Chapter 106- Elnora POV
The boys are standing in the living room talking in hushed tones when we enter the room. “What is all the shady talking about?” I ask, laughing at them as I hoist my bag onto my shoulder in a better position. “Nothing shady at all. Just ideas of things we want to do while we are out and about. Are you guys ready to go?” Talvin asks me. “What is with all the bags?” Fulton asks Lawler as he sets down the two in his hand to adjust the one on his shoulder. “This one is my go bag.” He points to the bag on his shoulder. “This one is extra food for if we get stuck somewhere.” He points to the larger bag. “This one here is lunch.” He holds it up like a prize. “You made us lunch?” Fulton asks. “Was I not supposed to?” Lawler asks, confused-looking to me.
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Chapter 107- Elnora POV Standing on the porch, we knock softly on the door before turning around and looking at the view. The boys have selected to stay at the stream with Sydney while we go ahead inside and hear the plans. “Who is it?” Harmony calls from within. “It is Elnora and Lawler,” I call back. “Oh. Shoot. Hang on.” A loud crash accompanies thumping footsteps leading up to the door. “Sorry about that. I wasn’t expecting you until a little later. No worries, come on in.” Her smile is filled with joy to see us while the rest of her body looks stressed.“Are you ok?” I ask as she closes the door behind us. “Nope, but I will be. Come on, let me show you where you can put your stuff and what you can help me with.” She heads off down a hall on the left from the door. “How?” I ask as we pass multiple rooms. “Spell
Chapter 108- Elnora POV Merrick was turning the door nob as we barreled through. “Oh no, buddy. We are going to stay outside for a bit.” Lawler announces with his embarrassed face. “Is everything ok?” “Merrick, please don’t ask me to tell you the truth right now. Just trust us on this.” I announce with a red face of embarrassment myself. “What is wrong with you two? Did you just see something you weren’t supposed to?” He asks, laughing. Lawler and I share a look of uncertainty if we should tell him or not. “Oh snap! You did! How bad was it?” Merrick begins laughing hysterically. “Don’t you start,” I whisper to him as I pull him with me off the porch by his hand. “What is going on?” Talvin asks, walking up to us. “Nothing. Just enjoying the fresh air.&rdqu
Chapter 109- Elnora POV Instantly I know for sure that Hildi is our leak. “Why would she demand to know anything of our whereabouts?” Lawler stands angrily. “I got it, love.” I kiss him on the cheek and make my way to the door. I feel stronger and wiser somehow. “Watch your tongue, Elnora!” I hear Harmony calling from behind me as I walk out of the house and into the yard. Hildi is standing uncomfortably on the small bridge, waiting for me when I approach. “Hey, Hildi. I heard you were here. Is everything ok?” Putting on my best-worried face, I begin to make it a big deal that she has sought me out. “I want to know why my King and Queen are here of all places?” She demands of me. “Is it a crime for us to be at a home of a member of the Kingdom?” I ask. “Well, no. But the person you ar
Chapter 110- Elnora POV “Before we start.” Harmony turns around to face me one last time. This time she is holding up the long item she had hidden from me earlier and allowing its wrapping to fall to the ground. She holds up a sharp knife. “What the hell are we doing with that?” I ask, fearful. “Payment for the spell. We each need to give blood.” She seems so carefree about giving blood that I almost pass out. “I am a human. I am the only one with real blood here, right?” I can feel everyone’s eyes on me as the words leave my mouth. “We eat blood, yes. But we have our own blood. Much like you are not bleeding carrots.” Harmony instantly realizes my lack of knowledge of vampires and slows things down for me once more. “We only need a small pinprick on the finger of blood, not much. We will go first so that it will hold our blood on the blade. It will h
Chapter 111- Elnora POV “I have never told anyone this story before, but I feel like you should know it before we go any further.” Her sadness radiates off of her like heat off of the sun. I cannot help but to be sad for her at this moment in time, for a reason unbeknownst to me. “You can tell me anything.” Urging her to go on, I take her hand in mine to let her know that I am here for her; no matter what it is, she has to tell me. “It is about our father.” Shock engulfs me as the words register into my mind. The words our send shivers down my spine. The fact that she lived here in this world for so long with the negativity that the townspeople have shown to her hurts me in ways I never expected it would. “What about him?” I croak out. “It is about the knife that we used today. I would like to tell you the s
Chapter 112- Elnora POV Sydney is still asleep when we enter her room. “Anything?” Harmony asks as she moves to the side of the bed and begins touching her face to check for fever. “Nothing. Is there anything we need to look for if things are going wrong?” Lawler asks as he looks over Sydney from the foot of her bed. “There is nothing that will go wrong at this point for her. The stage that could have killed her is well passed.” “WHAT!” Talvin jumps out of his chair and moves to Sydney’s side. “What do you mean the stage that could have killed her? You knowingly put her at risk?” Talvin demands answers. I have raised such a brave young man who has turned into such a caring young man. “She knew all of the risks. I left no stone unturned with her, and I even exaggerated some of the details to try and get her insistent nature to waver; it didn’t. S
Chapter 113- Elnora POV It is a much shorter walk than I had previously anticipated. “So, the barrier is close then?” I ask as I watch Sydney close the gap between us and the shimmering wall before us. “It seems that way, yes. But it is vast.” Harmony states as she moves closer to Sydney. “What is it?” “Fulton asks, looking over their shoulder. “A rat. Harmony spelled it to test the barrier, and by the looks of it, it is working.” I whisper as I look closer at the little monster that is hissing and biting at the air on the other side of the barrier. Sydney tests it by moving up and down the barrier on our side and watching it lunge at her new position every time. “It is working!” Sydney shouts in excitement. “I do not know how to begin to thank you both for doing such an amazing thing for o
Chapter 114-Lawler POV Walking into town with Elnora and Leon brings little comfort to the news I have just received. Hildi is family; why would a family member do such a thing? Especially when she speaks to my father, who wants to kill me, of all people. My mind runs rampant as we take our final steps off the path. “Big smiles!” Elnora insists as we make our way to the nearest shop that would carry cameras. “What do you need me to do?” I hear Leon asking Elnora. “We need to collect some cameras and extra batteries just in case. After that, we will return to find out where they will set out.” “Sounds easy enough.” Leon agrees as we walk. Turning my thoughts further inward, I begin thinking of the list of things I must accomplish. I need to secur