"Why did you do that?" Abigail asked when they were in the car.Claire was seated at the window. She was viewing the landscape. Somehow they brought her some peace. She hadn't seen a bare stretch of land. It had all been bare lands.Claire didn't feel.like explaining herself to anyone. She was feeling so lonely. No one could understand how she felt. A lone tear threatened to slip off her eyes but she held it in. The car felt stuffy and she rolled the glass down. The air rushed into the car, giving her a breath of air. She could finally breathe normally. After multiple sighing through her nose, the car finally came to a stop. She had been so lost in thought, she didn't realise they had reached the place. She looked confused. What were they doing there? "Why are we here?" She turned her head just in time to see Abigail coming down from the car. She held the car door in her right hand, looking into the car. Her look says it all. Just great! She would have to trek to the village. But
Claire could hardly believe what she was hearing. Does it mean their trip had been wasted? She doubted it.If it turns out to be true? She would be filled with guilt at what she did to Nicklaus. It was bad enough that she didn't tell Alexander of her plans but going against Mia and Nicklaus for nothing was leaving a bad taste in her mouth.The woman who had said it shrugged her shoulders at their various expressions. It was really hard to believe their expression.Claire looked at the room which was assigned to her and Abigail. Khloe had requested her room. But that wasn't entirely the reason they weren't sharing a room. The room she was given was a very small room that could hardly contain one person. Abigail had refused to let her have a room of her own for fear of Kendrick doing something sinister. Claire could not argue with her on that. She was glad Abigail had suggested something like that.The bed creaked when she lay on it. She had dinner with the ladies ispraypeay room. It w
Claire could hardly believe it. It was not supposed to happen. What went wrong? But didn't Caroline say the village head traveled? The story wasn't adding up.Claire remembered what happened in her dream and she wasn't in the mood to sleep back. Not like sleep would come willingly when there was an ambush.She felt Abigail's hands on hers and decided to follow her out of the house. Outside the house, there were lots of chaos, with children and families shouting and running. Some houses had been put on fire. The smoke made its way to Claire's nostrils and her lungs. She began coughy violently. They stopped by a small Alley which was free from all the things going on around them. "Do you think they are after us?" Claire's eyes were wide and red-rimmed because of her coughing fit.Caroline used her hands to go through her hair, a tired expression on her face. "I don't know. This has never happened."Claire noticed the tired lines on her face. She knew the woman was barely hanging on t
"I will. If only you could stop giving me that look." Claire said to Bernard."What look?" He inquired giving her a more intense look like he didn't hear what she just said. Claire could only let out a puff of air. She never wanted to do it. But she needed it for the crystal. Who does the village head have to be killed? She asked in her head but unfortunately, she was met with silence.It was not like she would receive an answer even if she asked the question out loud. She mistakenly turned and met Abigail's gaze which was filled with a silent plea. She won't let them down. Not now, not ever. She took deep breaths as she closed her eyes remembering what Abigail had taught her some days ago. It was a magic trick that could only be done by the witches of the first order.She had to do it. She told herself continuously in her head. Opening her eyes, Bernard was taken aback by her eye color which had turned to white, reflecting some kind of light.The hairs on his arms and legs stood o
"Claire. Claire, wake up." Claire felt a light gap on her shoulder. She stirred in her sleep, trying to get out of her sleepy state."Claire, wake up. I have great news."Claire wanted to wake up but she was too deep into the sleep to hear properly what the other person was saying.She opened her eyes slowly and was met with Abigail's eyes staring back at her. "Hmm?" She asked as she rubbed the sleep off her eyes.She was shocked to see the day had darkened considerably. How many hours had she slept? She had noideo but judging from the little light which streamed into the room, she guessed it was three hours. Well, that was good. She had not gotten that much sleep for a long period of time.She sat up and squinted her eyes at Abigail. Abigail sat at the edge of the bed and started to spread out the sheet which was wrinkled by Claire's body."You said you have news right?" Claire asked tiredly."Yes. Let's have dinner before I tell you." Abigail said with a twinkle in her eyes.Claire
Claire waited patiently until Abigail was done with her food. She looked at her like she was with her favourite candy. Abigail continued to ignore until she ate the last bit of food on her plate.Claire could no longer wait, she stood up and filled Abigail's cup because she had gotten to know Abigail drinks a lot of water when she eats. She took the plate to the kitchen without waiting for the waiter to come get it.She sat back down, nothing in her way.Abigail smiled at her. "I can see you are really interested in what I have to say." Claire wanted to roll her eyes for the hundredth day that day but she held herself back. "Just tell.me already. I can't wait much longer." She said as she shifted her chair closer to the table, her breasts resting on them.Abigail could see the spark in her eyes. She had kept her waiting for so long it was time to tell her."Bernard knows who took the crystal." She said finally.Claire's eyes widened at that news. A smile broke out on her lips. She w
Alexander continued grunting all the way. For some time the scowl on his face had not left. Aiden who was at the passengers side of the cat knew there was something really wrong.On their way to the pack, Alexander had been so happy about the prospect of meeting Claire again. But as soon as they came o to the packs border, something changed on Alexander.He couldn't ask him because it wasn't the best time to do so. So he just kept mute at the front of the seatThe driver's shoulders were tense as he gripped the Steering wheel hard. He could almost feel the cold atmosphere in the car. But for some reason, Aiden wasn't really scared something had happened to Claire. He trusted Nicklaus to take care of whatever was going on in the pack. Surely he could convince Claire to stay behind until Alexander came. He tried mindlinking him for some time but it wasn't going through. He thought of Mia, he tried doing the same but she blocked him off. What exactly could be wrong? He wanted to know bu
Aiden rushed up to her to get her off the ground. He looked at her. She was like she had suddenly lost her soul. Alexander's expression calmed down when he saw his sister on the floor. He didn't know what to do or say to bring her out of her state. He knew anything he said or do would set her off the edge. Instead of walking over to her, he went and sat on one of the available chairs in the room.When she was done with her sobbing, she raised up her head and looked at Alexander with hatred in her eyes. She looked like she could kill him with it.Alexander waited for her to pass off their mood and when he found out she was done and quite and ready to say what happened, he spoke up. "What happened?" He asked in a calm voice. His wolf was also causing havoc in his head and pacing, giving him a migraine.She sniffed her nose and looked at him. After what he has done, and thinking it through, Mia couldn't blame Alexander. It was not his fault but since Claire had gone, she had been look