Sophia’s POV
“How are you, honey?” my aunt asked as she ran her fingers through my hair.
I couldn’t answer that. I wasn’t sure what I was feeling. So many emotions were flowing through my body and it was so hard for me to name them all. I knew that I was terrified. I knew that I was sad.
“I don’t know,” I mumbled. “I don’t know how to describe it.”
My aunt sighed and kissed the top of my head.
“Your dad mind-linked me,” she said. “The boys are on their way back. Your dad said not to let them go back there without them eating and sleeping first.”
I agreed with my dad. All of us barely slept for the last few days. Lex especially. He needed to rest a little. I could tell that he was on edge and needed a break from everything.
“Do you want to help me make them something to eat?” my aunt asked and I nodded immediately.
I needed something to distract me from all of those emotions I felt. I had to distract myself before I lost it completely.
I stood up and approached my aunt. She smiled and handed me a bowl and a whisk. I took it from her and placed it on the counter. I was staring in front of myself and I didn’t even realize that my aunt had already placed a carton of eggs in front of me.
“Sophie?” she called me softly. “Why don’t you go sit down? I will take care of everything.”
I flinched a little and looked at her.
“No, it’s okay,” I said as I opened the carton and grabbed an egg. “I want to help.”
I wasn’t sure what we were making, though. My aunt probably told me, but I was too distracted to listen to her. She gave me a whisk and a bowl so she probably wanted me to use that, right?
I started cracking the eggs and putting them in the bowl in front of me.
My mind was on my mom and no matter what I did, I couldn’t stop thinking about her. Would she be okay? How would she handle the darkness? What if something happened to her? What if she got hurt?
She should have never taken it from me. I was dealing with it. I would be able to handle it.
I was so distracted that I didn’t even hear the boys coming. I felt someone wrap their arms around me and I flinched.
“I am sorry, Angel,” Hunter mumbled as he placed a kiss on my shoulder. “I thought that you heard me coming.”
I turned my head and kissed his cheek before I looked at my brother and Mason. They looked horrible and I knew that something happened.
My heart raced as I let go of the whisk and walked toward Lex.
“What’s wrong?” I asked him. “Is mom okay?”
My voice was trembling and I was on the verge of tears.
“Mase?” my aunt called my cousin.
I could tell by the sound of her voice that she also noticed that something was wrong.
Lex sat down and took my hand in his. He took a deep breath and released it slowly.
“Mom was taken over by darkness,” Lex mumbled, making my heart stop. “But when she woke up Sienna was inside her body.”
What? What the hell was he talking about?
There were a few moments of silence before my aunt spoke.
“What do you mean?” Aunt Daisy asked, her voice trembling. “How can Sienna be inside her?”
Lex looked at our aunt and shrugged.
“I don’t know,” he said quietly. “She was inside our mom and she spoke to dad and uncle Andrew. She even spoke to Mason and me. She told me that I was supposed to be her son.”
My heart spasmed painfully. I had to sit down. I couldn’t look away from Lex. He was joking, wasn’t he? But why would he joke about something like that? That was cruel and my brother wasn’t cruel.
“Who was Sienna?” Hunter asked, but I couldn’t respond.
I kept looking at Lex, expecting him to tell me that he was kidding. I heard Aunt Daisy talking to Hunter. She was explaining to him who Sienna was. Lex looked at me and gulped. I had a feeling that his story wasn’t over. I had a feeling that something else happened.
“What?!” Hunter exclaimed loudly. “Fuck!”
“What did she do, Lex?” I asked, my voice cracking. “What did she do to Mom?”
Lex’s eyes filled with tears. He looked at my hand in his and let out a shaky breath.
“She tried to kill Mom,” Lex mumbled and I could feel my body shutting down. “She elongated her claws and tried to slice Mom’s stomach open.”
The room started spinning. I could barely hear my Aunt Daisy scream. I couldn’t hear anything other than my blood rushing through my veins.
Lex started speaking again and I forced myself to listen to him.
Was my mom dead? Was she gone?
No, please Goddess, no.
“Anna used her magic to knock her unconscious,” Lex said, looking back up at me. “Mom is okay. She isn’t hurt.”
I felt a tear fall on my cheek.
“Oh, fuck,” my Aunt Daisy cried out. “Thank you, Goddess.”
Lex reached out and wiped the tears from my cheeks.
“I need to go back,” I mumbled as I tried to get up.
Two strong hands stopped me and made me sit back down.
“No, Angel,” Hunter said as he bent down and kissed the top of my head. “Your mom is okay now. You can’t go back.”
How could she be okay when she had that awful thing inside her?! Sienna tried to kill her! I had to go back. I had to take the darkness back.
“Dad is with her, Fia,” Lex said, making me freeze. “Anna let him go inside. He is with her and she is safe.”
I furrowed my eyebrows.
“What?” Aunt Daisy mumbled. “What do you mean?”
Lex looked at Aunt Daisy and sighed.
“We knew that we couldn’t leave her alone in there so Dad went in,” Lex said. “He will keep her safe.”
I couldn’t hold back a sob that escaped me. Lex looked back at me and pulled me to him immediately. He wrapped me in a tight hug and I couldn’t do anything else except sob on his shoulder.
Both of our parents were locked inside that room. Both of our parents were in danger. I had no idea what were we going to do now.
