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Elizabeta
(the hunt with the wolves, she sees some crazy shit the hunters did...one wolf is near dying, in agony, unable to be saved—luca can’t do what needs to be done, so she does it for him, mercy killing. He thanks her. she wonder what alex would’ve done)
I slowly approach the shifter. He’s half in human form, half in wolf, and the agony of every word is painted on his features. Luka looks up at me, big tears falling on his cheeks. Normally, it’d be a sign of weakness to me. It still is. But something about their agony—one physical, one emotional—hits me. Hard.
(the dude tells them some things)
I kneel next to him, showing him my good side, without the scar. “Shh...”
He looks at me, fear in his eyes, spittle at the corner of his mouth. “I’m...scared.”
“I know.”
“I don’t...want....to die...”
I lift my hand to his cheek, gently caressing him. “I know. Don’t look at it as dying, but as a new beginning.” I let my hand drop to his neck. “Take a deep breath with me.”
He does—and as he closes his eyes, I snap his neck.
On some level, I’d known what I was going to do. I’ve killed thousands. But this...feels different. I don’t care to look deeper and find out why, exactly.
Luka lets out a sob by my side, then slowly rises. Wipes at his cheeks. “Thank you. For doing what I couldn’t.”
I nod at him. “You’re welcome.” Another glance at the body, then him. “I need to tell my siblings what he just said.”
“I undersand. Thank you for your help.”
I don’t bother with goodbyes, only take off into the woods.
Stefan
(back home)
Stefan asks Liza to return w/o him, says he needs to go back to the dacians. She lets him. Return to the castle with info—because there’s some heat with her and Stefan, she needs space, can’t do it anymore. Silviana there. (maybe only liza returns?) Some kind of power play—more on the vamps from beginning?—Liza actually protects Silviana when....she want to go see her brother? And on the awy there, liza has a curse attack and silviana realizes she’s mated to her brother... they see Stefan and then return, and liza is waek again. Oh and while she’s home, finds it weird that alex is disappeared.
Elizabeta
“I want to hunt.”
Alex puts down the book he’s been reading, arching an eyebrow. “Uh huh... We fed yesterday.”
“I didn’t say I want to feed. I said I want to hunt. So find us a cluster of muroni and let’s go already.”
The eyebrow arches higher. “My, you’re in a mood today.”
“Don’t you start.”
He stares at me a moment longer, then shrugs. “As you wish.”
There’s a reason I’ll pick him over the others any day. And it’s that he never contests my moods, nor does he care, ultimately. A perfect partner in crime.