CHAPTER FORTY FOUR
“Do you want to tell me what’s wrong? You’ve been staring at me for almost five minutes. Did I grow horns on my head?” Justin said
“I have to go!” Sally said, running off
Justin grabbed her by her arm and pulled her towards him, his face, inches from hers. She felt the world stop for a second. She wanted him. She had denied herself the pleasure of having him in her arms just because she was always busy
“You have to go? What do you mean by you have to go? You called me here!” Justin said
“I know and I’m sorry. I really wanted to talk but something came up and Anna woke up!” she said
She ran off
“What do you mean by Anna woke up?” Justin asked, rubbing after her
“I need to find Damian!” she said
She opened the door to the study and found Damian and Alex sitting there, talking about heaven knows what
“What is going on? You look pale, almost like you’ve seen a ghost” Alex said
“Give me a moment, let me catch my breath” she said to him
She had all of them staring at her for a second before she pulled herself together
“Annabelle is awake” she said, finally
“What do you mean by she is awake?” Damian asked
“I mean she woke up. What other explanation is there? She woke up f on whatever sleep she was in” Sally asked
“I have to see her” Damian said
She grabbed him by his arm and stopped him
“You can’t!” she said
“What do you mean by he can’t?” Justin asked
“Let me go! I would not ask again!” Damian said
“You can’t see Anna. There is something wrong with her. I don’t know what type of magic she was dosed with but whatever it is, she doesn’t remember you. She doesn’t know who you are and she has never met you. According to her, Alex brought her back to Cordina!” Sally said
Damian removed her hand from his and sped to Anna’s room. He opened the door and saw her sitting up. She looked at him and her eyes held no emotions. She just sat there and kept staring at him
“Anna?” he said
“Hi, I don’t think we’ve met before. Who are you?” she asked
That broke his heart
“What do you mean by that? If this is some sick joke, please stop it!” he said, raising his voice at her
“Why are you yelling at me? Did Phillip send you too? Where is Sally? What have you done with her?” she said
“Sally! She is my sister!” Damian said
“Sally doesn’t have a brother. Who are you?” She demanded
Alex sped into the room and saw his sister awake. He hugged her and she hugged him back, not taking her eyes off Damian. He saw hate gradually creep into her eyes and it broke him further. He moved back and left the room.
“Who was that?” Anna asked
“You really don’t remember? That is Damian!”
“I have never met him before. Something is wrong with me. I’m not healing up. Phillip took my baby from me and I don’t know what else he did to me. I can’t feel my wolf side”
“And your vampire side?” Alex asked
“What do you mean by that? I’m not hybrid. I’m a wolf” she said
“Hold on a second. You said that Phillip took your baby from you. Who is the father of your baby?” Alex asked
“Caleb, my mate. I can’t believe you’re asking me that after Phillip killed him right in front of us at our dads burial. C’mon, Alex” she said
“And dad was a vampire. How come you don’t remember being hybrid?” he asked
“C’mon, dad is a wolf. Where is Mom? She said I shouldn’t be out so late. Why are you here in the queen’s house? Did I get into trouble?” she asked innocently
“Annabelle, what did Phillip do to you?” Alex asked, holding back his tears
“He only removed my baby and I broke my arms while trying to escape. I can’t remember how I got out or how I got here. Can you call mom so she can come pick us up now? I’m really tired and I would like to go home now” she said
“And where is home?” Alex asked
“Bright avenue street. Why are you asking me all of this?” she said as she tried to get up, she winced in pain
“You can’t get up. Just stay still and I’ll .. um I’ll let mom for you. She would come to pick us up. You should get some rest” Alex said
“Here? In the palace?” she asked
“Yeah, a very good friend of ours stay here and he doesn’t mind if we use it for a couple of hours” Alex sad to her
He helped her back to the bed and tucked her in before kissing her on her forehead. He sat beside her and watched her fall back asleep before leaving the room
“Damian!!!” Alex yelled from the stairs
“What’s wrong?” Justin asked
“I will find Phillip and I will end him for what he did to my sister!”
“It is magic. Her missing memories can be restored” Sally said
“No, you don’t understand. He didn’t just wipe her memories. He replaced them. I don’t know how that possible but she doesn’t know she’s hybrid. She thinks both of our parents are wolves. She knows our dad is gone but our mom isn’t. She think the child she was carrying was Caleb’s but Caleb’s is dead. She doesn’t remember anything that has to do with Damian. It us almost like he never existed. She thinks she stays in Bright avenue. He didn’t just take her memories, he rearranged them and gave her new ones” Alex said
“That is deeper than I thought” Justin said
“How can we undo it? I can’t live with her not knowing who I am. I looked into her eyes and it was empty. She doesn’t even remember me!” Damian said
“I can get a witch to undo it. I would make some calls and go into town, hopefully we can find Grace there” Justin said
“Grace? Your ex?” Sally asked
“Yeah, if anybody can pull this off, it is her. She is talented and powerful. She is also good at what she does” Justin said
“What? Taking people’s memories from them?” Sally asked
“I don’t care what she does. I want her to undo this! I need her to find a way to get Anna back because that person up there is not Annabelle!” Damian said
“I’m on it” Justin said as he grabbed his jacket and walked out of the house
Damian turned to look at Sally. He didn’t understand why she was uncomfortable with him asking for help from his ex. Was she jealous? Damian pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind. He didn’t need to be a brother right now, he needed to be a leader. He looked at the time. It was going to be night soon. The sooner they found a solution to this, the better it was for everybody because one thing Damian knew was if you don’t get rid of spells soon, it is only a matter of time before they became permanent. Speaking of permanent..
“How is Arielle?” he asked her
“She is fine, asleep. I took Alex’s blood while you guys were busy arguing on who was going to talk to the human pacts last night” she said
“Oh, that was what the cup of blood was for” Alex said
A guard walked into the living room and bowed before them
“I didn’t send for you. What’s going on?” Damian asked him
“Someone is here to see you and he thinks he has something you might want” he said
“And what is that?” Damian asked him
“Information” he answered
Damian looked from Sally to Alex
“Send him in” Damian said
The guard made another bow before leaving the living room and heading back to wherever he came from. A young man walked through the door. He had the brightest green eyes and black hair. He was light skinned and Damian could tell that he was young. They were either age mates or the guy was younger. He walked up to then gleefully and smiled at all of them
“At least one of us is in a good mood” Damian said
“Good day. It is almost evening so good day is an appropriate greeting right?” he said
“The guards said you have helpful information. What is it?” Alex asked, not in the mood to have a friendly conversation
“My name is Raphael and I do have information but I can only tell on one condition!” he said
“I don’t think I want to make deals right now. You either tell us what you know or you leave” Damian said.
“You did not even ask what the condition was. You shouldn’t be that arrogant when you’re running out of options” he said, looking straight into Damian’s eyes
“There is something about you that piques my interest” Damian said