4 Chapter four

Chaos must have come down on them. Hope silently snicker to herself knowing exactly what kind of upon chaos had fallen as she saw many the same  abominations in mass panic rushing out, when she got out of the attic. She had to dodge many of them running down stairs and the best way for her to escape was run and follow the crowd still she reached the exit. The smell of smoke confirmed Hope's suspicions that  Ruby set her fires. Ruby is talented with spell, potions and charm making but her main element is fire. It had taken her years to control that fire, for a long time Hope and Zeke both had been wary whenever she unleashed it until Ruby was able to master it.

When Ruby was younger her power had connected to her emotions so a lot of fires were started when they were kids. The court appointed therapist had branded Ruby a dangerous arsonist and a risk to public safety after the orphanage they lived caught on fire. No one was hurt, but it was also died if it wasn't for the good samaritan who got her out. She was unconscious when he got her out of the building and after that he disappeared she wouldn't have known about him if she wasn't told by Mary one of the house mothers who was with her when she woke up at the hospital. Ruby had always felt guilty about that day things didn't get better with Zeke and Hope treating her fragilly and shielding her from anything that could set off her emotions. If it hadn't been for Aliya. A lone witch who appointed herself as Ruby's guardian  and the witch council intervene making Ruby's record go away. Aliya had also adopted Zeke and Hope considering how inseparable they've been. They lived with Aliya until they were eighteen Aliya had introduced them with things they never knew existed and learned ways to protect themselves from creatures that roam in the dark the same abominations that had killed Hope's sister.

Hope was almost out the  door when the sensation on her chest started to burn and hurt from within. She used the mass panic to her advantage and ducked out of the gathering. Trying drag herself away to the road. And there was was a black van waiting for her she jumped in the back and was warmed in Ruby's familiar hug as the van speed out. That when the tingling sensation turned into pain that started scorching her with in. And she started screaming in anguish as she clawed her chest she could barely hear Ruby's panicked voice through her pain. The pain kept increasing as though her insides were frying and the ringing in her ears kept increasing all she could do was scream and scream willing it, praying it to stop. Until the pain became so much she couldn't scream any more

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Ruby wiped her tears with trembling fingers as she tried focusing on the grimoire searching for a way to reverse what those abominations did to Hope. Trick had stabilizing Hope with a tranquilizer and she was out for now.

Zeke took Adam to a safer place until they could figure out what was done with Hope and fix it.

The door to the room was swung open and Misha walked in she headed straight towards Hope and moved the collar of the T-shirt to expose her shoulder and the markings

"Do you know what's wrong with her?

"Yes, she has found her mate and the bonding separation is killing her." Misha informed Ruby  stepping away from Hope and walking around the room rubbing her hands in her face thinking of what to do.

"Killing her? Bonding? Found her mate?Explain what kinda spell thy put on her." the panicked witch demanded following Misha for answers

"It's not a spell. She is the soul mate of one of the shifters that held her captive."  Misha stated coldly  stopping and looking start at Ruby

"No no that can't be." Ruby frantically in denial.

"I've seen this once before she's to a shifter and until the bond was complete her and whoever she is bonded to they can't  be apart from each other for long or they will both die in agony if they are a mile away. Once the bond was complete the pair share a life force. Making a once mortal half immortal if his or her  mate was immortal but if one dies the other dies instantly. Natures way of making sure that mates protected each other. When the bond complete they could then be away from each other  since they would be emotionally linked, feeling their mates every emotion no matter the distance."

"So to make Hope better she has to be with those monsters? There's no way out?" Ruby asked hoping she had understood Misha wrong and that this nightmare wasn't true.

"No way out." Misha gravely confirmed.

"What do we do now?" Ruby asked for guidance. Torn at what she should do. Save  the closest person to family she's ever known by giving her to the monsters who'd killed Eman, Hope's twin or watch Hope die in agony knowing she could have done something to save her. She knew Hope would rather die then be held captive by those things but Ruby couldn't imagine living in a world without Hope. Her and Zeke were everything to her.

"What should we do?" Trick asked from Hope's bed side sorrow clear in his eyes. He had lost his only sister Hope and Adam being the only connection he had Eman Ruby couldn't imagine what he was going through now like we was seeing Eman die twice.

The howling noises around the cabin pulled Ruby from her thoughts and immediately Trick jumped up and drew out his guns and peeked outside to nearest curtain

"Shit they've got us surrounded." Trick alerted us, Misha already had her Katana's out