HIDDEN (Hide Or Die)

Chapter 38

ALBERT'S P.O.V.

"Lillian, I'm asking again, what did you say?" Becky growled so loudly that it shook every fiber in the building's already decaying walls. Her once lovely brown eyes had turned a deep black that shone, and worse, she was attempting to scorch aunt Lillian with their fire.

I watched with wide eyes and cold shivers running down my spine as Becky stood up from her seat, her bloodshot eyes still trailing on aunt Lillian as she slowly and purposefully walked up to her like she had every intention of ripping my aunt's throat out of her body, and that terrifying thought made my stomach twist painfully.

And, to my surprise, my innocent or insane aunt Lillian kept smiling.

"I said the Sego is dead, kaput! Finito! And it felt incredible!" More sweat trickled down my spine as I stared at my aunt, who seemed either unaware of Becky's rage or simply didn't care; either way, it was adding fuel to the already blazing fire.

God, It was as if she had a death wish or something, and it was starting to scare me.

" Lillian shut it! Becky, please, my dear, take a breath." My gaze briefly left Becky's murderous figure and trailed to Miss Emily, who slowly rose from her seat with one of her hands stretched out in front of her as if trying to calm a wild animal, then she slowly began walking up to Becky, whose eyes were solely printed on aunt Lillian to pay attention to anything else.

I couldn't for the life of me figure out why Becky was suddenly acting this way. I for one felt relieved when my aunt first broke the news because it meant that whatever psycho was after Kyle and his mother had been taken care of for good and I thought Becky had been onboard this train of thought as well; now, I didn't think so anymore.

"She killed my brother, and you're telling me to breathe?" Becky raged on, taking a step toward aunt Lillian that Miss Emily quickly blocked.

"Emily, move." Becky said coldly.

She now appeared to be something out of a horror film. Her previously perfectly manicured nails had mysteriously vanished and been replaced by long terrifying talons, just as her short canines had vanished and been replaced by really long sharp ones. What I was seeing was beyond bizarre, and I didn't want to see her use them, especially on aunt Lillian of all people.

"Not if you're going to try to hurt Lillian." Miss Emily said firmly.

"Oh, I'm not just going to hurt her," Becky promised, raising her eyes to meet aunt Lillian's. "I'm going to rip you apart limb by limb until you're nothing but a pile of meat. I swear I'll make you feel every bit of the agony Dilian felt when you sacrificed him to the Cygans." Her voice was low and eerie as if she had been taken over by something else. Her scary eyes narrowed aunt Lillian like prey.

My already pounding heart increased to full-fledged drumming. I didn't realize Matthew was there until his hand firmly clasped mine as if he was trying to spread his warmth all over my body, but even with his warm presence, I couldn't stop my mind from concocting mind-damaging scenarios of my aunt dying in front of me.

I needed to act quickly before it was too late, but I had no idea what that was, and it made me feel completely useless. Meanwhile, Becky's unmoving gaze drowned my aunt like lava, probably deciding in her head what kind of punishment would be appropriate for her.

"Please, Becky, stop doing this and leave her alone!" I found my mouth moving before I could even comprehend the words that were causing it to do so, and unsurprisingly, Becky didn't even glance my way. "Please Becky, Please." I attempted again but yet again her full attention was on her prey. I felt more useless.

"You are not listening! Nobody is listening! SHE KILLED MY BROTHER!" She boomed, and I knew part of that sentence was meant for me even though her eyes never moved. Her voice was filled with such agony that it sucked out anything remotely happy from anyone unfortunate enough to hear it. It made me feel even sadder than I had before, and I believe Aunt Lillian felt the same way because she opened her mouth to say something but couldn't get the words out or thought better of it and decided to remain silent.