All I wanted was a place to belong; I thought I'd find that in Ipswich, but my past got in the way of that, endangering not only my life but those in the Covenant. But I knew what I had to do. My ending wouldn't be a happy one, but it'd fix everything I had torn apart and so I made my decision and that was to go to Boston.
"What? No!" Reid protested as we stood out back of Nicki's, every bone and muscle in my body wanted to melt in his arms and say I'd stay there in Ipswich. Hurt held clearly in his eyes, when I could bring myself to look.
"Reid…" I sighed trying to hold it together, but it was too late I was already falling apart. "If I go to Boston all of you will be safe including my mother…from both Chase and Jonah. I'll also do whatever I can to find that spell and get back to you…" I whispered the last part, glancing down the alley and onto the street where Jonah's care was parked.
"And then what?" he snapped, "You find the spell and unbind the coven, that doesn't mean that his coven won't kill you, and what about Chase?"
"Jonah does not give two flying shits about Chase and his revenge on you guys; to him it was nothing but sheer amusement. I was thinking though, there's got to be a way that he is staying young, there is no way he is harnessing that much power and staying young like he is…"
"And then what?"
"I don't know, Reid, I'll come up with a plan."
"I can't settle for an 'I don't know', I can't lose you, there's got to be another way."
"He has my mom, granted she wasn't there when I needed her, she's still my mom and I couldn't live with the guilt if she died because of me, if any of you did." Jonah honked his horn and Reid flipped him off, Jonah turned away smiling. "I'll send you witch notes okay? I'll let you know what's going on. If he comes back here and the opportunity rises that you guys can kill him, then don't hesitate…I love you." I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him to me, we kissed for a moment and Jonah honked again, this time he wasn't smiling.
"I love you too," He whispered.
"Goodbye,"
"This isn't goodbye…"
I half-heartedly smiled, "No, it isn't." Although, I doubted it highly that things would work out in my favor, I mean they never did. But I wasn't going to give up complete hope.
XXXX
I sat in the front seat, everything was strangely quiet. It was just me and Jonah, heading to Boston, or so I thought, we continued down I-93 N.
"Where are we going?"
"I lied Aria; we're not going to Boston. In fact we're going a little way up North. In a town called Greenfield." He smiled as if he was the smartest piece of shit on the planet, "I figured your boyfriend would try to come to your rescue or something, so I bought a beautiful old Victorian."
I crossed my arms and sunk in the seat.
"Of course I'll only be staying there a little while, I have business to attend to in Boston. Maybe I'll take you with me, when I can trust you."
"I'm obviously not going anywhere." I snapped.
"You should be grateful Ari; I don't usually give people options. If you were any other witch you and your mother would be dead."
"What makes me so different, I ran away from you…"
"Because I really do love you, I always have. Guess there's still a piece of the old me hanging in here. "
"If you really love me you wouldn't be making my life a living hell." I snapped, I turned and looked out the window, tears welding in my eyes. I wanted Reid more than ever, it'd only been a little less than an hour and yet it feels like days.
Reid POV
I couldn't believe she was gone. It'd only taken me a few short weeks to fall in love with Aria; she was different than other girls, its bullshit how she was ripped from me so fast. I knew I had to get her back, with or without the guys help. I couldn't just wait around like a sitting duck for her to write me, not knowing whether Jonah is hurting her or, putting his filthy hands on her. I got angrier the more and more I thought about it.
I stared into the fire that surrounded the big leather book. "We can't do much Reid…" I didn't want to hear another one of Caleb's rants about how we should protect our Coven not after Tyler and I had at least tried to keep Sarah safe from Chase.
"What if it were Sarah…" I glared furiously at Caleb and then at Pogue, "Or Kate. She's risking her life to keep us safe and we can't do the same for her?" Caleb dropped his head and Pogue just looked down at the fire.
"Aria is a smart witch…"Caleb began.
"And Jonah has definitely resurfaced feelings for her, so killing her isn't going to be a brief decision."
"Thanks Tyler, that made me feel so much better." I said sarcastically and took off up the cement steps.
"Reid!" Caleb hollered after me, but I had already stormed off.
Aria's POV
The Victorian was small on the outside and even had turret. It was yellow and brick and very pretty, but I wasn't going to let Jonah know that. This place would be a prison, and I wasn't looking forward to being one of its tenants.
My room was a decent size, with a window seat that I knew I'd be planted in for a very long time. The walls were yellow and all the furniture was a dark cherry wood. The Canopy bed had cream drapes that matched the curtains and the bed stool.
Jonah had carried my stuff up, he had beaten me to them and his guards that followed us here walked me in. Their names were Elijah and Carmella. Carmella was pretty with dark ringlets and small blue eyes, and Elijah was extremely good looking as well, his skin was dark and his hair was short with designs shaved on the sides of his head, he was well built whereas Carmella was small and petite, not what you would consider, guard material.
"You can go now." I told Jonah who stood at my bed. I sat down the window seat and hugged a small round pillow. But he didn't leave; instead he sat down on a little space near my feet.
"Eventually you'll forgive me, and Reid will move on." He said.
I stared at him in disbelief; his brown eyes were now golden from the sun that beamed through the window. He leaned in and kissed my forehead but when he went for my lips I had completely turned away. Jonah got up and left the room, I waited until I could hear his footsteps down the stairs before I dug through my bag for my pen and parchment.
Reid's POV
I lay on my bed and stared at the ceiling with my headphones in, when I noticed something floating down. It dropped and landed on me lightly. A note, I didn't hesitate to open it and read.
Jonah took me to a small town up north called Greenfield. He has it impounded in his head that I'm going to forgive him, forget that, it'll never happen. But I realized I'm going to have to gain his trust, I need to get into his mansion in Boston. I left you some of my books that I think will be helpful for all of you, just go to my dorm and ask Lainey for them. I miss you so much I don't know how long my patience will run, I love you. See you soon xoxoxo
I had read it three times before opening my nigh stand drawer. I didn't know how long my patience would run before I'd go get her, I'd use all the power I had to get her back.
