✯\\ Lost in a minefield \\✯

five

I never realised this but there are so many pictures of Nikita hanged up.

Josephine stared at the pictures hanged on the wall and sighed.

She felt her heart ache as she continued on staring.

Nikita was everywhere and on her father's desk, showing a picture frame of Nikita when she was younger.

She sighed and bit her lips.

"Mom,look." Josephine showed her mother a drawing of them as a family

Her mother smiled and asked," Who's that?"

"That's mom and me." She said

Her mother ruffled her hair and asked," What do you say about ice cream?"

Josephine energetically nodded her head then turned around, hopping to the door.

"Mom! You taking time." She playfully said," the ice cream will finish before we get there."

She turned around and screamed at the sight in front of her.

There stood the man who killed her mother with a bullet hole on his forehead and her mother's lifeless body on the floor.

"Mommy." The little girl ran up to her mother's lifeless body and shook it

"You killed her." The man said," little girls like you deserve punishment."

Then suddenly everything turned black then she closed her eyes.

When she opened them she found herself tied to a chair.

She tried to break free from them but to no avail.

She looked up and saw the man smiling at her.

"If it wasn't for you, she would have still been alive." He said," I would have been alive."

Suddenly she felt something sharp pierce her skin.

She looked down with glossy eyes at the knife stabbed in her thigh.

"How does it feel, Josephine?" He asked before pulling out the knife then stabbing her again

She screamed then suddenly she felt something pulling her.

"Josephine!"

"Josephine!"

She heard a familiar voice call out her name.

Her eyes flew opened while she breathed heavily.

She felt her hair stick to her neck and her clothes felt like they were soaked in water.

"Josephine, what was that?"She heard the familiar voice asked

She turned to the voice and saw Alaric.

"Nothing." She said

"Nothing?" He asked," You were basically having a nightmare."

She stared at her lap and heaved a sigh.

"I'm good,I promise." She said

Alaric shook his head and said," I'm not dumb Josie, I know a nightmare when I see one."

Josephine bit her lip then said," Yes,I was having a nightmare. I don't want to talk about it."

Alaric nodded his head, in understanding.

"Okay, I will wait for you until you are ready to tell me but please, if you can't sleep, my door is open." He said

Her eyes watered then she hugged him, surprising him but he returned the hug.

"We are your brothers Josie, you are safe around us." He said

"I know." She responded,"but I can't help it."

He sighed then ruffled her hair once she broke the hug.

"Now go sleep before the sunrises." He said

She nodded her head then yawned when she stared at him.

He chuckled then stood up.

"Goodnight Josie." He said

"Night Ric." She lazily said before drifting off to sleep

He smiled then glanced at her before heading out.