Hellbound Heart



Special shout-out to @MonsterUnderTheBed! Thanks sooo much for the supergift! 

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The slight change in Gav's expression as he looked up at the window of Alicia's room had Alex creasing his brows as well. 

In fact, it was not just them that made a reaction at  that moment. Azy and Sebastian had suddenly rushed inside the house. And Gav… the guy had jumped before Alex could stop him and landed like a cat on Alicia's room's window pane. 

Gav's eyes stretched a little at the sight that welcomed him. 

Zeke was right there, sitting beside a woman on the bed and his dark magic was…

"What are you doing? Zeke?" Gav broke the silence and Zeke's concentration. 

The dark magic calmly swirling around the person on the bed dissipated as soon as Zeke raised his head and looked at Gav. 

"You know your demonic power can never heal anyone, don't you?" Gav continued asking as he jumped down on the floor as soundless as a cat. 

"I know that." Zeke replied. His voice was emotionless and as flat as how his eyes looked at this moment. 

"Then what are you trying to do? To her?" Gav gestured to Alicia by tilting his head in her direction.

When Zeke did not respond, Gav approached the bed. He could feel from just the heartbeats and breathing of the person that she was currently in grave danger. And obviously… no matter how blank Zeke's expression was, Gav felt that he was being shaken right now. Terribly. And that only told Gav how important that lady lying on the bed was to Zeke.

Zeke had been the master of hiding whatever he was feeling or thinking. And that was why everyone in the Underworld had thought that this man was a heartless and emotionless being as he appeared on the outside. In fact, even he too had thought the same way about Zeke at first even after years of being with him. 

But after the two of them made a blood oath with each other, Gav started to feel the ripples of emotion that sometimes moved within Zeke. Back in the Underworld, he could barely feel anything worth noticing except whenever Zeke was staring at his ring. But here, back in his home world, Zeke was like a different person. Especially right now. He was currently very much shaken to his core. 

"So, she must be Alicia –" Gav broke off the moment he moved his gaze from Zeke and stared down the face of the woman who was lying in bed. 

His head suddenly throbbed with extreme pain that Gav stumbled back, hand flying to his head as he groaned. 

As he squeezed his eyes shut, a flash of long silvery hair appeared in his mind. Bringing along with it, was a warm and gentle emotion, one that made him feel much familiarity and a sense of miss. It was as though he should know who that long silvery hair belonged to.

And then it was gone. The pain too was suddenly gone. Though the physical agony was no longer there, somehow there was a gnawing void that seemed to be left behind where the pain had once throbbed so powerfully just a few seconds ago.

Panting, Gav slowly lifted his head. Zeke had already stood up, looking at him, asking him what was wrong, to the point that he had even stumbled back for no apparent reason at all. 

"I don't know…" Gav replied as he steadied his breathing. "I just… felt a throbbing pain as soon as I stared at her… hair." And his brows furrowed as he continued staring at Alicia's hair, as though willing for some kind of memory to be triggered if he looked at it longer.

Zeke suddenly approached him and blocked Alicia from Gav's sight. "Then don't look at her." Zeke said. "Go out. Wait for me outside. Now, Gav."

Gav's jaws clenched, looking as though he did not want to listen to Zeke's instructions, but he could not go against Zeke's words. 

As he turned back towards the window where he jumped in from, Gav turned his head slightly, but to the side where Alicia was not visible. 

"She's in danger. There's something that must be done very soon or it would be too late." Gav said softly, knowing that Zeke would be able to hear him. He was not trying to overstep his boundaries or be a busybody, as he did not even know the woman. But there was one thing he knew. This woman cannot die. She must not die! And it is for Zeke's sake. He was not very sure on why he was so convinced, but he felt like it might even be for his sake too. 

"I know." Zeke again responded shortly, causing Gav to form lines between his brows before realization dawned to him. Wait… don't tell me… 

Gav turned around to confront Zeke, but he accidentally caught sight of Alicia's hair and once again he experienced that extreme throbbing pain, causing him to nearly fall to his knees. 

"Go. Wait for me outside." Zeke told him and this time, Gav could only do as he was told. 

The door was pushed open as soon as Gav was gone and Azy stood there, looking at his father with his large grey eyes. Fear and desperation were filling his eyes again. 

"Dad…" he uttered. "Mom is… she's fine, right?" he asked. His voice so strained as his small fists clenched tightly at his sides. 

Zeke sat next to Alicia. His hand was still holding hers as he stretched his other hand towards his son. "Come here, Azy." He said and the boy slowly approached. 

Once he reached his father, Zeke held his hand and pressed on his son's palm quietly for a few moments. 

"I have something to tell you, son. I need you to listen carefully." 

Azy held his father's eyes as he nodded with conviction. He trusted that his father would somehow fix things.

"I… I am going to take your mother away, Azy."