Closed: Sabrina, backdated - post date

[daleysebastian]

Sebastian was not a paranoid person. Granted, sometimes he happened to disappear from an entire country when it seemed like he'd been made as a werewolf. Sometimes he made less than idle threats if he happened across someone where they shouldn't be. Most times he refused to talk to anyone because of what they might figure out. Every full moon,

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[daleysabrina]

When Sabrina made it home that night she was practically floating, having to tear herself from Dean after their fourth goodbye- or maybe it was the fifth, actually, before slipping inside. It was late, much later than she had intended to come home, but time just seemed to slip away from the both of them. Though, Bri wasn't the type of ever watch the clock and adhere to any sort of schedule, when she had been a student at Hogwarts she was late to nearly every class

[daleysabrina]

Well, that was not what she had expected at all.

Sabrina furrowed her brows, trying to make sense of exactly he was trying to say about the the camp. For the first time all day her smile faltered, throat going dry as she picked up on what he was getting at-

"Wha- what do you mean you have someone working an angle?" she asked him, an edge to her voice now. "Who is someone? What did you tell them?"

[daleysebastian]

"I work in information," Sebastian started. He didn't want to come across too heavy handed with this. "So do most of the people I know."

He could tell by the look on her face that that wasn't going to be enough. Watching the smile fade off her face was heartbreaking, but it was only a matter of time, probably, before he made that happen anyway.

"I have them looking into the group that attacked us." It wasn't a lie, his voice not even faltering. "That's all."

[daleysabrina]

"That's not an answer-" she told him, finding herself getting all worked up at the idea of some stranger sifting through information on the camp, making judgements about people they didn't understand. Actually, it made her sick.

Sabrina ran her hands through her frizzy hair, the messiness of it an actual comfort compared to how neat and tidy she'd been.

"What are you even talking about? Why do they have to do with our attack?"

[daleysebastian]

"They might not," Sebastian pushed off the door frame to step closer. He was bad at this whole big brother thing after so long with no practice, but it tugged at his chest to see her getting obviously upset.

Even if he thought that might be the first step in getting her to realize what Jemma and he already essentially knew was true.

"And if they don't, then it's been nothing but a waste of time. But it sounds suspicious to me. They happen to be there right after we're attacked to take you in. But they don't give everyone wolfsbane." He did look apologetic. Sebastian knew no one handled their world being twisted around very well.

"So I want to know if anything shakes out about the ones that attacked us."

[daleysabrina]

"They didn't attack us! Why would they when they saved my life?" she asked him, shaking her head as she took a step back.

Sabrina owed them everything and the moment they gave her a little bit of freedom she had betrayed them, running right back into the city that had driven them out. Now, thanks to her big mouth and her brother, they were going to come for them again.

There was a tightness in her chest now, every lecture she'd ever heart coming back to her in an instant.

"Who is working on this? How many people did you tell?"

[daleysebastian]

Sebastian sighed. This was precisely why he didn't want to even broach this until he had some sort of evidence in his hands. Since when had he developed such a big mouth?

"I'm not saying they did. I'm saying, Jemma is looking into the pack believed to be responsible for the attack." He tried to sound as reasonable as possible when he was busy grinding his teeth. "If nothing leads to yours, then nothing leads to them, and no one's bothered them or drawn any attention at all."

[daleysabrina]

Jemma.

The idea of her poking around where her nose didn't belong set a fire inside of Sabrina that she just couldn't explain, her chest tightening and eyes narrowing.

"I trusted you-" she hissed, a bite to her tone.

"Tell her to stop. She isn't going to find anything. Leave them alone."

[daleysebastian]

"You can still trust me." His voice was softer, kinder, to counter hers. Nothing about it was intentional, but that seemed to be his general reaction to Sabrina.

"If they're not a part of it, why are you worried?" He shoved a hand through his hair, pinching at the back of his neck. "I don't want anyone bothering them. I've spent 10 years hiding this from everyone who might matter. But I need information if they're coming for you. The moon is in less than two weeks."

[daleysabrina]

"Because nobody is supposed to know about them, Sebastian," she sighed, knowing that there was no way that he could understand.

And yet-

He had been hiding himself for years, all alone with wonderful gift he saw as his terrible burden. How did he not see the importance of keeping this secret?

"They won't come for me until after the moon. I'm sure of it-"

Everyone would be so on edge, their energies buzzing the way that Sabrina's did as the moon approached. It was too dangerous.

[daleysebastian]

"And Jems won't do anything with anything unless I tell her to." Sebastian wasn't completely sure that was true. Mostly, it was a moot point since he had no intention of letting this group roam about. Waiting for confirmation was all this was, he was sure of it.

How did Sabrina keep missing that?

"If they're not making trouble, nothing happens and they go on being invisible." But if they're attacking and killing families in the night, they were going to burn, and Sebastian would see to it.

[daleysabrina]

"Jemma shouldn't know anything about them at all! I can't believe you would-"

Sabrina couldn't even finish, her entire body going tense and she all but growled, feeling that piece of the wolf taking her over. It was blinding.

She turned from him and began to pace, needing to empty out this energy somehow. There wasn't enough space here to run, not like she normally would, her feet pounding against the paths she'd made herself-

[daleysebastian]

As he watched her pace, Sebastian felt the familiar tension that he used to constantly carry around settle across his shoulders, pulling indistinctly at the muscles along his left shoulder blade that were never quite the same after the bite.

"She's - " Sebastian huffed. He hadn't given Jemma a title, mostly because he'd still - until recently - been swearing he wasn't getting attached. That moment was long gone, though. "She's my best friend. I needed her on this. This isn't me trying to destroy them. This is looking for the truth that the Aurors didn't have time to deal with."

[daleysabrina]

"You shouldn't need her on anything concerning me, okay?" Sabrina snapped, throwing him daggers between paced laps in the large foyer.

There was a pounding forming behind her eyes and she could hear the blood rushing inside of her ears, that fire building inside of her. She didn't get like this very often, almost never actually, but the full moon was approaching them and her senses were flared.

"There are children there, Sebastian. They are a community. I agreed to stay so drop it. Tonight. Burn whatever you have one them."

It wasn't a question.

[daleysebastian]

Where Sabrina seemed to become more explosive, Sebastian had long since gone the other way. He'd been far more self-contained when he was younger before he'd been bitten, anyway. After the fact, it had gotten worse.

"I'm not staging an attack, for fuck's sake. I'm looking for information that may or may not be related to them." He shook his head, eyes bright when he looked up and caught hers on the next pass. "Wouldn't you rather know? Who it was? Them or not? Or does that not matter in light of your new family?"

[daleysabrina]

"It wasn't them!" she insisted, her chest tightening up at the mere thought of it.

These were the people that had nursed her back to health she'd ben on the brink of death, taking her in she had been orphaned. They taught her everything she knew about potions and as much as they could about charms. It hadn't been perfect but at least she wasn't alone-

Well, at least she had people to take care of her.

"It's done, Sebastian! Leave it alone. Please-" Sabrina's voice broke, a heaviness coming down on her. There were nights where she could still hear them screaming, the look in her fathers eyes as he said his goodbyes to her, hastily before the wolf came for him-