Triad Of Shadows

Chapter 5

Adrienne POV:

They are at it again , with the ritual.Every year we organise a ceremony like this to please the angels or something.All of them are so into it. Everyone in this town , they are all weird including my parents. There is still no news about him , not even a word. Is he okay , eating good , sleeping well . Is he even alive . If he is why did he run away . Why is he not coming bad. I know he hated them , this town and everything. But me , what about me ?Does he also hates me ? Will he ever wanna comeback ?

I have a lot of unanswered questions swirling in my mind.Why did he run away ,to where , what happened?

And why are you guys not looking for him . Why is he a forbidden subject at the dinner table?

He was well loved by the people.My parents were pround of him . So why are they not looking for him . Its as if he doesn't exist or never existed in the first place.He was my brother for gods sake.

"Oh you are here "

Huh ? Its her that photographer from the forest.

"I heard the photographer was an outsider but who knew it would be the cliff girl"

"Cliff girl"

Oh my did I actually say that , Anne you idiot . That's the most cringiest thing out of my mouth.

"Yea cliff girl , got a problem with that?"

" Nope call me whatever you want , I don't want to waste anymore of my energy on you and I am out of here after taking some pictures of the ceremony"

There's something I don't know what it is and this is just the second time we met but something inside of me wanna annoy her so bad . Irritate her to the core , its entertaining. And something about her deviates my thoughts.

"Oh I'm glad and about the ceremony , you may have to take some pictures of me too so make sure its looks good"

"I mean to be honest its quite damaged I don't think my camera could fix that"

I wanna punch her even though I started this.

"You really have a punchable face you know that"

'Adrienne help me with the flowers'

"Yea on it"

I don't know what it is but I really wanna talk to her . Maybe because she is an outsider .Different from everyone here . I heard she is from Manhattan . I've never been there but Adrien always wanted to visit .

Maybe I can find him there . It doesn't looks like my parents or the people of this town would help.

"Did you arrange the flowers properly?'

"Yea I'm on it . Where is Avery ?"

"Oh he is over there getting ready "

The flowers are pretty . Only the flowers . They are from the back garden of the church. White roses, they symbol of honor and peace.They are my favourites. I don't know if its the flowers or the place where it grows , I like spending time in the garden.

And there is Avery, the only sane person in the town .He was Adrien's friend .They used to hang out all the time . I asked Avery about him , but even he has no idea.What could have gone so wrong that he had to leave all of us behind without a word. And now its his turn since Adrien is not around. And it should be said , the boy does looks like an angel , but those blue eyes looks like its lost.

I want to talk to him but I can't bring myself to do that , we never really talked before but after the incident we completely stopped.

Its suffocating . I wanna run away too . But something is stopping me . I want to find answers to all of my questions but something tells me its all here. And it feels like I would leave someone behind . Its like someone here is asking for my help but who?

This town is weird , the mornings and evenings are tiring . It feels like every shadow that falls upon the land by the sunlight has something to hide. Like even the withering flowers and tall trees has secrets. The forest is calm in the morning but scary and misty at night. And the people who looks happy has something to hide in their smiles .