1. Claude Phoebe(ManxMan)

•Chapter 26

Claude

I was only 5 at the time but I remember being sassy and often pouting at my daddy. He was so handsome, so strong and I respected him...more than anything, I adored him.

"Daddy, where are we going?" I asked looking at at him with wide child eyes. He smiled a dazzling smile.

"A spot that hold a lot of power." I nodded looking ahead.

"Is it your spot?" He chuckled and helped me jump over a fallen tree.

"Yes... It's been around for thousands of years." I smiled.

"Don't remind me how old you are." I joked and he laughed, covering his mouth, his eyes squinting and I lifted my arms for him to lift me, which he did.

"You child, are too much." He sighed bending a bit to avoid a low tree branch.

"Daddy?" He hummed, he looked sad as we got closer to the edge of the territory. "Why did we have to walk?" I pouted and he smiled, his eyes glossy.

"Because, it gave me time to spend time with you." He pouted and I poked his bottom lip.

"Aww! Are you saying you love me?" He grinned.

"What else?" He snorted and finally he stopped to take in a deep breath. There was something about the way he stood, the way his eyes cast themselves down that made me worry. So, I tried to make him smile, to make him stop worrying.

I made faces and wiggled around in his arms before I tagged him as a distraction. We laughed as he chased me around near the edge of the territory before we collapsed, breathing heavily and staring up at the purplish sky as the sun set.

"You know daddy loves you...right?" He grabbed my small hand and I nodded.

"And I love daddy!" I told him sitting up. He combed his fingers through my hair then and sighed.

"This...this dirty right here." He touched the spot we sat on. "Is special."

"Because it's powerful?" He grinned.

"Exactly, do you know why?" I bit my lip and hummed.

"Well...something you did, right?" He chuckled and nodded.

"And it's a secret only you can know. You want to hear it?" I grinned loving secrets.

"Yea! Tell me! Tell me!" He laughed and pulled me close before he sighed into my ear.

My smile dropped as the sigh registered, in that single breath he told me the reason why it was important, when he had made it so it was. The one breath contained the reason for this spot's existence as well as how to destroy it. I felt my heart tighten and turned my head to look at my daddy, a tear stained my cheek.

"Why?" My voice cracked and he smiled s

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