Teddybear

"You've given him more than he deserved. Now return his favor and leave him, please."

"And I'm not leaving you so come here."

"Hieronymus, please, we have to go."

"He's dead. He wouldn't do the same for you. He's left you to die before. Please, just come with me."

"Come here, we have to leave," Kivvien said as soothingly as he could muster.

Kivvien crouched down and checked under the bed after giving most of the room a once-over. And there he was. "Hieronymus..." he didn't know what to say.

As soon as the old man stopped moving, Kivvien put away his wand, immediately moving to search the room for his missing journal, and Hieronymus, who had to be somewhere ...

(forgot to write the actual post i had written in my head alskjdflaskjdlfsa) Kivvien fired off a series of spells, every one he could remember, one after the other and ...

(Kiv is high-key murderous rn, but he doesn't use these kinds of spells ever so if one lands it could just hurt Laurean without fully killing him)

Kivvien bit back a laugh. "Very well." He spat a spell targeting the old man's heart. Should it land, his heart would fail.

"How is your life for payment?"

Kivvien barked a laugh. "You know as well as I that there's one more. And Hieronymus will be coming with me. I won't allow you to abuse your creation any ...

"We'll never know now."

"Even children know to ask for information before resorting to thievery," he retorted. The light of his wand brightened slightly as the magic swirled around his intentions.

Kivvien reached over, not lowering his wand, and picked up the journals. He tucked one in his satchel and flipped the other open, glaning at the familiar inside. "A thief ...