Chapter 27: Negotiations
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Little, fuzzy dots floated from the window to the carpet through the sun. Trees lay their shadows on the bed and floor and changed positions with the wind. The lull of voices drifted down the hallway and echoed in the high ceiling. But voices from inside Xander's head raised theirs above everything else.
/'I'll pray for you.'/ One voice said.
/'I'm sorry Xander, I shouldn't accuse people of things I know nothing about. Please forgive me.'/ Another echoed.
More came. /'Xander, I d not know what to say. You- you...'/ His mother's face stared at him, confused; torn by hurt and anger.
Then his brother's came. A twisted mixture of wild hate and loss. /'You freak of nature, how could you do this? I will kill you, I swear I will kill you!'/
A new actor entered the stage; his father.
/'Understand, Xander, I have a name to uphold, a reputation to keep. Having a son who sucks away human life with one touch will ruin me. So I have but one choice, or rather, you have one choice. You will leave this town and this country, or I will send them after you...'/
The last face that came brought on a cold sting.
/'Xander, Xander, where have you been? I have been so worried. I-.'/
Dead.
His very own hands had ripped the life from the one he had always tried to protect. So small and fragile. Xander stood and paced. Stop it! He yelled in his head. What good will it do now? Why grieve over something that happened so long ago?
"Xander."
His head jerked to the right. David leaned against the wall, his large arms crossed. Xander hadn't even heard the door open.
"What do you want?"
"Last night a girl tried to help you escape." David started.
"Aja?" Xander suggested.
David nodded. "I need you to get her for me. Don't ask questions. As soon as you do this you will be aloud to live in one of the mansions, you won't be able to leave Darkwood Community with out supervisors but you will be out of your cell. To ensure that you'll stay within these bounds we'll have a spell put on you. If you leave Darkwood, you'll be
sent back to your room. If you go near Dakota Stevens you'll be sent back here, to your cell. These are the guidelines, do we have a deal?"
Xander stared at David for a moment, remembering last night. A shape shifter had taken on David's appearance and tried to spring him loose, but David, Darron and Kris had shown up. Xander had seen the look on David's face and he knew she meant something to him, though he didn't know what.
/More freedom, he thought. Why not? I really don't care which side wins./
"You got a deal."