Sweet Redemption: The Morningstar Series Book 3
Sweet Redemption Chapter 53

"You knew!" My mated shouted at her accusingly.

Acaisia shook her head.

"No, I can feel it now." Ahkari walked the last few steps up to her twin.

Acaisia grabbed my mates hands in hers and they started to glow. Uh, I was fairly certain that was not normal for them. The way my mate looked down at their glowing hands told me that I was right. "It's right here." Acaisia said.

Acaisia bent down and started ripping the flooring up as well. My mate rolled her eyes at her twin before returning back to her own side. We stared between the two for a few moments. "What the f**k?" Bou exclaimed.

"They are both possessed now." Simon said bored. Oh great. Now we really are f****d.

"What?!" Bou screamed at the demon. Which pissed me right off.

"Now you know how I feel!" I screamed at my brother.

We watched them some more for a few minutes. They were tearing the floor up scary fast but it would still take time. Bou and I were radiating worry I was sure. "What do we do?" Bou asked.

"We wait." Simon stated like it was simple.

"For f*****g what?!" I shouted. Am I the only f*****g sane person in this castle right now?

"Until they replace what they are looking for." Simon said.

"And what if they never replace it?" Bou asked pissed off.

Simon turned to face us.

"Then they tear the entire castle apart and we at least replace out what is possessing them." He had a point that didn't make any of my anxiety go away.

"And how long would that take?" I asked trying to calm myself down.

Ahkari whimpered causing my eyes to snap back to her. She was still working on the flooring but there was a sadness in her eyes. I couldn't help myself when I tried to get through to her again. "Ahkari.. Baby are you alright?" I asked her softly.

"I need to replace it." Was all she said.

I rolled my eyes. This is ridiculous. I'm getting no where with her and it doesn't seem like Simon is willing to help. Looking over at Bou I could see him trying to get Acaisia's attention.

Just like me, he was getting no were. Our mates are possessed and apparently we are supposed to just sit here and wait. I can't do that.

So, instead, I sat in the doorway of the ballroom. Out of the way of my mate and her twin ripping up the floor, but still able to keep an eye on her. Simon said that if I can't get through to her than no one can. So, I crossed my legs, closed my eyes, and tried my damnedest to concentrate.

After trying to pull on the bond for over an hour I gave up. Nothing. I felt nothing. Usually I felt everything Ahkari was feeling. She kept the wall between us down usually. I thought it was so sweet that she wanted to let me know everything about her all the time. Even when she did put that wall up between us I could still feel her. We were still connected.

I could feel her pain, her happiness, anything that would leak in. Looking at my mate I saw her fingers were still bleeding. I didn't feel any of that. No pain.

Sighing heavily I put my head in my hands. This is a disaster. I need to do something. I can't just watch my mate be like this. I tried a few more times to talk to her but she always ignored me. It's like she doesn't register who I am. When anyone else would talk to her I could see her roll her eyes, or at least see the recognition flicker in her eyes.

Not with me though. It was like she heard me but needed to push me away. I wonder if that's part of the possession.

"B.." I looked behind me to see Bou standing there.

He was speaking to me but looking at his mate.

"Lets go have some water and a snack." He said as he reached his hand out for me to take.

I looked at his hand then back at him, with a frown on my face.

"How can you eat at a time like this?" I practically growled at him.

If I didn't stay mad I would start losing my s**t again. I'm not a crier. Never have been. But this... this was more devastating than anything else I've been through.

Bou sighed.

"I can't. I was hoping that maybe if my twin joined me I could manage to calm down a bit." He said softly, but I didn't respond.

"Bianca you are my sister and I have to force you to eat I will. I can't help my mate and you can't help yours. The least we can do is take care of ourselves for them. When they snap out of this they could be hungry." His words had started to peak my interest but I still couldn't move.

"Ahkari is going to be pissed off when she comes out of this and replaces out you haven't been eating or drinking anything. Our mates want us to take care of ourselves. That's how we stay strong for them B."

Finally his words had gotten to me. A few stray tears fell from my eyes and I quickly wiped them away. Standing I took one last look at my mate before turning around and walking to the kitchen with my brother. I was desperately trying to hold myself together. Just before we hit the kitchen doors Bou stopped me by pulling me into his arms. That was it for me, I lost it. I clutched onto his shirt and sobbed into his chest.

"W-W-What ifff th-they do-don't snap-p out offf i-it?" I tried to ask through my sobs.

Bou pulled back and held onto my shoulders. He looked me deep in my eyes with the most stern expression I've ever seen him wear. Bou's eyes started to glow letting me know he was barely holding onto himself too.

"They are going to come back. They will snap out of this Bianca. We need to trust our mates. If it was really that bad than Simon would call for help. We just have to pull them out of it sooner rather than later." He told me. I nodded as I replayed his words over and over to myself.

We entered the kitchen and Bou ushered me to sit down on one of the stools. Simon was sitting across from me but I couldn't lift my head to look at him.

A moment later Bou returned to my side with a stack of napkins he found. He started to clean up my face and I blew my nose. Finally the tears had stopped, for now anyways.

Bou set down a bottle of water and a snack sized bag of chips in front of me. I stared at nothing in particular as my twin sat down next to me. He bumped my shoulder and I shook my head. Reaching for my water I chugged half the bottle. "Eat." Bou ordered.

I opened my mouth to tell him I wasn't hungry but he gave me a look that had me shutting up quickly. I didn't even know Bou could be that intimidating.

Deciding not to poke the bear, after all he's probably feeling the same as me, I opened my chips and slowly started to eat.

"I know that it doesn't help you feel better by saying this but... You guys have nothing to worry about." Simon said. "Your mates are Morningstar's. They cannot die and they will snap out of this whenever they replace what they are looking for." He finished. Bou glared at him, but what else is knew. I only nodded back to him. Honestly, I appreciated his words, even if they didn't help. We sat for a few more moments in uncomfortable silence. I miss Ahkari. A lot. After all this I am definitely never letting her go. "Hey Simon can I ask you something?" I asked the demon.

Simon looked up at me and smiled.

"I've never denied a beautiful woman before." He replied.

"Don't talk about my sister like that f**k face. You're already on thin ice for flirting with my mate. I promised her I'd get along with you. Don't make me break my promise." Bou threatened.

I rolled my eyes and Simon gave him an amused smile.

"Do you know how we mark our mates?" I asked before Bou could say anything else.

Simon's amused expression was exchanged for a confused one.

"You do not know?" He asked.

I shook my head.

"We were foster kids. We didn't even know we were Demons until puberty." I explained to him.

"I see." Simon said thoughtfully. "So I assume that means you two don't know the extent of your power?" He asked.

I scrunched up my face.

"We feed. We know about our touch. I know that we feel more powerful when we feed. That's about it." I told him.

Simon gave me an amused chuckle.

"s*x Demons are rare because they can feel off of any living thing, draining the life completely. That is dangerous. You can technically feed from multiple people as well, although that takes a lot of power. There are lots of things that the two of you can do. Check the archives when we get back to the school." He said.

"The archives?" I asked.

"Yes." Bou answered and I looked over at him. "Acaisia just told me about it earlier. She said that we can look when we get back hom." He told me. I smiled. Home.

I turned my attention back to Simon and hardened my eyes.

"That didn't answer my question though." I stated.

Simon smiled.

"No it did not." He cleared his throat. "Marking your mate is the same as binding your life to someone. All Demons have the ability to do this unless you are of the lowest level. If you are lucky enough to have a mate, when you bind your life to them you can never break it." He said. "If they aren't your mate can you break it?" Bou asked.

Simon nodded. "Yes. There are three different levels. One is with a kiss, it connects the demon to the other person. You would be able to feel the person but not the other way around and it is not very strong. Two, is with a little blood exchange. That is pretty much the same but both parties can feel the other and the marked one can call on their demon for help. Only the demon can choose to abide or not. The last one is by s*x." Simon smirked.

"That is the strongest. Both parties are tied to each other until death. Usually the demon is not the one to die." He stated.

"So..." I encouraged. "How do we do it?"

Simon sighed.

"Blood exchange and few ancient words. f*****g right after helps too but thats usually a given in these situations." He smirked again.

I thought about what he said for a moment.

"What are the words?" I asked.

Simon looked between Bou and I for a moment.

"Why not ask your mates?" He asked.

I shrugged but Bou answered.

"They want us to wait until we get back, but we are growing impatient." He stated.

Simon stared at us for a few more minutes before he sighed. That amused twinkle in his eyes never left. He could pretend like he didn't want to tell us all he wanted, I could see right through that. Eventually he blew out a breath and told us everything we needed to know.

About an hour or two later I was feeling a bit lighter. At least now I know how to mark Ahkari and let me tell you that I'm marking her the f*****g moment she snaps out of this s**t.

Sighing I stood up and walked back to check on my mate, Bou following close behind me. When we got to the door my stomach lurched and I swear I was going to throw up and pass out.

My mate was still ripping up flooring with her twin. They were nearly done and were practically back to back. What caused my terror was the state my mate is in.

Ahkari was covered in blood, head to toe. It was dripping from her and I could see deep gnashes across her entire body. I gasped loudly.

"Ahkari.. Oh my Gods Ahkari! You're covered in blood! What did you do?" I screeched.

My mate made no movement at my voice and I had had enough. Marching up to her Bou tried to stop me but I shook him off. I grabbed Ahkari's arm and yanked her to her feet. She glared back at me. "What the f**k!" She screamed.

"Don't 'what the f**k' me!" I screamed back as tears started to pool in my eyes. "What did you do to yourself Ahkari!?"

Ahkari looked down at her body as if she had no idea she was wounded. She looked back up and me and shrugged before trying to go back to the flooring. I gripped her arm tightly and she turned to glare at me again.

"You can't shrug this off Ahkari! You are my mate! I can't bare to see you like this anymore! You have to stop! Please.." My voice broke on the last word.

Ahkari c****d her head at me, her face scrunching in confusion.

"Mate?" She asked.

I stared at her dumbfounded. How could she not remember me?

This isn't real. This can't be real.

I opened my mouth to tell her yes when her twin stook up and through the last piece of flooring into their pile.

"I knew it was here.." She said, causing all of us to look at her.

Acaisia was staring down at the floor and I followed her direction. Another gasp escaped my lips at what I saw. "Oh my f*****g Gods."