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This chapter isn't as long as the last on and it is slightly filler, mostly about Cristof, but I hope you still enjoy it!
Chapter 28
As we walk into the living room I can feel the power leaking from the two angry men in the middle of the room – Brandon and Cristof. They are standing toe to toe, clenching their fists, and breathing deeply from yelling.
When we're close enough to them everything stops and both their heads snap towards us. This causes everyone else to look at us and suddenly everyone is smelling the air. It's really creepy and weird.
"What are they doing?" I ask Roman who looks a little uncomfortable.
"You marked my daughter," Derek hisses looking dangerously at Roman.
"Yes, Sir," Roman says squeezing my hand. Derek turns his angry gaze on me.
"Did you want this, Jinx? You're not supposed to mark someone against their will," Derek says looking pointedly at Roman.
"I told him he could," I tell him calmly.
"We knew this would happen eventually, Derek, it just happened a little earlier than we thought," Izzy says trying to calm Derek down.
"I'm in love with Jinx, Derek, you know that. I would never do anything to hurt her," Roman tells him confidently as he wraps an arm around my waist. Everyone's eyes zero in on his arm and then look up at me, waiting. When nothing happens they all take a step forward.
"Don't," Roman says when I take a step into him.
"We don't know if everyone can touch or if only I can do it," Roman tells them.
"How did this happen?" Derek asks.
"The bond takes away the pain of my touch," he explains.
"Then you're probably the only one who can touch her then," Derek says sighing.
"So what are you two arguing about?" I ask, looking at Cristof and Brandon.
"Cristof's inability to tell us that he was not dead," Brandon hisses glaring at Cristof.
"You'd already had my funeral, my family was dead, and I wasn't handling it well. It wouldn't have done anyone any good if I would have revealed myself. I was angry and destructive. I couldn't have gone back to my job or lived in my home, it would have hurt too much. So I went to the human world and started trying to get back on my feet," Cristof explains.
"You should have come back when you were better!" Brandon yells.
"It had already been too long…"
"We wouldn't have cared! You're our brother, Cristof, we would have welcomed you back if you would have decided to come back yesterday!" Brandon yells, cutting Cristof off.
"I'm sorry I kept you all in the dark for all these years, but I wasn't sure how you guys would react to my return or if I would even be able to come back. It hurt whenever I thought of coming back. I lost my mate, Brandon, and just the thought of going to places where we used to go or going back to the place where we used to live, it hurts," Cristof says gripping the place where his heart is.
"We can help you, Cris," Brandon says.
"Something has breached the perimeter," one of Cristof's guards says and everyone freezes.
"I'll go check it out," a guard says before teleporting out of the room. Something blows up outside and then guns start going off.
"You have a mine field outside," Derek hisses at Cristof, who just shrugs.
"My guards know where they are and I would have told you guys if you wanted to go outside. We're not here for the scenery, but for the isolation," Cristof explains before tossing me a gun.
"Do you really want to give her a gun?" Brandon asks her.
"Why wouldn't I, she's an expert marksman," Cristof says and I smirk at their shocked expressions. They should have figured that out by now.
"Did you teach her how to fight?" Brandon asks Cristof.
"She started out in karate while she was in the foster system and when we met I started training her, so I mostly taught her," he says.
"Why?"
"It taught her control," he says just as someone jumps through the glass doors. The guy looks around for a moment before his eyes land on me and then he lunges forward. Great, they're still after me.
One of Cristof's guards' steps to the side with his arm out as the guy comes running forward, and the guy impales himself on the guard. The guard pulls his arm out of the guy and the guy's heart is in his hand. Quite gruesome but effective. The guy drops to the floor dead.
The front door opens and we all turn to see Henry walk in. I swear, this guy just does not give up.
"Jinx."
"I wish I could say it's nice to see you, Henry, but it's not," I say sarcastically.
"I've been looking for you."
"I know, it's a shame that I keep killing everyone you send after me," I say smirking and he growls.
"You killed Marco," he hisses at me. Don't really know who that is but by how pissed he is that the guy is dead I'm gonna have to say it's the guy who stabbed me in the stomach earlier.
"He talked too much, Henry, so I just thought I'd put the both of us out of our misery," I say shrugging.
"Someone needs to put you down, like a dog," Henry snaps.
"Yea, I get that a lot," I tell him.
"What are you here for, Henry? You obviously didn't come to fight since you're not actually here," Cristof says narrowing his eyes.
"I took Vanessa," he says grinning.
"Good luck with her, she's a fucking bitch," I say laughing and his grin turns into a glare. Henry turns his glare on Derek and Izzy and now I understand. Vanessa must have told them that she is their daughter and he thought he could trade me for her. It would have been a good idea if Vanessa was actually their daughter. Too bad she's not.
"Vanessa is a traitor, ending up with you might be a good punishment," Derek says annoyed and Henry just stares at him shocked.
"What, did she tell you that she's their daughter too? Yet, that's a whole load of bullshit," I tell Henry and he grits his teeth.
"Now that I know where you are, Jinx, I'm going to keep coming after you. So watch your back," Henry says before disappearing into thin air. Well isn't he the most obnoxious person on the planet. As soon as Henry leaves I hear the fighting outside stop. The others must have left as well, or they were all just killed in the last few seconds.
"What other times did he send his people after you?" Cristof asks me.
"When everyone found out that I was actually Phoebe I ran to New York City for about a week and the City was crawling with Goblins. When they realized I was there they started coming after me. Before I went back to Avalon I met Henry," I explain.
"That was you," one of Cristof's guards says shocked.
"That was me," I say.
"What did you do?" Derek asks confused.
"The Goblins were dropping like flies, we were all wondering who was doing it," the guard says.
"Why do they want Jinx?" Derek asks.
"Because she's important to me and when people find out she was actually alive and not dead, and that I was looking for her, they thought they would try and find her first," Cristof explains.
"They were going to use her against you," Derek says.
"They could try," I say rolling my eyes.
"I don't want you going up against these guys by yourself," Derek tells me before looking at Brandon. They have a silent conversation for a moment and I just know he's going to make me have more guards.
"So, I don't know if this is the greatest time, but tell me you have food here because I am starving," I say looking at Cristof.
"You want steak?" he asks and I smile.
"It's like you can read my mind," I say and he laughs before looking over at one of his guards, telling him to go tell the cook to make me a steak and some fries.
"Are you going to be staying in New York City?" Brandon asks Cristof.
"I don't think it would be a good idea for me to set up in Avalon, seeing as I'm not pledging my loyalty to the monarchy anymore. No offense to you two, I'm sure you are both great leaders. I just have a job here. But I can visit and you'll always have a place with me, and if you ever need any backup don't be afraid to call," Cristof says.
"You going to stay here at the beach?" I ask him.
"Probably not, I got this because it was easiest and I didn't know how long I was going to stay here. With the ocean being so close, it will be too hard to protect, so I'll probably get something in a wooded area or something," he explains.
"Good, because this place is too white, you need some color. You know Izzy likes to decorate stuff, you should have her design your new place," I tell him and he grins at Izzy.
"Want the job?" he asks and she rolls her eyes.
"I think I'll pass," she says crossing her arms annoyed. I guess they can't be friends yet, but hopefully they'll get there.
"How did you know where Jinx was? The elevator opened and you were waiting there, how did you know we were going to come through there?" Roman asks Cristof.
"You know there are different types of bonds, right?" Cristof says looking at Roman and I feel him tense up.
"Are you telling me that you have a bond with Jinx?" Roman asks narrowing his eyes.
"I could possibly be saying that," Cristof says.
"Why do you have a bond with my daughter?" Derek asks annoyed and Cristof looks at me.
"He created a bond between us as a safe guard against me going out and getting myself killed or me trying to kill myself," I tell them and they all look at me shocked.
"You wanted to kill yourself?" Maddy asks sadly and I shrug.
"I'm sure she has told you that she had control issues when she was younger…"
"She still has control issues," Brandon says and I flip him off.
"She was worse before. But anyway she had no sense of regard for her safety and I thought if she knew I could get hurt if she was seriously injured or if she died, then she would think twice about doing something," he explains.
"Then how could you not know that she wasn't dead?" Roman asks him.
"It's not a serious bond like the bond between mates, if we are apart for too long or if we don't use the bond it starts fading. It started to fade while she was in juvie, so I wouldn't have known if she died or not because it was so weak that I wouldn't have felt it. But when I found out she wasn't dead I started trying to use it. Especially since she was so heavily sedated for the time that she was at Area 51 she wouldn't have been able to contact me anyway. The bond doesn't work very well if one of us is in a different dimension, which is why I couldn't find her when the rumors of her being alive started popping up, because she was in Avalon. I got little snippets of things here and there, and I finally realized where she was. I just happened to be there today because I was going to use the portal to find Jinx in Avalon," Cristof explains.
"Can you break the bond between you two?" Roman asks.
"Why, are you jealous? You shouldn't be, Jinx is like a daughter to me," Cristof says.
"I think we should be asking more important questions, like when are they going to get married," Maddy says winking at me and I roll my eyes.
"They're not even dating," Landon says giving Roman a small glare.
"Roman, you need to ask Jinx out on a date," Maddy says giggling and Roman turns to me.
"Jinx, will you go on a date with me?" Roman asks.
"Will there be chocolate?" I ask him and he grins.
"There is always chocolate on dates," he tells me and I laugh.
"Sure."
"I feel like we're missing something," Maddy says looking at us strangely.
"Do we want to know what it is though? It's probably some cheesy couple thing," Landon says rolling his eyes.
"Can I help you get ready for your date?" Maddy asks, looking at me with puppy dog eyes.
"Why not."
"You have to tell me where you're going to take her, Roman," Maddy says looking over at him seriously.
"I haven't even planned it yet, give me some time," he says and she sighs.
"I assume you'll be assigning some of your guards to my daughter," Derek says to Roman.
"Of course…"
"Why, I've got Brandon. If we're being real, he's technically three guards in one," I say and Brandon gives me an annoyed look.
"Don't try and get out of having more guards by trying to flatter me," he says.
"She'll be keeping Brandon as well," Derek says.
"I guess you won't be getting rid of me, Brandon," I say smirking.
"Didn't even let myself hope," he says in a bored tone.
"You're not going to fight us on getting more guards are you?" Roman asks me and I sigh.
"I guess not…as long as you don't make me go around wearing that bullet proof vest, because that was annoying," I tell him and everyone laughs.
"You made her wear a bullet proof vest?" Landon asks.
"I wanted to be safe," he says shrugging.
"And I guess you won't have to wear the vest, unless there is a situation that requires it," Roman says to me.
"Do I get to pick the guards?" I ask.
"Brandon will pick them," Derek says and Roman and I both look at him.
"Well…"
"Brandon will be her head guard, so he should have a pick in who he works with. He knows what he's doing," Derek says cutting Roman off.
"You can offer suggestions," Brandon says.
"Can I offer suggestions?" I ask.
"No." Damn it.
"I'll get together a group of men I think will be satisfactory guards for you to choose from," Roman says and Brandon nods.
"The food is ready now," a man says coming into the room, and so we all move into the dining room where the food has been laid out.
"Will you marry my brother?" Maddy asks me later on when we're back in Avalon in my room. She's painting my toe nails because apparently it's something that girlfriends do.
"If he asks nicely," I say smirking and she laughs.
"He does have a tendency to do things without asking. One day you're just going to wake up and there's going to be a diamond ring on your finger," she says and I snort.
"I wouldn't put it passed him," I say.
"So where do you think he's going to take you on your first date?" she asks.
"Technically we've been on a date before," I tell her and her head snaps up.
"When, where?" she asks wide eyed.
"He once took me to Niagara Falls and we got this private tour and then he made me dinner afterwards. After dinner he took me to a show. It wasn't technically a date because he didn't say, want to go on a date with me, he was just taking me there because I'd never been anywhere in New York City before," I explain.
"And we've been to dinner a few times, but again not really dates per say," I tell her.
"He never told me this!" she says excited.
"So he didn't really jump from the "friend stage" to the "I'm going to mark you and make you mine for the rest of your life stage,"" she says.
"Not really and he did like to tell everyone that I was his girlfriend, even though I never agreed to be his girlfriend," I tell her.
"He's not going to stop telling people you're his girlfriend. Just wait until you agree to marry him, he's going to go around telling people you're his fiancé," she says giggling.
"As long as he doesn't get me some monstrous ring I have to wear, I won't be able to fight with something like that," I tell her.
"Don't worry, I'll help him pick it out. We can look at rings beforehand if you want and then I'll just tell him which ring you want," she says.
"Do they have like magazines or something for wedding rings?" I ask her and she nods.
"I mean I guess it wouldn't hurt to look at them."
"Oh, this is going to be so much fun! Especially when we start planning the wedding," she says clapping her hands.
"We're going to have to go shopping again, aren't we?" I say and she snorts.
"Get ready for it, Jinx, you're going to be shopping a lot," she says smirking and I groan.
"Don't worry it will be fun, I promise."
"Everyone always says that," I say falling back on the carpet so that I'm laying down and she lays next to me.
"I guess it won't totally suck with you as my maid of honor," I say sighing and she squeals.
"You really want me to be your maid of honor?!" she asks and I nod.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she says squealing and I chuckle. I knew she'd enjoy it.
"Anyways, back to the date question. Where do you think he's going to take you?" she asks.
"I don't know, but I'm sure it will be fun. I enjoy spending time with him, so I don't really care where we go," I tell her and she grins.
"That's got to be the cutest thing you've ever said," she says and I laugh.
"Now let's go watch a movie," she says pulling me up and out of the room.
So, I hope you guys liked the chapter! Also, where do you think Roman should take Jinx on their date?! Hopefully I'll be able to update one more time this week, but I don't want to make any promises. Mostly because I'll be thinking up a good date for Roman and Jinx, and date scenes are hard to write because I don't want to make it too cheesy or cliche.
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