Chapter 122

HAZEL

I darted out of the car, ignored everyone and everything in my path and sped through the palace. Nora was hot on my tail following my sharp turns and I was frantically running about the halls like I actually knew them but I was just following Mathilda’s caramel-sweet scent.

A hundred thoughts were running through my head.

Are they hurt?

Did someone take them?

How did they get home?

Are they okay?

Pain and blood and tears were all a part of my horror thoughts and I just needed to know that they were safe. I had to see them.

The archway to the family room stood open like a golden gate leading me to sanity and there they were. The girls were being fed chocolate by Elise and Kiera was clutching her grey bunny in her hands while Mathilda sat with a book in her hand, chewing on a heart-shaped chocolate with milky residue around the corner of her mouth.

When they saw me Mathilda’s head flew up and she smiled, but the smile lasted