Paced up and doing as the four of us sat in a one roomed apartment. After talking for a while and after Carl refused to leave this place, I decided we needed to stay for the night. And we were all tired, anyway. Hope and Thought just kept looking at me as I kept telling Carl he was way too emotional. When asked, they both just said we needed to deal with this on our own. That they are not involved in this and they had way too much to deal with, anyway. Their brother was their major priority and helping me to find Maria and Angel. That is all they cared for at this point. And I didn’t press on it because even I knew I needed them to do that. As much as we are staying here for the night, I wish we went on and carried on our search for my family. But Carl. These people have manipulated my stupid cat. I watched as he moved and went to stand at an open window. Refusing to listen to me and look me in the eye. What the hell did they do to my poor cat? I wanted to believe them. Actually,
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
“Thank you for listening to me,” Carl said as we made our way to talk to King and Queen.After last night, I decided I needed to talk to them if I needed to figure out how to get out of this mess my parents put me through. Also, I just needed to talk to the two of them. Nameless wasn’t invited because I didn’t want things to get even more complicated. Also Carl likes her. So if she is present, then we wouldn’t be able to come up with anything useful.But Hope and Thought said they needed to go and talk to Odin about something. I didn’t even bother asking what it was, because knowing all of them, they will just lie about it.“And I hope I don’t regret it, Carl,” I looked at him as we stopped at the door to the common room.“You won’t. They need your help. You might not marry their daughter, but at least help them to save her. Just do something about it,” he said, looking me in the eye. “And tell Maria or anyone else that I was being emotional, I will make them believe you want to marry
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
I wasn’t even sure what I was going to say to both of them. Because I knew whatever I might say might either make them lock us up or make me marry their daughter by force, or they will just end our lives. Either of what they might do sounded good to me.I have people that I need to protect. I came with them and this was on me, if anything was to happen to them because of me, I would never forgive myself. Especially Carl.We finally entered the common room as they allowed us in. Both King and Queen sat inside waiting for us.“Yes, Justine. Do you need anything?” He asked, smiling at me.I knew they might as well have sensed that something was going on. That somehow, Carl might have managed to pick up something from them and managed to escape whatever they put him through. So, I might need to be careful with what I say and do.I just smiled back at him as I and Carl took our seats, “not that much. I’m just asking for the truth.”I just ignored Carl’s glare and kept my eyes fixed on King
“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
“We will be there in a while,” Hope spoke, looking at me with delight in his eyes.We have been walking from this God forsaken forest for nearly three days now. And the only thing we managed to find close to food were apples. Which Carl was skeptical about for some reason. Anyway, he said he never liked apples.And now they were saying we were almost at the place where they suspected their brother to be keeping my wife and daughter. And I was hoping it was the place because I was going crazy with each passing day without seeing them.I wonder if my baby girl will even recognize me. She must have grown and I hope nothing has happened to either of them, because that will be the end of Death and everything he ever cared for.“Everything will be fine. You shouldn’t worry that much. I know Death would never do that. Not because he is good, that man is bad news. But because that is not his main goal. He wants you and to finish what he planned to do to your parents. Yes, he might hurt them t
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
Chapter 219 Carl went flying as a bolt of lightning hit him. He then came to a stop upon slamming the wall. He then turned to me, smiling in the most psychopathic way possible. He waved a hand and my sister was floating in the air, I didn’t know what to do at this point. I told her to stay away and allow me to do this. But she would be damned if she ever listened to me. “Frazer, let’s just talk about this. I know you also don’t want this to happen. She is not just my sister but yours as well,” I said, raising my hands in surrender. I looked past him to Carl, but my poor cat was far gone. But I just sighed when I saw he was still breathing. I needed to think of what to do, and I needed to think fast. Just when I started liking her and accepting her into our family, this happened. I need to make sure she is fine. That I go home with her. I can’t lose her as well. Suddenly, the faces of my parents came to mind when I found them lying dead. I don’t want to lose her. I can’t lose he
To say I knew what I was doing hundred percent I would be lying. Because all I knew was I had to put an end to my brothers' madness. How I was going to do that and if what I plan will work I didn’t know. But I was hoping for it to work. For everything to go fine with me and my family. I turned to look at Carl who was getting ready—well he was doing that by eating. Saying he needed energy for when my brother arrived. My sister, on the other hand, was on her phone. She looked and smiled at me here and there, but none of us talked. After Maria and the kids left the house with the others, I made a call to Frazer. Telling him we needed to put an end to this and that I needed to talk to him. He did mention that I should be alone—but I told him I was with Carl and our sister. And he was happy to meet her. At least that is what he said to me. So, now we waited in the living room. And the more we waited the more my heart raced. I just wanted this to be over, at this point, I wasn’t even thi
Everything for a while felt normal. But it was a fleeting moment that passed like it was not even there. But again, I did appreciate everything about that moment. The talk I just had with her changed everything else in my life. I was reminded of why I married her. Why I loved her. And she reminded me again of what family is and what I should do in this situation. I looked at my sister as she sat on her bed, facing her back to me. I don’t think I have ever been in her room before. It looked grime—just had that dark vibe to it that I couldn’t comprehend. But after talking to Maria I just smiled and accepted her the way she was. They did say she was different from me. And change doesn’t come just like that. Baby steps I guess. She finally turned with a smile, “I’m sorry this is happening. I should have been here sooner to help you take down our half-brother. Your friend wouldn’t have gone through this if I was here.” I just smiled as I walked to sit next to her, “maybe that would
Frazer wanted to hurt me the most. Not physically, but mentally. To play with me and make sure I break down slowly.He was going to enjoy that more than anything. He wanted me to feel the pain that he felt when he was a child. Alone.I can’t even blame my father or mother anymore. They weren’t good parents. But with him they did try. He just saw the bad side of us and there was no changing that.We explained to him what happened and still he was hell bent on making me pay for my father’s mistakes. Some people we meet.Roland tried to tell him what really happened but still he only took what he wanted to take from that story he heard.If he was to change, he would have changed by that time. I trusted him and allowed him to leave in my house and be a part of this family. And that was the reason we were here right now. Maria lost her sister and Alexander lost his mother. And Joseph lost the woman he started to fall in love with. I think.But all this was leading to one thing. And that th
The reason I loved Carl and always wanted to talk to him about anything that happened in my life was because he cared for me. Because he never judged me and never scolded me or called my plans stupid. Yes, there are times when he doesn’t like what I’m about to do or what I have in mind, but he never says it outright. He was always objecting to my plans in a rather nice way. But also because he was here for me. And will do anything to support me. He knew what to say to you at the right moment. Well, maybe because he knew what was happening in your head, but either way I was just happy that my Carl was here and he will help me with what I have in mind. “Where did mother and father say they last saw Frazer? We can start from there. I will try to ask around, maybe someone has seen him somewhere,” he said calmly as he sipped on the wine. I just sighed as I thought about everything. I haven't talked to Roland ever since I came here. Apart from asking him what the hell was going on when
Well, this was a lot to take in. It does hurt knowing your brother is a piece of crappy and the reason why most people are going through a lot. I have tried telling myself things will be fine and he didn’t mean anything he did. Maybe he was just upset that he didn’t want to listen anymore. But how far can he go for me to hear him? How long will it take him to learn something from what he was doing? I know we never give up on family, or anyone for that matter, but maybe my brother is long gone and the sooner all of us accept that the better. I can’t even face the people I call my family and the people I love because of what he was doing. Because of what he did I can’t be with any of them. Every time I look at Alexander I’m reminded that I’m also at fault for his mothers death. I can’t look at Maria without thinking that her losing her sister is somewhat my fault. I should have managed my brother a long time ago. I should have dealt with him when I had that chance. And the reason he
Everything was happening too fast and I was failing to keep in touch with all of the things that were going on in my life. I never wanted this to happen to any of my family members. And Suzan was the last person I wanted dead. She wasn’t my favorite person in the world, but she was the mother of Alexander and as such, I wanted her to be alive and back with her family. Was this yet another one of my brother’s plans? He played this game before and that is why we are in this mess right now. Was he planning to do something even worse than the last time? I looked at Joseph and just kept rubbing my hand on his back. I didn’t know what to say or do at this point, this was the last thing I expected to happen to him or any of us. And besides, I never knew what he felt for her, all I knew was he was drunk that night and that is how he and her ended up sleeping together and Alexander came about. That was all I knew as far as their relationship went. Did he feel anything else for her? Was he
Chapter 212 We entered the house and my eyes and my heart were filled with joy as I saw who stood in front of me. He looked old now, not that much, but he looked matured and his face was filled with fur. I just smiled as he smiled back at me, his eyes tearing up but didn’t make an attempt to move a muscle. And neither did I. I wanted to, but I guess none of us wanted to show my sister that we were weak and we couldn’t handle emotions. “You know you missed each other right?” She asked smiling from me to Carl. “He was crying every day because you were not there. And now he is pretending to be a grown up.” She added as an afterthought. I just looked at him and then walked to him, “I did. A bit. You left because you wanted to leave us behind. So, I didn’t miss you that much,” I smiled and he did the same. “But my kids wanted you. That is why I did everything I could to get you back,” I walked and hugged him so tightly I could fill his cat bones break. Then he said with a wizzed voic
After a while we finally reached the palace for the queens. And the first person that walked outside the palace was my sister. Which only made me happy to see that she was still alive and well. I didn’t expect anything bad to happen to her, but I was just scared I guess. Scared that they might not listen to her and she might do something drastic to make them listen to her. But she was alive and well. I just sighed in relief. She smiled as she walked to me and Odin. Then stopped after reaching about three feet from us. “I don’t think you have been introduced yet,” I said, smiling from one to the other. I knew Odin knew my sister, but maybe she doesn’t know him that well. Hearing about him yes, but knowing him like I did no. “So, this is my beloved sister, and sister, this is Odin. An old friend that our parents decided to place in our lives. Over all, he is an amazing person,” I said and they just shook hands. But immediately they let go, it was like a reflex from the old man — he