"So you mean mum worked as Dad's secretary dispute being so rich? " Carlene asked with disappoinment visible on her face
" Yes "
" Well if I was her I wouldn't even step my feet into the kitchen talk more of working " She said earning a chuckle from her grammy
" So what exactly did mum cook? Hope she didn't burn down the kitchen? "
" No she didn't she just make sandwiches and she volunteered to take care of both the twins "
" Hmm..no wonder they love mum more than their own aunt's those two sneaky b.. "
" Carlene " Her grammy called in a warning tone and she couldn't help but sigh and kept cursing Tessy and Terra for getting too much of her mother's care
" Okay go on tell me what happened next..as I guess it's just the beginning " she said and took a sip from her glass of juice
" Well you are right… when you Mum volunteered to take care of the twins your dad gave her a day off and she took both of them home which pissed your Grand ma Alicia off so she decided to invite your dad for a little talk without your mum's awareness "
" Hmm, grandma Alicia is surely going to blow mum's cover…but where were you then?Since you weren't with mum and she knew nothing about you or grandpa where were you and how did you suddenly come into the story? " Carlene asked with curious eyes allowing her curioisity get the better of her
" Just shut up and listen, don't trying getting ahead of yourself okay " Grammy scolded lightly
~~ZACK'S POV~~
I arrived at the villa at exactly 6 pm, and I could see maids running from right to left
"Maybe she's one of the maids" I said to myself.
when suddenly one of the security guards approached me
"sir please who are you here to see?" He asked with a slight bow
"There would be no need for that as am already here" A voice answered and he nodded.
I turned around to find a lady in her mid-forties, the way she walked was like that of a delicate lady and something about her reminded me of my mum
" I'm Mrs. Alicia Lucy's mum" She introduced
"Nice meeting you ma" I said trying to hide my shocked expression
"No need to hide the fact that your are shocked seeing me, i am sure you were expecting me to be one of the maids here but it's okay," she said with a gentle smile on her face
"Well the main reason I called you here is to talk about my daughter.
I am aware of the fact that she has told you a false story of who she is but I won't.
You see Lucy is one stubborn child I've got, she doesn't want to receive anything on a platter of gold although she was born that way…
Well I am not against her working but what I won't take is you overworking her as I don't see the need of her working under you when she can just buy up your company"
she said and for the first time, I experienced goosebumps.
Something about her carisma told me that she isn't one to mess with she was about to say something when a maid approached us and she nodded in approval to hear her out
"Ma the young miss stepped out an hour ago, she said her boss nephew called"
"Did she mention where she iss going ?"
"no, she just drove off"
"You can go," she waved off and gave me a questioning gaze
"Well my little boy went for an excursion to the forest close to the bridge, hmm I think they call it the bridged forest" I replied and Lucy's mum's expression turned to that of worry
"Y- you mean she's going to the forest?"
"Yes"
"Oh no," she panicked as if someone died and started going through her phone
I suddenly noticed a similar birthmark Lucy has on her hand on her mum's hand, the only difference was that Lucy's has a crown on it and wings, while hers was like a complete heart and star
"Lucian, Lucy.. Lucy, she went to the forest…yes we'll be there" she ended the call and turned to me
"Do you mind taking me there?"
"Yes sure, "I said about to picked up my car keys but she suddenly held my hands and the next minute we were in the forest.
Mrs. Alicia suddenly flinched and let go of my hand, her eyes turned to gold and she couldn't stop starring at me while I looked back lazily
"Who are you?" was the only question she asked before we got interrupted
"Alicia! " a man called walking out of the dark, he had dark long hair like Lucy's which covered his face so I couldn't really make out who he was
"Lucy is in danger, we need to act fast," he said and disappeared.
Alicia on the other hand kept staring at me and also disappeared, I heaved a sigh in relief.
I could feel that they were more powerful than I was, so I wasn't going to joke around with them.
Since the first day, I met Lucy I could feel the presence of her power but I never knew who she was, then the birthmark...the birthmark on her hand was also similar to mine, if we were to bring our birthmark together it would form a complete heart, crown, and wings… which I find strange
"Wind move," I said and the wind picked me up from where I stood to its direction. I was already use to my powers since I discovered them so using them wasn't a problem as finding Lucy was the main problem for me because I didn't have any belongings of hers nor do I know her scent.
I perceived the scent of blood so I followed the scent, and I found dead bodies of weird-looking creatures all over the forest, I followed the trail of bodies and found Micheal holding on to a lady with a mixture of black and silver hair her eyes were gold just like that of Alicia and the temperature in the forest suddenly dropped as she stared into my eyes
She tilted her neck and from nowhere mist formed into various sharp objects and started attacking me.
Although I tried ducking some of them, they would return to attack me. I used my powers in destroying them and when I was done she raised her hands and the wind suddenly turned against me, I was frozen in the air and couldn't move even a muscle, my spells weren't working I felt helpless
"Lucy no"someone screamed and I turned to find Mrs. Alicia
"Lucy please stop it's me.. your mum"
"MUM" she said and I could feel myself getting free
"Yes baby it's me"
"Mum I.." she couldn't complete what she was saying before she fell unconscious.
I fell to the ground so hard that I thought I broke a rib. I gently picked myself up from the ground and Lucy was carried by the man we saw when we arrived.
while Mrs. Alicia carried Michael who seemed to be in shock. she came to where I was and we all teleported back to the villa. lucy was carried to her room, while Michael was laid in another room
While the other two turned their attention on me.