Charmed Ever After? The Story Of A Charmed One And A Half-Demon

Chapter 24

Note: So since I'm no longer at school as I have 'study leave' I've found that daytime television is really boring, so here's another chapter. I'd lie to say thanks to everyone who are voting on these chapters, it means a lot, and thank you to all of the people who have recently fanned me. I usually try and comment on message boards to thank you personally but if for some reason I have missed someone out then thank you. Anyway another chapter for you all to read, and I hope you like it my lovelies =)

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We had agreed to gather in the library before shimmering to Harry's house so that I could quickly go over the plan with my four escorts so that they would know what to do.

"Okay so you don't intervene unless it gets so out of hand that I won't be able to deal on my own" I said firmly and my four escorts nodded, one of whom was Josey. She wouldn't take no for an answer and while I was worried about having her with me in case anything happened to her, I was also grateful to have her there. I did trust Josey after all.

"What happens if by some miracle you get hurt?" Josey asked and I grinned at her. Trust her to think of that. I shrugged.

"If I get hurt so badly that I cannot carry on I want you to take over in my place. You know how I feel about my brother so just play on that. Do not intervene if I'm capable of carrying on myself. If any of you get hurt I want you to shimmer back here where someone will take over in your place" I replied and Josey nodded, she seemed happy with the idea.

"Okay you'd better go then" Darien said and I nodded before shimmering out of the Underworld, feeling the three demons and Josey follow me.

My feet landed in the entryway of Harry and Evaline's house.

"Hello?" I called out, feeling the need to alert them to our presence so they wouldn't feel threatened for no reason. I felt movement from the living room so I headed in that direction, gesturing for Josey to follow me and for the other demons to wait there.

Josey and I walked through the doorway and into the living room, which hadn't changed much from the time I'd come here six years ago when I'd first learned that Harry was my little brother. The only update that the living room had received was a new sofa, which instead of being a cream colour with little green flowers on was now a caramel colour. The walls were still a coffee colour and there was the same cabinet behind the couch that still held ornaments, though I'm sure that these were different ornaments, seeing as how six years ago Evaline was thrown into the cabinet, ending up in the ornaments breaking.

"Lila" Evaline stated icily.

"Evaline" I nodded, trying to sound friendly but I noticed that I sounded cocky. I cringed at this but couldn't help grinning when I saw Evaline's face. She looked pissed off, but also ready to attack and something told me that she knew I was here for Harry. I looked around the room but couldn't see him anywhere.

"Where's Harry?" I asked her and she tensed at hearing his name.

"Somewhere safe, so you can't hurt him" she replied, no emotion evident in her voice. I frowned at this.

"Why would he need protecting from me? He's sixteen and able to think for himself" I said and Evaline shook her head before standing up from the couch.

I started when I saw that the television wasn't on, and she wasn't reading or listening to music. She had just been sitting on the couch. I realised that she'd been expecting me to come which was why Harry was somewhere safe and not here. It meant that Evaline was expecting a fight because she wouldn't give my brother up so easily. We'd never had the relationship that she had with Harry. Evaline was my Gran but I never addressed her as such and she seemed quite happy with the relationship that she did have with me. I took a step forward just as Harry shimmered next to Evaline. He smiled at me and I returned it, though I ended up looking like the Joker from Batman because I was so happy to see my little brother. Evaline moved so that she was positioned in front of Harry. Her eyes narrowed and I felt the air around her crackle with magic.