The fire inside

Chapter 11

I ran up to him and jumped into his arms. He picked me up and spun me around.

"What are you doing here, Trent?" my mother asked. Her voice was hostile and she was glaring at him.

"Mom what is the issue with Trent being here?" I snapped. "He use to spend every day here, when we were kids."

"Ellie, stay out of this," she snapped back at me.

"No I won't, mom." I glared at her and Trent held me close.

"Ellie, calm down," he said sounding nervous.

"I don't see why he can't be near me," I yelled at my mother. I felt my my anger rise and the candle flame shot up between us.

Trent turned me so i was facing him and rubbed my shoulders soothingly. In no time at all the I heard the roaring flames die down.

"Jeez, Ellie," he said, releasing me. "You are one powerful witch."

I giggled. "I guess I am." I gave him a quick kiss and turned around. "Why can't I be with Trent?" I asked my mother. "He keeps me calm and loves me the way I am."

My grandmother sighed and and said "Ellie its too dangerous for you two to be together."

"Why is it so dangerous?" Trent asked.

My mother and grandmother gave him a weird look. "You really don't know?" asked my grandmother.

He shook his head and look at them confused.

"Everyone in your family is a witch hunter," said my grandmother.

He gaped at her. "W-what?" His eyes were wide with shock. "That's impossible."

"It's totally possible Trent," my mother said.

"But..." He couldn't finish his thought.

"But mom how is that possible?" I asked. "I was always over there as a kid."

"Have you been over there since you got your powers?" she asked smugly.

"No because I haven't had the time with all the training you guys have been putting me through."

"True. But we're trying to keep you safe," she says sweetly this time.

"If I had to protect her, I would," Trent says. "Even from my own family if necessary."

"I highly doubt that Trent," my mother said rudely.

"I can protect myself," I said looking up at him.

He smiled. "I know that but I would still protect you, no matter what."

"Trent get away from that evil demon!"