I refuse to give up on this fic so here it is a new chapter. The day of the wedding is beginning. I also updated The Shield: Hounds of Justice. As always I apologize for my awful grammar.
"Today is the big day!" Stephanie was smiling.
"For someone who is about to have a prisoner instead of a husband, you look too happy." Taker smirked.
"When I get Seth's huge power, Roman's heart will be mine. Just like evrything else in this world."
"That will not change anything, Steph. Roman will still be prisoner of a spell." Taker insisted. "He will be yours, but he will not love you. The kind of love that is given by free will, the one he sure felt for Dean's mother, that you will never receive it from him, and you know it. You felt it from the moment you had his heart in your hands."
Stephanie clenched her fists in anger. "When I have that immense power, Roman will not even remember that woman ever existed, he will not remember himself, even that annoying kid he loves so much. Roman will live only for me."
Taker huffed. "Maybe you'll get him to forget Dean's mom. Now, to forget his son... mmm good luck with that. It's said that the love a father feels for his children is too powerful, that it's even able to break through the barriers of the good and evil, of life and death."
"Please, nothing in this world can transcend the barrier of life and death, not even the love that a father or a mother feel for their children."
...
A gentle breeze moved the grass. Dean was sitting in front of Mustafa's grave.
"I've never been able to have a family, one way or another they've always taken everything away from me, Roman is now my family and I love him but I would have liked to meet my real parents."
Dean felt someone behind him and thought it was Roman. When he turned around he saw the presence of that creature that frightened everyone, but that the child knew, was his protector.
"Who are you?" Dean asked.
But the demon remained silent. Dean stared at him, the eyes of that creature emanated a great sadness. The boy felt moved.
"You know, I don't fear you." Dean approached the demon and wrapped his arms in the creature's torso. "I am very grateful to you, that night you fought to save my life."
The demon finally let out a sharp cry, which emanated a deep sadness.
Dean could feel the sorrow of that creature and hugged him even stronger. The demon returned the hug.
"You're just as alone as I was before I met Roman, but you will not be like that anymore. You have me now." Dean told him with love.
At that moment Roman, Seth and Chyna appeared in that part of the garden. They were looking for Dean. Today they would carry out the plan.
And all of them were stunned to see such a scene. Chyna panicked, she recognized the nature of that creature.
"Balor!" The sea witch screamed in horror.
The demon looked at her and his attitude changed, he smiled at her with malice.
"Leave that child!" Chyna raised her scepter, ready to attack Balor.
"No!" Dean yelled. "He is not hurting me, in fact, he protects me. Roman and Seth know it."
Chyna could not believe it, her jaw was almost on the floor.
"This creature has always protected Dean." Roman nodded.
"The night before your arrival, my mother invoked a demon named Kane to kill Dean, and this creature fought against Kane to save him." Seth explained ashamed of his mother's wickedness.
"I don't understand, these demons can only be created by an immeasurable desire for revenge, they never seek to protect anyone." Chyna tried to understand. "It could be a trap. Maybe Stephanie someway somehow could create this demon."
And to make sure, she raised her scepter and in a small puddle of water on the floor she made the reflection of Stephanie's image appear.
Immediately the demon released Dean and threw a red power that seemed like the fire of the hell, that burned the grass and evaporated the puddle.
"What was that?" Roman asked.
"As I said, this demon is produced by the desire for revenge, they do not seek to dominate or destroy other entities than those that caused their misfortune, if Stephanie had somehow invoked him, he would not attack her." Chyna was so amazed.
"But you hate her." Dean looked at the creature with attention.
"And besides hating Stephanie, this creature loves you, kid." Chyna was tying the loose ends. "Balor is a demon of vengeance... his vengeance is related to you kiddo."
Then, she looked at Roman closely. "Was Stephanie the cause of your wife's death? This demon is perhaps some relative of her, because that alone would explain why he hates Stephanie and protects your son, Roman."
At that moment Roman, Seth and Dean looked at each other, understanding everything. Dean could not believe it.
"Are you my...?" Dean whispered nervously as several tears rolled down his cheeks.
The demon's gaze said so many things and Dean then had his answer. Balor began to back away. He shouted loudly and the ground began to tremble. A thick fog seized the place and in the middle of it, the demon disappeared again.
Seth was in great despair because, if the suspicions they now had were true, his mother could had been the cause of the orphanhood and the horrible life that Dean had led before he met Roman.
And if right now, Dean didn't approve Seth because he was Stephanie's son. If their suspicions were true, Dean would never accept him. The prince was the son of the murderer of his parents. And Roman had promised to Dean that they would always be together. That Dean would be his priority.
Chyna watched the scene with horror. Stephanie might have killed Roman's wife and now she was forcing him to married her. And the icing of that cake was Roman being crazy in love with Stephanie's son... this situation was so fucked up.
"I remind you all that descendants are not responsible for the wrong actions of their parents and vice versa." Chyna was the voice of reason. "So if you all want Roman to recover his heart and escape, we must continue with the plan, I even have an ally that will help us get the scepter."
Seth nodded, and although he wanted to cling to Chyna's words, the atrocity of what they had discovered was too big and horrible that Seth just couldn't. He was feeling guilty and sad.
"Let's hurry up." Seth said without looking at any of them as he ran back to the castle.
Roman wanted to go after him and explain that everything would be fine. That nothing changed the plans, that he wasn't guilty of any of the horrible things his mother had done, but the time was against them now.
...
According to the plan, Roman had to fulfill his obligations of that day so he would not arouse any suspicion.
That's why the peasant was now in the great hall of the Palace waiting for Stephanie who had asked to see him. The queen entered the place smiling from ear to ear... with the scepter in her hand.
Behind her, three beautiful women were walking.
"Roman my love." Stephanie kissed her future husband. "I'll introduce you to the forest nymphs: Cathie, Charlie and Renee. They're going to make us look perfect for our wedding."
Roman looked at the three women who seemed to want to be anywhere but there. The nymphs also noticed that Roman was not happy.
Renee approached Stephanie and looked at her from head to toe.
"Queen Stephanie, you are very beautiful, there really is not much to do." The blonde nymph indicated with a smile, that for Roman, seemed rehearsed. Then she paid attention to the queen's hands and grimaced. "Maybe your hands need some attention, your Highness."
Stephanie immediately called James who arrived quickly.
"Take my scepter to my room, tell Paul to keep an eye on it." Stephanie said arrogantly as she looked at her hands with concern.
"Cathy, take care of the queen's hands." Renee indicated. "Charly take care of her hair, skin and other details. When you guys finish the beauty treatment you should help her with the wedding dress."
Then Renee walked towards Roman, turning her back on Stephanie. "I am going to help you, it will be enough with me because the one who should be the center of attention is the bride, not the groom."
"Then we will go to the thermal springs of the Castle so that you leave us ready." Stephanie indicated.
"The queen will let the groom see her before the wedding." Cathy said horrified.
"That's bad luck." Charly imitated the other nymph's gesture.
"The queen is powerful, these curses do not apply to her." Renee said in a sarcastic way.
Stephanie pursed her lips. Well, she did not want anything to go wrong at the wedding.
"Renee, take Roman to the fountains in the garden on the other side of the Castle." Stephanie ordered. "I'll go to the thermal springs."
...
James entered the queen's room, carrying the scepter and to his surprise Seth was there.
"Prince Seth, what are you doing here?" James almost rolled his eyes.
Seth just smirked. "This is my mother's bedroom."
"James." Paul called the servant who turned to look in the mirror.
And Seth seized the moment.
"No pain, no sorrow, you'll sleep til tomorrow." Seth said softly and clapped twice.
Immediately James fell to the floor, sound asleep. Seth tucked James under the bed. And he gave the signal for Chyna and Dean to enter the room.
"Prince, as you are the only one here blood related to the queen, you should be the one taking the scepter." Paul explained. "But you only have a couple of minutes to do it, if you hold the scepter for a long time, the queen will feel it and discover everything."
"I'm going to focus and I'll get it." Seth took a deep breath, thinking that the life of the man he loved depended on this, he must get it.
Seth took the scepter in his hands trying to control his nerves.
"Seth you must focus or your mom will realize that someone is touching her scepter." Chyna noticed. "And I don't need to tell you what would happen to Roman if she finds out."
Seth closed his eyes and repeated the words in that strange language that the mirror had thaught him and which were the only way for the door to open.
Seth touched the wall with the scepter and repeated the words but did not get any results.
"C'mon Seth, just focus." Chyna indicated.
Seth nodded and tried again, but the wall did not open. The scepter began to shine in a strange way.
"Your mother's magic begins to notice that someone is using the scepter." Chyna said scared. "Drop it, it will not work. We are risking too much."
But Seth refused. "I'm not going to lose Roman."
Seth once again recited the words and the scepter shone more and more. Chyna shook her head in denial. Dean was so scared.
The next chapter you will know if Seth gets to open the wall. Leave me a review guys!