Emma's P.O.V
I slowly open my eyes. I see Jacob looking down at me. He's not smirking but the look of pity in his eyes seem to say, Poor little baby. So weak.
I jump out of his arms. Then I feel dizzy and feverish. My legs shake and Jacob catches me when I fall. I cry out when my arm crushes against his chest. He gently lifts my arm from his chest, making sure I'm comfortable. I look down at my arm see that it's wrapped in bandages.
"Why-" I start.
"Shhh, it's okay, little baby girl, I'll protect you," he smirks.
"No! I don't trust you! I want Kate and my mommy and-" I stop because I really do sound like a baby.
"Aw, the little baby wants her mama!" Jacob sneers. This makes me angry. I try to jump up but Jacob holds me tight. I make a small sound as he squeezes my injured arm. I look at it again and see the crimson red blood soaking the bandages. I look away my eyes filling with tears of fear.
I look up at Jacob, "What do you want from me?"
"We already told you that," Jacob says, sounding annoyed. "You are going to help us bring back the first Dire Magnus and if your good you can save two of your friends. Then we'll let you go back to your dear mama and dada... Who will, by the way, turn on you and make you get stitches for that, " he pocks my arm and I cry out in pain.
"Shhh. It's going to take a lot of energy for you to do what you have to let people out of the Deadland. Not to mention what we have to do to prepare you..." Jacob trails off at the end, brushing a strand of chestnut hair out of my eyes.
"Huh!?!"
I start thinking about the ritual they'd made me go through when I was abducted by a helper of Dire Magnus. Words started going through my head.
We must ensure your hand stays on the page, I hear the rat-faced guy say. Scream, little girl, It smirks. I think about the pain that felt like all the life was being sucked out of me. Tears stream down my cheeks at the thought and I shiver. Jacob pulls off his sweatshirt and wraps it around me. Again, I wonder why he is being nice to me.
"Shhh, just rest. Don't worry about that," Jacob says, sounding a lot more gentle then he normally does. He rocks me like a baby but the teasing manner has gone away a little. I close my eyes and try to sleep.
YOU ARE READING
The Fire Burns Bright
ActionKate, Michael, and Emma are adjusting to their family life and it truly seems there may finally be some peace. Little do they know, though the books are gone, the powers they hold are far from vanished. When Emma is kidnapped and forced to free rest...
