Anastasia

why?

I'm so sorry I've not updated  but my sister got married and I was so busy.

It had been a few days since the meeting, Thomas had come round the very next day to apologise for his behaviour,  I had brushed him off, I had told him I held no grudges, and it was okay, I probably would have reacted in the same way had it been me in his shoes, he had, had a drink with us and he had eaten with us, by the time he had left he was laughing, and joking, as if we had been friends forever.

It was Wednesday and I was sat at the library, Damon was at work and I had been bored so I came to read, I decided to read some non fiction books so that I could learn about the world I lived in, it was fascinating learning about this new world. All the powers that witches could have, and all the powers that witches couldn't have, powers that the original witch, Evangeline, had, but other witches haven't, Like the power to sense who's coming, no one has that power, but I do, or the the power to command, only royalty have that power, yes I do remember my prophecy,  I'm to be queen, so yes I suppose that makes sense.

Much more made sense now, and I felt elevated. Saturday rolled round again and after a long talk with my man I left for the meeting, I had been shown my chair and I had been told this was to be my chair all the time, so it would be ok to blink into it, I did, one by one the others came, I felt good this time, still a little worried, but not too bad,  the meeting held no introductions this time, and without hesitation, once everyone was there, the meeting started

"Let's start with Gareth, Gareth? anything to report?" Thomas asked

"No, Thomas, nothing" Gareth told us

"Good, okay, William, anyth......." Thomas couldn't finish

"Someones coming, someone dangerous" I shouted as I stood up ready to fight, all of us, except William,  took stance.

The door flew off it's hinges I had to cover my face in case of splinters. A man had entered, he had dark skin, black hair, with a patch of white, he wore a black trench coat, and he held a .45 calibre pistol in his right hand he also had a bow tied to his back, the kind that the green arrow would have used. He pointed the gun to me, I lifted my hands in the air in surrender

"Please, don't shoot me" I asked, turns out I commanded him as he put down the gun

"What the .....?" He clearly didn't know who I was, he inspected the gun, he pointed it towards the ceiling and pulled the trigger, it worked, I covered my ears thinking it would be loud, it wasn't, he had a silencer on it, he now pointed the gun at me, I closed my eyes, I heard Thomas laugh.

"Cool power" he patted me on the shoulder, I realised then that because I had commanded him not to shoot me  he couldn't, this was my chance

"Tell me who you are? Why do you want to kill us?" I asked, the man scoffed but answered

"My name is Anton, I'm a bounty hunter, I was hired to kill you" he spoke the last bit looking at me

"Why?" I asked a little freaked out

"Because my boss doesn't like you" I looked at Thomas

"Is he your boss?" I asked Anton pointing at Thomas

"No" was all he said, I stepped closer to him

"Tell me his name" I commanded, the man opened his mouth, then closed it, he opened it once more then closed it again, his face started going red, like he couldn't breathe,  like he was being strangled,  his nose started to bleed as did his ears, he screamed as his eyes started to bleed as well

"Shit, Anastasia,  tell him, you don't want to know, tell him he doesn't have to tell you"

"No, I want to know"

"Just do it, he's going to die"

"Stop, I don't want to know who sent you" I told him, he stopped screaming,  and the bleeding stopped, "what the hell was that?" I half screamed looking towards Thomas

"Whoever sent him, compelled him not to tell anyone who sent him, and you commanded him to tell, his mind couldn't figure out what to do, Anastasia he would've died" Thomas explained I nodded, thankful the man didn't die, but I still needed to know who sent him

"The person that sent you, was it a man?" Anton nodded yes "is he in this room?" Anton shook his head no "is he from this Coven?" Anton shook his head no, so he wasn't from this coven, I knew no one outside this coven, so who wants me dead? "Why does he want me dead?" I asked him

"Because you're a threat to the seven kingdoms" he told me plainly I furrowed my eyebrows, how could I be a threat to anyone?

"I knew it" William shouted

"Oh so you exist?" I said sarcastically

"Shes a threat, Thomas, kill her" william ignored me, Thomas shook his head,

"No-one is killing anyone today, or any other day" he said the last part pointing at Anton

"That's right, Anton go home, you shall not kill me" I commanded him,  but he shook his head

"I can't leave" I furrowed my eyebrows looking at Thomas, Thomas just shrugged, so I asked Anton why he couldn't return home "I was told, I cannot return home until you're dead, if I don't kill you I will not be paid"

"Oh boohoo" I said sarcastically "we need to find out where he's from" I turned to Thomas, "and who sent him" Thomas nodded in agreement, I thought for a while "hang out, outside, until someone recognises you, sleep anywhere you like during the night, then during the day walk around town" I commanded him, he nodded.

The rest of the meeting went without a glitch, apparently someone had told William they hated me being on the council,  I just rolled my eyes, nice try, I thought.

Hope you enjoyed that, it's nearly Christmas!!! Tell me what you guys are going for Christmas in the comments.