The Found Herondale

Chapter 23

Chapter 23
Adele's POV

We walk into the drawing room, surrounded by the cast iron fireplace.

"Jesse," Lucie whispered. "Jesse Blackthorn. Please come here, I want to speak with you."
Ashton and I look around, and Lucie looks surprised as he appears.

"Lucie," He says, sounding alarmed. "Can they see me?"
"Yes, we can," Ashton says.

Jesse looks paler, his eyes flaring.
"What do you two want?"

"Lucie has a question first for you," I say.
He quirks an eyebrow.

Lucie hastily asks about Emmanuel Gast while Jesse plays with the gold locket on his throat.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have heard nothing of this warlock."
He and Lucie bicker, and Ashton interrupts.

"Mr Blackthorn, excuse me for a second,"
He looks up.
"May we speak in the hall?" I suggest. "The rest of the Herondale family be in here soon."

Lucie looks baffled.
Jesse looks intrigued, but follows us out and I see James, followed by Will and Tessa.

"Called it," Ashton says, and I laugh.
I wave to them and Will waves back.

As we reach an abandoned hallway, Jesse turns to me.

"What are you two?" He asks.
"We're from the future," Ashton whispers. "And we have a ghost question for you."
Jesse's eyes flare.
"You're from the future?"

I nod.

"Who else knows?"

"Jessamine, Will, Tessa, Charlotte, Henry, Cecily, Gabriel, Gideon, Brother Zachariah, and some some others," I reply.
He nods.
"What is it you want from me?"

Ashton breathes out.
"We were wondering if you had heard anything about a young girl called Addison Campbell. If you could find any clues. The faster we catch her, the faster we can go home."

Jesse thinks to himself.
"Not anything, but with the way the problems that I told Lucie, I suggest you follow the pyxis clues."

"Could you be on the lookout?"
"What would that benefit me with?"

"What do you want?" I ask.
"To keep Lucie and Grace safe," He replies.
I nod.

"If Ash and I promise to keep an eye out on the two of them, will you look for clues about Addison?"
He nods.
"Consider that a deal. Until we meet again."

Jesse disappears without a trace.

"Another ally down," Ashton mutters standing next to me."
I kiss her softly.
"Everything will work out," I say to her.

She nods.

***

We head up to Raleigh's room, as she gets ready for tonight.

Anna had sent dresses to her and Cordelia earlier.
The colours Anna gave her were a deep red, dark blue and a special green one that suited Raleigh's pale body perfectly.

We sneak in, making sure no one can see us, and shut the door.
I flop on her bed, and she walks out of the bathroom.

"Oooh," Ash says teasingly.
"Shuttt upp," Raleigh whines.
Ashton laughs.

Raleigh chose the gorgeous blue dress, which complimented her blue eyes and pale face.

"Can you help me with my buttons?" She asks.
I nod, standing and going behind her.
I button her up and sit back down.

Ashton helps Raleigh with some small makeup.

"Antony will be all over you, Ral," Ash says with a smirk.
Raleigh blushes.
"Ashhh," 

"Have fun with the dance," She adds.

"Are you actually performing the duet with her?" I ask.
Raleigh shrugs.
"Maybe, we'll have to see."

She chuckles.

"This is your dream," I say to her. "Isn't it?"
"It always has been," Raleigh admits, leaning against the bedpost. "Being able to meet Will and all the people from these time periods. Even meeting Dad and Magnus for the first time made me want to faint or squeal with joy."

Raleigh has finally called my Dad her dad, instead of Jace.
I chuckle to myself.
Ashton didn't notice.

"Will you not go back?" I ask with a solemn tone. "If we went to the 1800s, would you stay there with Will? And not come back?"

Raleigh freezes.
She's about to respond, and the door opens.

"Raleigh are you ready to go-" Antony says but pauses, his jaw dropping. "You look beautiful."

Raleigh blushes, and walks over to Antony, who presses a kiss on her lips.
He wraps an arm around her waist, and they walk out of the room and into the hall.

It takes me a few minutes after she left to realise that Raleigh never answered my question.
Would Raleigh leave us to stay in the 1800s?