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~1 week later~

Hope POV

Again, I wake up drenched in sweat. 7 days in a row. I keep having these reoccurring nightmares and it's the same thing every time.

~Nightmare~

I'm walking around the school looking for Jo. I decide to go check our room again in case she got there after I left. When I get there I walk and all of a sudden Landon opens our bedroom door. I get a feeling that Jo and my kids disappearance has something to do with him.

Hope: "Where is my family?"

Landon: "Right here"

He pulls them into view. Jo's gagged and has her hands tied behind her back. I try to run to them but a barrier spell blocks me from getting out. I scream for him to let them go.

Landon: "Don't lose your voice Hope, you have a choice to make. So, would you like me to kill the love of your life or, take your 3 little babies away from you?. 1 minute, better hurry"

Hope: "No, please. Just take me. Don't hurt them, they didn't do anything. Please, I'll do anything just let them go"

Landon: "15 seconds. Tik-tok"

Hope: "I'm what you want, right?
Take me. I'll do whatever you want, please!"

Landon: "Times up. Since you didn't chose, I'm gonna do both"

He grabs a knife and puts it up to Josies throat. I scream and scream until my vocal cords absolutely can't handle the pain, and my voice runs out. He does a "3, 2, 1" countdown, then just slits her throat. Then someone I don't recognize, comes and takes the babies. I'm left there hurting and utterly alone, with a void to big to fill. Then all of a sudden I jolt awake

~Real life~

I'm panting out of breath. I look down at jo and see she's asleep still. I get up to make sure the kids are ok. Then I go take a shower. When I get out, I go lay back down. I haven't told Jo about the nightmares mostly because I don't want to worry her, but also because she's exhausted. Between the researching for hours on end and being a mom, she doesn't have time to do anything. She's barely been eating, and every time I tell her to take a break she says she's fine and that she needs to keep going. I know that I'm gonna end up having to close Malivore sooner or later. In this case it's sooner rather than later. I'm sitting up on the bed with my back leaning against the headboard. I see Jo start to move, and she wakes up.

Jo: "Hope? Are you ok?"

I don't give a verbal answer, but I shake my head no

Jo: "Talk to me, Hope"

Hope: "I can't keep doing this"

Jo: "Doing what?"

Hope: "Every day when I close my eyes and go to sleep, I see the same thing over and over on replay. You die, the babies taken and me left alone. Guess who wins? Landon, every single time. I can't handle lying to you all the time, saying that I'm ok, because I'm not. I'm so sorry Jo, but I have to do it"

Tears going down both of our faces, she hugs me. I'm squeezing her like my life depends on it, and it kinda does. I say just above a whisper "I love you, Jo. I really do" she responds with "I know, baby. I love you too". After a while I end up on top of her with my head on her chest.

~Time skip~

It's lunch time and I'm in our room feeding the babies while Josie gets food for the both of us. When she walks in she has a tray of food. She says she's not really hungry so I eat most of it. I made sure she had enough to fill her up though. I leave in a little bit, I just can't bring myself to leave them. I love all 4 of them with everything I have in me and more. It's time for me to go and Josie won't let me go

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