After my talk with Hope, I felt at ease a bit. He was what I needed at the moment. God made sure he was there at that exact moment and he will tell me those words he did. Because if it wasn’t for that, I would be arguing with Carl even up to now.As much as his words pierced my heart at some level, when he reminded me part of the reason Carl’s parents left was because of me, it also made me realize I own that man a lot. Because of him, I’m here. He had to go through so much just so that I could stay safe.And one question that hit me as I thought about this was why Carl needed to be imprisoned. What did my parents do to make the dread four take him and lock him up? Even when they knew Carl and my parents were not related in any way. They still took him and locked him.I wanted to ask Hope about it. But I decided it was something I need to find out on my own, or they will just lie about it as they always do with everything. But it was on my to do list. Yes, I knew it was because of me

We all stood in my room. Hope and Thought after a few minutes of me and King and Queen having a conversation, they showed up from the queens.And they didn’t come with any good news. The only thing they brought with them was that the queens were keeping the instrument safe and have kept it in a safer place that neither me nor Death will find it.Also that my brother was still there and they will make sure he stays there as long as I do what they asked of me. And that is giving my Carl to them. Which I will never do. My son will not marry both of them. I don’t want him to die young.Also, as they walked through the land of fea, they picked up something that would lead us to their brother. Yes, they knew something about where he was keeping my wife and daughter, but now they were certain he was here and where exactly.But that was all they brought to me. The rest was for me to figure out. They were still not playing a part in what was going on in my life right now, because, according to

“What shall we do now?” Carl asked as he wiped off blood from his lips. “You said we are going to leave without attracting attention. But so much for that, huh?” He added as we watched the people looking at us.I didn’t even know what to say or do right now. Because after what we did to their daughter, who they so desperately wanted to save, they will not let us go now.“We told you to kidnap Carl and leave. If we left that very night, then none of this would have happened. You are way too attached to people. You need to lose some of those please,” Hope spoke as he walked and stood next to me and Carl.“Now get us the hell out of this mess,” Thought added, and stood next to his brother.I looked at them all, trying to get why they were blaming this on me. Yes, maybe I was touched. But I was just trying to be human. To help in any way I could. And it’s just unfortunate that it got me into this state.“What happened in there,” King finally asked and walked to me. “Where is Nameless?” He

I went flying across the mountains as Death’s lightning bolt hit me. As I said, so much for keeping my emotions in check. I don’t even know what I was thinking, but immediately I saw Maria and that little girl, my heart just left its normal place and began hopping up and down. All I wanted at that moment was to hug them and feel their breath against my neck. But here we are now. Head dipped in snow.Looked up to see Hope and Thought running towards their brother as they kept avoiding whatever magical things he sent at them. But because they were good people and didn’t want anything to happen to their big brother, they did send anything to Death. They just tried to avoid what he sent to them.Then, as I turned, hoping to find what I was hoping to see, Carl stood looking at Maria. He was stationary. Not moving and not blinking. He just stood there about twenty feet from me.Then he scooped up Angel and took Maria by the hand as he carried them away from the now dead guards. I wonder how

I looked at Odin as he smiled at me, realizing all this time I wanted him for something else and not what they all thought.Then I turned to the dread two. Hope and Thought, and I knew they were trying to look brave and all. But in all actuality, they were terrified and worried. Deep down I knew they loved their brother even though he acted stupid and was proving to them he was far gone to be saved.They tried everything they could to help him, but he never tried to change what he was. No matter what they did.Even today, they both tried mostly Hope, he tried to bring the man back. To make him come to the light and see that what he was trying to do was stupid. But nothing. Maybe he was far gone, as Thought said. Maybe their brother was not there. Someone else took over and we can’t change that. No matter what.“You know this only worsens things for all of you, right? I tried showing mercy to you and your family. Because I thought you were different from you parents. But I guess the ap