Gods & Monsters ✧ Elijah Mikaelson

V ✧ The Seven

Guys these chapters are all so damn long and I'm really proud of myself for it

I'm also really proud of that cover because it was my first time ever using Adobe Photoshop :')

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Chapter Five

Kol, Rebekah, and Elijah all had burns on them. They were very confused when they arrived at Avarice's castle, for they hadn't even noticed the marks that the creatures had made on them. What surprised them even more was that their healing abilities didn't seem to work with the burns.

Kol had burns on his shoulder and neck, and Avarice explained to them that the hands of a Mare were what they used to steal the soul of a mortal. So, wherever a Mare touched a person with their hands, it burned them. Rebekah had a much darker and more severe burn on her throat. Elijah, however, had gotten the worst of it all. It appeared that he had fought back the hardest. He had a harsh burn on his neck, and an even harsher one in the centre of his chest.

Avarice left the room and went to the library to get one of the many magic books at her disposal. In finding a book about the Mares, she quickly checked to make sure that her power could get rid of the burns, and then took the book with her back to the main parlour. The Mikaelson's all looked up at her in anticipation, waiting to see what she would do. They seemed very worried about the burns. It was not surprising, seeing how they had almost died from poisoning only a few days before.

Aspin came in right after her, seeming tired. That is, until she was shocked awake when she saw the Mikaelson's.

She looked to Avarice in confusion. "You brought them here?"

When he heard her voice, Levi jumped to his feet and questioned if she was all right, to which she replied that she was fine. Then she looked back at Avarice and awaited her answer.

Avarice nodded. "The castle has wards on it. The mansion did as well, but these ones are far stronger."

Aspin was a little more accepting of that than Levi was.

"And when will you be informing Kaige of their whereabouts?" he asked, looking out the large glass windows to the castle that stood in the distance. It was even larger than Avarice's castle, but much darker. More daunting.

She looked back down at the books. "When the bastard comes over and asks. Now, shall we stop talking about this and actually start to explain to these poor people what in the hell we have done to them?"

Levi and Aspin blinked in reply, and Avarice took that as a 'go ahead' from them.

The Mikaelson's were all patiently waiting, sitting on the array of couches and chairs that adorned the parlour. Avarice read the spell one last time, then recited it softly. So softly that she surprised the Mikaelson's when it worked, and her hand suddenly erupted in light. It looked like fire, but instead of being orange and yellow, it was white.

"I will heal you and explain," Avarice said, then went to Kol first.

She decided would save the majority of her power for Elijah, the one who had been hurt the most.