Freaks & Geek

Chapter 21: Sway With Me

Harlow had to spell herself to be able to walk that morning. When she tried to get out of bed she fell straight to the floor. She wasn't going to waste the day though. She had promised her son a Mommy and me day and she was going to give it to him.

Harlow and Alistair came back home that Saturday around 3 pm feeling refreshed and pampered. Harlow knew her baby like the back of her hand and understood since he was a kitten that he liked the finer things in life.

She thought back to the year she didn't know he was a demon or could talk and got a package for a gold encrusted cat grill that was mysteriously ordered. She couldn't help but chuckle at the memory.

"Did you have fun?" Wes said giving her a kiss as she put Alistair down. "We had a blast," the cheerful feline responded. "Mama took us to get manicures and pedicures, then we had brunch and then she took me shopping and then we went to the movies." Wes and Val looked at them like they were crazy. "How the heck did you manage to do all that with a cat?"

Harlow pulled out her giant movie purse with a smile. The nail salon was actually quite accommodating when I expressed that Alistair was my emotional support pet, which isn't a lie. Brunch was easy, because we were outside and I toted him around in this with our snacks to get into the movies."

They laughed at her antics before taking a seat at the counter. "You ready for tomorrow?" Val asked her nervously. Harlow shrugged not really sure how to feel. "I don't even know what I'm going to say to him. I guess I just want to know why. Why he cloaked my powers and why he left us."

Wes rubbed her arms before kissing her temple. "We'll deal with that tomorrow, but in the meantime let's talk wedding." Val said cheerfully causing Harlow to clap her hands. "I want to get married in Italy and I want to honeymoon in Greece. Make it happen white boys." They chuckled at her. "When were you thinking?" In that moment, her vision came back to her.

"Soon." She said with a look in her eye that had them questioning the meaning behind it. "Is everything alright, Princess?" Wes asked pulling her to him. She nodded her head before pecking his lips. 'Tell them.' Ayla said to her and she knew she was right. "Actually, no. Everything isn't alright."

She took a seat on the stool so she could look at both of them. "The past few days a lot of people have been staring and whispering about me and I know that is to be expected because of our relationship, but one person in particular has been watching me closely and it makes me very uncomfortable."

Val already knew who she was going to say and was ready to rip his head off with his bare hands. "James?" Wes asked pointedly causing Harlow to nod.

"The other day he walked up to me and gave these half ass compliments about how happy he was that I was Queen. When I ignored him and tried to leave, he grabbed me." Val didn't realize he was squeezing the marble so tight until it snapped in his hand. Harlow's eyes widened at the broken piece that Val simply threw on the counter.

"Continue, querida." Val said through gritted teeth and she knew immediately he was pissed. "When he touched me, I had a vision." The men sat up straighter. "What happened in this vision?" Harlow told them in detail what she saw and watched as a range of emotions filtered through their faces.

"I'm going to kill him." Val said definitively before standing up. "No!" Harlow moved to stop him. "We don't even know if what I saw was real or would come true." Val placed his large hands on her shoulders and crouched down a little. "I trust your instinct, gut and powers, querida. We have to do something about James."

Harlow pulled him back before he could walk out. "I'm not saying that we won't. I just think that we should be smart about it. He's obviously jealous of you...of all three of you. He wants to get to you through me and now that we know what he could be planning we ought to use it."