Here's the next chapter! Sorry i didnt update yesterday, we had a family game night haha :D Anyway, i hope you like the next chapter, please dont forget to review and thankyou to those who did review last chapter :D

Uriel's POV

Saffron slammed up her shield as soon as the last memory played into my head, bringing me back into reality. Everyone looks at me, expecting me to say something but what do you say after you've witnessed what I had witnessed. I looked at Zed who had also seen Saff's past. He looks like he's about to be sick.

Saff suddenly stands up, glancing around the table.

'shhh, it's okay.' I say to try and calm her down.

'No… you saw too much! I didn't want you to see all of that.'

'I'm sorry, Saff it's going to be okay, I promise you.' I say getting up and taking her out of the kitchen and into the living room so I can speak to her in private.

'Uri? What do I tell them?' Zed asks telepathically.

'Just wait till I get back. Are you okay? You looked quite pale back there.'

'fine.'

'Say something. Please just say something.' Saff says nervously. I realise that I have just been staring at her in silence for the past minuet or so. I pull her against my chest and rest my chin on the top of her head.

'How did you do it Saff?' I ask softly.

'Do what?'

'Stay so strong and brave. How are you so happy having seen and experienced the things you did?'

'Hope.' She whispers.

'Hope?'

'Yes. Hope for something better. Hope for safety, for a soulfinder, for a family. Even if you have nothing, the one thing no one can take from you is hope.'

'We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.'

Saff looks at me confused,

'Martin Luther King Jr. That's what he said.' I explain.

Saff was quiet for a moment; she looked distant as though she was only partially there. I didn't want to invade her privacy but I was dying to know what was going on in her head.

'Tell me what you're thinking.'

'I'll show you.' She said, pressing her forehead against mind. She dropped her shields and music filled my mind. She was reminiscing about our first night together when I played the flute to her. Her thoughts swirled with the flute melody, out of her mind and into mine.

I place my hands on the small of Saff's back, under the material of her shirt so I could feel the scars on her back. I slowly rock from side to, slow dancing in time to the music. Saff smiled up at me; her smile was so beautiful that it could almost convince me everything was fine. When we were dancing, we were happy and content in each other's arms. We didn't think about all the badness and fears, we just dance. It was so wrong considering the circumstances but it felt so right.

'You need to rest now, okay? I say finally, rubbing her back.

'I can't sleep. Not while Taz and Jos are with him.'

'Sleeping is the best thing at the moment. I'm going to talk to my brothers and get a plan together.' I press my lips lightly against her soft velvety lips.

'Okay.' She whispered. I burry my face in the crook of her neck, breathing in her scent. Saff curls up in a tight ball on the couch. I take off my hoodie and place it over her, planting one final kiss on her lips before reluctantly walking out.

Zed was sitting with a glass of water, sipping it slowly. His head shot up when I walk in.

'I haven't told them anything. I don't know what to say.' He said.

'That bad huh?' Will says.

'It wasn't pleasant.' I say sitting down at the table.

'pft. Understatement of the century.' Zed mutters.

'What can you tell us?' Victor asks, getting a little inpatient.

'Her uncle's a crazy bastard.' Zed says.

'ZED!' mom scolds.

'No mom, you didn't see it!'

'He's mentally unstable to say the least. We need to get Tazzy and Jos away quickly.' I say.

'Did you find out where he could be?'

'No idea still.'

'Crystal? Can you find them?'

'All I can see is a dark room. Not much use.' Crystal replies regretfully.

'Dolly?' I ask hopefully since I know that Dolly is able to see what people are doing right this moment.

'I think they're in a basement of some sort. Tazzy's crying.'

I sigh, feeling useless as I am not there to comfort her.

'Anything else you can tell us?' Victor asks.

'His savant gift is something to do with bone manipulation. He's really dangerous. He killed both her parents by snapping their necks without touching them.' I say, wincing at the memory.

Mom gasped. 'God that's so horrible!'

Zed let out a cynical laugh. 'That wasn't even the worse.' He said, massaging his forehead with his hands.

'Are you okay?' I ask. I've never seen Zed like this before.

'No I'm not okay Uriel! How can you stay so calm after seeing something like that happen to your soulfinder! Aren't you angry? Or sad?!' Zed raises his voice.

I slam my glass of water down on the table hard, water spills out of the top. 'What do you think Zed!' I yell. 'I am so angry! It scares me because I've never been this angry before! I feel I'm breaking into a million pieces but I'm not going to because Saff needs me to stay strong. Taz and Jos need me.' I breathe heavily, trying to calm myself down. Everyone watches in shock as they have never seen me snap before.

'Just tell them Uri.' Zed says quietly.

I hesitate and run my fingers through my hair. 'Jos is her uncle's son. He was abusing her and she thought that she could make him stop by using her gift to make him love her like a daughter. I don't know why, maybe her uncle wasn't capable of love, but he only felt lust towards her. And…and…' I pause not wanting to go any further. 'Then she ran away when she became pregnant with Jos.'

No one speaks but then again, they don't really have a chance to because we hear a smash from the front room. I leap off my chair and run into the living room, a couple steps ahead of my brothers. Saffron is curled up in a ball, lying very still on the couch.

'Saff? Saff?' I say, shaking her shoulders. To my relief, she opens her eyes, staring at me with confusion.

'What is it?'

I exhale with relief. 'Thank-goodness you're okay. You scared me for a second.'

'What happened?' Saff asks anxiously, staring at the floor. I follow her gaze and see the floor covered in shards of glass. A brick was lying in the middle of the room with a piece of paper attached to it by an elastic band. The jagged edges of the window looked like sharp teeth from where the brick was thrown through the window. Will and Trace run out the door to see who threw the brick through our window. Yves picks up the note and everyone looks at him in anticipation.

'What is it, Yves?'

'Message for Saffron.' Yves says handing the paper to Saffron.

Saffron stares at the note for a while and then silently hands it to me to read for her.

'I've booked a table for our date at 'Parlour Restaurant' for 7 o'clock this evening. Come along, I will be waiting with the children. We can discuss things further then. See you soon.'

Saffron grins. 'What is the time now?'

'Just gone 3.' Yves replied.

'Okay. Only 4 more hours.'

'Whoa slow down Saff. We need to think this through. You're going to put yourself at a huge risk going to meet him.' I say.

'Uriel! I have to! Tazzy and Jos will be there.' She smiles.

'Well you're not going alone. I'm coming with you.'

'Then it's settled. We'll go and get them together.'

'I don't think it's as easy as that honey. You're uncle isn't going to hand over the children as simple as that. He wants something in return.' Dad says sadly.

'What does he want?' Dolly asks frowning.

'He wants me.' Saffron sighs.

'Well he's not having you. You're mine.' I say definitely.

'Uriel if I have to choose between the children's safety and my own safety, I would do whatever he asks me.'

'You're not going to make that choice.'

Will and Trace come back into the house, out of breath.

'Found anything?' Victor asks.

'Nothing. It was like they just disappeared.'

'Couldn't more of us go to the restaurant? It's hard to fight all of us?' Yves suggested.

'He could kill you in an instant. It's not safe.' Saffron says.

'But he wouldn't if he had no reason to. We could just be ordinary guests at the restaurant.'

Saff sighs, not sure what to reply. It's obvious that she doesn't want any of us to put ourselves in danger but at the same time, she wants her kids to be safe.

'This guy has definitely made a bad choice here, us Benedict's are not to be messed with.' Said Xav, summing up everyone's thoughts.