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“Who, mother?” Tobias asked.
Thomas nodded shakily. “He got out of his cage,” Thomas cried. When Darius grabbed the rabbit from his hands, Thomas saw that Tobias was not alone. He quickly cleared the tears from his face and straightened up, knowing better than to look weak in front of the demonic prince. His father would whip him good had he seen them.
Darius observed the rabbit finding its neck had been rung when he glances around nervously toward the castle. Moments later, his hands glowed green, then blue, and his eyes turned white as he wielded magic he should not have.
Magic like mine. Seconds pass when the rabbit's feet suddenly kick. Thomas gasps, and Tobias' eyes searched around frantically, knowing what that means if anyone sees. Darius was a Demonic Elemental Harmony-Fae. Everyone knew the demonic king’s son had power that was envied but he’d never heard anything about him being an elemental.
“You'll have to set him free, Thomas. Your mother will question how he came back,” Darius said. Thomas stared at him with wide eyes as Darius held the rabbit out to him.
“You're a harmony…” Darius winked at him, and gave him a smile.
“But that’s our little secret. I'll keep yours if you keep mine,” Darius clarified. Confusion set in. I wondered how it was possible that Darius was a teenager and somehow survived two plagues set to kill his kind and Tobias questioned the same thing. He was around the age his sister died, and if he could resurrect the dead, why didn't he bring her back? Why was he not kept down in the cellar with his sister and mother, and why was he still blessed with his gifts?
ChapterFifty-Two
The next memory morphs to their 18th birthday. Tobias heard a portal open and sat up, rubbing his eyes, his powers had manifested during the night, but too exhausted to care he never checked his infinity mark. He knew the familiar energy to be that of Darius. He yawns, stretching his arms above his head. Darius smirked as he stepped through the portal into Tobias' room, holding up his wrist. “It appears we are destined, brother,” Darius told him.
Tobias' brows furrowed as he yawned, looking at his wrist when Darius rubbed his fingers over the infinity mark on his own. Tobias gasped, glancing at his own when warmth spread up his arm. Tobias chuckled. “Well, looks like you're not getting rid of me now,” Tobias smiled. He was glad that his best friend was destined to be part of his life. Their brotherly bond was now completely solidified and so were their kingdoms.
Tobias stares down at the names on his wrist. “Fuck, feel sorry for whoever she is. I wonder who the other two are?” Tobias said, brushing his fingers over Kalen and Lycus' names.
“No idea, I called on them but got no reply.”
“Probably saw our names and went to hide under a rock,” Tobias groaned.
“I'm more interested in why her name is faded,” Darius said, reaching for Tobias' to see if his is the same. My name was also etched into both their wrists, yet mine was faint. Tobias glanced at Darius.
“What do you think it means?” Tobias asked him, and Darius' eyes darkened.
“One way to find out is to get dressed,” Darius said.
“What about the other two?”
“They'll come to us when ready. Give them a chance to come around to it, and the idea of us, that would be a bit much for anyone to take in. Their magic is strong, hers I can hardly feel,” Darius told him, and Tobias got to his feet and grabbed some clothes, pulling on some black jeans and a gray shirt. Just as Darius stepped toward him and grabbed his wrist, Thomas entered the room.
Tobias instantly rushed to him and snatched up his hand, only for Thomas to pull away. “What is it?” Tobias asked him, grabbing his twin's wrist to see who he was destined for. Only when he does and turns Thomas' wrist over, Thomas' wrist was blank. No mates, his infinity symbol was there. It just held no names.
“Wait? But–”
“It's fine, Tobias. Maybe my mates were White-Fae,” Thomas reasoned, but they all knew what that meant, that one day Thomas would run out of magic without his Keeper and mates.
“Who did you get?” Thomas asked him, grabbing for Tobias' wrist. He turned it over to see our names and smiled.
“Well, what are you waiting for? Go find them and bring them home,” Thomas said. Tobias' stomach sank. Guilt set in that he had four mates and a Keeper. In contrast, Thomas wasn't granted even one.
“It's fine, Tobias; the fates just have me destined for bigger things, you'll see.” Tobias' guilt nagged him. But once Thomas left, Darius stepped closer and grabbed Tobias' wrist, drawing his attention back to what they were doing. Darius' thumb brushed over the mark and power crept up his arm, yet it was different from before, different from the rabbit, darker, twisted, cold. It was like everything darkness could be, amplified but so much colder from when he healed the rabbit.
“Let's go find her then,” Darius laughed, excited that they had both fully manifested, that their magic was strong; it appeared by their markings and the surging bonds that their Keeper would be a powerhouse. They both saw freedom, and sadness bled into me, realizing they thought I was their freedom from their parents and their parents' demands.
With me, they could take them down. No longer would they be bound to their families. They could both take their freedom back, and I was that freedom to them. Until the portal took them somewhere, they didn't expect. My school.
“Okay, then. She is a teacher?” Tobias questioned, scratching the back of his neck and looking around. He was confused until the bells sounded and I walked down the front steps. I walked straight past them without feeling anything, not even paying attention. I remembered that day, I felt sick, and now I wondered if it was because they had manifested and I wasn't of age. I didn't even glance up as I walked out of the school gates.
“Fuck!” Darius cursed.
“Bro, I know she is our keeper, but I am not dragging some young girl off who has no idea who we are to her,” Tobias said as they watched me walk away from them.
“Our parents can't find out about her,” Darius murmured.
