Happy Holidays guys!

It was starting to get late which was worrying all of us. It had been hours since we fled our house and still hadn't heard from anyone.

"Chloe," Kit said. We sat down around a picnic table. "Can you summon Liz back here? I don't know why it would take her this long."

I nodded and closed my eyes to pull her to us. As I did, someone tapped my arm lightly. I opened my eyes, Jeremy sat beside me.

"Can I steal you for a minute first?" He asked.

I looked at Kit and Kyle and held up a finger that I would just be a minute. With Tess being the only other werewolf here, and her having a severe headache; we didn't need to go far to get privacy to talk. But Jeremy walked up the small hill to the storage building.

"What is it?" I asked when he finally stopped walking.

"I thought you said maybe a week," Jeremy said, hand against his side.

I nodded, "I did. But it's different for everyone. Why? What's wrong?"

"I'm not doing so good," he admitted.

"Probably because you've been refusing to eat," I suggested.

"Chloe," he winced at something. "I'm serious. I need help."

I glanced back down at the picnic table and Jeremy's hand shot to my arm.

"No," he said quickly. "Help from you."

"I have no idea what I'm doing," I said.

Jeremy looked like he didn't care if I knew how to help him or not, he wasn't going to trust anyone else with what was going on. His eyes begged me to do something for him.

"You're not going to change or anything, are you?" I asked.

Jeremy leaned against the wall for support, "No I don't think so."

"You just need to hold on for a little while longer," I said. "We can try to get you food soon and see if that helps."

He nodded, I think he expected a different answer but that was all I could give him for right now. Whatever was going on, it was out of my control. I walked back to the picnic table with him, summoning Liz on the way. By the time we were sitting back down, she stood beside Kyle.

"What took so long?" I asked her.

Liz shrugged and shook her head, "Those Edison guys put up a boundary spell or something. I could get on the property but nowhere near the house. I was trying to find a way in."

"Did you see anyone?" I asked. Me talking to thin air was drawing attention from the others. They realized Liz must be back.

Liz shook her head, "No. No one was outside and I couldn't get close enough to the windows to see in."

I looked over to Kit and Simon, "There was a boundary spell or something, she couldn't get in the house. But she didn't see anyone there."

"Can we go back?" Simon asked.

I glanced at Liz, she shrugged.

"I don't know if that's a good idea or not," she admitted.

Kit, on the other hand, stood up.

"Yes," he said.

Kit began instructing all of us to get our things and get back to the car immediately. As everyone was, I excused myself to the bathrooms and found a vending machine. I got a bag of chips from it and joined them at the car. Handing it to Jeremy. He smiled at me gratefully.

The drive back seemed even quicker and quieter than our drive away. Kit was determined to get his son back. I was worried about Derek too, don't get me wrong. But I know he's capable of handling situations.

As we pulled up the driveway, the car died and came to a stop.

"Out of gas?" Tess asked.

Kit shook his head, "No, we weren't. They must have more than one perimeter spell." He turned around and looked at everyone. "Simon and I will go ahead and look inside for anyone. Everyone else stays here and stays together."

They got out of the car and started walking up the driveway. They only made it about halfway between us and the house before it looked like they walked into a brick wall. We watched as they put their hands out and pushed on the air but couldn't move any further. I nodded at Tori and we got out and jogged up to them.

"What's going on?" Tori asked.

"Another barrier," Kit was starting to get angry.

Tori walked up and put her hand out until it stopped. She couldn't move go past the same spot. Feeling curious, I stretched my hand out. I wanted to know what this invisible wall felt like. But my hand just kept on going. Simon noticed me first.

"Dad! Chloe can get past it!"

Kit wasn't thrilled like the rest of us.

"This is their way of separating us," he said angrily.

I waved at the car for the others to join us. Having an idea, I stepped past the boundary.

"Chloe!" Simon and Kit shouted, reaching for me.

"Get back over here," Kit commanded.

I shook my head, "If you want to find out if Derek's here then someone's got to go inside."

The others joined us and stopped beside Kit.

"Liz, Kyle," I waved them to me, they walked up beside me like it was nothing. So ghosts could get through this barrier and who else? "Tess? Jeremy?"

"No," Kit tried to grab Tess' arm but she stepped next to me. Jeremy too. So ghosts and werewolves.

"We won't be long," Tess promised Kit.

"Tori," I said. "Can you try to work out a way to get rid of these?"

She nodded

We turned and started walking towards the house. About a hundred feet from the house, Liz and Kyle were stopped.

"Liz and Kyle can't get any closer, this boundary must be for ghosts so we can't have anyone scouting ahead."

"Be careful," Kyle said to me.

I nodded that I would and we kept walking. We made it up to the doorway, the door still laid on the floor. I stepped past it and made it inside. I looked up at the others, neither of them were stepping past the doorway.

"A necromancer boundary," I sighed.

"Chloe," Tess looked like she was going to cry. "Be careful. I don't like this one bit."

"I promise," I nodded.

I took a deep breath and stepped further into the house.