CHAPTER FIVE

Alexandria’s POV

Mallory cursed underneath her breath as we walked down the hallway. “I was scared something like this would happen,” she sighed. “All we had to do was keep her safe.”

“We did,” Margaret replied. I was lost and seeing things I shouldn't be. “Are you guys sure I did not have a concussion? Was I in a coma?” I asked.

“No. You are fine. Well, if we get you to safety, you will be fine.”

“What is happening to me?”

Before Mallory could respond, the handsome doctor stopped in front of us, but he wasn't alone this time. “Shit, shit shit. We've got to run. Run, Dria.”

I took off after my mothers, not looking backwards. “What are we running from?”

“The other world,” Margaret replied, holding the door open for me. We got to the parking lot of the hospital and Mallory opened her truck. “Be quick,” she snapped, starting the ignition.

As the car drove off, the doctor and his companions got to the lot. His lab cost was gone, and I watched the second man with him growl.

His body began to shift and change, bones breaking. “What the fuck is happening?” I cried out, my heart beat increasing.

“Drive faster,” Margaret commanded. “We need to keep her away from them.”

“You think I do not fucking know that?”

“Don't worry about my sweet cheeks. Everything is going to be okay. We kept you safe all these while, and we won't fail now,” Margaret said.

“Kept me safe from what?”

They both didn't respond so I sulked in the back of the car, crossing my hands. “So, I wasn't imagining those elf ears? What about the wings on your back?”

“We owe you a lot of explanation, but trust us,” Mallory said, looking at me through the car review. “We would do everything and anything to keep you safe.”

A car crashed into us, sending us tumbling on the road. My mothers screams matched mine, and the truck rolled and rolled, till it came to a stop.

“Fuck,” I groaned. Mallory was awake, and she was trying to reach Margaret. “Mom,” I said softly, ignoring the blood dropping from my own head. “Mama, say something.”

“Fuck,” Mallory cursed. “You are not dying on me. Dria, try to get out and see if you can free her door.”

I nodded. My car door refused to budge, so I used my two feet to kick it, grunting at the force it took.

I stepped outside, hurrying to her side when a cold chill crept up my spine. There was someone, no, something here.

I pulled the door open. “It's stuck,” I cried.

Mallory kicked it, while I pulled and soon, we were able to open the door.

“Human,” I heard something say behind me. I turned slowly, ignoring Mallory's screams. “Human.”

It was the handsome doctor. He stepped down from the car that ran into us, but for some weird reasons, he seemed even taller. “Please don't kill us,” I gasped softly.

There was a heavy thud close by. I watched a man, made completely of stone rise, the ground he had landed on had a huge hole. “Is she the one?”

“Yes,” the doctor said. “She has been exposed to us.”

“It is impossible. You are certain she is human?”

Just then, Mallory came out of the car and stood between us. “Faerie,” the stone man hissed.

“She is with me.”

“You harboured a human?”

“Yes,” my mother answered. “Please, spare her life.”

“What you ask for is huge. You know the rules, no human is meant to know about us?”

“Then send her to the Academy,” Mallory cried. “She will survive.”

“She is human.”

I watched the exchange, fear grappling my skin. “Mummy, I'm scared.”

“Mallory turned to me, tears in her eyes. “Listen to me, baby girl. I hate the fact I have to do this, but I need you to be alive for me, okay?”

I nodded. "Good. Remember the necklace we gave you when you were sixteen?”

“Yes,” I always wore it everywhere. “Never take it off. You just need to spend a year with them, and then you can come back home. But ,I need you to remember. Do not take off that necklace? Okay?”

“Okay mum. Will she be okay?”

“Yes. We will come see you ,very soon. Now say these words with me,” Mallory said, holding my hands.

“I belong to the dark, I belong to the light. To heed the call, the training I must pass,” she said slowly.

“I belong to the dark, I belong to the light. To heed the call, the training I must pass.”