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“Dad” she screamed holding his head.

Ada spun on her heel and roared as she ran towards Abaddon. He held up his hand and she felt like she hit a shield. She couldn’t go any further, rendered helpless, held in an invisible jail as Abaddon approached Merza and clasped her face.

“You have a bitch of a daughter. What’s the saying, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree?” he said before letting her face go. Merza’s head lulled to the side. “I wasn’t going to kill her. But maybe, just maybe I will. Or maybe I could do to her what I started with you all those years ago”

Ada shook her head and slammed her fists into the invisible force that held her prisoner. Abaddon watched her struggle with a smile across his face. Suddenly Ada heard the chants of the Witches and the howls of the Werewolves approaching, Abaddon heard them too as he suddenly shifted back into an owl and flew away. The invisible force instantly dropped away freeing Ada from her prison.

‘Ada’ she heard Kade’s voice in her mind.

Ada turned to her Father and went to his side.

“Are you alright?” she said touching the back of his head that was healing quickly.

“Yeah a little bump on the head can’t keep me down” Kade said.

“I can hear the coven coming” Ada said.

Kade stood and dusted himself off.

“We better go before they get here” he said taking her hand.

Before Ada realised what was happening, Kade had turned and held her to her side and was racing towards the coven. Ada could suddenly hear the screech of the owl right behind them. Kade twisted and turned and she felt the talons of the owl scrape across her back, she screamed in pain as the talon scored her back drawing blood just as they leapt out of the edge of the forest and into the waiting view of the coven and Werewolves. Ada fell to the ground nausea raced through her body; Abaddon had injected Demon venom into the wound. Travis fell to her side and held her up. Ada looked up, her face pale.

“Demon venom; He injected me with Demon venom” Ada cried.

Kade grabbed her and picked her up, carrying her through the back door of the coven and into the living room. Morrigan bustled in behind them, she grabbed Ada’s hand. Travis paced the room.

“Can’t you heal her?” he turned to Morrigan.

Morrigan had tears dripping from her eyes as she shook her head.

“I can’t heal like that” she cried.

Travis turned to Kade.

“Can’t you?” Travis said.

Kade shook his head.

“My blood won’t help Demon toxin” he said.

“Well somebody better fucking do something” Ada screamed.

Her body was burning in pain, she felt darkness starting to seep its way into her brain. Everything seemed to be moving around her so fast; she couldn’t keep up with the movement. There was a loud buzzing in her ears. Images flooded her mind, her Mother playing with her, her Father swinging her around, Frankie reading to her, Dane making love to her and Travis’s face, his love, his laughter, his joy.

Ada felt her world begin to slip away as the toxin took hold. She screamed again as a pain wrenched at her heart and she felt her arms grow heavy, her lips had become numb as slowly she closed her eyes and let the darkness take over. The last thing she heard was Travis screaming her name.

Chapter Twenty Five

“Where’s my calling Angel? At the coffin. Where’s my blue sky? At the coffin. A pretty bouquet and red rose at the coffin. Darling don’t cry at the coffin over my soul” Yelawolf

Ada sat up surrounded by darkness. There was no sound and even her keen eye sight didn’t help her. She couldn’t see anything. Ada looked around before slowly standing.

“Am I dead?” she said aloud.

“No just very sick” she heard a voice return.

Ada squinted her eyes to try and make out who had spoken to her but still unable to see anything.

“Who is there?” she called.

Suddenly a light flicked on and the room lit up. She could see that she was in her childhood bedroom. Posters of singers and actors dotted the room, her big bed covered in teddy bears filled the space and sitting amongst the teddy bears was Frankie. Instantly Ada growled and leapt towards him but she felt like her feet were stuck to the ground. Ada fell forward landing on her knees hard, the pain shooting up her thighs. Ada looked up at him and snarled again. Frankie shrugged his shoulder and continued to watch her as he folded his arms across his chest.

“You won’t get far with that attitude” he said.

Ada continued to glare at him, as he climbed off the bed and came towards her. She felt bile rise to her throat from the pit of her stomach as she noticed that Frankie’s neck was torn open from where Kade had attacked him. As if Frankie could read what she was thinking he pointed to it and pulled on the flap of skin that was hanging loosely about his neck.

“Does this make you uncomfortable?” he asked with a sneer.

Ada closed her eyes and turned her face as he came towards her continuing to flap at the skin.

“I thought it was a nice touch” he said with a shrug of his shoulder.

Ada opened her eyes and glared at Frankie. She felt her stomach churn again with revolt, hurt and betrayal. She wanted to spit in his face. She wanted to claw his eyes out. She wanted to bring him pain. Ada lowered her eyes as an overwhelming sadness took over her.

“Why did you do it? My Mother and Father were good to you. Why betray us?” she asked.

Frankie shrugged his shoulder again and began to pace around her.

“Why not?” he replied.

Ada frowned and shook her head as her sadness quickly turned to fury.

“What does that even mean?” she shouted.

Frankie sighed and sat down at her feet, crossing his legs and putting his elbows on his knees and chin on his hands.

“You really never saw it? You never got it? Are you that thick?” he said with a mean smile.

Ada frowned again and shook her head.

“Frankie for fuck’s sake what are you talking about?” she said exasperation oozing from her voice.

Frankie barked out a laugh and stood. This time he came close to her face and knocked on her forehead with his knuckle.

“I loved you Ada. But first you have to have Dane. Then you have to have Travis. But never Frankie” he said. “Nobody for Frankie”

He stepped back and put his hands on his hips. Ada shook her head and mimicked his hands on hips pose.

“Well maybe if Frankie had wanted Ada he should have fucking said something” she spat.

Frankie gave a sly smile, just moving the corner of his mouth.

“Are you trying to tell me that you would have joined with me?” he asked.

“I don’t know Frankie. At the right time then yes I probably would have. But you betrayed me. You broke my heart. You took me straight to Abaddon, who would have killed me had my Father not come” Ada said.

Frankie dropped his eyes as he slowly shook his head.

“He wasn’t going to kill you. He promised me that, but now that your Father did this” Frankie said quietly pointing at his neck. “I can’t protect you, I can’t control what Abaddon does to you”

“Are you fucking kidding me” Ada shouted indignantly. “He is the devil; the fallen angel, Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer whatever other fucking name humans have for him. He is a natural born liar. You think he had any use for you after you brought me to him. If my Father hadn’t killed you. He would have”

Frankie shook his head and ran his hands over his face turning his back on Ada. He spun to look at her, his face reddened.

“He wouldn’t do that” he shouted. “He promised me. He promised that he would remove the joining between you and Travis, he would make you mine. We would be together”

Ada snorted out a laugh and shook her head. Frankie lurched forward and slapped her cheek. She felt her neck crunch under the weight of his slap. Ada narrowed her eyes and turned to glare at him, slowly shaking her head. The taste of coppery blood filled her mouth and she slipped her tongue out and ran it along the split of her bottom lip.

“You’re a fucking disgrace” she spat.

Frankie growled lunging at her for a second slap, but as he went to hit her again, his hand went through her face as if she were suddenly a ghost. Ada frowned and held her hand up. She could see the confusion on Frankie’s face and when she looked at her own hand she saw that it was slowly disappearing. Ada felt panic grip her heart again as she looked around.

“Frankie” she cried “What’s happening”

Frankie’s face dissolved from anger to fear as he reached forward to grab hold of her but his arms fell through her waist as slowly she slipped away. Ada opened her eyes slowly to see, standing around her, were the faces of Morrigan, Kade and Travis.

“Am I dead?” she asked.

Travis smiled as he leaned over and kissed her passionately on the lips.

“Did that feel like you were dead?” he asked pulling away from her.

Ada reached up and touched her lips.

“If it did I think I like the place I’ve landed” she laughed sitting up slightly.

At the foot of the couch she was laying on was a Warlock she knew as Lawson, he was a very old and very powerful Warlock.

“Lawson?” she said.

Lawson nodded at her and touched her foot gently.

“You took a mighty dose” he said quietly.

“You healed me?” Ada asked.

“We aren’t all bad you know” he said with a sly smile.

Ada smiled in return and laid her head back on the couch, she could feel a dull ache still throbbing at the base of her neck. Travis stepped forward and lifted her from where she lay.

“I’m going to take you up to bed, you need rest” he said as he carried her towards the stairs.

Ada nuzzled her head into his chest, feeling his heartbeat against her ear. She didn’t even remember him putting her to bed. She had never slept as soundly as she did that night.

Chapter Twenty Six

“Don’t you cry for the lost, smile for the living. Get what you need and give what you’re given. Life’s for the living so live it or you’re better off dead”. Passenger

When Ada awoke Travis was tucked into her side. A smile crept across her face as she watched him in a peaceful sleep. His eyelashes brushing against his cheeks, his hair tasselled and a slight smirk on his face. She couldn’t help but wonder what he was dreaming about. Ada closed her eyes and ran her hand through her hair; images of the night racing through her mind, Frankie’s betrayal, Frankie’s death and her Mother lifeless and helpless under Abaddon’s rule. Ada felt Travis’s arm tighten around her waist and she opened her eyes to see him looking at her.

“Good morning” he said with a smile, his voice husky with sleep.

“Morning” she replied leaning forward to kiss him lightly on the lips.

“Mmm I think I need another one” he said leaning forward and pressing his lips against hers.

‘I thought I was going to lose you’ Travis spoke into Ada’s mind.

Ada closed her eyes and pulled him tighter into her chest. The truth was she wasn’t sure that she was going to ever see him again either and that feeling alone brought her such pain. Ada groaned and rolled to face him as he deepened their kiss.

Their tongues danced passionately together. He ran his fingers up through her hair, pulling her in closer. She pressed her hips against him and felt him twitch against her mound. She groaned into his mouth. He released her, trailing kisses across her cheeks, ears and down her neck. He traced his fingers down over her collar bone and down her chest to her nipple, which hardened immediately under the feather light touch of his finger. He circled it between his thumb and finger causing a jolt of electricity to flow through Ada’s body. She arched her body under his hand.

“I can feel everything your feeling. It’s so overwhelming but so perfect” Travis groaned against her neck.

Ada gently pushed against Travis’s chest until he was lying on his back. She began a descent of kisses down his neck and over his chest. She flicked her tongue over his nipples, feeling the pulse of pleasure he felt as she did. She continued to run her tongue down over his stomach until she reached the top of his pubic line. His erection twitched against the side of her face under her breath. Gently Ada took the head of his cock and slid her lips down over the top, running her tongue on the hard bottom of his shaft.

Travis groaned a throaty moan and she took as much of him as she could in her mouth. Ada slowly moved her lips up and down his shaft as she monitored his pleasure with every movement. She could feel his pleasure begin to mount, not only psychically but by the movements of his hips, urging her to take him deeper.  Ada reached up and clasped his balls in her hand and began to roll them in her fingers. Travis groaned again and lifted his hips from the bed. With her other hand she stroked him in time to the movement of her lips and tongue. Travis’s breath began to hitch and become erratic as he moved his hips more fervently.