Tamsin felt restless in her sleep all night, having that same horrible nightmare about Ferro dying caused the valkyrie to jump out of her sleep, panting and sweating.
As she looked beside her bed and around her room, Ferro wasn't there.
Quickly getting out of bed, she rushed out through the living area and into the kitchen.
The valkyrie saw Ferro sat facing away from her at the island and as she walked towards her, peering over her shoulder she saw that the vampire was drinking what seemed to be blood out of a plastic cup.
"Where'd you get the blood from?" Tamsin asked, confused.
"A druid" Ferro said simply.
"A druid?"
"Massimo, a total pain in the arse, but he never fails to give you what you need"
"You went out at this time of the night for blood?" Tamsin looked towards the clock on the wall, it was 5 in the morning. "You could have woken me..."
"Lauren said you needed to rest for you to heal better," the vampire looked at Tamsin's neck. "You can't even tell anything happened" Ferro stood up and gently touched her neck gently.
"I had the dream again, of you dying..."
"Tamsin, nothing's going to happen. I promise I wouldn't go anywhere near the cabin, not unless I have a reason to" said Ferro, she pecked Tamsin on the lips and guided her back to bed.
They laid there for a while without saying a word. Ferro pulled the valkyrie on top of her and kissed her forehead while she played with the blonde's hair.
"I love you" said Tamsin as she looked up into her eyes, grateful for this peaceful moment.
"I love you too, I always will no matter what" Ferro continued to play with the valkyrie's hair until she fell back to sleep.
The vampire couldn't sleep for the rest of the night, not really needing to anyway after drinking some blood she got from the druid.
The vampire hadn't gone there just for that, she'd gone there to get some information from him.
Massimo knew a lot about people and he knew a few things about Lilith. The women in her family were all Embers, all Dark Fae and the redhead had a lot of anger issues, apparently.
Lilith had apparently almost burnt down her family home out of jealousy and due to her anger issues she lost control of her power.
Lilith was an angry, selfish person to ever exist and she was a danger to everyone.
You could never piss that girl off, it would be a death wish.
Ferro found out that she lived not far from Brazenwood with her mother, two older sisters and younger brother in an abandoned house that they claimed for themselves.
Her father abandoned them when she was four, a few months after her brother was born and never really had a father figure in her life.
Ferro didn't know what to do, but she couldn't let any harm come towards her valkyrie.
All night she thought of ways to end this all, but couldn't think of a plan, but as the vampire continued to think, she felt the valkyrie move in her arms.
Looking at the clock it was now 9.55 in the morning.
"Ferro..." Tamsin muttered in her sleep as she held the vampire tighter.
"Shh...I'm right here, you're okay" the vampire soothed her and continued to play with her hair.
At that moment Ferro's phone vibrated and she saw a text from an unknown number.
Reading through it she furrowed her brow and slowly shifted Tamsin to get out of bed and got dressed.
20 Minutes Later
Lauren had woken up not long after Ferro had left, and made her way to sit in the living room when Felice walked in shortly after she noticed the nymph seemed to be deep in thought.
The valkyrie went to sit beside her and put and arm around her waist.
"What's up?" She asked as Lauren made herself comfortable and rested her head on her shoulder.
"I'm worried for Tamsin"
"Why?"
"You heard what Ferro said, that psycho is going to show her face again, I know it. I remember what she was like in college when Bo and I were together"
"This girl isn't gonna harm anyone, okay? Ferro would do everything in her power to protect Tamsin, and so would I, she's my family now" Felice smiled.
"Felice, she threatened Bo's life, she threatened my life. That bitch got kicked out of school and was never allowed to set foot back on that property again" Lauren said frustratedly.
"Babe," Felice shifted Lauren so that she could look straight at her. "Nothing is going to happen, Ferro would not allow that. Yeah, she's quiet and keeps to herself most of the time but when it comes to family and friends, she'd risk her life for them. Tamsin will be safe, I can guarantee it"
"I hope so" The nymph sighed, she knew what Lilith was capable of and even though she trusted in Felice's words, she sensed something bad was going to happen.
It was late in the afternoon and Tamsin had just woken up, still laid comfortably in place on the bed, she felt around to then look and see her bed was empty... again.
Slowly sitting up she called out for Ferro, but there was no answer. As she got out of bed and walked into the living area she saw Lauren and Felice fast asleep on the couch.
Looking around the apartment she couldn't find Ferro anywhere and the valkyrie began to panic, sensing something was wrong, she entered her room and picked up her phone, calling the vampire as she walked back into the living room.
The phone rang seven times then went straight to voicemail.
"Felice, wake up!" Tamsin panicked.
"Huh," Felice murmured as her and Lauren slowly opened their eyes. "Tamsin? What's up?" asked the nymph.
"Ferro's missing and she's not answering her phone..." The blonde valkyrie paced around the room.
"She probably just went out for some space to think, she'll be fine, she used to do it all the time back home" Felice assured her, hoping it would calm Tamsin down.
"No, something's wrong," Tamsin fretted as she entered her room and closed the door.
A few moments later she walked back out, fully dressed and ready to go. "I'm gonna go find her" she said as she walked out the front door before the nymph and the older valkyrie could stop her.
Ferro had walked through the woods near Brazenwood for over an hour now.
There were nothing but trees, log and sticks.
No sign of anyone at all.
The vampire knew the text was from Lilith and the Ember asked to speak to her alone and that if she did she wouldn't harm Tamsin.
Ferro suspected it would be a trap, but if it was a chance at keeping the valkyrie safe then she'd take it.
As she continued to walk further ahead through the trees, she saw a camp fire lit.
Ferro was suddenly on her guard when she heard footsteps coming ahead.
It was Lilith.
"You came?" Lilith smiled brightly but didn't move an inch, scared that the vampire would hurt her if she made any movements.
"If it means keeping Tamsin safe then of course I'd come"
Lilith sighed and looked towards the vampire with tears in her eyes. "You love her, but you should love me. Ferro we had something special"
"We had a fling!" Ferro got frustrated. "As much as I love Tamsin, I can't express myself fully with her not the way I'd like to, because you're always in the back of my head. Every time I'm happy something bad follows close behind and this time it's you"
"Baby, no, it's because you want me instead, I know it is. I'm not obsessed with you Ferro, I love you," Lilith walked quickly around the camp fire and stood in front of the vampire.
"Love makes you do crazy things" the Ember shook her head as she laughed to herself.
"No. I never wanted you, you were just a feed. I made it clear it was only a casual thing and you agreed..." Ferro couldn't believe this girl, she was ruining everything.
"I didn't expect to fall in love," Lilith frowned at her, annoyed. "Love isn't something you can control"
"No, it isn't," Ferro agreed. "But I don't love you, and you...you're obsessed. You're just...delusional"
"No!" Lilith screamed, slapping the vampire on her chest and continuing to hit Ferro repeatedly.
"Lilith stop this!" Ferro grabbed her wrists and looked at her.
"I don't love you. Forget about me, and just live your life" as crazy as Lilith was the vampire felt sorry for her.
This girl needed help.
"I can't" Lilith cried as she collapsed to the ground.
"You can," Ferro let go of her and moved away slightly. "Now live your life and leave me and Tamsin alone" Ferro turned and walked away.
Lilith slowly got up while she picked up a small, but heavy log, screaming and hitting Ferro across the head and knocking her out.
The Ember looked down at her as tears continued to fall down her cheeks.
"Once she's out of the picture you'll be able to love me then," Lilith searched Ferro's pockets and took her phone, she searched through the contacts. "T...T...Tamsin" she smirked as she walked away and left the vampire laid unconscious on the ground.
Tamsin had walked out of the Dal after asking Trick at the bar if he'd seen or heard from Ferro. but the bar keeper hadn't heard heard or seen from her, but assured her that he'd make a few calls to keep a look out for her.
As the valkyrie walked left the Dal and walked through the ally back to her car, her phone vibrated in her pocket, it was a text from Ferro.
Meet me at the cabin. Everything's sorted now. F x
Tamsin read the text twice and was pissed off with the vampire, she told her she wouldn't go anywhere near the cabin again, unless she had a reason to.
I'm on my way x
It was a two-hour drive to the college.
As she stepped out of the car she looked at the building and couldn't help but smile.
Despite certain drama that happened back then, there were so many good memories.
As she walked past the building she headed down the path that lead to the lake, getting closer, she slowed down and sensed something was off.
No one was sat near the lake or outside the cabin and Tamsin dreaded going inside.
Dammit, Tamsin, you're a valkyrie! she thought to herself.
Tamsin walked up the steps and entered the cabin. As she searched inside and walked towards the other side of the room she realised no one was there and she found it strange.
Her phone vibrated again and it was from the vampire.
Look behind you.
The valkyrie turned around and saw Lilith stood at the door way, she walked in and slammed the door behind her and locked it shut.
"Tamsin, right?" Lilith asked with a smirk.
"Where's Ferro?" Tamsin asked as the Ember stared her down.
"She's resting. We met up and well, things got a little heated if you know what I mean..." Lilith winked hoping to rile up the blonde, but Tamsin continued to just stare at her.
"What did you do to her?" Tamsin asked calmly even though inside she was totally pissed.
"Like I said, she's resting," Lilith moved towards the valkyrie. "She'll soon realise that I'm the one for her...once you're out of the picture, she's all mine" Lilith charged towards the valkyrie and kicked her in the ribs.
This didn't phase Tamsin at all.
The valkyrie grabbed the ember by her arm and punched her in the face, busting her lip.
"Ferro will never want you, you're too much of a psycho!" Tamsin tackled the Ember to the ground and had her hands around her throat.
As Tamsin strangled her, Lilith struggled to breathe and desperately tried to fight the valkyrie off her but failed.
Her eyes slowly closed and she stopped struggling.
Tamsin let go of her as she slowly stood up and looked down at her, satisfied with herself.
Now all she needed to do was find Ferro.
Seeing the key still in the door she quickly made her way to the entrance, until she felt a knock to the head and everything went black.
Ferro's POV
I opened my eyes and looked around and saw that I was still in the woods and for a split second I'd forgotten why I was there at all, but slowly I then I slowly started to remember feeling a hit to the back of my head just as I was walking away.
"Damn you, Lilith" I muttered to myself as I laid there, I thought of how stupid I was, I should have known that crazy bitch wouldn't listen to me.
I got myself up from the dirty ground and dusted myself off and once I finished a sudden panic struck me.
Tamsin.
It was obvious where Lilith would be heading to next.
I had to warn her as soon as possible.
As I rushed back through the woods back towards my car I searched my pockets for my phone, slowing down midway I noticed the device was no longer in my possession.
"Lilith, you are so dead!" I yelled with rage this time running through the woods to my car hoping to get back in time to warn the valkyrie.
Tamsin's POV
Everything was still black and I wasn't sure what was going on around me. I could hear a girl's voice, muttering, but I couldn't catch what they were saying.
It seemed like they were troubled.
I felt a sudden rise in temperature and I could feel myself sweating.
As I slowly opened my eyes that's when I saw her, that's when I remembered what happened right before I was about to escape and then passed out.
She stood over me as I laid there, looking up, her eyes filled with a fiery red and orange, muttering words I didn't understand.
The whole cabin was on fire, but I knew if I could distract the Ember I'd be able to make a quick escape.
"Don't even think about it blondie," said Lilith, as her eyes turned back to her normal blue.
She backed up a feet away from where I was and stared at me. "You can't escape, this cabin will burn down and you will die" she stated coldly.
"Lilith, if I do happen to die, Ferro won't love you back...she will kill you" I told her, getting straight to the point.
This girl was fucking crazy and I hoped in this moment that I would die instead just so Ferro wouldn't have to.
The Ember looked away from me, and I could see a tear fall down her cheek, only assuming that she knew what I said was true but clearly didn't care or take it in because she came right towards me and punched me in the face, busting my lip this time.
She walked back towards the entrance of the cabin and stood there muttering to herself for a few moments before raising her right arm, aiming at the ceiling above me.
Her whole body became a human torch and a trail of fire came from her hand, setting the ceiling above me on fire.
As the fire spread across the cabin I could no longer see the Ember.
"Lilith, you won't get away with this!" I yelled at her, knowing how this might end and dreading it.
I would make sure she'd pay for everything.
As I stood up to go find her and kick her ass, all of a sudden I felt light-headed and fell back onto the wooden wall behind me.
I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths. "What the..." I heard Lilith say and I opened my eyes to see purple orbs around me.
"Your eyes...what's wrong with your eyes?" Lilith asked as she gawked at me.
And just like that the purple orbs disappeared and I took a deep breath as I heard a loud creak from above causing me to look up and before I could even move to safety, the ceiling had collapsed on top of me and everything went black again.
Ferro's POV
I barged through the door to find Felice and Lauren in the living area watching TV as I rushed towards Tamsin's room to see that she wasn't there.
I walked back into the living room slowly, eyes furrowed not sure what to do next.
"Ferro?" Lauren asked as she stood up and walked towards me. "Where have you been? We've tried to call you but couldn't get in touch..." She looked at me with concern written all over her face.
I took my time to answer, scared of their reaction.
"Lilith took my phone. I uh...I need to find Tamsin...she's after her now" from the corner of my eye I saw my sister shoot up to her feet.
"What?!" Felice just looked at me, I knew that look all too well, the look of disappointment, while Lauren stood there in front of me deep in thought.
"I said..."
"I know what you said Ferro! You went to see Lilith? What would possess to do such a thing?!"
"I thought I could talk some sense into her...I don't know!" I don't know what went through my mind when I chose to meet Lilith. I figured if there was a chance at keeping Tamsin safe, then why not try? If this was years ago I'd probably of tried to hurt her to prove a point, but going there to speak to her well... I thought I was doing the right thing." I explained to my sister.
"Someone as psycho as her doesn't know what sense is, she's insane!" Felice yelled as she paced back and forth.
"Tamsin clearly isn't here and her phone is switched off, we tried calling her too" Lauren sighed and I could see the worry in her eyes.
Gods, if anything happened to Tamsin I would never forgive myself.
A sudden dizziness struck me and I lost my balance, almost falling to the ground but Lauren caught me just in time. "Ferro..." Felice said as she stood there and looked at me with confusion and then a look of realization.
Vaguely losing vision from my eyes I closed them for a few moments, my whole body felt tingley and as I opened my eyes agaon blue orbs appeared out of nowhere and surrounded me.
It was obvious what this meant.
The bond between me and Tamsin was complete, but it didn't make sense.
It literally just happened out of no where? She isn't even here...
"What just happened?" Lauren asked, eyes wide as we all stood there like statues, not sure on what to make of the event that just happened.
"The bond's complete..." I said, "right?" I asked looking towards Felice.
"Yeah...we need to find Tamsin" said Felice as she looked away and went to sit back down on the couch.
"Okay," I said looking towards Lauren.
It was obvious my sister was still disappointed in me.
"I'll go to the Dal and ask Trick if he's seen her and you guys call the rest of the gang and see if they've heard anything" I instructed sounding surprisingly calm although inside I was panicking.
"Okay," said Lauren. "Take my phone, we'll get in touch if we hear anything and vise versa" I nodded to Lauren and made my way back out.
Felice didn't speak to me or even look at me as I left the apartment.
I quickly got in the car and made my way to the Dal.
Felice's POV
"Why does Ferro do so many stupid things? Now Tamsin's in even more danger and we don't know where the hell she is" Felice stressed.
"We'll find her...I'm sure of it. Like you said earlier, Ferro wouldn't let anything happen to her..."
"I know and it's true...she wouldn't, but I'm Tamsin's mentor. You forge a bond with those you train, even if you have to give them tough love most of the time..." Felice was absolutely livid with her sister.
"We will find her and we will get her back home safe and sound. Her and Ferro are now bonded, maybe she'll sense something while she's out there looking for her..." Lauren assured her having faith in Ferro to find her best friend.
Ferro's POV
I barged into the Dal to see that it was empty, however, Trick was behind the bar cleaning glasses as he looked towards me and saw the worry in my eyes.
"Trick, Tamsin's missing...was she here? Do you know where she might have gone?" I asked frantically.
"She came here a few hours ago looking for you, then she left. I'm sorry, but I haven't heard or seen of her since then" he looked at me apologetically.
I left the Dal and walked back to my car.
As I opened the car door I felt a sudden heat overcome me and a horrible pain on the back of my head.
I got into the car and sat there thinking of where Lilith might have Tamsin.
For a few minutes I thought really hard, becoming more frustrated with myself.
I closed my eyes and thought harder and out of nowhere I saw Tamsin stood in the cabin near our old college, fire surrounded her and then it hit me...the cabin, obviously!
I didn't waste any time.
I started the car and drove straight there while I called Lauren telling her to be there as soon as possible.
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Just over an hour later I parked outside the college and didn't waste time as I got out of the car and ran into the woods. As I ran pass the lake I saw the cabin covered in flames and smoke.
I felt hot and sweaty like I was inside and I just knew the valkyrie would be trapped there I could feel what she was feeling, she felt trapped and panicked not only for her life, but for mine too.
I walked closer to the fire to look for a way inside, but I couldn't see anything except a window.
Just as I broke the glass window with my fist I saw ginger hair from the corner of my eye.
Obviously Lilith, fleeing the scene, but I'd deal with her later.
Tamsin was my main priority.
"Tamsin" I called out frantically.
"Over here!" I heard her call back from the other side of the cabin.
The smoke was thickening by the second but that didn't faze me at all. I don't know how or why but there was a purple glow around Tamsin as if it was guiding me straight to her through the smoke.
Rushing closer towards her I could see that her leg was trapped by a huge piece of wood that must have collapsed from the fire.
I carefully lifted the heavy wood and she slid her leg to the side. Carefully holding the valkyrie up I could sense her eyes on me.
"We need to hurry, the rest of this place is gonna collapse any minute" I heard her say, the panic obvious in her voice.
The valkyrie had nothing to worry about, I'd always keep her safe. I guided the valkyrie towards the now smashed window and helped her as she climbed out first, keeping a tight hold on her upper body as I lowered her to the ground.
As I went to climb down next, I saw Lilith standing behind a tree looking my way.
I tried to climb out as quick as I could to keep the valkyrie safe and the I felt a sudden hit to my side that sent me flying to the other side of the cabin, knocking my head really hard and I couldn't move.
I could still hear the cabin creaking and I felt Tamsin's panic.
I managed to open my eyes, slowly and all I could see was flames and I was now a few pieces of large wood.
Hearing a loud creak, I slowly moved my hand, desperate to try to make it out of there, but it was too late.
The whole cabin had collapsed and the last thing I heard was Tamsin's voice.
Author's POV
"NO!" Tamsin yelled as she watched the cabin collapse to the ground with Ferro still in there.
Tears welled up in her eyes and as she watched on, everything became a blur.
The valkyrie didn't know what to do except just sit there in the dirt and hope that Ferro would walk out of the fire and take her home, but that never happened.
"Tamsin!" Looking up she saw Felice and Lauren making their way over to her, the smaller blonde went straight to her and held her close. "Thank the gods you're okay...we knew Ferro would protect you" Lauren smiled.
Felice stood behind them. "Tamsin...where is Ferro?" Felice asked as she looked towards the cabin and began to slowly walk towards it.
Tamsin couldn't answer her and began to cry. "Tamsin! Where's Ferro?" The older valkyrie asked again, this time looking at her.
"She didn't make it out" was all Tamsin could say as she held Lauren tighter and continued to cry.
With tears welling up in her eyes, Lauren looked towards Felice who looked away from her and ran into the cabin. "Felice!" Lauren called out, but the older valkyrie didn't pay attention to her, she just wanted to get her sister out of there.
After hearing pieces of wood being moved about and thrown out of the fire, a few moments later Felice had walked out with Ferro in her arms.
Tamsin's head shot up and she looked towards her mentor as she walked over to the two of them and laid Ferro next to her.
Ferro was badly burned all over her body.
Tamsin leaned over and shook the vampire's body. "Ferro, wake up!" She yelled as Felice stood there looking down with tears rolling down her cheeks.
Lauren stood up and hugged Felice as she cried and watched Tamsin try her best to wake her little sister up.
They all hoped to the gods above that she would, but knew deep down that it was too late.
Ferro never woke up.