Liza Pov:
"Everyone know their role?" I looked around to see everyone nodding. I was going to head to veronicas alone while Asher kept Cole and the guards busy. This was much bigger than my second chance life and if they were going to take me back it was going to be after my son was found.
I snuck out the side door followed by Cel and we made our way down to the edge of the border where all the house that were vacated were.
As I got closer to the neighborhood I couldn't smell Colton and I was getting worried.
"Do you smell him?" I looked over at Cel who was still chanting and she shook her head no. We were only going to get one shot at this and we needed to make it count.
Then out of no where a faint smell of blood brushed up against my nostrils and knew it just had to be him. Just as I suspected as we got closer to the small hole in the wall shack there hung a sign with Veronica and lotus hand prints. I singled for Cel to take the right side and I would take the left so we could canvas the area. As I walked around the house to the back yard and I was was walking I looked around and saw all the broken beer bottles and broken toys. I found it hard to believe that this house once held memories to a sweet version of Veronica.
I made my way to the back door and tried to open it without making too much noise. The floors creaked as I walked thru the house but the second I passed the kitchen the smell hit me like a ton of bricks.
Colton.
At this point I didn't care who was in the house. I followed the smell all the way thru the house until I came infront of a bookcase. The smell was getting stronger so I knew it was behind the wall somewhere.
I started pulling all the tattered books trying to find the entrance but nothing. I was just about to rip the book case down when I noticed a candle handle was uneven. Tapping into all of my Sherlock Holmes skills I turned it and sure enough the door opened. I ran down the stairs calling Coltons name.
Nothing.
I called again and finally heard a whisper.
"Run"
Run why would I run? Just as I got closer I got a better look at him. He was fatigued and starved and badly beaten. I saw his feet were in a bucket of water and a car battery was next to him.
Were they electrocuting him? My stomach dropped. My poor baby.
"Colton sweet heart I'm going to get you out of here. Just stay with me honey."
"I want to go with my mom. She promised" Coltons head hung a little bit lower and I knew he was getting up.
"Baby look at me what did she promise?"
He tried his best to what I could make out a smirk. "That we would meet again."
I knelt down as I tried to break the straps that held him down.
"Stay with me my little Prince." I would sacrifice everything for my kids and if I was going back into limbo it would not be with my son.
In this moment I started to panic. He just found his mate. He has a life time of greatness left. He will love her and they will have kids of their own and he will tell them stories of me. A tear started to fall. Everything was finally starting to set in. I won't grown old with my loves. I won't be at their wedding. I won't ever kiss my grand babies skinned knee. I won't see Cedrics first shift.
We all make sacrifices in this world but my kids were to young to have to start now.
"What did you call me?"
"Has your mom ever broken a promise?"
Colton picked his head up.
"But how? You're not my mom you're Liza. How is this possible?"
I smiled and looked at my sweet boy "do you remember What does the Fox teaches the little prince?"
"To see with your heart and not your eyes."
"So What is your heart telling you?"
Colton breathing shifted and I saw tears in his eyes.
"Mom?"
I kissed his forehead and undid the last strap. Just as I removed his feat from the water and put him over my shoulder. Cel came down the stairs.
"Take him and go get help. I need to end this."
"Yes Luna." I looked shocked.
"How did you..."
Cel smiled "I'm a witch I know a spirit when I see one." She smiled and took Colton. We walked up stairs and I watched as she headed to the woods.
I headed back in the house and looked around. I made my way to the living room where I saw Veronica sitting in a rocking chair.
"It's over Veronica."
She smiled while still rocking.
"Quite the contrary we are only beginning"
Just as she said that I felt a shock rip thru my spine and I dropped to my knees. As I tried to roll over I met a very disturbing bald man.
"Welcome to my movie!"
With that he shocked me again and I blacked out.