Chapter 90

Claudia’s POV
“No; you’re dead. Dad told me you were sorry you hurt me” I scream. “As you can see; I’m not dead. Dad wants you and I am going to help him get you” Alfie says, smirking in my direction and I look around the cell they had me in. It was the same one they put me in when he took me, the first time.
“No; Danny will come for me” I scream again. “Danny? Who’s Danny? You mean Chris, don’t you? He won’t help you. He’s in on it too. You don’t know who you are messing with” he snarls at me, coming closer with a knife.
“Leave me alone” I yell, trying to move my hands. I can’t move; My hands are tied and I am glued to the ground. The fear I feel, is intense; causing me to stay rooted to the spot. **“Mandy”** I yell out to her; she is nowhere to be seen. **“Mandy; where are you?”** I call out again.
“I won’t hurt you if you do what I tell you. Take off your clothes. I want you as much as Dad does” Alfie says to me, releasing my hands from their confines. “Get away from me” I scream, pushing him away. “Danny. Dad. Mandy. Anybody” I yell with no answer.
“Snow Blossom; wake up” I hear a faint voice. “Claudia; you have to wake up” I hear Danny’s voice again and my eyes dart open. I look around me. I am in my room and there is sweat dripping down my face. “It’s ok, I’m here. You were having another nightmare” Danny says, wrapping his arms around me.
“He took me again” I yell, putting my face in Danny’s chest. “It’s ok; no-one took you. You’re safe and I’m here” he answers, his voice soothing my racing chest. “No; he’s not dead. Alfie took me” I tell him, shuttering with the cold shiver down my spine.
“Alfie is dead. He can’t hurt you. You were having a nightmare” he says again, rocking me in his arms as Dad comes into the room with Isabella. “Sweetheart” he whispers, pulling me out of Danny’s arms and into his own. “Sorry to wake you, Bella. This is the 3rd time this week” Danny informs her.
“No need to apologise. This isn’t the first time I have been woken to help with the pack. At least it was in surroundings I knew, this time” Bella exclaims, raising her eyebrow at Danny. No doubt from the time she was woken up in the sanctuary by him.
“Claudia; would you like to tell me about your nightmare?” Bella says, moving her focus to me. Mandy comes forward in my mind, rubbing her head against me for support. “They are always the same, I was taken by Alfie. He tells me he’s not dead and wants to help Michael get me” I tell her.
“And the nightmares started again, after he tried to push you off the road?” Bella questions me. “Yes; they did” I whisper to her as Dad pulls me closer to him and Danny comes to the other side of me.
“Claudia” Isabella starts; pausing to draw a breath. “You too, will have triggers from your traumatic experiences. Michael trying to push you off the road and take you again; has caused you to re-live your past experience. Alfie is in the dream because he successfully took you the first time, with the help of Christopher” Isabella tells me.
“How do I stop them?” I whisper to her. “You need to deal with what has happened. Have some closure for the past. You were able to have closure when Alfie was killed. His death helped you get over being taken in the first place. The fact, Michael has attempted to kidnap you, has bought all the feelings you had when you were taken to the forefront of your mind again. This is what you need to deal with. Not the initial kidnapping” Isabella explains.
“Just to get an understanding. Claudia needs to deal with what Michael has done recently?” Danny asks Isabella.
“Yes; she needs to understand Alfie has passed away at the hands of Cameron and Scott and he cannot take her. Let her know what measures you are taking for Michael to ensure her safety and he cannot take her” Isabella explains.
Danny looks over at Dad, who gives him a nod. I know what they are talking about and I don’t want to see him. **“It’s the only way, Claudia. You need to see Alfie and Christopher, to put your mind at ease. I will talk to Demi Mumma Wolf”** Amanda tells me, before going to the back of my mind.
“Thank you, Isabella. We will do what we can to help her with this” Dad says to her. “If there is anything else, no matter what time. Please call me” Isabella responds, giving me a hug and walking out the door.
“It was the right thing at the time. Michael hadn’t tried to take her. If she went, we may be dealing with the same issues we are dealing with right now” Dad responds to something Danny told him through their mind link.
“Sorry; I was just telling Dad, I thought we were doing the right thing by not going to the sanctuary with him and Mum to talk to Dianna. I didn’t want to say anything in front of Isabella” Danny says, filling me in on the conversation.
“Dad’s right, if I had seen him; I may be having the nightmares anyway. I know what you are both thinking and Mandy agrees and is talking with mum. I need to talk with Alfie. I don’t want to, but I know I need to” I sigh, a tear trickling down my cheek and I rub it away with my wrist.
“I didn’t think I would get over what Todd did to me. He knows I haven’t forgiven him, but we are now working together and he is trying to better himself” Danny tells me.
**“Demi Mumma Wolf and Goddess Selene said you will be able to see Alfie; when you are ready”** Amanda says coming back to the forefront of my mind. I let out a sigh; **“thank you. I will let Dad and Danny know”** I respond, taking another breath.
“Mandy says I can go see him when I am ready” I whisper and Danny gives me a kiss on the side of my head, placing his arms around me. “I will go with you” he exclaims and I wrap my arms around his waist.
“I will go too” Dad says, giving me a kiss on the forehead as well. “I will leave you get some sleep, if you can” he adds and heads out the door.
I take another deep breath; “What if they get worse after I see him?” I ask Danny and another tear trickles down my cheek. “Then we will find another way for you to cope with what has happened. Deal with each step at a time. Deal with your feelings toward Alfie and you being taken in the first place, then we can deal with Michael trying to take you again” he responds and I pick up Sophia out of her cot and give her a kiss. She nuzzles her head into my chest and I sit down on the sofa with her.
“You should go back to bed. I’ll be fine. I won’t be able to sleep anyhow” I tell Danny, who stifles a yawn. “No; I’ll stay up with you” he says, yawning again and sits down next to Sophia and I.
“What if I can’t stop…” I start to ask Danny, who has fallen asleep next to me. I roll my eyes and place Sophia back in her cot. Grabbing a blanket, I put it over the top of Danny and hop back into bed.
**“I know I’m not going to be able to go back to sleep”** I tell Amanda, who yawns in my mind. **“I’ll stay up with you”** she says, standing up again. **“No; you should sleep too”** I tell her.
**“You’re very strong, Claudia. You will be fine. And if all else fails; show him how pissed off you are about him taking you. You have every right to”** Amanda says, yawning a laying down in my mind again.
I lay down and pick up a book, “maybe if I read; I might get tired” I say to myself. I open the first page, and try and focus on reading. My mind can’t comprehend the words as it goes back to the cell and the feeling of being taken again starts to play in mind.
**“They didn’t take you. You got to Joanna and stopped them. You drove the car and stopped them. If they try again, you will be able to stop them”** Amanda says, before rolling on her back, her paws upright in the air and her snores fill my mind.
I did stop them. If I focus on what I did, maybe my mind won’t take me back to when I didn’t stop them. I lie there thinking of what I did do, instead of didn’t as Danny, moves through the room and lays down next to me in bed, wrapping his arms around me.
“Are you ok?” he asks me. “Yeah, I think I will be ok. Aman… Great; his asleep again” I giggle and put my arms around him and try to go back to sleep.