Hope In The Darkness

Chapter 4

After a short time I was awoken when the warmth of his touches becagn to slowly fade away.

"I brought soup Prue." My sister said as I heard what sounded like a bowl being placed near my head.

"She fell asleep when you were out." The man said as I tried to keep my breathing steady.

"Well I know my sister and she is awake." Paige said as the aroma from the soup began to make me aware of my empty stomach.

"I need to tend to some things. If you need anything ask Henry." The man whispered to my sister.

I felt his presence leave when my entire body went cold. As if someone had thrown me into an ice covered lake.

"You too looked..." She started before I sat up and held my hand over her mouth.

"Just give me the bowl." I said while rolling my eyes.
"Here... I bet if I would have walked in before he heard me coming I would have spotted a lot more happening." She said while handing me the bowl.

"Oh really? What would you have seen?" I questioned before sniffing the soup to make sure it was poisoned.

"Well you two looked pretty close when I walked into the tent...." Paige said, making me halt my quick pace of trying to see how much soup I can fit into my mouth.

Once I swallowed the soup I placed the bowl down as Paige raised one of her blonde eyebrows at me.

"Nothing happened. I was cold and I guess desperate for another's touch so he wrapped his arms around me. Then I fell asleep. See nothing happened." I said as a sly grin spread across her face.

Sitting back and resting her body white on her arms her smile grew bigger. "Well I don't have to be desperate to want that man's arms around me." She said as she giggled.

Grabbing a handmade pillow I threw it towards her making her lose her balance.

Even though she hit the ground of the tent with some force, she was still giggling.

That was until the hot soup in her lap tipped backwards and the scream that left her mouth would make a Banshee blush.

The man I assume was Henry ran in with the man I was so desperate for earlier hot on his trail.

"Look what you did now Paige." I mumbled as she did the same to me and the hot warm liquid seeped through my dress and onto my bare skin.

"What is going on?" Henry asked as I looked towards my sister with anger filled eyes.

Please don't mention any part of our conversation. I said in my mind as a silent prayer that I knew deep in my gut was not going to be answered.

"Oh well us girls were discussing how desperate we are..." I quickly cut her off as I flung towards her.

However once my finger tips grazed the ruffle part of  her dress I was pulled backwards by the man from before.

"Let me go!" I demanded as I fought against his tight hold.

"You two are acting like children fighting over a toy." The man said as I threw my head backwards to meet nothing other than his hard chest.

The blow caused my head to become dizzy all of a sudden. "Prue... Your eyes." I heard my sister say as the man's grip loosened just enough for me to use my feet to launch myself upwards.

"I am fine." I said pushing past Henry near the tent's entrance.

I started at a slow pace as my eyes adjusted to the moon lite sky above. I could see a couple of tents near the one I had just left.