☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
THIRTY SIX;
REAPING SANITY
Eichen House looked like everything one would expect it to. The walls were cracked, vines crawling all the way to the top and wrapping around the steel gate that looked like it was going to rip off if a single gust of wind came. The actual building itself made a chill run up her spine, leaving her questioning why Deaton had made the visit as late as possible. Just by a single look at it, she could tell that beyond the doors of this place was so much agony and insanity that she would blend in perfectly if she were a patient.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Deaton asked her, glancing over with an unsure look in his eyes. He was even more hesitant than her about this whole idea, informing her that it might just make the situation worse rather than better.
The blonde shook her head. "Not at all."
Then, her hands opened the gate to enter the place. It was odd how, the second she stepped inside, it felt like something had knocked the wind out of her. She nearly went stumbling back but Deaton had quickly grabbed a hold of her elbow, steadying her with a pointed look sent her way. That was just his way of saying that this was an even worse idea, the building itself sending her a warning to get far away before she entered.
"You need to be careful in here, Sage," Deaton began as they started towards the entrance. "Remember what I told you about your mind being ajar. If anything has the capability of getting past that door inside of you, the consequences will be critical. You don't understand what you are about to step into."
Sage turned to look at him, giving Deaton a soft smile. "I'll be fine, Deaton. I'm just going to talk to her for an hour, then, I'll go. She's probably too unstable to talk to me anyway and all of this was for nothing."
She hoped that it was for nothing. There was always the possibility of her mother actually being able to speak, knowing exactly what she was saying and being a hundred percent sane, but Sage refused to think about that. All she wanted was to look the woman in the eyes and see if she was truly insane, if this woman chose to save her own life in a building like this instead of staying with her family and friends. Most of all, though, Sage just wanted to know if she was going to turn out like her mother.
"My sister should be in there to take you to Mallory," Deaton explained, nodding once. "I don't want to come in and intrude, but if something happens and you need my help, I'll be at the clinic."
Sage nodded towards the man, giving him a weary look as she felt her nerves get the best of her. Over the past few weeks, Deaton has been the only person there for her to help her through this, through the fact that her mother was still alive. He reminded her of her father, or what she remembered about her father, in so many ways that it was impossible not to trust him.
"Thank you, Deaton," she found herself saying, the smallest of smiles on her face from appreciation she had that the man helped her through all of this.
Deaton smiled back, but it didn't meet his eyes. "I promised your father that I would watch over you, just like I promised Talia that I would watch over Derek. Don't thank me for something that could end up hurting you more than originally intended, Sage."
She didn't know how to respond to that, rather just gave him another short smile before pushing her way into the doors of Eichen House. Just like when she went through the gates, something hit her hard, almost though she was continuously hitting a block on her way inside. She shoved it aside though, hands pushed deeply into her jean pockets to try and control herself before she dropped out of this whole plan.
![](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/20473577-288-k96766.jpg)
YOU ARE READING
Still ▸ Teen Wolf [Book Two]
Fanfiction[SAGE sequel] "Destruction can only happen if those being destroyed have never felt pain." Sage Connelly always seemed to bring along a plague of dark hearts. Her junior year, however, seems to be the epitome of darkness as she is succumbed into su...