Surviving the Dark

Chapter 29 - Missing

As much as I wanted to forget what just happened between Jamie and I, I couldn't. My mind was spinning. One moment it would be all consumed with fear and panic that the Black Eyes were here and attacking my home once again. The next it would be focusing on my confusion of that kiss.

I was distracted. I knew I was, I also knew that being distracted could get me killed.

It almost did too. If it wasn't for the fact that I saw the Black Eyed Soulless Shadows and hid before they saw me, I would have been joining mum, dad, Thea, and Axel, where ever they may be now.

"Those pixies are here, I just know it!" One of them says.

"Wait, pixies? Plural? I thought it was just that Princess that got away last time?" A second one asks.

I peak from around the tree I am hiding behind and spot three of them all standing around not to far from where I currently am.

"I think Aryon and Ava hid that baby of theirs. The young Prince." The last of them states.

"The King and Queen must have given the kid one of those Moonstones they use. Kid probably doesn't even know he is a pixie." The first one speaks his thoughts out loud.

"He sure is going to get a shock." The third voice chuckles.

"So where are they?" The second voice pipes up again. The voice is soft and sounds young. Almost as if a young girl around Xavier's age is talking. The other two voices are raspy and gruff. The first one who spoke seems to be the one in charge and somehow knows Zae and I are here.

'This is not good.'

"Close. Come on lets go make sure they can't stop us then we can deal with those insects." The leader of the group says.

I hear feet shuffling away from me. I let out a breath of relief, glad they didn't come any closer to where I was hiding. I stay there a few more minutes trying to steady my beating heart. Being so close to the things that killed my family, my friends, and destroyed my home. Well it was harder than I thought, only made worse now knowing that they know Zae and I are here.

It's then that I realise what the leader meant by 'making sure they can't stop us' and which direction they went in.

I take in a shaky breath and slowly move my head to see if they really have left. Once I know they are gone, I sprint out onto the path that would take me to where Zae went to turn the sprinklers.

"Oh god! How could I have been so stupid?!"

As I am running I keep tripping over rocks and twigs scattered along the path. I don't care because all I can think is Zae to be okay.

"Please be there. Please be okay."

My heart is pounding in my chest, both from running and fear and adrenaline currently flowing through my body. My lungs are screaming at me for air by time I reach the area of the switches.

Not giving my self time to catch my breath, my eyes scan the area. I don't see my brother anywhere but I don't allow myself to panic, yet, taking out Jamie's phone. I dial Xavier's number.

"Come on, pick up. Pick up." My eyes are scanning the area again for any sign of Zae. That's when I hear his ring tone, my violet eyes widen and search frantically. I walk closer to the sprinkler switch, the ringing getting louder.

My breathing stops, my gaze locked on the ringing phone laying on the ground, the screen smashed.

Fumbling I hang up the call made to Zae's phone and quickly dial Liv.