's no tomorrow, I saw you down there" Robert told me I gasped at that, me? "It wasn't you, obviously, it was a demon made to look like you, to punish them" Robert laughed, I laughed too, but why were they being punished? They had done nothing wrong "What's wrong?" Robert asked me, I realised I was crying
"Why are Jabari and Dakarai being punished? I killed them in cold blood, shouldn't that punishment be mine?" I sniffed, all the memories of what I'd done came back
"Oh my, you really don't know, do you?" Robert smiled, I furrowed my eyebrows "Anastasia, Damon is your mate, the gods chose him as yours, the gods were angry at Jabari and Dakarai for going against them, the image you saw of Damon, Dylan and Charlie dead? That was planted by the god of war, Anhur planted those images in your mind so that you'd kill them" when Robert said his piece I gasped, Anhur, the god of war wanted me to kill Jabari and Dakarai "they are both in hell and will remain in there for as long as the gods see fit, Anastasia you did nothing you weren't supposed to do, and as Kwame told you, any man that tries to force a women into doing something against her will deserves death" Robert smiled I smiled too, starting to believe that maybe he was right, they were all right, I didn't deserve punishment
"Hey Robert? Did Thomas kill you?" I asked remembering a conversation that Damon and I had, had
"No, Thomas didn't kill me" Robert seethed I nearly sighed in relief "he had someone else do it" Robert confirmed
"Why?" I whispered I knew I would cry if I spoke louder
"He wanted to be leader, he wanted me to step down, when I refused he compelled someone to do it" Robert shrugged, I walked to him wanting to hug him, but realised I couldn't, but Robert knew what I wanted to do "it's ok" he told me "Oh and also thank-you for getting rid of him as council leader, you made my day" Robert smiled wide and I laughed through my crying
"It was my pleasure" I sniffed "I really enjoyed it"
We were laughing when I heard my phone ring, caller id told me it was Damon, I smiled wide and left the painting, Damon was standing outside the painting and I hugged him tightly, I wanted to thank him for sticking by me, even though I committed a crime, I wanted to thank him for being my mate, for being there, and most of all I wanted to thank him for being mine
"Anastasia? Are you ok?" Damon asked
"Yes" I told him not letting go "just hold me, please" I told him, his hold became tighter, I finally let go, ending the hug
"Care to tell me what's going on?" Damon asked
"We should sit" I told him leading him towards the sofa, when we sat down Damon took my hand and kissed it. "Robert came to see me" I began "Jabari and Dakarai are in hell" Damon smiled I rolled my eyes and told him what Robert had said, about the god of war planting images in my head
"So Anhur did that so that you'd kill the king and prince?" Damon asked to which I nodded "mmm"
"But question is, why? Why would the gods do this?" I asked him
"Maybe it's like Robert said, we are mated, bound to be together, if someone tries to break us up the gods will reign hell, and personally I'm grateful" Damon kissed me to show me how grateful he was, I smiled when the kiss ended
"I love you Damon" I told my mate, he just smiled
"Wait, you said you spoke to Robert? Where is he?" Damon was looking around for the ghost
"He left when you rang me" I shrugged "he was in the painting" Damon gasped at that, we sat talked for a bit
"Have you eaten?" My mate asked me
"I haven't, but I'm not hungry"
"Anastasia you have to eat" he said sternly
"I can't eat when I'm not hungry, honestly Damon I'll have a snack later, I promise, I'm fine" I told him just as sternly, Damon said nothing but kissed my hand
We talked about everything and absolutely nothing at all, sometime during our talk we ended up outside walking around the coven hand in hand, smiling, people greeted us and I noticed more and more people greeting Damon too, I loved that, it made my smile wider I probably looked like the joker but I didn't care I was happy, and nothing could bring me down, I had always known that the gods were on my side, but now I was certain, it made me happy knowing that the gods were with me, always, just like they'd said.
We ended up blinking to the mortal world as a thought occurred to me, I had said I'd have snacks later, but we didn't have any snacks, so I blinked us to my house in the mortal world, went to the pantry and looked at the crisps,
"No way" I groaned the crisps were past the use by date, I threw them away, "Guess we should go to asda" I told my mate, who just nodded, I went upstairs and got my bank card from my room and Damon and I walked to Asda, it wasn't far it took us less than ten minuites to walk there, I spent forty pounds on snacks, took it all to the till, and paid for it, we left the store with three bags full of snacks, Damon insisted on carrying the bags, they weren't even heavy he just said it was a manly thing, I wouldnt understand, I just rolled my eyes.
We walked to my house in the mortal world then we blinked home to Damons place, I opened a bag of Walkers cheese and onions crisps,
"Ohh, yum" I said out loud, Damon was looking at me as if to ask 'what the hell?' I just shrugged "I haven't had cheese and onion in a long time" I announced as if to explain, Damon just shook his head.
We watched t.v for a while then went to bed, I fell asleep still thinking about the days events.