Chapter Sixty Seven

“What was that about?” Grace asked as she landed on her feet
“I don’t know but I am about to find out. How much changed while I was out?” Damian asked her
“I can’t say. Everybody keeps showing a different apart of themselves each day and I don’t know if there would be a worthy person to rule Cordina after everything is over” Grace said to him as she walked on.

Damian sighed and thought about what she just said. They were trying to stop Phillip but how different were they from him now? They killed just because they felt they felt it was necessary. They killed without consideration and the one person who had always kept him in check was now the one leading the killing spree. It just didn’t sit right with him. He headed up to Anna’s room and he saw Alex on her bed side, holding her hand with tears rolling down his eyes

“What is going on?” He turned as he looked as Sally
“She is gone. There was nothing I could do about it” Sally said

He walked up to her and started crying. He looked at her too her other hand. She was white as snow and her body was cold as ice. Something wasn’t right. He could tell that something had gone wrong. He got up and grabbed his coat. Alex walked up to him and stopped him before he could run off

“Where on earth are you going?” Alex asked him
“Phillip did this! He would know how to undo it. I am not going to stand here and lose her again!” Damian said to him
“Are you crazy? Phillip would kill you immediately he sets his eyes on you. How is that going to help anybody? She is gone! Okay? Anna is gone and there is nothing Phillip can do about it!” Alex said
“There is something he can do! He can bring the dead back to life. He said if I gave him my strength and body permanently, he would bring my mom back and yours too!” Damian said
“There is always a price to pay. You were here when I tried to bring my mom back and you know who the price was! You were here when all of that happened! Don’t make the same mistakes I made and no, you wouldn’t be the only price. There would be something else. Phillip is just not telling you who it is, what it is because he knows that you wouldn’t give it up! That is how magic works, both the good kind and the bad kind! It never ends well. It is always something for something and you don’t need me to tell you this! Damian you need to think this is through before you do anything stupid!” Alex said

Damian looked at him through his tear filled eyes and fought the urge to blink. He brushed his hand through his hair and walked out of the room. He opened the door to his mother’s room and he closed the door behind him. He hadn’t been here in a while because he didn’t want to have to relive the memories that he had with his mom but this was the only place that brought him some sort of comfort and some sense of peace. He got on her bed and laid in it before breaking down and crying. His heart longed for his mom and he was at a cross road. Well, he was always at a cross road but this time, it was different. He knew that his life was over without Annabelle. He knew that he was going to be miserable talking about her and giving a speech about her. He knew that dropping a flower on her casket was going to be the hardest thing he would ever do in his life but he knew that it had to be done. He laid there, crying and thinking because he was sure that everything was over. There was no point in fighting because Phillip had won already. Damian knew that the only reason he fought for Cordina was because it was his home and he wanted that to always be his home. He was going to ask Anna to marry him and they were going to be fine. They were going to live here and have kids but Phillip took all that. He took his kid, then took the love of his life and now he was going to take his home and Damian wasn’t going to do anything about it, not anymore. He laid there thinking until he slept off. He found himself in a room and he knew that it looked to familiar. It was probably Anna trying to reach him. He stumbled upon a box and he knelt down to open it. When he did, he saw that it was a box filled with his memories from the time he was born till his present. He started to pull out pictures and items that belonged to him and he didn’t under what was going on. He noticed that there was nothing about his future and that gave him a lot of questions that he had no answer too

“It took me a while to gather those things” he heard his mom say

He turned back and ran to her before hugging her and staying there. He wanted to cry but he found out that he couldn’t so he just stayed there, enjoying the hug. He could tell that she wasn’t there with him physically because of the coldness of the hug and the lack of emotions in it but he didn’t care. He was with his mom and that was all that mattered to him. He stayed there until he felt uncomfortable then he let her go

“I am sorry. How long was that?” he asked her
“It doesn’t matter. Time doesn’t control this place and I can hug you for all eternity and when you wake up, it would be like you never left Cordina. You drew me here. I was going to ask what is wrong but I already know what is wrong. You have given up on your own home. Why would you do something that bizarre?” his mom asked
“Phillip! He is a monster now. He is not an ordinary vampire anymore. He has abilities, magic if you prefer and he has taken everything from me. He took you, he took my child and…”
“Hold on. What do you mean by he took your child?” his mom asked
“Exactly what I mean, mom! He took my child. Anna was pregnant and he removed the baby and used it for something I know nothing about!” Damian said
“Oh wow, Phillip is worse than I imagined” she said
“Worse? He is way worse than what anybody could imagine. He is heartless and he doesn’t care about who he kills to get what he wants. He would get rid of everybody in his way and then that would be the end of the person. He wouldn’t look back. He has killed so many people for this and he is getting out of hand. I don’t know what else to do about him so I gave you when he took Anna from me. He infused magic into her system and it started to mess with her wolf genes and now she is dead because of me and because of him. How on earth or how in heaven am I supposed to go on knowing that Anna is gone?” he asked his mother
“I don’t think she is gone. You have been looking at it the other way. Your father has some sort of affection towards Anna and he wouldn’t kill her. He might be a monster but he cares about her for some reasons and he would rather hurt you than kill her. He didn’t kill her. He only gave her something and that was she mistake he made. He gave her magic and that is what she is going to use to kill him. It is like this. Your father infused magic into Anna’s body with the main purpose of crippling her for all eternity but she is not a regular hybrid. She is unique. She is born of love and that is who she is, love. She would overcome all that stands against her but she can’t do it in her own just like she can’t do this on her own. She needs your help. You have to help her through the dark road. Right now, she is lost in a world that she has never been in and she doesn’t her way around. You have to find her and get to her” his mom said to him
“How do I find her in the physical world?” he asked his mom
“She is not in the physical world anymore. She is not there” his mom said
“Then where can I find her?” he asked her
“How did Justin find you when you needed to get that filthy spirit out of your girlfriend?” his mom asked
“He had to enter my mind. Hold on. Are you saying that Anna is lost in her own mind? How can that even be possible mom? She died physically” he said to his mother
“C’mon, how easy do you think it is to kill a hybrid? It is almost impossible. After everything she has been through, she is still fighting for her life. Don’t give up on her now! She wouldn’t want you to. You have to find your way into Anna’s mind when you get back to the physical realm. It is the only way to save Cordina. She is the only way to save Cordina!” his mom said to him
“How do I get out of here?” he asked his mom

She gave him a smile and waved her hand. A door appeared. He walked towards the door then he stopped and turned back to look at his mom”

“Would I see you again?” he asked her
“I would be here if you ever need me. I don’t have to be with you physically but you would always feel my presence just as you felt it before you came here” she said
“I have a lot of questions about my real father and I need to talk to you about it” he said to her
“Well, you have a friend who knows and commands magic. She commands the supernatural and she can help you get to me when you want to talk” his mom said to him
“That is all I need to know. I would see you soon, I promise. I just need to make sure that we survive this first then we can talk. I love you mom, I always will” he said to her
“I know baby boy and I would always love you. Now go and make me proud. Be the king that your father couldn’t be and restore Cordina back to it’s prime” she said with a smile