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'Speaking telepathically'

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Chapter 44: Missing

"How do you know?!" Axel says, getting very frustrated because of the amount of panic I'm in, and because I'm not giving him much information.

"Because his eyes were black Axel!" I say to him, looking around fast.

Axel grabs both sides of my face and makes me look at him in the eye, "Calm. Down."

Tears run down from my eyes and onto his hands, I take a few deep breaths and begin to calm myself down, he lets go of me.

"This is why you stay at that house." He says, anger in his voice, his anger quickly turns to concern and worry.

"Why…because everything wants to kill me?" I say, my voice shaky as tears continue to fall.

"Because I can't lose you again." He says, looking at me.

I frown, "You won't…I'm much stronger now…"

"That doesn't mean you can't die." He says, looking behind him, "Tell me what happened." He continues, picking me up, along with the bags and taking off with me.

As he flies, I explain everything that happened while we take an alternate, longer way to the house so we can lose anything that could be following behind us.

Once we get to the house, we both go inside and I drop the clothes off in the bedroom while Axel talks to Amon and Linica about what I told him.

After putting the clothes away, Linica, Amon and Axel come into the bedroom, Linica holding Sorrell while she sleeps.

So, you said he had black eyes?" Linica says, handing Sorrell to me.

"Yes, the whites of his eyes and his irises were pitch black…his pupils were a deep red color…" I say, looking at Linica and Amon.

"I would think it was a demon, but the red pupils tell me otherwise." Amon says.

"I remember seeing demons in Hell with eyes other than solid black, Amon." Axel says, looking at Amon.

"Yea, but never any with red pupils." Amon responds, looking at Axel.

"It's not like we had seen every demon in Hell. I'm sure there are demons in hell with those eyes." Axel says, seeming as though he is hoping whatever that creature was is just a demon and nothing more.

"Did you ever catch a scent of it?" Amon asks.

"Yes, all I could pick up was the scent of sulfur, nothing else unusual." Axel responds.

"Then it was just a demon." Linica says as she looks over at me.

"But why would a demon attack me?" I ask, looking at them.

"I'm not sure…but I guarantee it lost you and wouldn't have been able follow you back here." Linica says.

"Even if it did somehow, it wouldn't be able to enter the house, my barrier won't allow it." Amon says reassuringly.

"Okay." I say, relief in my voice while I look down at Sorrell.

Amon smiles and leaves the room while Linica begins looking at the clothes I got for Sorrell, picking out a few.

"You got some pretty nice clothes for her, Claire." Linica says, smiling.

"Yeah, I wasn't going to run out of the store without those." I say, giggling.

"Yeah, it's good you didn't, these are nice." She says, picking Sorrell up from my hands and placing her on the bed to change her into some pajamas.

"How was she while I was gone?" I ask.

"She was great!" Linica responds while she finishes looking through the clothes, "She slept most of the time."

"That's good." I say, looking down at her as she begins to cry, wanting to be fed.

"I'll let you guys be." Linica says while leaving the room, shutting the door behind her.

I turn around and sit on the bed before beginning to feed Sorrell.

Axel sits down next to me while I feed her.

"So…now that I'm not pregnant anymore…does that mean you will go into hibernation soon?" I ask, looking at him.

"Yes, eventually I will return to my usual cycle. You will be under the protection of my brother and your sister. When I awaken our daughter will be mature and out from under your wing. Then, if you would like, we could try again."

"Try again? You mean try for another child? I don't know Axel…she was risky enough, I don't think we should have any more children until we are both sure that our threats are minimal…for their protection. I don't want to lose another child in my life."

Axel nods, "Alright, we will wait until the Cryal are taken care of."

I watch him, "How many children are you planning on having with me?"

"As many as you wish."

"Two?"

Axel gives me a look that says 'is that it…?', "No. More."

"You said it will be as many as I wish, I want two."

"That is too few. We can't simply have only two." Axel responds.

"Alright then, how many do you want?" I ask.

"Around the numbers of ten to fifteen."

"Ten to fifteen!? Are you serious?! I'm not a baby factory!" I blurt out at him. I begin to figure Galileus normally have around that many offspring, since they live so long.

"Ten to fifteen is a good number that my species needs in order to repopulate with strong blood. Our offspring will create a stronger race of Galileus that will be able to adapt to threats far more successfully than a pure blooded Galileus."

"…You are starting to sound like Alex with all that hybridization crap…" I respond, watching him while our daughter finishes feeding. I cover myself up.

"I am nothing like him!" Axel hisses out at me.

"I'm not concerned about repopulation, Axel. Our children can have as many children as they like, but I choose to have only two. Three at most." I say, watching Sorrell fall back asleep in my arms.

Axel growls deeply at me, angry about what I said previously. Quickly he softens his growls, "…Alright."

"Good." I say, smiling a little, "Here, have her for a minute."

Axel takes Sorrell and I get off the bed, changing into my pjs before laying back down and requesting Sorrell be given back to me.

"I will hold her a while longer." Axel says.

"Okay." I respond while watching Axel rise off the bed and sit down against a wall, cradling her in his arms.

I smile a little and lay down, covering myself up, "Are you going to get sleep?"

"Not likely." He says.

"Why not?"

"I do not feel the need to sleep. Hibernation must be coming soon."

"When?"

"It's hard to say for sure."

"…Oh…" I say, frowning.

.

Slowly I begin to awaken, as I open my eyes.

I look around and realize it is sunset, Axel is no longer against the wall, instead he is asleep behind me.

For some reason my gut is telling me that something is terribly wrong…

I get off the bed and look at Axel, my movement must have woke him up because now he is looking at me.

Immediately I realize why my gut is panicking.

Sorrell is missing.


Sorry the chapter is so short! I just had to be mean and leave this cliffhanger and be cruel to you guys haha