Chapter 20 - Lea & Rachael

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Chapter Twenty

                                                                                                     Lea

My heart aches as I watch him pace back and forth inside the glass dome, his eyes never leaving mine. Where is the beautiful, innocent Alex we know? All that remains is this mindless creature with a vicious hunger for blood. His once vibrant blue eyes are cloudy and lifeless - all personality completely destroyed. I need to fix this and soon. We can't afford to have so few witches. What if the Abaddon twins find their way back? What if something worse finds us? We don't stand a chance, not without my family. We know what we need for the antidote but is there a way of getting it without losing another life? We've lost so much, felt so much pain- it needs to stop. I can hear footsteps behind me. I stand up straight, no emotion on my face, a Queen must be strong and show no sign of weakness. I elegantly turn on my heel to see Rachael standing before me.

"Good morning little one," I fold my hands together in front of me, "you are looking much better." Rachael smiles shrugging her shoulders.

"Yeah I guess, I still have small signs of bruising but the poison has left my system now and I am feeling a lot better." I nod my head, why is she here? She shuffles nervously.

"Is there something I can help you with?" I raise an eyebrow watching her intently.

"Err, yeah, I was just wondering if I could, you know, help you figure out the zombie issue we have here?" She stands awkwardly unsure of how I am going to react, I stay still my expression blank. I clear my throat.

"Now Rachael, I have not allowed Maddie to be involved in this in any way so what makes you think that I will allow you? What can you do that will be beneficial?" her forehead creases as she considers what I have said, the reason I won't allow Maddie to help me is because one, she has Violet to consider now and also because she isn't in the right frame of mind. She needs a break. Rachael on the other hand, despite her physical injuries, is sane and able bodied so could be a great help to me. I need to know what her intentions are before I make a decision. I'm not entirely sure that I trust her again yet, in all honesty I'm not sure that I ever will forgive her, not completely. "Well?" I push for her to make a decision, she will need to be quick thinking if she is going to be a member of my team.

"Okay, after some thought I can tell you that I will be beneficial to you in the way of my health, familiarity, intelligence and my power," she pauses searching for a reaction but I give her nothing, "once I am back to full health I can go anywhere you need me to go. I can work for however long you ask me to. I can find out anything you want and I can help you to round them up if needs be by singing, that's if our powers still work against them." I consider it for a second, she has a point, I am going to need somebody to do the little tasks and put in the extra strenuous work while the rest of us figure everything out. Rachael is waiting patiently, her eyes flicker around the room not wanting to fall on mine, maybe I should put her out of her misery,

"Okay Rachael, I have considered what you said and I would like you to be part of the team. You will do any task that either Rose, Casper, Leo or I ask. You will find out information, seek out clues, run errands and you could quite possibly be a great help in controlling the infected. Maddie is going to object to this but I won't allow her to take it out on you, she is to come to me." I give her a light smile as her face lights up.

"Thank you so much Lea, can I start right away?" Her hopeful eyes look at our family in the dome, "I don't want to waste anymore time." My gaze follows hers, a sigh escaping my lips and for the first time in a while I relax. "You don't need to put that act on all of the time you know? I understand that you want to do it in front of important people and our enemies but we're your family, you can relax in front of us. There is no pressure to be somebody you're not." Her words take me by surprise, she can see that I hide my true self, she knows my true self - she grew up with it. After her mother and father died, both Kaleb and I brought her and Maddie up. I was relaxed, I was myself, there wasn't such a need to be seen as strong and indestructible. It's different now, stronger and darker forces are against us and if I show any sign of weakness we will fail. Rachael is right, I could relax and be the old me when I am around them but I haven't done it in so long. Can I make that change?

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