Anastasia

Did you know?

"Please talk to me" Damon whispered he came closer but I moved back, he stopped, I stopped, I sighed, not knowing where to start.

"When Annabell died, were you there? When Isobel's husband tried to kill her daughter, were you there? When Thomas killed Annabell without a trial, without questions, were you there? How many women have died or gone to jail because Thomas seems to think only women can commit a crime?" I was shouting

"Anastasia" Damon began but I cut him off

"There's a girl, Jessica, she was nearly raped" I choked on my words as I cried, again Damon tried to get close to me but again I moved away, he was crying too, his face, his clothes he was bloody, but I didn't want him to touch me I knew, I knew it wasn't his fault but those who stay silent knowing something bad is happening are worse in my eyes "to save herself she pushed this man away, she got away, and when she complained to the council, she was thrown in jail, did you know that?" Damon said nothing "How many women have lost their will to live because of this council, because of Thomas?" I was tired, so tired, I fell to the floor on my knees, and Damon was there in an instant, he hugged me, I fought him for a while but in the end I had no energy so I let him hold me, after a while he spoke

"It was either shut up to what he's doing or leave, I know it was wrong, Annabell was my best friend, she was everything to me, I loved her, but Thomas took her away, I did confront him, I went to his office, but he compelled me to leave him alone, to go home or leave the coven, it's always been like this, since Thomas was appointed council leader, did Robert ever tell you how he died?" I shook my head no "Robert was head of the council, he was liked by everyone,  one day Thomas joined the council and he wanted to be head, but Robert was head, to get him out of the way Thomas had him killed" I gasped at that "no proof was ever found, that Thomas did it, but I know he did it, and if you ask Robert I'm sure he'll tell you the same, Thomas was always ruthless, he always thought women were weak, he never respected them, no one could go against him, at the risk of losing their life, I'm lucky he didn't kill me he only compelled me but many have lost their lives" Damon finished I was calm now and I hugged him tight I apologised for acting the way I had, what had I been thinking? Damon couldn't have stopped him, no one could, he killed people? He killed Robert? Why did Robert not tell me? "Hey do you need rest? King Pierre is probably waiting for us to get back" Damon reminded me, I groaned

"No, we should get back" I told him, as we  got up "but I think you should get changed first, people will think I tried to kill you" I smiled looking down at his bloody tee, I know what you're thinking it's black you probably can't see it, but trust me you can see it, the blood is very seeable

"I'll be right back" he told me before he blinked, he came back wearing a fresh tee, and his face was clean too, he took out his phone and rang Dylan letting him know we were going back to France, Dylan told him to pick them up at the mansion, and that's exactly what we did, when we got there, all the women came to greet me, thanking me

"I am so sorry for what happened to you, I promise that I will do better" I bowed my head showing I meant it, Damon held my left hand

"And I'll help" Damon promised, Dylan held my right hand

"Me too" Dylan promised, Charlie held Dylans hand

"And me" he promised, I smiled at the women as they all nodded

After goodbyes we blinked back to king Pierre's castle, I saw him pacing waiting for us, when he saw me he seemed to sigh in relief

"I'm sorry king Pierre, please accept my sincere apologies" I bowed my head once more but he came and hugged me

"No apologies needed Anastasia" he said letting me go, he looked at Damon, then Dylan and Charlie "is everything ok?" He asked when his eyes landed on me. I proceeded to explaine what had happened when I finished Pierre seemed angry "you did the right thing" he assured me "but why was I never informed of this?" He asked the three men "I'm king, you could've come to me"

"We didn't know what you'd do your majesty. What if you were like him? What if you didn't care?" Damon spoke the first sentence, then Charlie, then Dylan spoke the last sentence. Pierre looked away

"What's done is done, Thomas is gone, but we do have other people to meet" I announced to which the men agreed we met more people and around an hour later Charlie left the room with a butler as we were meeting other people, he came back less then twenty minutes later with the butler and a food trolley, which I was grateful for I was starving the food trolley contained sandwiches, peanut butter and jam sandwiches, we ate and attended to the people at the same time.

That night Damon and I went back to the room we had spent the night in

"Have you forgiven me yet?" He asked

"Yes Damon, I'm sorry for how I treated you, you were right, you couldn't have stopped him"

"No baby, please don't apologise, I should have told you what Thomas was like, I should've trusted you" we argued back and forth and in the end we agreed to disagree.

I did my nightly routine and we got in bed.

"Where are we going next? After Europe, I mean?" Damon asked

"I'm thinking Asia, I wanna see Shakti again" I told him to which Damon nodded, I lay my head on his chest "I love you Damon" I told him, in answer Damon kissed the top of my head.

We spent the next three weeks meeting many people, and we did what other queens before me had done, we waited three extra days, and when no one else came we decided to leave, I had told Dylan we were going Asia next, and King Pierre decided to blink us instead, saying he didn't want any of us to get hurt after what had happened before, I had rolled my eyes at the men as they laughed at me but I knew he was right, just don't tell him that.

King pierre blinked us all to Asia after telling his butlers he'd be right back.