17 the seventeenth piece of the broken cage : the Astrien

Seventeenth piece of the broken cage :

William was sweating buckets as he swallowed hard and clinched the keys in his wet palm. The soldier in front of him kept looking at him as if expecting him to flee any given second. At last, Will held his chin up and looked straight into the eyes of the captain.

" I have no slightest idea where my brother is . "

The man who was twice his size and had the bulkiest frame looked him over. William might look skinny but he was way taller than the Capitan. William was the kind of person that might look harmless and merely a professional advisor or something but he was much more. He was intelligent and more importantly, he was able to keep anyone in control. No one dared to step into his personal space except if they didn't care about what happened to them. He was usually dressed in formal clothes to keep the wondering eyes off himself. Unfortunately, William was also the boss of everyone here except the queen of course. The BH had to follow his orders and not just because of the higher position but also because of fear.

William had the power that allowed him to shatter minds. Breakthrough the walls and see the most devious secrets. He could torture with a single glance. The complete opposite of his younger brother, William wasn't a man who preferred violence as a way to solve the problem. He talked first and then if necessary could become wild.

The scariest thing about William? Or any Lewis? Was ....eyes

The blue seemed to dig deep into the flesh to reach for the souls to possess them. No one dared to look straight into their eyes as if they feared they might drown in those stormy oceans.  Jody was the only Lewis without blue eyes, but her orbs were black enough to make people shiver. And as the man kept looking at Will's orbs, he could feel the cold settle in his bones. His eyes were like needles, piercing his flesh and tearing it open to warm himself with his blood. It was almost funny how those dark blue depths would shine in the darkest night of the winter.

" And do you have enough proof to assume that my brother was responsible for her death? "

His voice could've put ice to shame. The razor-sharp, lazy glare he was presenting him with, made him swallow his pride and put his tail between his legs. He should know who he's talking to. William knew how to put people back into their places.

" No sir, we don't. It's just some of the soldiers said that he was the one to kill her. I'm sorry if I had offended you. "

" You don't have the power to OFFEND me.  And I want the full report of every single one of those soldiers who gave this nonsense. Jayson was at Jody's place all afternoon. There's no way for him to kill Scarlet.  "

The captain bowed his head, as low as it could go

William walked past them as he raised his unwillingly shaking hands to open his car door and get in. He started the expensive car and drove as fast as the car could

Jay had killed her, he killed her.

William took a deep breath to calm his raging thoughts. When he was far away from the castle and in some back ally, he stopped the car abruptly and put his hands on the wheel, then he pressed his sweat-covered forehead on top of the horn. His hands shook as he reached for his phone that was thrown into the seat next to him.

He played with his fingers a little, a childhood habit his father had tried to beat out of him but he just couldn't help it when he was nervous. His heart was racing and no matter how many deep breaths he took, it wouldn't come down. What if they found out it was Jay? What if they found out that Clark was hiding Tia and Julia under his rooftop ?! What if Jay wasn't useful anymore and the queen decided to cut his head off ?! What if he couldn't keep going ?! What if Tia was caught or Julia was caught ?! What if Adrian was killed ?! What if he couldn't keep his poster well in front of the others ?! What if he couldn't keep calm ?! What if. ...what if ...

Oxygen wasn't reaching his lungs his shaking hands were clinching the phone between them as to break thread was aching so bad and as he tried to take a good breath his lungs just refused to help him survive was sweating even more and as he tried to stop trembling, the shivers returned ten times worse. His phone slipped out of his fingers and fell to the floor.

" Calm down ....calm down ...it's okay .....it's fine .... c'mon you've calmed yourself before ...it's fine ....it's fine ... everything is going to be okay. .....just breath ....in.... out...in...out..."

Tears were forming in his eyes that sometimes he wanted to rip out of their sockets. He hated them even more, every time they seemed to eat him whole. Some drops fell witch made him even more anxious. His vibrating hands wiped his eyes as hard as they could making his eyeballs see yellow and red.

" No crying.....man up ...it's fine ....nothing has happened....it's fine .....it's okay. ....."

His phone rang...

William looked down at the device that was resting on the ground, it's screen lighting every time it moved. The contact wrote ' mother '. He blinked. Tears fell. He kept staring at it blankly before it went off on its own. Then it rang again Mother, She wanted him to bring Sandy home. He knew like he knew the back of his palms Why else would she call him

He cleared his throat as he stretched his left arm to pick up the phone He sniffled and rubbed his eye well it distracted him at least

" Hello ? "

" Where the hell are you ?! Do you have any idea how much I needed to write behind a phone ?!_

He moved the phone away from his ear and leaned on the wheel. His chin pressed on the handle as he gazed up at the screen His mother was ranting He whispered the words he had heard all of his life

You're such a disgrace

You ungrateful child

Haven't I mothered you ?!

Is this how you repay me ?!!

His father when he was still alive fought him and it was getting heated as Augustus neared him with every step he took back to move away from his father His mother, Florence just stood there looking like she to be somewhere else

" I AM YOU'RE FATHER! IS THIS HOW YOU REPAY ME ?! "

He had screamed. It was Jay who had enough courage to jump in front of him to take the slap The younger brother gets the older. How ironic. His little cheek was stinging as he gazed up at Their father bravely no fear to be sensed.

" I didn't know children needed to repay to their ents. "

Was Jayson's cold reply before he got hit again.  Florence had glared daggers at him after that and didn't give him food for months. If Will and Jody didn't bring him things or snacks to eat Jay would've died

" WILLIAM LEWIS ARE YOU LISTING TO ME ?! "

His head jerked up to look at the screen of his phone. When did he close his eyes

" I am a mother. "

" God I gave birth to you? ...bring Sandy home . Now. "

With changed up. He blinked at the device as he closed it.

" Maybe you shouldn't have ever. ...."

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Diana was gazing out of the window with Sandy, sitting close to her as she kept watching her new Disney princess movie. Jody who she later found out was William's younger sister was laying on the couch opposite of her with her back to the wall and her front to her back. Her phone was in her hands as he tabbed a few bottoms body upon knowing that she was Adrian's younger sister had smiled at her and had delightfully said "Great another one to nag me about my diet Listen, kid, I eat ice cream for the day okay? "

And she did love ice cream it seemed.  Her entire freezer was filled with different kinds of ice cream or chocolate cake or anything that would make her gain weight. But After that Diana looked over at the girl. And was stunned, to say the least; her waist was that perfect hourglass shape, her bony shoulders starkly poking threw the soft fabric of her shirt as she was just so thin to be this big of an eater

Okay so, Jody wasn't as rude as Diana first thought she was She just didn't seem to care about many things. Her main attention was on her fridge and as long as they all kept their distance from it she was friendly.   Diana could relate to her on the one. Her food was important after all.

It was in the middle of the night when An always thing to be therein found a piece of paper and a pencil as she told Diana to sit still, she wanted to draw her.

Diana had been surprised at first and she wasn't sure if Julia was good at drawing or not.  But as the result came out had Diana was shocked that Julia could draw very well, although it was the caricature version of her way her hair was down to her waist and the entire background was orange was just so pretty that she couldn't help but smile. Julia upon being appreciated, chucked as she blushed a deep redhe rubbed the back of her neck.

" Um ... Yeah I'm that draws from the street. It gave good money as long as people were willing to stay in the same position for fifteen minutes. "

She said with a shrug. Julia had never been thanked before. People usually just handed her the money as they ripped her art out of her cold hands. And while she drew for the owner of the picture, sometimes, just sometimes she felt like maybe people needed to be a little nicer to others who don't have a roof over their heads and their only way to get a job and move forward was to draw or sing in the streets.  .. not everyone ends up lucky.

Unconsciously she tightened her hold on the paper that was half between Diana's fingers.  It wasn't on porous it was just that she was sick and tired of people getting her art away from her. Or from being broke enough to draw with broken pencils just so that she could go out of that orphanage that she was forced to stay. 

Diana felt like the white thing was close to being ripped therefore she let go of it as it was pressed close to Julia's chest as her green eyes had that scared look on them. And the way her trembling hands were clenching the art piece close made her take a step away from her and hold her hands up.

" Julia ?.... Are you okay

" Y_yeah..... It's just... I'm not really .... Forget it.  "

A deep sigh left her mouth as she handed the drawing to her then Julia placed her hands inside her hoody as harshly as she could. The glare on her eyebrows was a way to show the dangerous wind witch was storming in her forest eyes.

Diana neared her orange eyebrow as a deep frown settled on her freckled face. She looked down at the art and then back up to the backing away girl's troubled expression

" But it's yours ..... Are you giving it to me? "

Julia tensed up at the word ' giving ' Diana could see that she was struggling to be there and just as she was about to calm her down, Julia dashed out of the room. The sound of the door being slammed shut as her clue that her newfound friend was upset. 

" Forget it ... She'll come around.  "

Diana jumped at the unexpected voice as she turned around to look at Jody; who was leaning against the door frame. Her black eyes were fixed on her as she moved away to come close with an ice cream in her hand as the half-eaten thing was slowly melting. Jody pit it in her mouth which made her cheek puff out.

Diana bit back a smile ... She looked adorable.

It was almost laughable how much she was smiling and laughing or showing some kind of emotion ever since the day the Austrian had come to her life. First Clark who was just too kind hugged her the most. He made sure she was comfortable and tried his best to provide for her needs. Tia was just crazy, to begin with.  Her halo was just screaming trouble from fart friend. Sandy was the cutest girl she'd ever seen. And the way she just asked for everything before grabbing them or running away just added to her cuteness. Julia with all of her problems was there when Tia wasn't and she made her feel like she was from them. She explained everything and anything Julia made sure to expose the secrets and make her feel like she belonged. Jody was the new edition..... Diana didn't know much about her but Jody with her sugar addiction was starting to warm up. 

Jody sat down on her couch and got the ice cream out. She stared hard at it before licking the soft cold surface a few times than with a single bite she ate it all

Diana sat on the couch as well and was about to say something about how eating that amount of sugar wouldn't be good and she didn't care that Jody had warned her not to tell her anything about her diet did the bell of the apartment rang.