Break Me, Mate [Extended Sample]

{eighteen}

© 2015 by Nique Joaquin. All rights reserved.

Author's Note: For those of you trying to figure out the language, there are no existent verb tenses- so when I translate them, they don't actually translate into that. Then again, I did make the language so take what you can. xx _laciela

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My mother helped me make breakfast today, which is, by the way the day after they'd arrived. I sighed contently as I babysat my siblings. Charlie and Wesley were both having fun watching a movie and roleplaying as a dinosaur and a princess in the living room and I was cradling Roland in my arms, who was fast asleep.

"Having fun?" Maddox asks me and I murmur my answer. "Seems like all of you Richelieu's are blonde and blue." I chuckle at that before Maddox takes a seat beside me, leaning over to look at baby Roland.

"Uh huh. This one's just like the rest of us." I say softly as I watch Charlie fold her arms over her chest and shout at Wesley who was running around with his arms tucked to his chest. I'm guessing he was acting like a T-Rex.

Roland slowly flutters his eyes open and his big deep blue eyes immediately capture mine. He looks to me and then to Maddox who smiles widely at him.

"Can I hold him?" Maddox asks and I nod as I gently turn and place Roland in Maddox's arms, Roland is silent and watches Maddox's face before he squirms in his blanket.

I laugh as Maddox lifts Roland out of the blanket, holding my brother up before laughing as Maddox raises him up and down. Roland laughs and squirms in Maddox's grip before Maddox places him close to his face. Maddox nudges his nose with Roland's and my baby brother giggles from the action. I hear the sound of a camera shutter and my gaze immediately lands on Celine who was sitting just across us with a lounge chair.

"Oh mama is gonna love this picture." Celine says with a laugh and I sigh.

"Uh huh." I mutter before I look over at Maddox and feel a sudden urge to touch him. Before I even knew what was going on, I had rested my right hand over Maddox's shoulder as I gently touched my baby brother's cheek with my left hand.

An image quickly flashed before my eyes. It was a dark room with a soft wind blowing curtains aside and I immediately froze up. I got up abruptly and Maddox stares at me with concern. Worries aside, I can't even describe how adorable it is when Roland follows his gaze and looks at me too.

"Bathroom." I say quickly and Maddox nods before I practically make a run for the nearest one, which is right by a little hallway.

I lock myself in the bathroom and stare at my reflection. The same blue eyes stared at me but I looked... healthier if that was possible. I stared at myself intently. I had barely worn any makeup today other than mascara because Goddess help me, blonde lashes are the worst. I sighed as I stared at myself in the wide mirror of the bathroom.

What the hell had just happened back there? I looked at my hands and found that they were shaking. I swallowed a dry lump in my throat before quickly washing my hands.

"Rememorari. You will remember me..." A whisper said harshly into my ear and I immediately jumped back, hitting my back to the wall as I did so.

I stared at the mirror and found a dark black mist coming from behind me. I turned around to face the wall but saw nothing. I looked back at the mirror and there was nothing either. I was going crazy...