Chapter 14

The Flames
Pain, suffering and anger. Why do beings feel the need to hurt one another, why do they think that they have the right hurt others. Entitlement is something that supers have in spades, supers are so full of arrogance that you just want to throat punch them on a daily basis.
That the spiteful sister Skky, there is so many times that I hear her talking sh*t about Hennessy and there is so many times I want to reach out and punch her in the throat you know there is a saying in the human world ‘if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all’ also silence is golden you know, that’s why people invented silver duct tape.
I still remember the first time that I was allowed out, Hennessy was one year old and so beautiful. As soon as I tasted the Nite-silver I came rushing forward trying to push out the poison that, that spiteful little twit Skky gave us. I still remember Hennessy’s pain and the terror that she felt when the poison started to take effect. Though it was nothing compared to what I am going to make the twit feel.
The second time I came out was once again to do with Twit as I now call her. That woman that called herself our mother left us in a park, we were fine but Hennessy was scared and wanted her brothers and sister London, so when the neighbour came and called our brothers, she was so happy to see them that she let the barrier down and I came out. I still remember the shock on their faces when they saw me when Hennessy was one. Tito was scared and Jameson was wary, Tennessee was happy and clapping but I have come to realise that he isn’t right in the head. London was in awe; she knew what Hennessy was since she was little but as for the rest of them, they didn’t know. They have protected Hennessy for so long even against our own.
The third time I came forward was once again to protect Hennessy from that twit Our so-called mother was brutally murdered. I still remember that woman and man storming through the house. The woman was yelling and screaming about her sleeping with her husband and the man was mad that our mother was pregnant with his child. They were still shouting when the woman stabbed the silver knife into our mothers’ stomach. I could hear the man asking about what she had done.
“No evidence darling” the angry woman spat.
“We need to make sure she doesn’t come back” the man said, his voice was distant and resolute.
They spent over an hour in the room with our mother, with each passing second, I could smell more and more copper I could almost taste it. I made sure to silence any and all sound of Hennessy, so the woman and man wouldn’t know that I was here. I heard the woman ask if our mother had any children.
“One, her name is Skky. She is a hybrid incubus and wolf. She is just like her mother” the man replied
When the house went quiet again, I made us hide a little longer until the sun began rise. Hennessy was in control again whilst I took a back seat but ready to take over and protect her if need be. Hennessy tore through the house looking for her mother. She slipped in her mother’s blood in her mother’s room. Hennessy screamed and cried begging for her useless mother to wake up but she didn’t Hennessy spent hours in the room, hours turned to days. On the fourth day the house smelt bad like death and decay but it was the banging on the front door that made me come closer to the surface. Hennessy was weak and couldn’t control the barrier. I made her move out into the lounge when Twit came through the door. She didn’t even spare me a glance before going into our mother’s room.
“Can you believe that they have done this too me, sure I was good enough to scratch an itch whenever and where ever they wanted but as soon as they think that we have been spotted bam your gone your history. I mean I had to sleep with that overweight, pompous ass of a man whilst his stupid wife commented on everything it was degrading but I did it because you told me that they would take me to the castle and once they did that, I would drug their precious son and become pregnant with his child giving us the riches and power that we deserve but no, all they did was use me” the twit rants at our mother.
She still hasn’t noticed the smell or the blood she is so focused on herself as usual. I swear that the stupid twit could talk under concrete. There have been many a times that I have thought about taking over and seeing if I was correct but I never wanted our secret to come out yet. Hennessy isn’t ready but soon we can make everyone pay that has caused us pain.
“What the hell is that smell mother” the twit yells. It is then that everything starts to click into place the mess of the blood everywhere, the smell of rotting flesh. I see the pain wash over her and then she completely wolfs out, she becomes a beautiful red wolf she turns and locks her gaze onto us. I can feel Hennessy shake inside but as the twit lunges at me I throw our body to the side and roll under the couch, as she snaps, growls and claws at the ground I open the hidey hole in the floor and throw us in there locking the hatch behind us. The stupid twit continues for a while before howling, Hennessy shakes and cries but doesn’t make a sound. After a while everything once again goes quiet. I don’t move us I take a bottle of water and a snack bar that was left down here from last time our mother locked us in here and eat and drink. Hennessy falls asleep while I keep watch. I don’t know how long we are here before I hear thundering footsteps.
I hope that its our brothers Hennessy needs attention, I can’t risk it but I can feel myself slipping to the back of Hennessy’s mind. She and I are both weak after staying awake from days on end and protecting her it is becoming harder for me to stay present. I catch my first scent of Jameson and then Tito and Tennessee I leave Hennessy to spill behind our wall and watch as they rescue us.
Hennessy lets out an ear-piercing scream and continues to scream for a lot longer than I though she had energy for. I am proud but also annoyed I hate loud noises.
I scent Tito and Tennessee and fully allow Hennessy control I don’t leave her and I make sure that I can hear everything that they are saying. I hear how frantic and worried they are because of Hennessy being covered in blood. But I can hear the love in their voice, there has been so many times over the four years of our existence that they have wanted to take Hennessy and protect her from their cruel mother and twit but they didn’t as the repercussions would have meant my death or worse being held captive to be raped and tortured daily.
“Shh” I hear Jameson whisper. I smile because if anyone was to be given the best protectors in the world these three would be it. Supers don’t care about family they are more after the power. If killing your parents to be stronger was what it took than that is what supers did. However, supers especially an Alpha, a level five Demon, a Prince of the Dark Fae and a very powerful Dark Witch if they killed each other, they would be almost as strong as me but they don’t they care about one another they are as the humans say “family” and family for them means the world.
I watch as they take us and get us cleaned up, Jameson was never far from us and that is fine I can handle Jameson.
I watch as we go to the cabin in neutral territory and they take us into the bedroom. I am showered and cleaned quick. Tennessee brushes my hair and talks to me softly.
When the front door bangs open Hennessy jumps at the noise still scared after the last four days of hell.
“Where is she?” London yells. I don’t hear the rest of the conversation as Tennessee starts singing to me to drown out the argument that is taking place. Its not long before London rushes into the bedroom. Her eyes glow and I know that she is using her magic and foresight to find what exactly happened.
“Murder” London mumbles before dropping to the floor.