CHAPTER ONE: A CHILD TORN FROM REALITY
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Snippet Seven (1): Grandchild in Trouble
An hour after Alexia left for school, Alpha Troy Miller closes his newspaper and sets it on the small table next to him. He sighs and rubs his eyes vigorously before getting out of the chair and stretching. "Molly love, have you heard from Derek yet today?"
Molly comes out of the bedroom and hugs Troy. "Not yet dearest. Why? Are you worried about him?" She says as they sway side to side.
"No love." He kisses her forehead and they start doing a slow waltz in the living room. "I'm just worried about Alexia and the upcoming hunt. I'm afraid she'll get a circle and then want to leave us behind."
Molly sighs and then nestles her head on Troy's shoulder. "Troy, she's just a baby to us. She won't find a circle this quickly. While she inherited her dragel at 16 a few years ago, most don't get circles until they hit 25 anyway."
"You're right love." They slowly dance and Troy occasionally spins her before Joni walks into the house.
Joni cocks an eyebrow and looks at the two of them. "Room for one more?" She says sarcastically and starts to step behind her Submissive; but before she can move a few feet into the living room, the phone rings. Joni sighs and then answers it. "Perevell Residence."
A reedy voice comes through the speaker. "Yes, may I talk to Troy Miller or Molly Miller, please? It is regarding their grandchild, Alexia." Joni whistles to Troy and gives him the phone.
"This is Troy Miller speaking. What's wrong with Alexia? She left nearly an hour and a half ago to school." Troy says anxiously.
The reedy voice continues, "Yes, well she isn't here today. I will flag her as not showing up to school and she will need to do a detention next Monday after school."
Troy looks at the other two people in his circle. "Alright. Thanks for letting us know." He hangs up and pulls on Derek's and Alexia's bonds harshly. "Alexia didn't go to school today. Do you think she ran away due to the hunt happening?"
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Derek ports into the room. "What's wrong? You've never pulled that hard on the bond before." He looks at their faces and his turns grim. "What happened?"
"It seems that Alexia didn't make it to class today," Troy says before putting the phone back down on the counter. "I'm going to go walk the path she takes to see if she's hurt or injured." He looks at the three of them. "You guys cam come with I guess."
The four of them run out of the house down the path they know very well. Halfway down, the four stop in their tracks at the sight of a car crash.
"There was a girl here! I'm not making stuff up! She had white hair with red and blue streaks!" A female motorist said to a cop that was next to her.
Derek curses before making a motion toward the cops, the motorist, and everyone else staring at the car crash. "This should make them forget about Alexia and just think it was the wind blowing the bike into the path of traffic." He looks closer at the bike and around it. "There's magic that's been done near that bike."
Molly frowns to herself. "She barley is able to port herself anyway and wouldn't do it in public like this. What made here teleport away? What was she wearing today Troy?"
"Just the usual clothing from what I remember," Troy says before his nose scrunches up in thought. "Wait. She had that necklace! The one that Alanni had when she arrived to us!"
Joni thinks back to the necklace. "We weren't really able to figure out what it does, did we?"
Derek furrows his eyebrows. "Not that I'm aware of, and I took it to an enchanter. Do you think it could've come from her parents?" The four of them look at each other with disbelief. "Do you think it could've teleported her back to them?"
Troy growls under his breath and then forces everyone to go back home; once they're all back in their house, Troy speaks his mind. "I think it is very possible she went back to the Merrow, yes." He looks at his circle. "Is everyone willing to quickly pack up all our belongings and go to Nevarah tonight? There's 4 days in Nevarah to the 1 day here so we need to go there before too much time passes." He sighs before continuing. "If she is there, then we can have Pheonix Holding sell everything in the house and the house before switching everything in our banks here to be in just Nevarah." Everyone nods in acceptance.
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8 hours later, they finally port to Nevarah's Eastern Gate. They quickly get through and go to find an inn for the day. After traveling through many crowds, they finally reach the chosen inn. Before Molly can even go through the door, someone knocks into her back. Before anyone can react, a soul cry happens and four are sent back to an unnamed Earth Fae. They gesture for the man to join them into the hotel.