The Daylight Mirror

Chapter Twenty-Eight

I didn't at all like the idea of my family being threatened by a bunch of people who think they have the right to do so. Next to me Millicent could see that and gives my hand a tight squeeze to give me some reassurance. Understanding the depth and meaning behind the threat made by the council members. The twins, and Venus moved back out of the way. Fighting off the urge and the protective instinct to protect me Venus's jaw is twitching as he is clenching it really hard.

Not only that but the three guys made sure to move further enough away from Vladimir. He does not like threats being made towards me and we all can clearly see that Vladimir is having a hard time controlling the anger outburst whooshing through his body. A dark dominance aura is spreading outwards from Vladimir's body which unconsciously Millicent also moved away from Vladimir. Used to this type of behaviour coming from Vladimir I simply sighed and moved to stand in front of him.

I wrapped my arms around his waist and gave Vladimir a hug the best that I could. Unexpectedly, a gun is fired three times catching everybody's attention. Startled by the gun shots I jumped away from Vladimir who frowned at the loss of me. Turning to face where the shots came from Arnold is stood on top of the off road BMW with a hand pistol clutched in the palm of his hand. He doesn't have any expressions on his face to give away what he is thinking or feeling.

"Why the hell isn't he tied up and gagged in the back of the car?" The female council member said.

Taking the distraction as an opportunity to get the hell out of here and away from this awkward situation. Millicent grabbed a hold of my hand and turn towards a different model of BMW. Nearly tripping over my own feet I jogged up behind Millicent. She got into the passenger seat forcing me to climb into the driver's seat. Car keys are already in the ignition for me to be able to start up the car. Dom, Dimitri, and Venus are confused by our actions and made their way away from the car towards Vladimir. On the other hand, Arnold is grinning at us; happy that we took his hint to take our cue to leave.

"Go Vivian we have our chance to leave and get as far away as possible." Millicent said.

The pleading in her voice shook me out of a weird funk placed over me. Pushing down onto the clutch and twisting the key. The car's engine roared to life in an instant. Allowing me to put the car into reverse and go backwards down the drive. I took a look into the interior mirror to see Malcom and his men looking like a deer in headlights. Kind of wanting to run them all over I put my foot down further onto the acceleration pedal. As the car went faster Malcom and his men jumped out of the way just in the knick of time.

Looking back at everybody else through the windshield Dom and Venus were yelling at me to stop the car and get out so we can talk about this. A couple of men from the council are dragging Arnold down from the roof of the BMW. He did in fact have a go at getting out of their grip but once Arnold hit the floor more people jumped onto him. Besides me in the passenger's seat Millicent gasps at how roughly these men are manhandling Arnold face down to the ground.

Clamped down on his wrists are a pair of handcuffs linked to a long line of iron chain one council members are holding not too far away. The further away we got the more that I wanted to stop the car and go help Arnold. However, once we have reached the main road I drive off and head in the direction of the richer side of town. Quickly shaking my head I put my pent up energy into driving into town. Silence settled down in the front of the BMW between the two of us. Unable to start the conversation with Millicent she took it upon herself to start instead.

"Where are you taking us? Vivian we need to head out of town now and go to the next town over maybe to get some help."

"No we can't and beside I think I know somewhere that we may be able to get some answers to the questions the two of us are looking for." I replied.