Silas and I got back inside and I immediately headed to the kitchen. I had not eaten anything since we left the island. I needed a bunch of energy. In all honesty, this situation with my parents was difficult to even think about. I haven't spoken a single word to them ever since I finished college and cut ties with them for good. I wanted nothing to do with the both of them. They were in love, just not with me.Last I checked, which was over five years ago, they had a great relationship. They often went on dates together when they weren't at the military base. They bought each other presents and had luxury getaways whenever the opportunity came. In the mix of all of that romance, I was born. I was an unplanned baby, a mistake. My two parents never failed to remind me that everyday.From when I was just a toddler, I picked up the sense that I was not favoured. I never got what I wanted, only what I needed. My parents intended to raise a genius, that way I could get some sort of schola

After we packed all of the necessary items from my house, I locked up and we made our way to my car. I sat in the driver's seat and Alexander sat next to me, the twins sitting in the backseat. We rode in silence, the only sound being the soft classical music playing on the radio and the road against my car's tires."We got attacked by a vampire before we left, I disposed of his dead body in Akielia's rose bush." Alexander casually spoke. My roses don't deserve that."Seriously? Was there anyone else with him?" Silas asked, peeking his head between the two front seats. "Are you okay, baby?" He asked me."Yeah I'm fine, there was just that one." "Point is, they know that we're close and there's more than a hundred of them probably scattered around the area," Alexander mumbled, leaning his head back against the seat. "We need to head back home sooner than planned.""Good, that will make Akielia queen even quicker. Then everything will be the way it should be." Silas said with a nod of a

I walked down the hall of what used to be my home, looking for the door to Gia's bedroom. It wasn't hard to find considering it was the only door that had a large pink G stuck on it with pictures of unicorns and flowers. It was also no surprise that it was located in my old room. I quietly knocked before gently pushing the door open. I peeked my head inside, finding the little girl laying in her bed, wrapped in fluffy pink sheets. Her head turned to my direction, "who are you?" She asked groggily.I slowly stepped inside and shut the door, walking to the her bed. I sat at the edge of the bed and smiled at her. "I'm Akielia, your big sister.""Mommy said I have no sister." She said blankly, fiddling with her stuffed whale. I had the urge to tell her about everything that our parents had done to me but I pushed it all at the back of my head. Alexander was right, she didn't deserve any of that. She played no part in this whole thing."She was going to tell you soon. I wanted to say good

"You're a witch? Like casting magic with a wand type of stuff?" I asked her with raised eyebrows. Mrs Zulu, or better as Precious, nodded at me. I pursed my lips, wondering how I had missed all these years that a woman serving me food was a witch."Sorceress is a better term. I don't use a wand nor do I have a magic broomstick. I'm just a normal elderly lady.""You live in a pumpkin-shaped house with a fairy, pretending to be a lunch lady at a science lab. There's nothing normal about this." I objected. I had so many questions for her but I needed to let her explain."My job isn't pretense. I love it and all of you who worked at the lab. You're the only family I have left." She said sadly, staring at her tea. "I was removed from my homeland when I was just a baby and was forced to grow amongst supernaturals because I was a magic bearer. I was their most prized possession, the one who could heal them and make any sort of potion they desired.""So why are you here?" I asked her softly.

"Akielia?" Silas called out, "I can smell her around here somewhere." He mumbled to his brothers.Freaking hound.I got up from the floor and ran out of the pumpkin, ducking under a piece of broken wood by the doorframe. I jumped into Silas' arms, not wanting him to suspect me of anything. "Goodness, I'm so glad you guys are okay!" I told them, hugging Sei and Alexander afterward.Silas looked around the area while Alexander prodded my body, checking if I had any sort of injuries. Sei patted my head, softly telling me that he was glad that I was okay."You sure gave us a run-around," Silas said, staring at the pumpkin house with a look that I couldn't read. "Your scent was everywhere. Your workplace, some random man's house, the river just a few minutes from here...""Uh, yeah well I've been in those three areas, kind of," I said hesitantly. Alexander shrugged, "It doesn't matter. You're here now and you're safe. That's all that matters to me.""But how?" Silas asks me with raised eye