Bewitching the Demon ✓ (GxG)

Ten

When Kara awoke in the morning, there was still a light sprinkle of rain outside that cascaded down the windows.

     Kara blinked her amber eyes open as she rubbed them. She yawned. She still remained in the same awkward position that she collapsed onto the bed in.

     Kara sat up, fixing her hair.

     Her gaze drifted over to where the crib resided at the edge of her bed.

      "Grey…" She whispered before she got up and moved over to the crib.

       Greyson was still sleeping soundly, one arm wrapped around the tiger plush he had been gifted the night before—-his thumb was buried deep within his mouth as he continued to snooze.

      Kara reached into the crib, smiling softly, before gently stroking Greyson's hair.

      Kara had only known Greyson for less than a day, but there was already nothing she wouldn't do for him.

     Pretty sure I'd kill for that boy if he asked me to, Kara thought to herself as she continued to gently caress the hair of the sleeping boy.

       "Sleep well, bud," Kara whispered to the little boy as she kissed the top of his head before turning away from the crib once more.

      Kara gazes over to the clock, noting the time—-seven in the morning.

      Four hours of sleep… Great, she mentally groaned.

     Kara slipped on her tennis shoes once more and left the room, entering the hallway—-she remained as silent as she possibly could be so she didn't wake up Greyson.

     Kara looked into her mother's bedroom. She noted how the covers were fixed and the bed was nicely made.

     It was clear that Anais had already left for work—-typically, she left at five in the morning.

     Kara looked to the otherside of the hallway, toward her young half-brother's room. She made her away over to the door. She knocked on the cracked door. "Nicolas? You up?"

      No response.

     "Nico?" Kara knocked yet again.

      Nothing.

     "Dude. You have to get up for school, you know…" Kara began to say through the door. "I'll drop you off… Come on."

     She got no response.

     "Nico… Can I come in?" She asked.

      Nothing yet again.

      "Okay, that's it," Kara started to say. "I'm coming in." She pushed open the door, entering her younger brother's room. "Nico?"

       The blankets on Nicolas's bed were in disarray—-his pillow was slumped on the ground.

      Kara reached over to the pillow and put it on the bed once more, patting it a few times. "Nico?" She called out to her brother again.

      Kara pushed away from the bed, looking through out the room for her brother. "Nico? Nico! Dude… This isn't funny… Where are you?"

      Kara stepped forward, hearing something crunching underneath her shoe. She instantly pulled a face.

     Kara lifted up her leg just to see broken glass under her shoe. What the fuck?, she thought to herself, gulping—-she shivered as a terrible feeling began to wash over her.

     Kara rushed over to the window in Nicolas's room. She froze when she saw how it was shattered in.

     The wall near the window seemed to have some water damage due to the heavy rains earlier—-clearly the window had been broken for a little bit.