I brought the girls some food that I found in the kitchen and as many water bottles as I could find. The men were all busy outside so I took the opportunity to talk to them and let them sit for a while.
Erin was standing by the window and I went over to hand her a sandwich.
“You have to eat,” I said and looked out at the others. Asher was bleeding from his nose and the side of his face was starting to swell from the hits
Aiden had claw marks on his chest and his shirt was hanging in shreds.
Nick looked agitated as his eyes went between the house and the fight. Edmund was of course waiting for his turn to jump in and start fighting but Noah, something was going on with him. He started tossing his head and looking around in confusion .
“What’s happening to that guy?” Erin asked .
“That’s Noah, my brother and I have no idea why he’s doing that,” Noah was never not focused when it came to a fight but right now he looked distraught.
“What are you doing?” I asked against the window. I looked at Nick until he saw
me .
“What’s going on with Noah?” I asked, knowing he would hear me. Nick turned his head and Grabbed Noah’s shoulder but she slapped it away.
Nick looked up at me and shook his head.
“I don’t what’s happening,” he said.
Shit.
‘We need the spell to break, the realfight is about to start’
This isn’t the real fight? Look at them!
‘Do you really think Asher is gonna let Aiden beat him? After having worked so hard and waited for this long to take the title, trust me, he has other plans’
“Nick, ask one of the others to see if the witch is done with the spell,” he nodded his head and grabbed one of the warriors.
They couldn’t mind link the witch but they could call Aidens parents. I just hoped one of them had brought a phone. I was tapping my foot impatiently and waited for an answer.
“Not ready.” Nick said and I tossed my head.
What the hell could I do to get them out? I had to think . The witch wasn’t ready and if either of the girls stepped outside, they would randomly die.
What if everyone stepped outside at the same time, would they all die? Was I ready to gamble on their lives? No, the answer is no.
Think Gabby, how can you save them? There has to be a way.
The girls had eaten and were waiting around for me to come up with the next move but what the fuck was the next move?
I needed to talk to the witch myself.
“Is there a phone around here?” I asked and they all shrugged their shoulders.
They wouldn’t know if there was. I started pulling out drawers and tossing everything over looking for a phone that I could use when I heard someone shouting the words I dreaded
“KILL THEM!”
“No!” I shouted and ran over to the window. Asher’s men ran towards Aiden’s and they all gathered in the middle of the battlefield.
Noah was still standing in the back, he wasn’t joining the others. He just looked confused. “Noah, hear me,” I said and placed my hand on the window.
“Please, Noah. Hear my voice, look at me,” his head turned left and right, and eventually he looked up at the window.
“Hi, honey, what’s happening to you?” I asked him. He clenched his jaw and his eyes glistened. “What’s going on?” He asked me.
“You tell me. Something is wrong, explain it,” he shook his head.
“I can’t, what’s happening? Why are we here?”
“You don’t know why you’re here?” I asked him and stepped closer as I leaned my hands on the glass.
“I… I have to go,”
“No! Noah, don’t leave!” He turned around and started walking.
“Nick, Noah is leaving!” I said and slammed my hand on the window.
Nick looked back and saw him go. He ran after him and killed two men who were coming at Noah. He turned around and saw what was happening.
“Let go of me!”
“Are you gonna leave your sister in there?” Nick screamed at him as I listened in.”
Who?” What was happening…
“Gabby, your sister is inside that house,” Nick said more calmly.
“No, I don’t have a sister. Get away from me,”
I shrunk away from the window and caught my breath .
“Is everything okay?” Erin asked me.
“No, I have to get you out of here right now,”
I walked out of the house carefully and stood on top of the stairs.
“Asher!” He stopped and turned around. His eyes, glowing in yellow stared at me. “Try to leave and I kill you.” He growled.
I raised the knife from behind my back and put the blade against my throat.
Something flashed in Asher’s eyes before it was gone. But I had seen earlier in the room how he looked at me. How could’ve forced himself on me these days but hadn’t and how he wouldn’t let of his men touch me either?
When he kissed me it wasn’t forced, it wasn’t violent. I had an idea about why that was but this would prove whether or not I was right.
“What’s the plan little girl, you’re gonna kill yourself?” He asked and smiled but it was tense. “Gabby put the fucking knife down.” Asher growled and stepped, closer.
“No! Asher, call your witch and tell her to take away the spell you had put on the girls,” he frowned and lifted his head.
“How do you know about that?”
“It doesn’t matter. Do it now!” I said and pressed the knife harder against my throat. He pursued his lips and raised his hands.
“You wanna kill yourself, go ahead.” He spat and stepped back .
I looked behind at Aiden .
‘Don’t be scared’ I said through the mind link .
His eyebrows furrowed together.
I closed my eyes and felt the blade penetrate my skin. The blood slid down my throat and chest and left behind a cooling feeling .
“Stop!” I opened my eyes, my lips parted in pain and I stared into Ashers. His were widened and he was angry.
He grabbed his shirt that he had tossed on the ground and pulled out his phone.
He held it up by his ear and looked at me. Aiden and everybody else behind him grew more confused by each second of his actions but I wasn’t. Asher may have wanted me as a trophy against his brother in the beginning, but I saw it in his eyes the other day, I felt it when his lips touched mine- Asher loved me.
“Take the spell down.” He seethed into the phone.
“Don’t argue!” He shouted and locked his eyes on mine as I held the knife still.
The girls had all gathered by the door behind me and were waiting –
His eyebrows sunk and a growl rumbled from him.
“It’s done.” He seethed and hung up the phone and tossed it on the ground.
I slowly turned my head and watched the girls.
“Come,” I said and Erin was the first to slowly step outside with her breath caught in her throat. She turned around right away and they all looked at each other. Nothing happened, they were all fine. They smiled and could breathe, with ease as they all stepped outside the house.
I dropped my hand as Erin came to hug me but when I turned back I saw Asher smiling and in a swift turn he slashed at Aiden who fell to his knees and growled.