True Love Can't Be Broken (Rewritten)

Chapter 5

Welcome back, dear reader. It is I, the slow a$$ writer. I know you've been expecting me to update this book, and I must apologize. I have been, quite busy, lately. There are many things keeping me busy out of Wattpad, like work, owed art, and so on, so forth. But at last, I am finally able to update this book again. Although the updates may not be as frequent, I will still try to get new chapters out as soon as possible. Anywho, I do hope you are enjoying the story so far. Now I will let you get back to reading. See you soon.

"Alright! Somebody here in this line, snuck into my room while I was away, stole the rare potion I had just brewed up, and dropped it! Who is the culprit?!"

Olivia stared at her feet with her hands behind her back, Petra glanced at Axel occasionally, hands on her hips. Jesse and Lukas exchanged worried looks, and Axel was looking to the ceiling, trying his best not to look guilty for the crime he'd committed yesterday. "Hmm..." He eyes everyone suspiciously as he marches back and forth, observing each and every one to spot something on them that would prove they'd done it. There was nothing. He then when back to where he originally stood.

"Well? Who was it?"

There was a brief moment of awkward silence, and many looks being exchanged to one another. Suddenly...

"It was Axel!"

Olivia blurted out, making everyone, but Ivor, flinch. They all looked at Olivia, who then looked back down at her feet, feeling embarrassed. Then they looked up at Ivor. Ivor simply smiled momentarily and spoke softly. "Thank you for your cooperation, dear friend. Now, YOU." Ivor raised his voice as he approached Axel, his smile fading. Axel raised his hands in the air, smiling nervously. This only made Ivor angrier. "What were you doing in my room? How did you even get in? The door was locked!" Ivor shouts while throwing his hands around, making Axel tremble.

Axel was about to answer, but Ivor interrupts. "You know what, never mind! I'll have a little talk with you later! I have other things to get back to..." The infuriated bearded man spoke the last bit under his breath as he calmly walked into his room, slamming the door shut. Everyone flinched, then they gave Axel some nasty, and mildly threatening looks. Axel glances at them briefly.

"What?" He shrugs. Jesse simply walked away. Lukas shook his head at Axel and followed Jesse shortly after. Petra punched Axel's arm before leaving. Olivia gave Axel a look that said, "I'm sorry," then dragged her feet along the floor back to her room.

After everyone had left, Axel just stood there, frozen in place, trying to process what happened.

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Later that day, the entire household was silent. It was as if it had lost its liveliness. There was no bickering, no arguing, no yelling, nothing. Just pure silence. This was a nice change for a few, but nerve wracking for others.

Petra, Lukas, and Ivor were just fine with how quiet it was.

Lukas was able to focus on writing, Petra could finally take a nap without being rudely awaken, and Ivor could concentrate on brewing potions.

As for the others...

Olivia kept biting her nails as she anxiously paced back and forth in her room, trying to comfort herself by whispering soothing words. Though it only made her more anxious because her whispering to herself sounded more creepy than comforting.

Jesse was curled up in bed, holding his pillow close to him as he stared blankly at the wall with wide eyes, like he'd just seen a ghost. There was something about the dead silence that scared him. It was either all these intrusive thoughts coming to make things worse, or there being some sudden loud noise, like a loud bang or crash, that could come at any moment to break the silence, and scare Jesse to death in the process.

Axel laid in bed, hands behind his head as his eyes constantly wandered around his room. He had earbuds in to listen to calm, soothing music to ease his mind, and put him in a state of peace. It was working quite well for him, surprisingly. Well, it was until he took them out because he thought he heard somebody calling his name, and then he could hear music playing, even with the earbuds out and the volume low.

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Ok, that's it. I apologize about this one being short. Writer's block isn't fun. Plus, I got school and work to worry about :') updates on this won't be so frequent or as quick as before, but I will try my best to get a new chapter out every now and then! I hope y'all are enjoying it so far :')