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It took me far too long to make it home. By the time I arrived, I practically fell through the door and collapsed to the floor. I wanted to be able to make it to my room to see Aurora, but I couldn’t go another step.
“Séamus!” Haidyn called out in shock when my knees hit the marble with a sickening crack. Thankfully, we were extremely fast. He rushed to me, catching me before my head hit as well.
I could only moan.
“Hades save us, what the fuck happened to you?” he asked, clearly shocked. “Titus!” he shouted.
My trusted servant rushed in and between the two of them, they hauled my ass across the room and laid me out on the long trestle table. Quickly and efficiently, Haidyn removed my clothing to inspect the damage.
“Gods,” Titus murmured as my wounds were exposed. He and Haidyn exchanged a glance that spoke volumes. Titus rushed to gather supplies.
“No need to hide your thoughts,” I choked out with a coarse laugh. “Know it’s bad.”
“What did this?” Haidyn asked, though he knew the answer, despite how impossible it should’ve been. Titus had returned and started cleaning me up and bandaging the wounds the best he could. I hissed when he washed the deepest cut on my chest.
“Exactly what you think did it. A werewolf,” I mumbled, fighting to maintain consciousness as the poison of the werewolf’s damage burned through my body. We were nearly immortal, but two things could kill us.
Another demon and… a werewolf.
They weren’t just toxic to us, they were downright deadly.
“But that’s not possible,” Titus gasped. “They were eradicated.”
“Well, it would appear one was missed,” I dryly replied, then coughed into my shoulder. The black specks that splattered the fabric made the three of us go stock still.
“We don’t have much time,” Haidyn observed.
“There’s no way we would be able to gather the necessary ingredients for an antidote in time,” Titus explained.
He was right. At one time, demons would’ve kept stores of the ingredients for the antidote, but with the supposed end of the werewolves, it wasn’t necessary. None of us worried about such things any longer.
“Did you kill it?” Haidyn asked, and I could see the wheels turning.
“No,” I replied, my gaze locked on his.
“Shit,” he whispered. If I’d killed the werewolf, I could’ve eaten its heart and I would’ve been fine. “What about the debt you collected? Did you torch him?”
“No.” I’d left his body because I didn’t give a shit who found him on that side street. Tutus and Haidyn froze.
“Do you remember exactly where you left him?” Haidyn asked.
I told them as much as I remembered. When I tracked my debt down, I didn’t exactly pay attention to where we were. I simply hunted.
“The only option we have is….” Haidyn trailed off.
“Fuck. Good luck with that,” Titus blurted out. I knew what they were thinking, and it was more than a long shot.
It was a myth.
Haidyn’s jaw set. “Yeah, well, I have an idea. Titus, can you do anything to slow the process of the toxins?”
“I can try,” he said with a nod, then went into his quarters where I could hear him rustling around, followed by the clink of bottles.
Haidyn was already fastening his cloak. He gripped my hand and stared into my eyes. “Hang in there, my old friend,” he softly encouraged.
I nodded and he released my grip. Titus reentered the room and Haidyn left.
As Titus crushed herbs and mixed up a concoction in a bowl, I closed my eyes. I was more exhausted than I’d been in a thousand years. The sounds he made slowly faded away as I drifted off.
