Revenge, and A Little Bit More

Chapter Twenty Six: Truce

The maiden clinging to Cassandra was yelling as the sisters swarmed upstairs. Daniela glanced back, seeing the twins closing in on them. Lily managed to sink her teeth into Daniela's calve, making her fall harshly to the ground, screaming in pain. 

"Lily, NO!" Daniela bellowed in a stern voice. Just as Amy lunged for Bela, the wolves whimpered and snapped out of their mind control, their milky white eyes becoming green once more. Lily's eyes adjusted and focused on Daniela, full of blood.

"Dani! Are you alright?!" Lily couldn't control the tears streaming down her face, seeing the damage she has done to her love.

"Lily..."

"I am so, so sorry! I don't know what happened! Amy?! Are you alright?!" she yelled, becoming frantic. Her breathing became irregular as panic took over the redhead. She buried her head in her hands, trying to calm down, when she suddenly felt Daniela's arms around her.

"My love! It's alright! Look, I'm healed already. I'm fine, Amy's fine, we're all fine!" Daniela said, hugging her tighter. Amy came and hugged her twin, now crying too. Soon the others joined in the embrace, Daniela, Lily, Amy, Donna and Bela. 

"Who's that Cass?" Bela asked, as they let go of their tight embrace. She spotted the maiden awkwardly standing to the side, her arms wrapped around herself.

"Is she a new friend?" Donna asked, smirking at Cassandra. Lily and Amy smiled warmly at Cassandra, who started blushing immediately.

"Her name is Grace." Cassandra murmured, pulling her into the embrace with the others. They laughed happily at Cassandra, who rolled her eyes, before letting go of each other once more. There was a comfortable silence between the group of women, as they sat, smiling at each other through tired eyes. Lily and Amy glanced at each other as their smiles faded and their eyes grew wide.

"Mom!" they yelled in unison, before bolting out of the room, closely followed by the others.

Alcina was sitting on the ground next to an unconscious Lilith, unsure of what to do. Lilith had shifted back to human, laying on the cobblestone in the courtyard. The heavy rain had stopped, now just softly drizzling around them, the moon slowly revealing itself in the distance. Karl was standing next to his sister, with his hand placed on her shoulder.

"Is she breathing?" he asked softly. Alcina frowned at the question, thinking that it was impossible that she was dead. Right? She gingerly placed her index and middle finger on Lilith's pulse point in her neck, feeling for a heartbeat. She closed her eyes as tears started flowing more aggressively down her cheeks. She sighed heavily and turned to Karl.

"Help me, please. I am too weak." she whispered through her tears. First Karl helped her stand up, before picking up Lilith, cradling her in his arms. They just made it inside the castle, before Alcina became dizzy, grabbing to the railing of the stairs.

"Alcina, are you alright?" Karl sniffed, trying to hide his tears. Alcina placed her hand over her head, not hearing Karl call out for her. The last thing she heard was the clicking of heels and the buzzing of flies, before she collapsed.

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"Grace?" Cassandra called, sitting in the lounge. Lily and Daniela was asleep on the couch opposite her. Amy was asleep in Karl's arms, who was sitting on the carpet in front of Lily and Daniela. Bela and Donna was in the kitchen busy making hot chocolate and coffee for the others. Grace came from the other room, carrying hot towels on a tray for everyone.

"Yes, lady Cassandra?" she handed everyone a towel, and placed the tray on a table nearby. She approached Cassandra with her hands clasped together.