56 He Shouldnt Have Gotten Greedy (1/2)
Part of him wanted to pathetically beg to kill him faster now that she was gone but there was still Flora to worry about. They had been so excited when Lily fell pregnant a mere seventy-four years after they got married. He couldn't leave his baby behind!
But if they had killed his wife they definitely planned to kill him too. He doubted his death would be as quick since this entire mess was his fault.
Lily was right; he shouldn't have gotten greedy. None of this would have happened if he kept Ruby's powers for himself instead of agreeing to sell her off to someone else, no matter how much they supposedly offered in return.
Flint tried to gain more and ended up losing everything. He closed his eyes and braced himself for the worst.
Dorian was not the slightest bit merciful. ”You should not have crossed me Flint Gardner,” he said coldly as he felt around the empty space on the fairy's back in search of his wings.
He slowly and torturously ripped them right off of Flint's body. The stumps on his back bled profusely but it wasn't enough to kill him on his own. He knew he was dead anyway without the ability to fly away; everybody knew a downed fairy was a dead fairy. It was why they never showed their wings to anyone they didn't trust with their lives.
The vampire kicked him right where the stumps were and he fell to the ground. ”I will give you one chance to run but my men will catch you. Have fun.”
Utterly defeated, Flint didn't even want to try to run. But he had a feeling there would be worse torture in store if he didn't so he forced himself to his feet. They were horribly heavy; running instead of hovering was painful.
With how weak and out of practice his feet and ankles were at bearing his body up, he was caught in mere seconds. His last conscious thought was hoping that Ruby cared enough for Flora to save her.
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Dorian Cromwell was not pleased with the way things went down here today. He had come to check on the status of the delivery a few days early because he hadn't heard anything from Flint Gardner since the deposit was handed over.
It was a good thing he did because how else would he have discovered his merchandise had run away? Fairies truly were idiots.
He only found out about Ruby's powers in the first place several months ago because her blabbermouth aunt and uncle weren't capable of keeping their mouths shut. They were gossiping about an expensive necklace they had appraised and sold on the way into the witches coven.
One of his vampires had been down there picking up a three month supply of blood pills for the coven and overheard. That tidbit was worthy of further investigation.