Chapter 53
Chapter 53
“Cass!”
“It’s real!” I shout with a hand
on my mouth.
“What happened?!” Colt asks desperately.
I take my hand off and see blood. I didn’t bite my
tongue off, but it still hurts.
“Why are you bleeding?!”
I turn to him and quickly cling to his shirt.
“Ezra!” I cry out.
“What?!” He pulls away holding me in place by my
arms. “What about Ezra?!”
“He was in my dream but it
wasn’t a dream.” I am
slurping as I talk because my
tongue hurts. “It was real.”
“Cass, how? It was just a
dream.”
I shake my head. “No. It was
the witch.”
He stares at me, thinking it over. “Okay. Tell me what happened.” He takes his shirt
off and puts it on my mouth to help me stop the bleeding.
I can tell that he doesn’t
believe me but he is willing
to listen to me.
I tell him everything and once I am done, he takes my hand and looks at my finger
where even I can see a small
prick, just where Ezra stung me with the needle.
The wheels in his head turn
and he is quiet as he thinks.
“I…I want to dismiss this as
being nothing but I don’t
think I want to take that
chance.” He turns and looks
at his clock. “Five…” He
mutters, then turns to me.
“Once everyone wakes up,
let’s tell them about this.”
I nod. He lies me on his
chest where I rest but I do
not dare to fall asleep. Once morning seeps through the window, we get up and head straight to Warrick. He is in
his office with Poppy.
“What now?” Warrick asks
sounding weary of us.
Again I explain everything.
Like Colt, he seems a bit
skeptical but doesn’t
completely dismiss it.
“Mh…I have no idea what to
do here.” He looks at Colt.
“Bring in your siblings. Let’s see if they can tell us more
about this witch.”
A few minutes later Bryn,
Miles, and even Dash are
here but as many questions as we ask them, they still don’t know of have anything
new to add.
“Poppy, bring Lotus.”
Poppy looks a bit confused
but she nods. A few
moments later, Lotus walks
in with Poppy.”
“Love, we need a bit of your
knowledge here,” Warrick
says.
Lotus looks frightened and
confused at the same time.
“What is this about?”
“Witches.”
For the third time today, I explain again what
happened with my dreams.
“Is this truly possible?”
Warrick asks her.
“Yes. I told you witches and
their magic are real.”
“How…how do you know
this?”
“The reason for me knowing this is my own. But they are real. I have seen it.” She says.
“What do you suggest we do here then?” Warrick asks.
“We find a light witch.” She
says with no hesitation.
“Light witch?”
“Yes. There are dark witches
and light witches. In other
words, bad and good. And I
know of one…”
“I…have so many questions,” Poppy says. “Witches are
real?”
“They are rare but yes. Look
at it this way, we are real, aren’t we? Many other supernatural beings are too.”
“I get that but magic? Real magical witches?”
“Well I mean, they can’t really conjure fire from their hands or things like that. Not that I know of anyway.
Television tends to
exaggerate things. They
dabble in enchantment and
hexes. Stuff like that.”
“Okay, so what are we doing?” Colt asks.
“We will need to take a little
trip down to Ellsworth.”
“Ellsworth? What is that?” I
ask.
“A small town about two
hours from here.”
“Oh.”
“Very well, go. Get ready
while I make the
preparations for your trip.”
Warrick says.
Suddenly, everything went fast. I can’t even process what
we did but here we are now
in a car on our way to a small unknown town. Well,
unknown to me.
Lotus and Poppy both came and they are the ones
leading this little mission. Dash, Miles, and Bryn also accompany us along with Serge who leads a team of bodyguards. And by
bodyguards, I mean a small army or warriors. Warrick did not take any chances.
It is a cloudy and rainy day.
We arrive at the town in the
early afternoon. It definitely
has a small–town charm with
those kinds of colonial old
houses.
We parked near a park and
now we follow Lotus.
I am intrigued by everything I see. I rarely ever leave the pack so just like when Colt took me to the city, I am amused by everything.
“Maybe we should get some ice cream later,” I whisper to Colt as we pass by an ice
cream cart. “And what is
that?” I point to a building displaying all sorts of sweets
and cakes.
“Looks like a bakery.”
“So many delicious–looking
things!”
I can hear Dash laugh
behind me. “My poor curls have been so deprived.”
“Don’t judge me!”
“Oh, I am not. It’s cute, to be
honest.”
Colt slightly turns his head and gives him a warning look.
“Whoa there, buddy. She’s all
yours. I’m more like a best
friend or even brother.”
“Well I mean, if Colt was not
in the picture, I could have
dated you,” I mumble.
Both Colt and Dash gasps so
loud that I start to have a
laughing fit.
“You are going to sign my death sentence with that comment!” Dash says. “I mean…I still agree but you
know…”
Colt slowly turns his head again towards Dash but this time he has flaring eyes.
“Nope…” Dash mutters. He slows down his pace and
walks as far away from us as
he can.
“I can’t believe you,” Colt says
squinting his eyes at me
now.
I give Colt a hug. “I’m playing with you. You are the only one for me and you
know it.”
Could I have dated Dash? To
be honest, he is a great guy
so I think I could have. But
all I want is Colt now. I’m happy with him.
He smiles looking satisfied and we continue following
Lotus and Poppy.
“Last I remember she had a
small shop near the town
square,” Lotus says. “This
way.”
A minute later, we stand in
front of a shoe store.
“It was here but that was
more than…twenty years ago.”
“More than twenty years!” Poppy shouts. “You could
have said that sooner. What
made you think that it would
still be here?”
Lotus sighs. “This witch was
born and raised here so I am
sure she is still around. We’re
just going to have to ask
around.”
“Uh…Well, might as well put
all these extra hands to use.”
Our small group looks back to where the army of pack
warriors follow. I am
exaggerating when I say army cause there are like twenty men. Hardly an army
but still a lot. Especially
when they are so noticeable compared to the normal
humans that walk around.
“Serge, have some of your
men ask around town.” Poppy orders.
Serge nods and quickly gives
the command.
“This might take a while. I
kind of want to explore a
little.” Miles says.
Bryn vigorously nods and
then she takes his arm and
whisks him away.
“I didn’t want to go with
you!” We hear him complain as they stride away.
“How about that ice cream?”
Colt asks me.
With a big smile, I nod.
Lotus, Poppy, and Dash join
us sitting on a bench and
eating our ice cream in the park.
While Dash and Colt struck
up a conversation, Poppy’s curiosity gets the best of her.
“Lotus, how did you meet
this witch?”
“That is my business.
“Then how can we trust this
woman? You bring us here but, we just learned about
witches or rather confirmed
that they really do exist. But
how can we trust her?”
“It should be enough that I
am telling you to.”
“You know that I am going to pester you with this till no end. So might as well tell us.”
Lotus looks at her with an
infuriated stare then takes a
deep breath. “I…I came to her in an act of desperation.”
Poppy and I sit quietly as Lotus starts to explain.
She looks around nervously as if she was thinking. “I…I
wanted to be a mother and
for some reason, no matter
how much I tried, I couldn’t.
I met Honora during my
time of most desperation
and grief. She gave me a simple tonic to heal my broken womb. A year later,
Victor was born.” She looks at
me and then looks down as if
she is hiding something or not telling the whole truth.
“I’m so sorry for pressing on
the matter. I had no idea.”
Poppy says.
“That is why I told you to leave it alone! But noooo!”
Poppy swats at her. “I’m
sorry, I’m sorry.”
They start to bicker as if they
were real sisters.
“Curls…don’t you want to explore a little?” Dash
suddenly whispers in my
ear.
Colt holds a hand out with a
smile.
I take it and leave the two
ladies talking while the boys
take me around town.
“Eww, why are these things always so creepy?” Dash asks
looking at a few old
porcelain dolls.
We are in an antique store
that caught my eye but now
I’m a bit spooked out with all these creepy dolls.
“I swear I saw that one
move!”
I almost jump out of my skin. “Dash! Shut up!”
“What?! I swear I saw it
move!” He says trying to hide
behind me.
“Don’t listen to him.” Colt
takes my hand and leads me
out.
“Don’t leave me here alone!”
Dash sprints behind us.
As we come out, we
suddenly bump into Miles
and Bryn. They have a bag
full of stuff.
“What is all that?” Colt asks.
“Uh! You’ll see.” Miles rolls
his eyes.
We head back to the park where Bryn starts staking stuff out from the bag. A dry eraser board, a little bell, and
something that says “air
horn”
Bryn takes the dry eraser board and starts writing something. When she is
done, she turns it to us.
“I HATE YOU ALL!” She
wrote.
She takes the air horn and
pushes the tip. A loud horn sound comes out startling all
of us.
“That’s going to be
annoying,” Miles says.
Dash laughs “You should be
used to it by now. That’s
exactly how she sounds.”
Bryn throws the dry eraser at
Dash. He ducks just in time
before it flies over his head.
“We found her.” Serge
suddenly says walking back
to us. “She moved her shop
downtown near a lake
somewhere.”
Lotus jumps out of the bench. “Great job! Let’s go.”
It isn’t hard to find the shop. Locals seem to know exactly
who we are talking about
when we ask for directions.
The shop is actually down a
road that winds down and
reaches the lake. We get out
of the car and from here we
can see the lake in the
distance down below.
“This is really a cute little
town,” I mutter feeling the
nice breeze.
Upon entering the shop, I
take it all in.
It is a cute little shop with
books, incense, herbs,
crystals, and tarot cards.
It doesn’t look spooky at all as I thought it was going to. when you hear about witches, you immediately think spooky stuff but in this case, it is completely untrue.
Honestly, it looks peaceful and it is quiet.
“How may I help
you…though I think I know
you.” She says looking at
Lotus.
“Yes, we met many years ago.”
“Ah. I knew I recognized you. How is your friend?” She
glances at us as if she was
looking for someone.
“We are here on an urgent matter,” Lotus says avoiding the woman’s question.
“Oh? How can I help you?”