Skulls and Bones

Chapter fourteen

I don't know why I expected to find Harm in the spot where I left him. It would have been a miracle if Harm was there wagging his tail and panting at me, showing that he was excited to see me come back. Harm took my departure as a way for him to escape and he was probably long gone by now. I also didn't expect it to hurt so much seeing him gone. I killed my first pet and the second one ran away. It was a shame, I could have loved that demon dog.

I spent the rest of that day in my room staring up at the ceiling. I didn't know what to do with myself. I had no leads on my mother and Marc's words kept ringing in my head everytime I tried to think about something else. My room was too quiet and the lack of technology wasn't helping. I found my necklace near the dresser and put it back on. I didn't know where Zain was so he couldn't keep me company. I also wondered about the arrow man and why he was doing all of this. If he wanted me dead he could have just killed me. He had the chance to. I wanted him to come already so I could get to the bottom of it all but I was also afraid for his arrival.

I fell into a restless sleep until I woke up in the morning. I still didn't know what to do with myself so I took a shower and washed my hair. I ran my fingers through the wet curls before pulling it up into a ponytail and exiting the room. The guards followed me toward the kitchen and I sat down at a table all by myself and ate. I looked around at all the conversating people and pictured my mother being there.

There was a time where my mother was probably happy being in the Underworld. She had to be happy since the only time she escaped was when she had me. I imagined her gaining the attention of everyone in the room and all their smiling faces as they looked at her. My mom was beautiful but the stress of me made her beauty diminish. This was the first time I wondered about my father also. Where could he by through all of this? Were Skulls and humans allowed to be together? That could have been a potential reason for her leaving too.

I shook my head at that thought. My mom left because I was in danger, not because of a love interest. My father was definitely a Skull and he didn't try to find me. Or maybe he is part of this crazy attack on me. He could be the arrow man. S.S. could be his initials for all I knew. I looked around for signs of Marc or Rick but found none. I haven't seen Marc since yesterday and Rick disappeared after he helped me unlock my powers.

After I finished breakfast, I walked back to my room. As queen I really didn't have to do anything which made me wonder why they needed me back. I caused more harm being here it seemed and the Bones would have never rebelled if I wasn't here. Or maybe the Skulls didn't accept me yet which was why I didn't have to do anything. Or Marc was still taking care of everything like he was used to. Whatever it was, I had nothing to do.

I spent most of the time worrying and thinking up worst scenarios of things that could happen. Arrow man could come back and kill me and keep my mother. Rick could be off trying to avenge his parents and end up killed, killing off my mother as well. He could never come for me since I won't be ready and just keep her as a souvenir. She could already be dead.

None of the scenarios were good for my mother.

A knock at the door snapped me out of my thoughts and I was so happy for the distraction that I basically ran toward it. When I opened the door, I didn't expect the red head with brown eyes to be smiling at me. Since we weren't in any potential danger I took the time to evaluate her. She was taller than me by a couple inches. Her eyes showed that she was a soldier who wasn't afraid to do her job. Her strawberry colored hair was pulled into a ponytail and she was wearing a dark shirt and jeans. A belt was around her waist that held a gun looking thing and a couple of knives. She was leaning against the doorway.

"Hey," Hazel greeted and I stared at her with a confused expression.

"Hey?" I didn't know why she was here.