Theo rushed down the hallway of the hospital with his mate in his arms. He already mind-linked the doctors that he was coming. The doctors met Theo halfway and placed Anastasia on the stretcher so they could take her to surgery. Theo waited outside as they tried to save his mate’s life.
Theo does not know how many hours had gone by the time the doctors stepped out of the operating room. He rushed to the doctor to find out how his mate was doing.
“How is she?” Theo asked
“The witch already sealed all her wounds, so we just administered a drug to help remove all the silver in her body. Most of it went out with her blood, but some were still left inside her. We are also giving her blood right now. She fell into a coma because of the blood loss, so it might take a while before she wakes up.”
“But she will live regardless?”
“She should”
“That’s great. Where is she?”
“Let me take you to her,” The doctor says and begins leading the way to Anastasia’s room. Theodore follows after him.
Theo thanked the doctor before stepping into Anastasia’s room. His mate had IV tubes inserted into her hand. One had a blood bag, and the other one had a transparent color. Theodore did not know what it was, but he was guessing it was something to help remove the silver in her system. He pulled a chair and sat down beside his mate. He took her pale, cold hands and placed a small peck on it. His mate looked dead. The only way he could tell she was alive was because of the heart monitor in the room. It is reminding him that she is alive. He felt the urge to cry from how pale she looked. He prayed in his heart that she would survive like the doctor said she would.
Theo woke up from his little slumber when he heard the heart monitor beating faster than usual. He must have fallen asleep watching his mate. He is about to press the button for the doctor to come and find out why her heart rate increased when they burst in themselves.
“What’s wrong?” Theo asks, panicking something terrible might be happening to his mate.
“We don’t know yet, my king. Please wait for us outside,” The doctor says, checking Anastasia’s body to find out why her heart rate increased.
“This way, my king,” A nurse says, directing him outside.
“Tell me what’s wrong; you told me she will be fine” Theo refused to leave the room. He needed to know what was wrong with his mate.
“I don’t know m……………..” The doctor got cut off once Anastasia started shaking viciously on the bed.
“What is happening? Why is she convulsing?” Theo asks, worried.
“My king, we need a witch right now,” The doctor shouted after opening Anastasia’s eyes. They were void of any color and as black as night.
“Why do you need a witch? Is the magic cast before still affecting her body?”
“I believe so, my king. Medically she seems fine, but she is still not recovering.”
“Okay, I will have a witch brought immediately.”
Theo quickly opens a mind link with Kyler so he can ask Ekaterina to come.
“Kyler, ask your mate to come immediately. I need her to help me save Anastasia’s life.”
“She will be there immediately, my king,” Kyler replied
“Is there anything you can do to make it stop before the witch gets here” Anastasia’s body was shaking too much, and the rate her heart was beating was also very fast.
“I will try my best,” The doctor says and talks to a nurse close by to give him something. He then injects into Anastasia’s arm. Nothing happens even after the doctor injects something into her arms. Theo is about to ask him if he can do anything to help his mate when Ekaterina burst into the room.
“How can I help?” She asks. She looks exhausted. The war drained all of them, and even if they won, they could not rest yet because Anastasia was still fighting her own battle, the battle of life and death.
“She is convulsing, and her heart is beating too fast,” The doctor tells Ekaterina as she walks towards the bed.
“Let me see,” Ekaterina says, opening Anastasia’s eyes. “This is not good,” She says once she closes them back.
“What’s not good?” Theo was worried deeply about his mate’s survival. Hearing his best friend and one of the strongest witches say this is not good increased his worries tenfold.
“The fire Ava put in her body is still inside of her. It is making her body reject the blood she is getting.”
“I don’t understand.”
“The fire spell Ava cast was meant to drain the blood in her body. The fire is still inside her body, so it’s making her body reject the new blood so it can continue to drain her out. It only wants blood to go out of her body. It does not want any blood to enter.”
“Is there a way we can remove the fire in her body to make her body finally accept blood”
“I tried earlier, but I can try again.”
“Please try again,” Theo begged.
“I will, but first, we need to take her outside. I will try to remove the fire from inside her, so it might be best if we do it outside.”
“Okay,” Theo says, lifting Anastasia’s body in his arms. Her body was still shaking viscously even as he held her close to his body. “Let’s go,” Theo says, walking to the door. Ekaterina follows him out the door.
Theo walks outside the hospital with his mate in his arms. He places her on the stretcher the hospital nurse provides.
“Theodore , no matter what I do, don’t interrupt until you see the fire out of her body.”
“Okay,” Theo says, taking a step back so Ekaterina can try to remove the fire from his mate’s body.
Ekaterina stands beside Anastasia’s body and begins to uncast the spell Ava did. She had never practiced dark magic before, but she plans to try her best so she can undo the spell and save Ana’s life.
Theo watched as Ekaterina’s eyes became black the more she chanted words. He begins to panic more once he sees blood flowing from her nose. She was practicing black magic.
“Stop, Ekaterina, you are bleeding,” Theo shouted over the loud words she was chanting. It’s like another being took over her body the more she tried to draw the fire out of Anastasia’s body.
He does not want Ekaterina to die in the process of trying to save his mate. He will have to find another way to save Anastasia without losing his friend in the process. Theo moved forward to touch Ekaterina’s body so he could bring her back and drive away whatever took over her body. The moment he was about to touch her, a ball of hot fire was used to push him away.
“I TOLD YOU NOT TO INTERRUPT ME” A voice more profound than he ever heard spoke to him. The voice came from his friend but was definitely not hers. Her eyes are black and void of any emotion. She was bleeding through her nose badly.
Theo dusted himself off the ground and quickly mind-linked Kyler to come. He might be able to bring Ekaterina back.
Kyler arrives a few seconds after Theo is done talking to him.
“My love, it’s me, your mate” Kyler tried to bring his mate back
“NO LOVE OF YOURS IS HERE,” The being inside Ekaterina replied.
“Don’t let them take you, Ekaterina; our baby needs you. I need you. Please come back,” Kyler pleaded.
“Baby,” A voice a lot similar to Ekaterina said.
“Yes, our baby,” Kyler says, placing his hand on her belly. He was able to get close to her.
“My baby” Ekaterina’s eyes returned to their original color. “Kyler, what are you doing here” Theo released a breath of relief once he heard Ekaterina’s actual voice.
“Thank goodness, you are back. I thought I lost you,” Kyler says, hugging Ekaterina.
“Back from where,” Ekaterina asks, confused
“That’s not important; the queen is still convulsing. What are you going to do?” Kyler asks,
“Let me try one more time.”
“No,” Theo objected before she began. “I want to save Anastasia, but I will feel guilty for the rest of my life if you die while doing it.”
“I want to try something else.”
“Oh, what”
“I will try to create a water spell to put out the fire from within her.”
“That seems like a good idea.”
“Yeah, let me try it out. Please move away a little,” Ekaterina told the two men in her space.
Once they were at a reasonable distance, Ekaterina created a shield like the last one she made while they were fighting. She lied to Kyler and Theodore that she was going to create a water spell. She is actually going to try and undo the spell again. That was the only way to save Anastasia’s life. She lost control the first time, but with Kyler close by and the reminder that she was still pregnant after three months, she was confident she would get it this time.
As Theo and Kyler shouted for her to stop, Ekaterina only tried harder to save Anastasia’s life. She emptied her mind and concentrated hard on the beautiful dream she had a night before of her unborn baby in her arms as she began to undo the dark magic done on Anastasia. She fought hard with the evil of the underworld that tried to pull her to their side. She chanted all the words correctly, and even as blood stained her face from her nose, a smile graced her lips the moment she watched the fire in Anastasia’s body come out and burn out in the air. She took down the shield and allowed herself to fall but was caught by Kyler. She was exhausted from all the spells she had cast.
“Thank you,” Theo says, with tears in his eyes. He can’t believe his friend did it. She was able to undo the dark magic on his mate. His mate was going to live now.
“That’s what friends are for,” Ekaterina says as she rests her body on her mate’s. She made sure to rest on his good arm and not the injured one. He walked her inside the hospital to get treatment for the draining spells she had just cast.