The hammingtons episode 39 – 40

🍂The Hammingtons🍂
A Cursed Family

🍃Chapter 39🍃
Dianna’s POV
“Then the next morning I woke up alone, he was gone and I didn’t know when. Some weeks later, the stray witch came to my home which led me to Arcane County” I ended my narration

“If you knew it was him from the onset, why did you deny not knowing the father at first?” Gia asked

“How could I tell you all who the father is Gia? When I very well know how you all despise the innate ones”

“Doesn’t matter Dianna, I really do not care about the father’s identity but what I do care about is the safety of you and your baby, my pretty little niece must be birthed and their must be no hindrance” Gia said and I smiled

Eva’s POV
I sat in the Hammingtons large living room staring at the unconscious Eric

Aside from the fact that he’s part of the legendary evil and immortal family, he’s not that bad
He’s just someone that has being alone for alone for a thousand years and all he cares about is protecting his family
He’s actually nice and very caring

I smiled as I touched my neck, it has long healed from the burn Dianna inflicted on me back then but I couldn’t help remembering how Eric had first helped me apply an ointment on it

“Am only here for you Eric, we need to defeat this hex, you do not deserve to loose yourself like this” I muttered

“Eva?” Eric called weakly and I quickly held his hand

“Are you okay?” I asked

“Well my head feels like it’s tearing into a thousand pieces and I feel like I just woke up from bloody hell” Eric said weakly

“Must be the enchanted chains” I said as I quickly made to remove the chains but he grabbed my hands stopping me

“Don’t Eva, I do not trust myself, the chains give me pain and that I can endure but if you remove this chains and I loose control and hurt you, I don’t think I’ll be able to endure that” Eric said

“Eric….”

“You are the last person I want to hurt Eva, my siblings are immortal so if I hurt them they’ll heal but you? Your life is too fragile for you to be around me when am out of control” Eric said

“What are you saying Eric? Why are you suddenly being so soft and emotional?”

“Am saying I don’t want you here, even with the chains I might still loose control, it’s risky being around me” Eric said

“And when did you start caring so much about me Eric Hammington?” I asked

“I have no idea Eva Jones, I have no idea” he said and I sighed as I stood up

“I am going nowhere Eric, I am not afraid of you” I said as I moved to where the innate one laid still unconscious

“Who’s that?” Eric asked

“The one that’s going to save you from your threatening hex but he seems to be sleeping for too long” I said

“He’s not asleep” Ivan said as he walked in with Sophie

“Yeah I just saw him blink” Eric supported

“Oh, I guess our guest is having a hard time standing up then” I said

“If he can’t stand up then I see no use for his leg, we should break it” Ivan said as he advanced towards Owen and he sprang up immediately

“No need to break my leg, I am very much awake and my legs are fine” he said quickly

“You sure you can stand up well? I could help you massage your legs a little bit” Ivan said sarcastically and Owen stood up

“Oh don’t worry, thanks for offering” he said

“So, you are the innate one” I said as I looked at him

“Name is Owen Fletcher, are you done checking me out?”

“Who’s this bloody guy?” Eric asked again

“His name is Owen Fletcher” Dianna said as she walked down the stairs with Gia “He’s an innate one and the father of my baby”

Read – Devania episode 4 – 5

“What?!! You’ve got to be kidding me Dianna” Eric said

“Unfortunately am not Eric but that doesn’t matter cause I didn’t bring to act as a father but his only duty here is to heal you of the hex and he can walk off” Dianna said

“And why are you all so sure that I know how to heal the raging hex?” Owen asked

“The innate ones are very powerful and they do not create any spell without a cure, your ancestors created the raging hex so you must know the cure” I said

“Well sorry to burst your bubble ma’am, but I do not know the cure you are looking for, maybe Dianna didn’t enlightened you all but I lived my whole life in the woods alone and my Mom died when I was kid while my Dad was killed in battle courtesy of the Hammington siblings so there was no one around to transfer the great Innate witches legacy to me, sorry to disappoint you but I don’t have the great knowledge my ancestors had”

“You are joking” Dianna said

“Dianna…..”

“If you know nothing about your ancestors legacies and knowledge then how were you able to get the spell that is used to kill an immortal?” Dianna asked

“What?!” Eric exclaimed

“A spell to kill an immortal? There’s no such thing Dianna” Ivan said

“That’s what I thought too till the day Owen appeared in my house with a spelled dagger, only reason am still alive is because he claims to have gotten the spell wrong” Dianna explained and I looked at Owen

“Do you know who I am?” I asked

“You seem to be a supporter of the Hammingtons” Owen said and I chuckled

“Oh I assure you, I am nothing of that sort, my name is Eva Jones, head of the witches of Arcane City” I said

“Oh I’ve heard about you from some passerbys in the woods, stories say you are a pretty powerful witch” Owen said

“Well, I do not really care about any damn spell for now, what I need you to do right now is crack that jungle brain of yours and find a way to heal Eric, I have some old books of spells and I welcome you to study them with me, maybe together we can come up with a cure for the raging hex” I said

“I guess you still don’t get me Miss Eva but I have no interest in helping any of the Hammington siblings, they are all enemies of mine and if anything, I want them all dead” Owen said and I sighed

I sighted a dagger in Gia’s pocket and I walked towards her and took it from her pocket

“What are you doing Eva?” Eric asked but I ignored as I moved closer to Owen

“You are’nt possibly going to kill me are you?” he asked and I smiled

“Am sorry for doing this to the father of your baby Dianna” I said as I slashed Owen’s wrist deeply with the dagger and he yelped in pain

“What the hell is wrong with you?!” he yelled as his wrist bled profusely

“The human body contains about 10 pints of blood and I just slashed your ulna vein, if nothing is done you will bleed to death in the next 24 hours”

“You are crazy” Owen exclaimed

“Oh yes I am, so if you want to live, I could get some medical personnel to patch you up since healing spells won’t work on you but in exchange for that you’ll have to work with me to find a cure to the raging hex, so what’s it gonna be Owen Fletcher, will you either bleed to death? Or help me cure Eric?” I asked with a smile…..

🍂The Hammingtons🍂
A Cursed Family

🍃Chapter 40🍃
Ivan’s POV

Read – My heart beats for eva episode 1

“You…. you are crazy Eva!” Owen exclaimed
“What has these Hammingtons done to you, how are you behaving so much like them?” Owen asked but Eva ignored

“Make your decision Owen, your time is slowly running out” Eva said making reference to his bleeding wrist

“You ask me to make a decision as if you’ve left me any choice!”

“Well, you can actually choose to die” Gia smiled

“Yeah that’s not such a bad idea” Dianna added and Owen sighed

“I told you already, I don’t know how to cure the raging hex but nevertheless, I’ll work with you to find a cure” he said and Eva smiled

“Great” she said

“But know this Eva Jones, I am not doing this wholeheartedly, while we are studying together, if I get the chance, I’ll kill you and make a run for it” Owen said and Eva nodded

“Warning well received, shall we go to my place now?” Eva asked

“Your place?” I asked surprised

“Well the spell books are over at my place” Eva said

“You can always bring them here, Owen is not going with you to anywhere” I said

“Come on Ivan, am only trying to help here” Eva said and I nodded

“Yeah and I appreciate that though the only reason you are helping us freely this time is cause it seems like you’ve garnered some kind of affection for my brother Eric over here so forgive me if I do not fully trust you Eva Jones” I said

“Ivan Hammington, the most broken and paranoid of all the Hammingtons siblings, I am not surprised if you do not trust me when you aren’t even capable of trusting anyone in the first place” Eva said and glanced at Sophie
“I actually pity this innocent witch beside you, she loves you but that love will spell doom for her, because that’s what you do Ivan, you are a beast that destroys everything you touch!” Eva said and I grabbed her throat and she struggled to breath

“Stop Ivan! Release her!!” Dianna commanded but I ignored her as I tightened my grip on Eva’s neck

“You are killing her Ivan” Sophie said softly touching my arm
“She only wants to help Eric, do not kill her” she said

I sighed as I slowly released Eva and Dianna moved close to her

“I perfectly understand that you want to help Eric but that gives you no right to go overboard with your speech Eva, if it was another person who uttered those words you’d have been long dead before you even finish speaking” Dianna said
“And Ivan is right, I do not fully trust you either so if you really want to help Eric, you’d go bring over whatever damn spell books you have or you may decide to leave and we’ll figure out a way to save our brother ourselves, either way Owen isn’t leaving this Mansion” Dianna concluded

“Umm…. As you all argue on who’s best for me to go with, I’d like to remind you that am slowly bleeding to death each passing second” Owen said

“And does that matter?” Gia asked her gaze directed at Owen “You deserve more pain than your sorry ass is getting”

“You all hate me don’t you?” Owen asked

“Well you didn’t expect us to welcome you with open arms and a red carpet did you?” Gia asked curtly

“Fine” Eva finally said
“I’ll go bring the books over” she said and faced Owen
“I’ll be back” she said and walked out

I looked at Eric and he had went unconscious again, the enchanted chain most be having a great deal of effect on him

“Am going to find Layla, I need to give her Aria’s blood to conjure a tracking map for us” I announced

“You mean now?” Dianna asked

“Well there’s no time to waste, am sure you guys can handle things over here and in case this plan doesn’t work out, at least we’ll be able to locate Aria and force her to undo whatever it is she did to Eric” I said and Dianna nodded

“You are right, we shouldn’t be wasting anytime”

“I’ll just grab a few things and leave” I said and walked upstairs to my room
I grabbed Aria’s blood, took a backpack with my necessities and I made sure my dagger was intact

I went back to the living and faced Gia
“If that douchebag over there cause any trouble, am sure you know what to do right?” I asked

“Cut out his stomach, bring out his intestine and feed it to the dogs, of course brother, you have no need to worry brother” Gia said

“You guys realize am hearing everything you say right?” Owen asked and we ignored him

“Dianna….”

“I’ll rest and not stress myself at all, let’s just skip the momentary goodbyes, just find Layla and get her to conjure the map to track Aria” Dianna said and I smiled

“What about Sophie?” Gia asked looking at Sophie who has been standing silently

“I’ll go drop her off before I leave” I said and Gia nodded

“Let Eric know I do not want to see him still bedridden with a hex when am back” I said and Dianna smiled

I stared at Owen for a moment and then walked out with Sophie
We got into the car and I drove off
The atmosphere was cold and silent for some minutes

“You aren’t saying anything” I said as I drove

“Is there any point in saying anything? You won’t answer me anyway” Sophie said

“Try me” I said and she looked at me unsure for a moment before proceeding

“Where are you going?” she asked

“To look for Layla” I answered

“And who’s Layla?” she enquired

“A powerful witch that has been conjuring my spelled gloves and socks for over 5 decades” I said

“And why are you suddenly going to look for her?”

“Two reasons” I said
“One, I need to give her Aria’s blood so she can conjure for us a map that always shows Aria’s location”

“And the second reason?” she asked and I was silent

“You aren’t going to tell me what the second reason is?” she asked as I pulled over in front of her house

“We are here” I said and we both came down from the car

“Goodnight” she said softly and turned to leave

“The second reason” I said and she stopped and turned back

“I need to find out why you are living such a hard life, your dark side and your uncontrollable powers that emerges sometimes, I plan on finding a solution to all that” I said and she stared at me quietly

“Well, I guess I’ll take my leave then, I don’t know how long I’ll be gone and I don’t really know how to do stuffs like goodbyes or how to be ummm….. caring like normal people but it’s winter so wear thick clothes and no matter what happens, be strong” I sighed
“I think that’s all I have to say so…. goodnight” I said as I turned to leave and I suddenly felt a tiny arm encircle me from the behind and I froze

“I do not want to say goodbye too so I won’t, in your hunt for Layla or whatever the witch’s name is, you said it yourself it’s winter so make sure not to catch a cold and eat well, when you come back I do not want to see you skinny neither do I want to see any scratch on you, I know you are immortal and any wound you get will probably heal but still, do not get injured” she said

“Sophie…..”

“One minute” she said as she placed her head on my back
“I know it’s uncomfortable but let’s just remain like this for a minute more”

Her tiny arms wrapped around me and her head placed on my back, the soft breeze blew her soothing scent all over me and I wished this moment wouldn’t stop, I wished this moment will last forever…..

Tbc