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“What did he do for you to go to such length. Destroying the core was no less than death for a witch!” Anne let go of the hands she was holding when his face filled with shock.
It took her a second to respond to her request.
“That is a long story. But I was the one to blame for the incident.
I want you to provide him shelter and help him since he did not know about our relationship but trust you a lot for asking for help again and again.
Though he has a family, he would not go to them. He is still not stable.. How can i explain.. He is.. Will you just go and see him?” a look of reluctance and hesitation could be seen in the eyes of Hazel.
She did not meet the eyes of Anne who still had questions all over her face.
“Hazel, I will not be able to help you if you do not tell me. If it is difficult for you to explain, can i?” Hazel closed her eyes and waved her hands towards her brain as if she was accepting the choice with a look of defeat.
Anne placed her finger on her brain and then closed her eyes.
She was pulled in and fell on the floor of a room where Hazel was laying on the bed without clothes and Rafael was straddling him. Her hands were on his girth and she was…
“You were not supposed to be present at that memory.” Just as Anne covered her face with her hands, Hazel stood up from the bed and pushed her away.
Anne stumbled on her feet as she drifted from one scene to others as if she was watching a movie by holding the button of fast forward in the remote only to get kicked out from each scene until she reached the inn and saw how Lucian tricked Hazel.
Her face filled with rage when she saw how her sister was being forced again.
She wanted to intervene and punch that fool but she knew that she could not touch anyone.
She waited until the end and sighed!
“You know he deserved it. How could I be a lunatic suddenly? Last time I met him, he looked more sane than that foolish vampire!” Anne shook her head as her consciousness came back to her body.
She looked baffled at the sudden change when Hazel rubbee her forehead.
“It was not sudden, I knew for a long time that he had feelings for me. But when I kissed him and accepted his love, he was over the moon.
I am sure he had already held our simple wedding near the seashore. Whenever he saw me with Rafael after that, he reached his edge and felt unstable but he endured.
I could see that in his eyes but due to so many events happening back to back, I did not get time to confront him.
And when everything ended, it was almost too late for him. Before I could explain to him, he had lost control of his emotions and wanted to have me at any cost.” she looked away from Anne as she recalled the smiling face of the boy whose eyes used to sparkle like moonlight.
“I just want you to give him a place to recuperate and realize slowly that he could not force love and wait for someone who would love him back with all her heart.
I am sure if he would be given some time, he would return back to how he used to be!” Anne wanted to refuse and tell Hazel that the man deserved it but when she looked at the eyes full of worry, she nodded her head with reluctance.
“Thank you ! I knew I could rely on you.” she hugged Anne and rubbed her head on her shoulders and if she was trying to rub off her fatigue.
Anne’s face turned softer. She ruffled the hair of Hazel like a mother does with her kid.
They stayed like that for a few seconds when Anne asked, “so, when are you going back? If you could stay with me for a day or two. We can spend some good time together.
Of course, I would go and bring Lucian to a safe place first. But…” Anne looked at her sister with an awkward chuckle.
They were grown up and Anne knew that Hazel had a lot on her plate yet she was throwing tantrums like a child.
“Oh, just a day or two?” She looked around the room and then at Anne, “I was thinking of living here from now on since I have nowhere to go!
If i go back to that human place, it would only be a matter of time since they find out i am a witch and wanted to hang me on stake.” She did not even name Rafael.
Though she had seen how they fought in the end, she had thought her sister was only throwing a tantrum.
“So, you are not going back to Rafael?” Anne even took that name of the foolish vampire as she asked Hazel cautiously who shook her head without any hesitation.
That was a relief! She has never liked him since the start.
“Great then, we are going to spend all our time together like sisters. I have always wanted to go shopping with you and eat snacks late at night.
And we will do painting together and gardening and a lot of other activities.
We can even go flying at night to touch the clouds.” Anne could already imagine doing so many things with Hazel that she wanted to do from her past life when Hazel hugged her again.
“That would be interesting. I will love to do anything if it is with you Anne. but before that, if you are going to bring Lucian could you erase my signs too. I did not want him to find me until I am ready!”