“It tells me that they are still monsters, and you’re brainwashed. This might even be a trap. What’s next? They’re going to kidnap us too?” Lune asked, hysterically waving her hands.
“I feel like there’s something you need to get off your chest that has nothing to do with me being kidnapped!” I replied.
“I’m so sick of everything being evolved around you. These deaths are on your hands! And you think you can just march on back, wearing a witch marking, thinking shit is all good because you’re this beautiful and luscious goddess that our men seem to go crazy over. I liked you better before Hoax raped you, but knowing you, you probably set that up too,” Lune said, and Blair gasped.
“Why in the fuck would you say that!” Blair yelled at Lune.
“Because I have yet to receive any of y’all’s support during this pregnancy that I’ve been dealing with alone. Everything is about Eboenia! At first, it was about Hoax invading her, then it was about the wedding, and when she was taken, that’s all you and Jinx cared about! What about me, damn it!” Lune screamed.
“I think I should go,” I replied, standing up, but Blair pulled me back down.
“No, we’re family. Lune doesn’t mean those things,” Blair replied.
“Did you fuck that wizard?” Lune asked me.
“Why does that matter?” I asked.
“Because I heard you fought by his side and killed Charmden warriors together. Only a woman who opened her legs for a man would side with the enemy against her own people,” Lune said, and I laughed.
“Yes, I fucked and sucked him and enjoyed every second of it. My soul is bound to his, and despite how he captured me, he protected me. He showed me and made me feel things I’d never felt before, and I no longer feel bad about it!” I spat.
Blair rubbed my back, and Lune grilled her. “She’s brainwashed, Lune. This isn’t our Eboenia, so we need to be here for her. We don’t know what Hex13 did to her,” Blair stated.
“She’s always the fucking victim! She puts herself out there, teasing these men with her big breasts and ass! She is what Crane said she is, and it’s time we be honest!” Lune fussed.
In a flash, I swam over to Lune and choked her, digging my nails into her throat. My horns emerged, twisting and curling like dark, regal crowns. Her eyes widened in fear, and I heard Blair scream. “You’ll respect me, bitch! I’ll rip your throat out and slice that bastard out of your stomach if you keep speaking sideways about me,” I gritted.
“Eboenia, let her go!” Blair pleaded, pulling on my arm as I tightened my grip. I pushed Blair away from me while digging my nails into Lune’s throat; her blood cascaded down her neck, soaking the neckline of her dress.
Her eyes were wide open, the water in the pond splashing outside as her wings fluttered in panic. While looking into hereyes, I saw something…something dreadful. They say your eyes are the windows to your soul. I read her thoughts, felt her fears. This hidden ability came at a time I needed it the most. Maybe I always had it, but being with War gave me the binoculars I always needed.
“This is why you tried to talk me out of marrying Sin. A couple of nights ago when I came here after we went to the club, Sin was waiting for me. You had just finished sucking his dick. This is his offspring you’re carrying, and you’re jealous because he loves me and only came to you for sex!” I seethed.
“She’s lying, Blair. Get this monster away from me!” Lune cried, clawing at my arms. I head-butted her, making her dizzy. She slipped beneath the water, and I pulled her up by her hair.
“You’re the one who sent Hoax into the forest when he raped me! You snitched on me and Sin being together because you always wanted him!” I screamed at her. Blair wrapped her arms around me. “Eboenia, let her go. That is your sister! You have to fight the curse!” Blair pleaded.
I released Lune, and Blair rushed to her to check on her wounds. “That bitch never wanted me to come back!”
“I need to lay down. I’m cramping,” Lune whispered.
Blair helped Lune out of the pond and then sat on the ground. “What has gotten into you? Lune would never sleep with Sin!” Blair yelled at me.
“She’s a lying crazy bitch! Those Hex13 demons poisoned her mind!” Lune cried while rubbing her midsection.
“Where did those horns come from, Eboenia?” Blair questioned.
“It’s part of my magic,” I nonchalantly responded.
I floated on my back inside the pond, spreading my wings wide. Dark spiraling shadows circled around me, causing the light to dim inside the basement. It was my dark magic radiating from me, a living entity that pulsed with my emotions. Black horned snakes appeared, slithering across the ground towards Lune, their scales glistening like volcano rock.
“Make it stop!” Blair screamed at me.
I backpedaled, ignoring their pleas. Blair hurried Lune up the stairs, cradling her midsection as she went. I had scared her into going into labor. Alone in the stillness, my thoughts turned to War. Was he alive? Why hadn’t he come to find me?
I heard Jinx’s voice, snapping me out of my daydream. In a surge of adrenaline, I flew out of the pond, accidentally stepping on the snakes that slithered beneath my feet, turning them to ashes in an instant. A black floral robe, woven from real roses, materialized over my body as I ascended the stairs. In the living room, I found Lune in the pool, laboring with Blair by her side.
“Eboeniaaaa!” Jinx called out, her voice filled with urgency.
