sob.
My arms were around him, trying to console him, but that was not what he needed. He had been so relieved to hear my decision that he couldn’t help to cry.
I had never been real big on seeing a grown man cry. There was something about it that turned me inside out.
I turned to look at Max and the tears that were rolling down his cheeks let me know that I had made the right decision. If they could only hold in their joy for the time being. That would be great.
“What now?” I asked as my father loosened his hold on me. I had almost broke over the point of crying myself and I wasn’t fond of showing weakness in front of other people, especially my father. He needed to know that I am strong and able to do any and everything that was asked of me. Who wants to have a crybaby for a daughter?
“There is work to be done” Max said as he and my father both started leaving the room.
From the way the both of them or acting, I knew that it would only be a matter of time before we would try the spell and all I wanted to do was talk to my mother. I needed her to reassure me that everything was okay and for me not to worry. She needed to tell me that my father was just as powerful as I thought and that he would do everything in his power to correct what Aden had done to me.
I got up and began searching the house for her. I looked in every room downstairs, but she wasn’t there, so I began my hunt for her upstairs. This probably wouldn’t be taking me as long if the house wasn’t a mansion and I actually knew where I was going. But I needed the time to myself to think about everything that has happened and was going to happen and this was a good way to have that time.
This could be the answer to everything that had hoped for, everything that I wanted and dreamed of since I first saw Max. All wanted to be his wife and two have a family with him. All of that can be possible now with my father’s help.
Every place that I had looked for my mother came up empty. I couldn’t find Alice or Caleb either and that was weird. Alice had always tried to stay as close to me as possible, but now I could barely sense her through our bond.
After ending my search for my mother, I tried to find my way back downstairs to my father. I got lost a few times after I’d taken some wrong turns, but it wasn’t anything that frustrated me. It was actually fun in a way. I felt like an explorer out trying to find all the nooks and crannies of a new place.
The paintings and pictures on the walls caught my attention and I couldn’t pass by them without giving them a moment’s admiration. They were someone’s vision, a work that had to be done.
I paid special attention to the walls and light fixtures. Every room was different and I wondered what the reason behind it was, but I’m sure that it was just a design flaw or just my father being crazy. He seems to like being different.
As a walked downstairs, I heard the rattling of metal and I followed the sound into the kitchen. My father and Max had several small glass containers filled with herbs and other things that I wasn’t sure why they were. They both had a look of determination about them and I tried to stay as quiet as I could to ensure that I didn’t interrupt anything.
Their movements were almost like they were dancing. Their bodies spun and floated as they worked. This seem like such a natural thing for them, something that they had done all of their lives. As I watched them more, their steps started to sound like music, soothing and precise in rhythm.
I heard my father tell Max that it was time, but I didn’t have a single clue what he was talking about. It wasn’t until Max started picking up some of the small glass containers and pulling the corks out, that I had realized what they were doing.
The two of them carefully measured each individual ingredient and added it to the kettle that was on the stove. The steam
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