CHAPTER 11 - The Decision

Hannah has finally gained consciousness after the delivery. Ash immediately talked to her.

''What should we do?'' Hannah asked.

''The baby's not safe. Not even in Circle Daybreak.'' Ash replied.

''I never imagined that my baby would ever be dangerous from Thierry's hands. It's just so complicated.''

''I know. –But maybe we could . . ''

''Could what?''

''We could keep him on the witches care in Elfin's House. They take care of parentless babies. And then –''

''He's not parentless. He has parents. We should be the one to take care of him. To look after him. Not just some witches there who –''

''Don't you get it? He's not safe anywhere. Unless we leave him there until he's all grown up. At least if that would keep him alive. If only we could take care of him, I would love that, Hannah, really. But we have our own soul mates. And we don't, we don't –''

''Love each other.''

''Yes. You love Thierry. I love Mary-Lynette. We're not for each other. Now, the question is, do you want our son alive, or not?'' Ash said.

''We can have him back someday, right?''

''Of course we could. You ready?''

''I've never been ready for these kind of things.''

''Neither have I.''

Nilsson hit the break when they reached Old Sary's residence. It was a creepy old house that looked like it's going to collapse any minute someone throws a rock on it. Thierry went in first. Jez, Morgead, Quinn, Rashel, Keller, Galen, James, Thea and Delos followed. They found Old Sary cleaning the room.

''Old Sary.'' Thierry said.

Thea saw the Old witch and greeted her. ''Unity.''

''Unity.'' Old Sary replied. ''What brought you all here, young people?''

Thierry was calm now, he went closer to the old yet has a young appearance witch. ''Was Ash here?''

The old witch sat on her big chair, she played with the black cat that just jumped on her lap. ''Ash . . . Redfern? Well, he visited earlier. He was a mess. But he left immediately. He just visited. We were good friends, you know'' then she giggled.

Thierry's eyes was full of disbelief. I don't believe you. He thought.

''I'm asking you to tell me the truth. Or do you also want something bad to happen to your good friend?'' Thierry said coldly. The people at his back just looked straightly at Old Sary.

''Ha! You don't believe me, Lord Thierry? But why d –''

''You've been known from your dirty monkey businesses, Sary. How can I believe you? –All I want is an honest answer. Was Ash here?!''

Old Sary gulped. The fright was written all over her young face. Then she sighed. ''He was here. With a young lady. With your –soul mate, actually.''

''What were they doing here?''

When Old Sary has been taking too long to answer, Quinn went to a basket with a white blood stained blanket.

''Quinn, what's that?'' Rashel asked, walking closer to Quinn, or to the blanket.

''It's Lady Hannah's blood. I'm sure of it. No doubt.'' Quinn said.

Thierry's face changed from calm to fury. His face became of a predator who's ready to eat you alive if he catches you. He grabbed the blanket from Quinn and sniffed it.

''It's Hannah's.'' Thierry went closer to Old Sary who was still sitting on her big chair with the cat. ''Why don't you try to explain this, huh?''

''Okay, I'll be honest right now. Your soul mate was brought here by Ash. She was about to give birth to a, a –vampire baby. It was their son. I named it Bryce. But I don't think they would let you see the baby. Hannah was too scared for the outcome. So Ash told her that they would have to keep the baby away from anyone.'' Old Sary said.

''I don't understand it at all. In the first place, why would Ash touch Hannah?'' Jez asked.

''I know. Puzzling isn't it? There must be someone behind this all. The Soulmate Principle is the most powerful thing in history but an L Potion could always have its ways.'' Old Sary explained again.

''What's an L Potion?'' Keller asked.

Thea was the one who answered her. ''The L actually stands for Lust. It's actually Lust Potion. It is a potion only witches from Circle Midnight creates. It makes two person develop an attraction with each other no matter what their state of mind is. Not even if they know that they already have their own soul mates. But the main purpose of that potion is to arouse lust between two people. Once you drink it, you can never get away from it unless you've already done the thing that has to be done.''

''Which is to –make love.'' Old Sary finished. ''Quite powerful, isn't it?''

James then asked, ''The question is, who could have done this?''

''Someone with such deep grudge.'' Old Sary said. She looked around the room. It was so disturbing but someone was really missing. Then Morgead made everything clearer.

''Hey, where's Thierry?'' Morgead asked.

''I knew it.'' Old Sary immediately stood up and went outside the house. When she got outside, it was too late. Thierry's car was already gone. ''Shoot. He's heading there. I know he found it out.''

''Where ?'' James asked.

''To Elfin's House. It's the only possible place to leave the baby. –You need to stop him. Right now. He might kill Ash!'' Old Sary shouted.

''Let's go!'' Quinn shouted. He was already in the drive seat ready to start the engine. All of them followed. They got inside the van and Quinn drove fastly.