Love and Hunt

Chapter Six

"I was hiding." I said as looking at Grace that still couldn't run away from the worry and fear as she thought I was in trouble. "I was afraid if the twin witches could catch me as I couldn't run faster, so I decided to hide behind a trash bin at an alley."

"But I had told you that you had to go back to my premises instead of hiding behind a trash bin at an alleyway, hadn't I?" Grace said. "That was the plan, wasn't it?"

"I'm so sorry, Grace." I said.

"You've known that I have promised to your father for keeping you alive while you're in this city, haven't you?" She said. "Next time, if I have made a plan for you, you have to follow it, Anna. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I will." I said.

***

I was sitting on this sofa and watching the light raining out there through the window. I was holding my smartphone and waiting for the reply from Will. I had been chatting with him since Grace had been in the kitchen for dinner. And she wasn't only preparing dinner for both of us but also talking with my father for the next action as the twin witches had stopped her from seeing Jacob. I didn't know what my father would do for stopping Jacob who still wanted to kill those humans in this city. And the twin witches had been too strong for Grace and me, so both of us couldn't defeat them. And at the same time, I had found a guy that I deeply loved. I still couldn't forget him and kept thinking of him. I didn't know what he was doing until he hadn't replied my message. I felt like I wanted to come to his apartment as I truly wanted to know what he was doing. I had been discovered the true feeling of love when I met with Will. But I also couldn't erase my true identity as a witch. And the problem was that I had to stop Jacob and his witches from killing those people in this city. However, that mission was also for protecting Will from being killed by Jacob's witches.

When I looked at my smartphone, I didn't see the notification of a message in the inbox of my social media account. I thought Will might be working, so that he couldn't reply my message that I had sent to his social media account. I knew he was still single, but it didn't mean that he was free from other women' impression. I was worried if a girl could take his love for her. I wanted him so bad. He must belong to me. But, I didn't think I could get out of Grace's premises in this terrible situation.

"Anna," Grace called. "Dinner's ready."

"Okay." I said and got out of the sofa. I was going to dining table that was close to the kitchen of her premises. I tried to look normal instead of worry in front of Grace. She wasn't allowed to discover about Will who had been my love and my expected husband. When I had reached the dining table, Grace had made waffles for our dinner.

I came to one of the dining chairs and sat in front of my waffles. When I looked at Grace, she couldn't hide her anxiety.

"So, what's my father decision?" I said.

"The twin witches have to be defeated." She said. "Your father has changed his mind about the agreement. He said that the agreement wouldn't exist anymore. Be ready, we're going to face the battle with Jacob's witches."

I felt like I had been taken into a place that I couldn't escape as I had to face the situation that could take my life for good. And I would lose the chance to live together with my love, Will. The fear felt so real until I could feel my legs getting shaken because of the decision that had been taken by my father. When I expected to look for a handsome guy for being my husband in this city, the expectation had gone too far and turned into the way how to save my life and his life.

"And, I have told your father that both of us cannot defeat the twin witches." Grace said.

"What's my father's solution?" I said.

"He said that he would send a witch to help both of us for defeating the twin witches." She said.

"A witch?" I said. "Do you think one witch is enough for helping us in the battle against them?"

"But, it's your father's decision." She said.

***

I had enjoyed the dinner, but then I had to think about the decision that had been taken by my father. He had decided to send one witch for the help when the twin witches had those powerful spells that could control humans and things. I knew that Grace couldn't reject or refuse his decision. And, I knew that my father had been trusted by those witches in his side. If my father decided to send one witch to help us defeating the twin witches, that decision had been considered as appropriate decision. I wondered about the reason of that decision. When I looked at my smartphone, I didn't find the reply from Will yet. And my mind began to move away from the reason that made my father taking that decision. I started missing him. The quietness had stayed inside this bedroom and wrapped Grace until she could sleep well. However, the quietness couldn't put me sleeping as I was still thinking about Will. I decided to get out of the bed and walked silently toward the door of her bedroom. When I had been outside the bedroom, I was making for the sofa.

I could feel a heavy eagerness to see Will when I had been stuck in Grace's premises. I knew going somewhere would be difficult for me as I had to think about the twin witches as they wouldn't stop from killing those people. I just could stare at that building outside through the window. I wanted to know what he was doing. I couldn't stop thinking about him whom I wanted to hug. When I looked my smartphone that I had put on the small table in front of this sofa, I didn't find the notification that told me about the reply from Will. I had been trapped in the true love that I expected. I felt like I didn't want to lose him as I could imagine how hurtful that would be for my heart. I put my smartphone back on the small table and stared at the cloudy sky up there through the window. When the cloudy sky and the quietness could calm me down little bit, I began to feel sleepy. Then, I began to put down my head over the arm of this sofa. I looked up to the ceiling. Then, I start feeling sleepy and began to shut my eyes slowly. Then, I totally closed both of my eyes.

***

I opened my eyes and saw Grace staring at me. Then, she moved her head back when I had been awake.

"Breakfast is ready." She said. "Don't go anywhere. And I have to go to work."

Then, I sat on the sofa and found my smartphone on the small table. I took my smartphone and found the reply from Will. I opened the message and found out that he was still working till he couldn't reply my message right away.

"See you, Anna." Grace said.

"See you, Grace." I said, and she closed the door of her premises.

I typed a message to Will as I wanted to ask what he was doing right now. Then, I sent it to him. I moved my back backward till it touched the back of this sofa. The day had been brighter. And I had to be ready for the battle that I would face while I was keeping my breathe for my love to Will. I tried to calm down myself when I knew that I couldn't escape from the reality. But I couldn't be beaten down. I wanted to get married with Will. And he was the first guy that had took me into the circumstance of having first love. I could feel the emotion and the sensation of having first love. It's caused by him. Then, I got up from the sofa and took my smartphone with me. I headed for the dining room for having my breakfast.