Chapter 11

The day had been strange. Her healed ankle and the hottest guy she had ever seen swam in her mind. Divina sighed. Her mind was a muddled mess. The day and the evening trickled by while Divina thought over everything she had seen and heard since she had gotten to her Pa’s home. Still, she couldn’t figure out a conclusion. Around nine pm she bid her mom goodnight and snuggled under the soft covers. A headache had formed and all she wanted to do was sleep. 




“Back off Seth!” A female voice from behind warned. Divina had no idea when the owner of the voice had arrived. These guys were just something she couldn’t really understand. The guy who she now knew as Seth had to walk back, then receiving the shock of her life.

“Mother!” she screamed. Wait? Was she dreaming again? It felt so real. She looked at her mother with questioning eyes.

But why was she seized like she had been apprehended by some captors. What was going on? She remembered that a few weeks ago, her mother had admitted that she was a witch and had taught her some little spell in her spell-confinement room which Divina didn’t know existed in the house, but why was her mother the backbone of her daughter’s abduction? A witch? Shaking her head Divina knew she was dreaming now. No such conversation had ever taken place. This was a premonition. A sign of what was to come.

“How I wish I could just kill the Amy in me,” the lady spoke with the same accents as Divina’s Mom, the same musical tune to her voice. 

Divina noticed that her mom would never appear in attire having a long black cloak behind her like she was Super girl. Nor would she put on such a heavy makeup for an occasion as weird as this. 

In fact, she would never wear that much make up at all. Lastly, Amy would never look like that at period, the woman standing right there was her mother having a horrible sense of fashion and looking all ghastly. 

She had just been too quick to make a conclusion, things were not the way they seemed to be.

“You are not her,” Divina spoke softly to herself, dragging each word out.

“That’s very true my dear,” The lady answered with a light laugh exposing her caustic smile. She spoke with so much conceit that Divina thought she was an all-powerful queen of Hades. She held an importance about her. Back straight and graceful moves. It was uncanny to see the likeness of her mother on such a maniac 

“Oh, you’re so much prettier than I expected. Aiden must have a good gene too.” 

She knows Dad too.

“Hell yes, I know the thing who placed his useless seed in you. Like he could reproduce,” She answered Divina’s thoughts, with a crackling laugh.

She could read minds. She was a witch and must be an evil witch at that. 

“I know Amy well; I want to be free from this world. My children would be free from all of this. I wish for me and my family to have a normal life, blah blah blah. Overprotective and weak-” she ranted. But what did my mother want to be free from? 

“What do you want from me?” Divina interrupted. 

“Your magic of course.”

“I have magic. Take it. It’s a curse to me. Let me go,”

“No, little girl. It’s not so easy.”

“Then let me go!” Divina spoke fiercely. 

“Am afraid, that is not possible. You see. . .” She began pacing majestically.

“There is no hiding the agenda that I need your powers. I can drain the life out of you and get what I want, but yours is just as unique as your mom’s. Your ability grows every fortnight after the first full moon you got that tattoo. Each time this happens, you will feel a surge. The ability to confine it, the knack to control it would come in handy. But thanks to me, you wouldn’t have that-” 

“So, you want to drain me of my power when I have the most,”

“Good! You’re very smart”

“Seth here will take diligent care of you. Care for you and keep you safe,” 

“Keep me safe? Is this safety?” Divina couldn’t help the snort. If this was safety, she dreaded to think what she called danger.

“Humans, just too naïve. You may not understand us. But you are receiving the best protection you can ever have even from your mother,”

Divina’s was startled.

“My mother is strong?” She snapped back. 

“Cut the safe-story. I wouldn’t want them to get you, for Blacklaw’s sake.” Mom lookalike suddenly said.

“Who? What? who is Blackclaw?” this was crazy. What was she talking about? 

She evaded the question “So tell me, have they been treating you? Well, I hope?” 

“You abducted me. What effective treatment can I get than to be free?” 

“Am keeping you safe! Don’t you understand that?” mom look alike yelled than ran her hands through her hair as if she was composing herself.

“From whom or what, I see no-one here except you for goodness’s sake,”

“Those after you are beings for Blackclaws.” Again blackclaw. Who and what is blackclaw?

“He wants what I want and much more, there are many things you don’t know Divina. Nor would you understand,” she had that right. I was so confused and lose. The woman kept talking in riddles.

If only mother had told me the truth from the start.

The lady began reading Divina’s mind and then stopped.

“You don’t need to blame your mother. Pumpkin. . .”

“No-one has the right to call me that except my mom, not even you!” Divina warned.

The lady couldn’t control her laughter, it lasted for two minutes, and it was just too embarrassing. High pitched with an annoying ring. Nothing like Amy’s musical laughter. The more she spoke with the mad woman the more she saw the difference between Amy and the evil witch. How could she have first though that she was her mother? 

“Let her drink, and take her there as soon as possible,” she directed her command to Seth and dematerialized into thin air within the twinkle of an eye. 

Mom is no match for Evil Mom-She thought.

Seth pulled her up.

“We have a long way to go,”

“Why are we walking?”

“Because I can never trust a witch. Not even a baby witch like you,”

The souls of their feet laagered above the thorny carpets of the woods. They had been on foot for more than two hours.

“I really need water now,” Divina said, as her captor bounty hunters dragged her along. She couldn’t move another step without a drink. Her legs hurt, her feet, she was sure that they would be covered in blisters. 

“There’s a river just up ahead. You will get enough water to drink there,” Seth said while the other vamp pulled her along. Holding tightly to her forearm. She had the urge to bend slightly and sink her teeth into his hand. She thought better of the idea as she knew she didn’t stand a chance to get away. 

In time, they got to the river and Seth led her to the bank for a drink. The water had barely gone down her throat when Seth jerked her up again and they continued their journey. 

Suddenly, they heard a sound from behind them. Seth had smelt the presence of someone else. The two-bounty hunter-captors were instantly on alert. 

Their voracious teeth escaping from their humming growl. Seth tapped his partner, who withdrew his special blade and moved towards the sound. 

He disappeared into the bush while the rest waited anxiously in anxiety.

Divina stood, watching. She could smell three men in the bushes, and she knew from the movement that the other vamp was sent to his death. She waited for Seth’s next move and plotted her escape. 

Seth looked round frantically. His partner had been gone for more than two minutes, and all had become dead silent.

Suddenly a sound came from beside them, and three werewolves came out. Seth took a defensive but non protective stance. The Wolves flanked them. 

“Divina. Fancy meeting you here,” one of the Wolves said, smiling at her. 

“Don’t be a smart-ass Darren” Divina responded. Even though Divina was in shock. Darren her ex. He was there. A werewolf too. She knew he wasn’t there to help. She could sense it. 

Darren smiled and turned to Seth. 

“We are here for the girl,” he said, hand tightening around his saber trying to speak calmly. 

“I know you outnumber me but am not going down without a fight. Annabelle can’t have what she wants this time,” 

Who said we were working for Annabelle? Bring the girl alive. Kill Seth,” Darren ordered. 

The wolfs closest to Seth, dived at him, tackling him to the ground, the rope slacked and dropped. Divina raised her wrist to her mouth and chewed through the fiber, freeing herself. She turned and caught the sight of Seth locked in combat. She could hear the heavy footsteps behind her but then only the loud thump of her feet prevailed. Then again, someone was behind her.

Divina ran.