Sophia’s POV
Watching my dad suffer was the hardest thing I ever had to do. He spent hours groaning in pain and holding onto my mom like he thought she would disappear. He was crying and begging her to come back to him.
I never saw my dad so helpless and it was breaking my heart.
I kept wiping his forehead and trying to comfort him as best as I could. He was mostly aware of his surroundings, but there were a few times when I wondered if he knew where he was or what was going on around him.
Hunter was my rock through it all. He held me and comforted me the best he could. He was the only one besides Lex who didn’t leave the room once.
My uncle was a mess. My aunt had to take him outside to calm down a little because he looked like he was going to have a heart attack. Mason kept coming and going, but each time he entered the room he looked even more freaked out than before. Jake and Rose had to leave because Jake looked like he was going to pass out. Anna left the room as soon as my dad collapsed and she hadn’t been back since.
Lex, Hunter, and I were the only ones who refused to leave. Lex and I refused to leave our parents and Hunter refused to leave me.
I was sitting on the bed, holding my dad’s hand tightly. Lex was pacing around the room, mumbling curses under his breath. Hunter was leaning against the wall, staring at my parents with a worried look on his face.
The bedroom door opened and Anna walked inside.
I was a bit surprised to see her. She was gone for hours.
“How are they?” Anna asked as she approached the bed.
I looked at my parents and gulped.
“I think it’s getting worse,” I mumbled.
Anna sighed and crossed her arms over her chest.
“We need to take Emma back to the room,” Anna said and snapped my head toward her.
Lex growled loudly.
“Why?” I asked as my eyes widened. “She can’t do anything, Anna. Look at her.”
“Forget it,” Lex said angrily. “I am not locking her up again.”
Anna sighed and glanced at Lex.
“We don’t know if the darkness is winning,” Anna said. “She can’t hurt anyone right now, but if the darkness takes over she will be extremely dangerous.”
“I don’t give a shit,” Lex said angrily. “She is not going back there.”
I squeezed my dad’s hand tighter. He rubbed the top of my hand with his thumb gently.
“I agree,” I said. “We can’t move her. We can’t move them. She won’t do anything. I won’t let her.”
I was ready to use my magic if I had to. I would find a way to stop her if the darkness really took over her.
“You wouldn’t be able to stop her, Sophia,” Anna sighed. “She would be too strong.”
I tightened my jaw and narrowed my eyes at Anna.
“The room wouldn’t be able to stop her then either,” I said. “She isn’t going back.”
“The room was designed to stop her,” Anna argued, but I shook my head immediately.
“No,” I said. “The room was designed to stop me from using dark magic. I was meant to be stopped by my mom’s magic. Not the other way around. My mom was always more powerful. The room wouldn’t be able to stop her.”
“She changed it, Sophia,” Anna argued. “She changed it before she went in and got you out. It is strong enough to hold her. It is…”
Anna was interrupted when my dad groaned loudly.
“Dad!” Lex shouted as he rushed to us.
My dad’s groan turned into a scream of pain. His eyes shot open and he placed a hand on his chest, gasping for breath.
“Dad!” I screamed as I tried to grab him.
Hunter pulled me back, but I screamed and trashed.
“No!” I yelled. “Let me go! I have to help him!”
Hunter only tightened his arms around me and pulled me even further away. My eyes fell on Lex who was backing away from the bed slowly.
What the hell was he doing? Dad needed someone to help him!
I was just about to scream at him to help Dad when Hunter’s words interrupted me.
“Sophia, look,” Hunter said quietly as he pointed at my mom.
My breath got caught in my throat. I could feel my blood rushing through my veins and I could feel something pulsating in my temple.
A black liquid was pooling out of my mom’s eyes. It looked like she was bleeding, but the blood wasn’t red. It was black. It stained the sheets and soaked my parents’ clothes. My dad was still groaning in pain, but his eyes were shut tightly and it didn’t look like he was aware of what was going on,
“Oh, fuck,” Hunter mumbled, pulling me even further away.
Lex looked at me and I saw pure terror in his eyes. I reached out for him and he immediately ran to me. He pulled me into his arms and hugged me tightly.
“What the hell is going on?!” Lex shouted. “What the fuck is happening?! Are they gone?!”
No. Please, please no.
“I don’t know,” Anna mumbled.
She was staring at my mom in complete shock.
I heard footsteps running toward the room and a moment later my uncle barged into the room. He gasped loudly when he saw my mom and dad.
“Emma!” he shouted as he ran toward her.
“Andrew don’t!” Anna screamed and tried to stop him.
It was useless, though. My uncle grabbed my mom, pulling her away from my dad.
“Emma!” he screamed as he cupped her cheeks.
My dad groaned louder, trying to pull my mom back to him. I could see him squeeze her upper arm tightly. I could see him trying to pull her back.
“Uncle Andrew let my dad…,” Lex spoke, but he was interrupted when my mom opened her eyes abruptly.
They were completely black.
None of us had time to react. My mom screamed loudly and a powerful blast knocked us all unconscious.
