Secrets Of Sanctuary Hospital Nightmare Of The Dark Shadows by L.A.A. Law Page A

has more
tricks. If Jonathan is here and detects someone is trying to find
him, he will use whatever tricks he has masking himself until
finding him wouldn’t matter and...” He closes his eyes and stops
talking.
    His sudden silence screams to me the
information I cannot bear as the image of our children gone and
trapped the way I had envisioned Andrew was all those years ago
flashes violently through my mind like a nuclear explosion. Getting
up, I can’t stop my wild pacing. A tidal wave of grief envelops me
as I see our children being tortured behind a clear immovable wall
while we are helpless to save them. My heart seizes, if we had only
let Jonathan destroy us the many times he came for us or the night
in the woods, Kayla and Nicholas would be safe in Stephan’s arms
and Jacob and Nichole would not be suffering. Unaware that I voiced
my thoughts out loud, I’m frozen as Andrew grabs my arms and my
eyes meet his anguished expression.
    “Mia, you can’t think that it would have been
better for you to be destroyed. Our children, all of our children
are strong, wonderful and powerful. You need to remember that.
Jonathan failed in all of his attempts over you when you were just
human and did not even know about your powers. Our children’s souls
are stronger that even ours. They will survive this. They will be
back with us.”
    I interrupt him. “I know they are strong.
That is why the darkness wants to claim them now, before they
become so powerful that they cannot be held and manipulated. If I
had only allowed Reginald to train them earlier, maybe they would
be powerful enough now to at least escape or let us know where they
are!”
    Andrew’s arms tighten around mine. “Mia, we
did the right thing in not letting them use their powers when they
were little. Each year, the light around them grows stronger and
brighter. It was a good decision to make them work for what they
want and to learn that there are consequences to everyday actions
so that their understanding of the repercussions that could result
from their utilizing their powers without thinking resulting in
unwanted consequences is ingrained in them now. They would have
been more susceptible to the temptations of the darkness if they
were not developing into the wonderful and caring individuals that
they are!”
    “But at least they would have been able to
fight back, what if...”
    His fingertips touch my lips, silencing me.
“Mia, I know that you are worried. I am too, but we have to have
faith that their goodness and love will lead them home to us, the
way it led you back to me all those years ago. If Jonathan is
involved, he won’t kill them.”
    “What makes you so sure about that! He said
he didn’t want them to die before their time.”
    “That may be what he said, but think about
it, if he wants us to suffer most, he is going to want to turn
them, not kill them.” As he utters the words, his facial features
twist in agony.
    Kissing his fingertips, tears cascade down my
cheeks. “Andrew we just need to find them. If you are correct and
he won’t kill them, hopefully that will give us enough time. I
don’t care what it takes but I will not let him keep them or let
them suffer for being our children! If you say we should wait for
Reginald, fine, but in the meantime, we need to get Emma here and
see if there is any type of protection that we can have them
utilize until we can reach them.”
    As he reaches for his phone, the realization
of the children’s souls being stronger than ours crashes over me
like an avalanche. I can’t breathe. This situation is not as before
when I could bargain my essence. What could we bargain with to save
them? With our children, Jonathan has four young souls who, if he
can manipulate, would be very strong and powerful forces, two of
which have celestial powers that could be used to bring carnage to
this plane throughout eternity. We have nothing he could want more
than that not even our suffering alongside him