Chapter Twenty One
Olena's Pov
I was baking black bread for Roza and the family when Yeva came into the kitchen and told me to get my equipment and follow her to the cottage I knew was out in the far back gardens. I knew Princess Dragomir was staying there with her husband and hurried down the path. On arriving I found my mother in the master bedroom kneeling on the ground her back was to me so I couldn't see what she was doing, I crouched down next to her and was shocked at what I found, the Princess had slashed her wrist and had passed out from blood loss. Yeva was keeping pressure on her wrist but I knew that wouldn't be enough.
"Go and get Oksana mother" I commanded. I needn't have bothered as no sooner had I said it she was rushing through the doorway and was healing the Princess. I started to set out the equipment I would need for a transfusion luckily as I was a nurse I had things like these stored for use. "She will be out for a while, thank you Mamma, Oksana I will watch her until she wakes".
"Do you want me to tell lord Ozera about this?" Okasana asked
"No he has enough on his plate and it is about time this little miss found a backbone and learnt to stand on her own two feet" I had only just met her and I was tired. I got comfortable in the chair close to the bed, as Yeva was leaving she turned to me she looked troubled.
"Mamma is everything alright?"
"The black bread has burnt, who is going to tell Roza?" she said I could hear her laughter tinkling from here as she walked up the garden path
Rose's Pov
I didn't know which direction I was flying in I just flew, I couldn't get any peace from Princess Valissa and now she was invading my home. Felix was flying below me he hadn't spoken since we left he was giving me space to think we had flown on for a further twenty minutes when I set down on a cliff and dangled my legs over the edge. This mountain was one of the highest peaks in Russia, during the day it was magnificent and you could see for miles but at night, on a night like tonight it was creepy and dark shadows concealed hidden monsters that crept through the darkness and it was freezing cold, or would be for normal people.
"It will snow really soon" Felix said coming in to land and sit beside me "Have you thought of a new plan?" Felix was cunning and sneaky when it came to Strigoi but me, well I was ruthless in my pursuits of ridding the world of Strigoi and this was my forte' we both knew it
"Yes I have and I want to try something, but we will need to get out of the wind first" Felix looked at me a little confused but scanned the mountain, he found a little cave about thirty meters higher and we both made our way up. On entering I found it would be perfect for my needs.
"I have been thinking about the plants and the dust, if I can create such beautiful life with it then we should be able to destroy evil with it too"
"How? What you did wasn't intentional"
"I know but I was thinking that I could try to reproduce that quantity of dust and then enter battle mode, the theory is that if I can create life with love and laughter than I should be able to destroy with tears of sorrow"
Felix looked at me with apprehension, the last time I leveled that town "Rosie do you think that wise?"
"I don't know but I also haven't tried to do it yet maybe I won't be able to" and with saying that I tried to bring on the dust. After several hours I was able to do it consistently but next came the tricky part, the dangerous part.
I turned around and focused on the plants Felix had dug from the earth they were in hibernation for the winter but I could see that they would have been splendid flowers when in bloom. I looked toward Felix who was standing a good distance to my left, he knew that this could potentially back fire and he could be hurt he gave me a nod of encouragement, turning once again to face the shriveled plant I focused and bought on my dust I shook it all over the plant and almost immediately a change was occurring. The plant was absorbing the dust and slowly like a seedling in spring it started to grow, as it got bigger it started to form little flower buds. The stem of the plant was amazing at was green as most flower stems are but it was also glowing Gold and Red and there was tiny little spider web like patterns in black. The plant had now grown to about waist height when it burst into bloom. It was a Violet plant, it was the same shape but not the colors and it looked to be dancing in a nonexistent breeze.
Taking a deep breath I let go, my wings unfurls I could feel the darkness take over my eyes and slowly ever so slowly I could feel my tears drip down my face. These were not like a normal tear, this was darkness and it was deadly, one of the most deadly weapons in my arsenal. My tears of sorrow were pitch black and slowly inched down my face it was hard to stay in control I wanted to kill everything I could get my hands on. I could hear Felix in the back of my mind screaming at me to focus.
Taking a few short sharp and quick breaths in I focused on the beautiful flowers and then once again bought on the dust, however this was a deadly blend nothing like I had given Olena. There would be no ambrosia effect now tears were streaming from my eyes now and they dripped on the floor making the stone start to sizzle. My tears in this form were like acid anything it touched would now slowly depending on the amount would start to bubble and melt almost like lava from an erupting volcano, with a few beats from my wings I sent the tears and dust on a collision course with the other and the collided like Titans clashing, as it joined in the air it was being pushed into the plants direction and then it hit the plant.
Wherever the substance landed on the flowers they started to burn, it was fascinating to watch the petals forming blisters before it started to crumble away with a final poof the plant disappeared leaving nothing but ash and dust in its wake. I was breathing hard and still fighting to stay in control, my ears were ringing and I could feel the presents of someone behind me. I spun around ready to pounce, as I approached the threat I could vaguely make out his features, I knew this man, my thoughts were racing faster than ever before he was talking to me with his hands out in a passive motion but that didn't stop me with one quick flick of my wings I threw him into the closest wall hard, it wasn't until he impacted with the stone that I recognized him shit Felix!
Straight away I felt the darkness drain and settle back into the depths of me and I raced to Felix's side "Felix, please don't be dead, oh God what have I done" I sobbed. I rolled him over yes there it was his chest was rising, but he was out cold. I could see a lump forming on the back of his head I quickly picked him up flying as fast as I could toward the manor
Felix didn't move or make a sound the whole way and that in itself scared me, I breathed a sigh of relief when the manor came into view, I didn't stop to land just flew straight into the house through the still closed window, glass and wood sprayed the room and guardians filed in through the door
"Get Adrian now" I commanded. The Guardians all left the room after assessing for threats. Adrian raced into the room took one look at Felix passed out on the couch and stopped dead in his tracks
"What happened?" he said coming out of his stupor and kneeling down beside him, he didn't wait for a reply just placed his hand on the back or Felix's head. Moments later Felix's eyes started to flutter open, in another blink he sat up and looked around him his eyes first landing on Adrian and then on me.
"Felix I am so sorry" I cried
"Rosie it is ok I knew the risks"
"No Felix this is why I'm no good for people" and I took off out of the window, not because I was frightened or embarrassed but because when I looked out the window the first snow of the season had begun to fall in the dwindling light. The battle begins tonight.
Pulling my mobile phone out I hit Old Man, still flying toward the area Yeva pointed out as their entry point
"Kiz" my father answered "where are you?"
"No time for that Old man I need you to have the second rings placed around the town immediately and get everyone to stay inside and away from windows, take shelter in their basements or to head toward the manor" I could hear Felix and Dimitri shouting in the back ground as I hung up the phone I didn't have time for much of anything now, I could feel them approaching and fast…
I will try to update again in a couple of hours I just wanted to get something up there for you all since I had taken a while to write this, thank god the kids go back to school tomorrow