Innocent ✔️

Four

Anastasia's point view

"Miss Brooklyn-" I heard someone say and someone else cutting him saying "I didn't finish talking, Kyle McLeod!" Her voice. I could never forget it.

And my brother? What's happening? My eyes were closed and I found it really heavy to push them open.

"I told you she has to take her consequences, you didn't let her and I told you to get away and don't break my orders. Yet again, you did. And did you forget the way you were talking with me earlier?"

"I'm sorry. I was angry."

"There is no excused for this. I've had enough of the both of you."

There was a pause and a pair of heels echoing away. I tried one more time to open my eyes but it was still impossible to even blink once.

"Don't get mad at her, she is going to calm down and be alright with you guys again." Hailey.

"She never was alright with us, Hailey. We were always like enemies for her and we will always be. I don't really care about what she is going to do to me but Anastasia won't be able to handle it. She is weak enough as it is."

"She won't do anything. I will talk to her."

"No, don't. It would be better if you didn't. We don't know what she will do to you for standing on our side." My brother sat next to me, I felt his hands running up and down my cheek.

"She won't punish me. I will just try to talk to her in general without being on your side!" Hailey said and by the silence that followed I could tell that he gave up.

I wanted to open my eyes and ask what she wants to do to us. I wanted to tell Kyle that I'm not weak. I wanted to stand up and go shout at Miss Brooklyn for making us that worried about what she will do to us. I hated her so much but I didn't want her to kick me out again. The sound of the wolves that I heard was the most scary sound I have ever heard. The sound of the storm was always a sound that I hated. When I saw Kyle coming closer the only thing I wanted was to feel safe again. I jumped in his arms and closed my eyes knowing nothing will come around and if then, he will protect me. He did protect me today. He knew what Miss Brooklyn could do to him if he came and save me but he did it anyways and didn't care about her. He never cared about anyone but me, he told me that before.

I could still feel his hands on my cheeks. I wanted to open my eyes and look in his and tell him I am fine but I was weak enough to do just that.

"I was so scared when she fainted in my arms today. For a second I thought I lost her."

"You care for her more than you should. Don't you?"

"Care for her is not even the right term to explain how much I get so scared when it comes to her. She is the only family I have left on this earth. I care about her more than anything. I turn so crazy when it comes to her. I could kill to just make her smile. The last words I heard from my mother were how I have to take care of her if something bad happened to her and I promised that I'd give my life to make her smile, kiss to protect her without thinking twice. The exactly same day, someone came carrying Ana and told me exactly what happened to my mother which Ana had to watch from A to Z. I hated hugging her shaky body telling her that it's okay when i knew it wasn't."

I wanted to jump in his arms and cry but I couldn't. I couldn't do anything to show him that I feel just the same. I wanted to thank him for making me feel safe. I wanted to hug him tight and tell him it's fine, to show him I'm fine. I wanted to make him feel better like he tried about my mother situation. I wanted to tell him I am feeling better about it. I wanted to tell him that Mom is still with us, she didn't leave. She is somewhere watching us.