A Touch of Magic

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Seventeen

Brikwood

     The house looked the same as the night I left it. The lights were off. Blood was on the floor. My parents were dead.
     I never thought I would come back here, but now I never want to leave again. As I turned into the hallways, I saw it. My parents' room. With a few shaky steps, I entered it.
     There were a few drawers with letters sticking out of them. Upon closer inspection, I discovered they were love letters from my parents to each other.
     I was shocked to find out my dad was from the other clan. The clan that I had just helped win the battle. Mom was from here, though. They never told me that!
      At the bottom of the stack, there was a wrinkled paper that looked different from the others. I picked it up to examine it, and the words that greeted me made everything fall into place. But the truth was terrifying.
      Written in blood red on the page, it read, Surrender Or Else. Signed with black ink, Queen Night Cast.
      It all made sense. My clan didn't kill my parents. The woman I almost called a mother did.
      With this new discovery, my heartache was replaced with a new rage I never knew I could feel. There was no more crying. There was only bloodlust.
      I walked out of the house, paper in hand, no longer afraid. No longer hesitating. When I thought of the queen, I saw red.