Chapter 137 Chapter 137


    After ten minutes or so, I came to the conclusion that the blood was noting out of my top. It didn''t


    bother me in the slightest though.


    I was just about to make my way back inside when a scream erupted. It wasn''t a baby''s scream and


    nor was iting from Jack and L''s house. I instantly got to my feet and pricked my ears only to


    hear another and another and then a whole flood of chaos and panic.


    "What''s going on?" I asked Magnus as I saw him marching across the square.


    "We''re under attack," he announced in a deep, sincere tone. "Get to safety now."


    I felt that sinking feeling in my stomach, the sort you''d get with bad news and intense fear put together,


    as I watched hell break loose in front of me. Children  screamed and ran, parents clung tightly to their


    babies, terror shed in everybody''s eyes. Some of them had lived through Halimede''sst attack; I


    could only imagine the dread their memories must have filled them wihth.


    Running away was never my style but before I did anything, I had to ensure that the newborn baby, her


    parents and her aunt were safe.


    "You have to leave now," I said bursting back into the house. "The vige is being attacked."


    They could already hear the events outside but it was the confirmation of my words that got every heart


    in the room racing.


    "Leave everything behind and run!" I ordered.


    They immediately snapped into action as I watched anxiously out of the window at the square. There


    was no sign of the invaders yet but the screams and growls were forever growing louder. Jack lifted


    L into his arms as she clung to their little child and Annalisa flung open the back door.


    "What about you, Luna?" she asked as Jack carried his family out.


    "I have to stay here," I said. "Go."


    She nodded and only hesitated for a second longer before following Jack and L. I watched them


    disappear into the forest before turning back to the square. What I saw quaked me to the bone.


    Men marching like machines into the vige. Pummeling everything in their way. I didn''t have the


    Praesidium Deae Astra- only a kitchen knife that I found in the draw.


    "Shitting hell," I hissed as I looked at the blunt, rusty tool and thought longingly of my paralysing knife.


    Of all the days to forget it.


    I gave my self a second or two to push my fear aside before striding out into the square. I immediately


    noticed a little boy curled up rocking backwards and forwards by the water pump. A short wall blocked


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    him from the sight of the invaders who were busy kicking down doors of houses and dragging their


    upants out before setting alight to their every possession. The thought was heart-wrenching but the


    smoke provided me enough cover to reach the boy without being seen.


    I slid beside him and out the sight of me he jumped and began to let out loud wails of woe. He was


    about five, six at the oldest and tears ran like blood down his cheeks.


    "My Mommy," he sobbed. "My Daddy."


    "Sssh," I said bringing my hand to his mouth. "You have to be quiet, okay?"


    He screwed up his little face and although the tears still fell, they fell silently.


    "We are going to get you to safety, okay? What is your name?" I asked.


    "Teddy," he replied in a broken voice.


    "Okay, Teddy. Can you take my hand?" I asked.


    He nodded, wiped his eyes and took my hand.


    "Now we are going to run as fast as we can. Can you do that for me?"


    He nodded again.


    "Okay, let''s go," I said before getting to my feet and pulling him with me. We raced across the square


    and in-between a gap in the houses. So far no one seemed to have seen us but we still had another


    street to cross before we got to the forest.


    "Teddy!" I heard a woman''s voice cry.


    "Mum?!" he replied. "Mummy!"


    I turned my head to see a woman sprinting down the street in our direction. Just as she reached but ten


    metres away she was brought to a sudden halt. One of the beasts causing this evil had knocked her to


    the ground and was stood menacingly above her.


    I grabbed Teddy, pushed his head into my side and mmed my hand over his mouth before pulling us


    both behind one of the houses. I closed my eyes and clung to the child as I heard his mother let out


    what I feared to be her final scream. I wasn''t sure if the man had seen us, I wasn''t sure if he could hear


    Teddy''s muffled wails over the sounds of the vige''s destruction. He was young but old enough to


    understand. When I was confident the man had moved on to his next victim, I lifted the distraught boy


    into my arms ensuring that I kept his eyes down before hurrying across the street. He''d heard it and he


    didn''t need to see it too. I couldn''t even bring myself to look at what I knew was true for fear it would


    haunt me forever and I''ve never met the woman and I''m not five years old.


    We reached the edge of the forest without any further obstacles and I ran for a few minutes before


    putting Teddy back on the floor.


    "Keep running, Teddy. Don''t look back for anything," I told him. "I have to go back and save as many as


    I can but I will find and you and you will be okay. I promise."


    "My Mama always says I should never go in the forest alone," he sobbed.


    "Your Mama is right but you are not alone," I replied. "I am here now and I will be back soon. Now run."


    He nodded.


    "Yes," he uttered before turning on his heel and running with more courage than I''d ever seen in a fully


    grown adult.