Chapter 404
Blue
I push the room door open when I hear a slight sound come from his room. I told him I was outside if anything happened.
with the door open, I see him on the bed and he opens his eyes immediately, almost like he is being pulled back to reality. His clothes are covered in sweat and it seems like he has been crying.
“Hey,’’ I walk closer to the bed to make sure he is okay. He grabs me immediately and from the touch, I feel his trembles.
“What happened? are you okay?” I ask him and he just puts his head down.
“I am not okay,’’ he tells me and I look at him in confusion.
“What happened?’’ I ask again and he takes a deep breath.
“I have to tell you something. I have to tell you everything,’’ he looks at me and I watch him as the tears slip from his eyes. He is taking this a lot harder than I thought he would. I don’t know what she showed him but it seems like it was something bad.
that is the only way he would have this kind of reaction to whatever it was. I hear Rex’s footsteps but he is still lingering by the door.
“You can talk to me, ’’ I assure him as my eyes find their way to the book. It is on a corner of the bed, somehow, he must have tossed it.
He pushes past me and gets up from the bed, “Can we go back to yours first, I don’t want to be here right now,’’ he tells me as he walks over to Rex, and for a second, he stays in his arms. He is crying and Rex whispers something into his ear. I don’t know what he is saying to him but I can see the relief on his face.
I follow them out of the room and then out of the house. The sky is clear and I can see the bright moon in the sky. There are a few stars around it and I can see the big dipper. It runs through the sky like a trail of stars that just wants to help us find our way.
I look back at him and I watch as he takes a few steps ahead of us. He is looking at the ground like he is in a daze. I follow behind him and I watch as Rex grabs his hand. He is still crying and I don’t know what to do. “What is going on? I thought she was supposed to help you make things clearer,”’ I ask him because this was supposed to give him a clear resolve. He seemed to think the only way that the voices would stop is if she showed him what she wanted to and now that she has, he should know what we need to help her.
Looking at him right now, he seems more terrified than resolved, almost like he has seen something that he wished he didn’t. I get why seeing ghosts can be scary but I have always known that they exist. The fact that vampires and werewolves exist, nothing else can surprise me.
We get to the guest quarters and he walks up to my room and we follow him quietly. I know he is trying to process everything he saw and when he is ready, he would tell us but I just want to know so that we can figure out the solution together. He needs to know that I am here for him.
“I don’t know what happened,’’ he turns to us and looks at me. “but what she showed me is worse than anything I have ever seen before,’’ he tells me and I close the door behind us. Maybe that might be an exaggeration on his part because Gyles has seen a lot. From all the things I gathered about him, he has seen death so many times, whatever he saw cannot be worse than all the things that he has been through. Right? His voice is still shaking as he sits down on the edge of the bed.
“Blue,’’ he calls my name and my heart quickens its pace because now, he is facing me and I can already sense that this is about me. He is about to tell me something I don’t want to hear. “That woman showed me,” he pauses and then covers his hands with his face. I don’t want to push him to say what it is even if I might be so curious to know right now. I can see that he is struggling enough as it is. I don’t want him to think that he has to say this right now.
“Do you want to take a breather, talk about this when you are ready,’’ I walk up to him and sit down on the edge of the bed, in front of him? He uncovers his face and looks at me sadly, shaking his head.
“I have to tell you now; you need to know. we need to figure this out.” he rambles and I don’t even have a clue on what he is saying.
I nod my head and reach for his face, wiping the tears off with slow caresses, he closes his eyes as I watch him.
sad for everything that is happening.
I wish I could help more than I am right now.
“Just breathe, when you are ready, we are here,’’ I look at Rex and he manages a faint smile.
After a few minutes of silence, he opens his eyes and looks at me. “It is about your mother,’’ he mutters and I watch him because a part of me knew that this would all just fall back to the coven.
He looks down at his hands as he continues, “She is alive, Blue. She has a new body and she is still alive.”
My eyes open wide because I didn’t expect those words from him. I just thought this would have to do with a mistake she made while she was still alive.
How is this possible?