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“Finnick! Get your head out of your arse and fucking hold his mouth open!” Drayce roars and at the same time, lightning strikes in the kitchen, Dottie appearing out of thin air.
“Do it before I slide this bolt through your neck,” she threatens, a sword buzzing with electricity in her hand, the tip under Finnick’s chin.
My mouth opens in shock, the creature surrounding Dottie pulsates.
Finnick rushes to obey, grabbing my father’s chin and prying his mouth open.
“She’s hard not to listen to,” Drayce smirks.
“Focus, Drayce,” Luca says.
“Right. Sorry. She’s a bit distracting.” He clears his throat, then places the rim of the glass against Father’s lips.
“Don’t,” Father pleads the best he can, the word a garbled slur.
Drayce rolls his lips together, tilting the glass until the blood rushes free from the glass. Father coughs, and Finnick forces his mouth shut, then plugs his nose to force Father to swallow.
“Get me more blood. I’m afraid we will have to force-feed him, Master Monreaux.” Drayce informs my brother and everyone in the room turns their attention to him. “If not he will die.”
Alastair and Alaric come into the room. “Someone called for blood?” He tosses a blood bag to Drayce. “I have more too. Don’t worry.”
“Me too,” Alaric says.
Alexander nods. “I understand. I didn’t want us to be at this point, but it seems we have no choice.”
“I’ll hate you forever if you do this to me,” Father sneers with disdain.
“I’ll bear the weight of your hate if it means you stay alive,” Lex says, sadness tinting his tone.
“You expect me to leave when this is happening here?” I whisper to my brother, changing my position to stand in front of him. “Lex, I can’t.”
“I can save our father because our mother wasn’t his beloved.” His eyes move from the men forcing blood down father’s throat, then to me. “But I won’t be able to save you. You will die, so tomorrow night, just as the sun sinks below the earth, you’ll go to your beloved. You’ll see there is nothing to fear because what is happening at home will continue to happen, whether you are here or not.”
“Lex—”
“—That’s it, Rarity. There is nothing else to say. There is nothing you’ll be able to do to convince me otherwise. That’s the end of the conversation. Do you understand me?”
I grind my teeth together from being told what to do. “I understand.”
He grabs my shoulders and gives me a slight shake. “I am doing this because I love you. You can even take your bottle of wine if it makes you feel better.”
I can’t help but smile. “It might.”
“Good. Why don’t you go see Maven? See if she needs help with the twins or Irving. I don’t want you to see anything else that will happen here.”
“He’s my father too, Lex. I’m not a little girl anymore.”
“Stop being stubborn and listen to me for once,” he informs stern yet controlled. He’s losing his patience.
I rip myself from my brother’s arms, then push my way between Alaric and Alastair.
“Rarity,” Alexander calls for me. “Rarity!”
I ignore him, throwing open the kitchen door, and jumping from the porch. The stars glitter in the sky by the millions, the wind breezes through my hair and dries my tears.
A deep bark from beside me has me turning my head to see Whiskey moseying over to me, taking his sweet time.
I grin at him, patting my thigh to call him over quicker, but he only plops his tongue out and keeps at the same pace. When he finally reaches my side, I’m in a better mood just because of his fluffy cuteness.
