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Storm watched, as if in slow motion, Slash opening the bag and Vini's face paling. What looked to be a blanket was emptied onto the table as Slash turned the bag upside down.
Vini shouted loud enough that everyone in the vicinity heard, turning towards the hut. Vini grabbed the blanket shoved it back into the bag, her pale face contorted in anger.
She looked furious, moving towards to security hut he watched as she burst into tears, sobs racking her body as she clutched the bag to her chest.
When Storm entered the hut, the smell of pain was overwhelming. Whatever Slash had done, it had caused Vini such agony that he couldn't contain himself, he growled low and lunged at Slash punching him straight in the face. The male reeled back and looked as shocked as everyone else. Holding his face with one hand and throwing up the other hand as if in surrender.
Storm whirled around to face Vini and gently grabbed her arm. "You're coming with me. Now!" he said. He turned with Vini's arm secure in his hand and led her in the direction of his lodge. There was no way he was going to let everyone stare at his female while she was in pain.
It all happened so fast that Vini didn't comprehend what was happening until she was being quickly led into the night and towards the woods. Her feet moving fast, being basically dragged behind an imposing Storm as he "stormed" away from the hut with Vini's arm in his large hand. Storm had burst through the door as she had totally lost it screaming at the poor New Species who was only trying to do his job. She heard a vicious growl before a blur, that must have been Storm, lunged and punched the poor bloke back
Shit.
She held the bag close to her chest with her other hand, She hadn't let anyone touch the blanket and had kept it perfectly preserved in the bag so Sam's scent would never leave. She knew eventually, after years it would dissipate but she couldn't think of that any time soon.
It was the only item she had allowed herself to keep, it being too painful to hold onto anything else. She had moved country, got rid of everything apart from photos and this blanket which had been Sam's since he was born.
In the village, where she had grown up, the place she had lived with Pete her husband everyone knew everyone. When they found out they were expecting Vini had excitedly told her next door neighbour who had been around since Vini was younger. Muriel had lovingly made the blanket with soft wool and woven ribbon through out, it was such a lovely gift and Vini had taken it to the hospital when Sam was born.
She had wrapped Sam up and from then on out it had been his swaddle blanket, then his comforter as a toddler and as he grew into a little boy it had been cuddled by him every night. He loved the blanket and it went everywhere, days out, sleepovers you name it. A memory came barrelling into her head and she cried moreā¦..
"I'm so sorry Mrs Cross," said a solemn faced constable making me terrified. I walked into the police station and was seated in a private room. "Can someone please just tell me what's going on right now? Where is my son? If he is hurt I need to go to him for fucks sake." she said panicked and shaking.
A man I only assumed was DC Sheppard came into the room and sat down opposite me "Mrs Cross at approximately 12pm today your husband Mr Cross entered The Cliff School premises and asked for your Son." Lavinia nodded at him to continue with a feeling of dread. Sam did not have an appointment today, what the fuck was Pete doing.
"He advised the secretary that Sam had an appointment and would be back shortly. From CCTV records we can see that Mr Cross lead your son to an Audi Estate and from there we can only assume he drove to the Lakeland Woods. A passing motorist found your husbands estate with your son and husband deceased inside. I'm so sorry."
Lavinia could hear screaming from somewhere but she felt totally numb. They had to be mistaking this, Sam was at school, Pete was at work and what they were saying wasn't true.
Present day snapped back and she felt dread as she was surrounded in darkness and she was being led to the middle of nowhere.
Storm could feel Vini's body shaking and he growled again. What the hell had Slash done?
