Chapter 2

Sebastian's P.O.V.

I sit on a rock attempting to catch my breath.

Seriously, how do humans do this? I want to just sit here for forever and do nothing.

I look over my shoulder at the young girl now asleep. At least she isn't screaming.

I need to find the rule breaker. He knows everything there is to know about fixing this child. On normal circumstances I would never allow a child to be brought to Head Quarters but that's with normal circumstances.

I sigh and get up, time to get going before anyone comes or accidentally finds us.

I pick up the girl, my breathing seems to even out even more.

Why does she have such an effect on me?

I hear rustling and then someone comes into view.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Could that possibly be my little brother?"

I turn towards him.

"I haven't been called little brother in a long time 'Rylee'." I spit out the last word.

My anger towards my brother has been terrible since we were little kids. He would pick on me and break rules that were never to be broken. That is why he was given the title rule breaker.

"Oh come on, you was what, 12 when I last saw you? It's been like 1,000 years. You should let that stuff go."

I shake my head and turn around completely and Rylee's eyes bulge.

"What do you have there?" He asks.

He backs away slowly.

My eyebrows rise in surprise.

"Rylee?"

"Y-you didn't touch her did you?"

"Um, yeah, I had to though. Why do you ask?"

He jumps over to me and slaps the back of my head.

"HEY!"

"You idiot! Did you not read the rule book in school? You are to never, I repeat never, touch the skin of a mortal. It has dire consequences."

"Ok, that's not making any sense to me."

He slaps the back of my head again and I consider returning the favor.

"Set her down."

I blink and look at him questioningly.

"Just do it."

I shrug my shoulders and put Rosalie back in the spot I had her in.

"Alright, now walk away from her."

I look at her one more time before turning and walking a short distance away.

"Good, now walk farther away."

As I continue walking I start feel strange. My chest burns and I start having trouble breathing.

The next step I take is even worse.

"That's far enough Sebastian. I seen all I need to see."

I look back at him.

He kneels over the girl and looks at her.

I walk back.

"What just happened?"

"You know they say that you are a genius, I'm starting to doubt that. You really didn't pay attention in history did you?"

"You know for a fact that history was my worst subject. I just couldn't wrap my head around it."

He nods and places his hand on his chin.

"I've come to the conclusion that you are an idiot."

"HEY, that's not needed. Now tell me what is going on." I demand, my blood boiling from his riddles.

"Fine, do you at least remember the great banning?"

"Well, yeah."

"What was it about?"

"Well, the Queen at the time was found guilty but I don't know why. They never really told us why."

"You are correct. The Queen was banished because she chose to bind herself to a mortal. This was forbidden and for good reasoning.

"Once a mortal is bound to a reaper of life everything about them changes. They are no longer… sane, I guess would be a good explanation. They become more and more like a reaper until they eventually turn into one. This sends them even more over the edge. That's just what happens to the human.

"The reaper turns also, they become more human-like. They start to feel emotions only humans can feel. This drives them to want more. In the end both die."

"But what does any of this have to do with me?"

He looks up at me.

"I'm sorry brother. You just bound yourself to a human. You just broke the rules."