We unpacked the house in no time with Amara and Imogen’s help. Since everything was destroyed in the fire, everything had to be brought which meant a mountain load of boxes which Mara happily played in. She was more interested in the boxes than she was the toys. I watch Orion cut a door in the box before flipping it on the lid as she crawled into the playhouse with her robotic dog. One of the few things that survived the fire because it was outside.
Grabbing some boxes with Amara we pulled them down stacking them neatly getting ready to take them outside. When everyone was out of earshot I turned to look at Amara. “Did you bring it?” She nods before looking at me curiously. She then walks to the kitchen door looking out to make sure no one was around.
“You haven't told them, have you?” She asks spinning around to look at me.
“They don’t need to know” She looks conflicted nervously looking at the door.
“If they somehow find out, I won’t tell them you gave it to me” I tell her and she chews her nail nervously.
“They will know Evie, how else would you get it, they know mum and dad would tell them”
“They won’t find out” I tell her trying to reassure her.
Her eyes glazed over for a second, and I knew she was trying to see if she could see anything. She sighs, her eyes refocusing on me. “What did you see?” I ask her nervously. The fact that she was so worried about giving it to me was now making me nervous.
“Nothing, I can’t see anything anymore, it's starting to get to me. I have been looking for Bianca so much, trying to pick up anything from her”
“It's probably stress,” I tell her.
“I know it is, but I can’t explain it. I just have this god awful feeling that something is going on with her. When I saw Lana she said she hasn’t her either, which is strange Bianca was visiting her daily. She likes that girl, like she is her own daughter” Amara says. I nod Bianca and Lana had grown incredibly close. I really needed to get up and visit her soon, I felt like a terrible friend so caught up in my own life I forgot she was rotting away in that place till she could control her bloodlust.
“We will find her, you would know if”-
“Yes I would know if she were dead Evie, she isn’t but I don’t know, something is not right and the fact that my magic hasn’t been very strong, I feel like I am losing it” She admits and I could hear the sadness in her voice.
“Anyway let's get these out, the bag is in my car” She tells me and we both grab an armful of boxes and walk outside.
We dump as many as we can in the recycling bin and I even jump on it, forcing more in before stacking the rest beside it next to the shed. Amara unlocks her little blue car before reaching in and grabbing the small bag. I had messaged her the day she came home asking for them. I knew if I asked Imogen she would ask too many questions, though Amara knew why I wanted them. I also knew I could trust her not to blab to Thaddeus.
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