Chapter 4

The crowd grew more and more louder as men were leading the woman through the square and up onto the pyre. Sara and Jon were towards the back of the crowd safe from the mayhem that was happening. 

Sara could make out what some of the people were saying but the noise was too loud. "This is wrong" Jon said and Sara was shock to hear what he was saying.

"What do you mean?" Sara asked genuinely curious about the reason.

"This town has a dark side to it Sara" Jon said, "It will devour anything it wants no matter who it is and those who are in power are the ones in control" he said as Mayor Sybil appeared and the crowd was cheering his name.

Sara connected what Jon said and the images she saw when their hands touched and guess what happened. They were too far back to hear what the mayor was saying but they could guess based on the crowd's reaction. Sara saw the woman who was tied to the pyre who didn't struggle against the rope that bound her hands. Sara was confused why the woman didn't try to escape so she started walking towards her. 

"Where are you going?" Jon asked and Sara turned around "I thought I saw one of my sisters" she said and continued to the direction of the woman. 

She got close enough to see the woman's face and was surprised to see the woman smiling. Mayor Sybil approached the woman with a torch in his hands and leaned close to the woman. She said something but Sara couldn't make out what was said as the crowd began to move and people began to shove others. Before Sara could get another look the pyre was already lit and the woman screamed. The crowd cheered as the woman's body was burning and Sara managed to get away from the crowd. The woman's screams continued till it was dead silent indicating she was now dead. Sara looked for Jon but he was nowhere to be seen. She started walking back home till she was stopped by 2 men. 

"Is there a problem gentlemen?" Sara asked, one of the men approached her "The mayor wants to see you" he said and the other pointed his hand in the direction of the mayor's house.

Sara followed the men to the house, one of the men knocked on the door and a young servant girl answered the door. Sara followed the girl into the house and was lead by the girl through the house. Sara took this chance to look around the house and saw that the mayor lived in splendor. Sara continued to follow the girl up the stairs and was lead down a hallway. "Past these doors is the mayor's study where he is expecting you" the girl said and walked away.

Sara knocked on the door lightly and heard a faint voice from the other side. She assumed that meant to enter and opened the door. She saw that the study was a large area with a fireplace on the side of the room and a large bookshelf on the other side. "Welcome my dear" Mayor Sybil said from where he was sitting. 

Sara was cautious as she felt something weird was going on. "Thank you Mayor Sybil" Sara said and stayed where she was. 

Mayor Sybil got up from his seat and walked over to where Sara was. "How do you like Salem so far?" he asked and Sara took a step back. She felt her back up against the door, she slipped one of her hands behind her back to turn the knob but it didn't move. 

"Salem has been good" Sara said and gave a little smile and juggle the knob again but it didn't budge. 

"That is really good to hear" Mayor Sybil said moving closer to Sara who was now cornered between the door and Mayor Sybil.

Sara wished that she wasn't alone and that one of the ladies came with her. Jon then flashed in her mind along with the images from before that she saw. Sara needed to figure out a way to get out of that room without revealing herself. She continued to rattle the doorknob but the door didn't budge. Mayor Sybil was now an arms length distance away now and placed a hand on Sara's cheek. "How is it that I have never seen a beauty like you before?" he asked. 

Then just like when she touched hands with Jon she saw now a vision when Mayor's Sybil hand touched her cheek. She was still in the room but saw another woman in the room with Mayor Sybil. The way how he was acting with her, he acted the same way with the woman in the vision. Sara looked at the woman and recognized her as the one who was burnt alive. She saw the woman fight back against the mayor and he called for backup, Sara saw the door burst open and men held down the woman as the mayor acted like he was attacked. "Lock her up!" he yelled.

The woman was struggling against the men that held her "She tried to cast a spell on me!" the mayor shouted.

"She is a witch and she will be dealt with like the rest!" Mayor Sybil said and the men dragged the woman out of the room. 

It now made sense to Sara of what was happening in Salem and why there was so many executions. Mayor Sybil accused any woman that defied him or that didn't let him have his way with them. That didn't help Sara at all, then the vision ended and she was looking straight at Mayor Sybil again. His hand was still on her cheek, Sara tried to look away from him but Mayor Sybil roughly grabbed Sara's face and turned her head back so that she was looking at him again. Sara whimpered as Mayor Sybil leaned in for a kiss but he stopped when they both heard a woman's face from the other side of the door. "Is everything alright in there dear?" the woman said and Mayor Sybil let go of Sara. 

Sara sighed relief and Mayor Sybil allowed Sara to move away from the door. He unlocked it with a key that he had and opened the door. Sara was facing the window trying to calm down her breathing as Mayor Sybil talked with the woman. After she was somewhat calm Sara turned around and excused herself and left the room. She walked out of the house quickly and made her way back to the house. She was nearly at the house when she stopped and fell to her knees. Tears were streaming down her eyes and Sara hugged herself. She didn't feel like crying but she also didn't want the ladies to see her like this either. She felt a hand on her shoulder and she jerked away making the person that was behind her jump back. When she looked up she saw Jon standing with a worried look on his face. Sara quickly stood up and fixed her dress and Jon kept his distance. "Are you alright ma'am?" he asked and Sara didn't say anything. 

Jon could see that her face were stained with tears and Sara just stood there not saying anything. After some time Sara finally broke and ran into his arms, this surprised Jon but he didn't pull her away. Sara hugged him and started to cry, Jon hugged her back and Sara cry. He had an idea of what had happened as he only saw it once before with another woman in the past. "Do you want to go inside the house?" he asked her and Sara shook her head. 

Jon then moved Sara around so that she was by his side and lead her away from her house. Sara stopped crying and looked up at Jon "Where are we going?" she asked and Jon replied "My house and don't worry you will be safe there". 

Jon opened the door and helped Sara inside, he took her to the bedroom and had her sit on the bed. He walked away for a moment and then returned with a glass of water in his hand. He gave it to her so that she could drink, Sara saw him take some clothing from a chest and was about to leave the room again. 

Where are you going?" Sara asked him and Jon turned around "I'll find somewhere else to sleep and besides I think you want to be alone for a bit" he said before closing the door behind him. 

Sara placed the glass on the little table beside the bed and laid down. She curled herself up into a ball, sleep wouldn't come to her as her mind kept going back to what happened. She had some comfort knowing that Jon was there but that didn't help her get some sleep. She got up from the bed and walked around the room, Sara took this as in opportunity to work her mind and maybe find something about Jon. She didn't want to snoop like this but Sara thought this could help her solve the images she saw before. Sara rummaged through some drawers of some cabinets and didn't really find anything. She then opened the drawer from the little table beside the bed and saw a bottle of rum, she held the bottle in her hands. Sara looked back at the door and then back at the bottle. She fought with her subconscious about making herself drunk to sleep but she didn't care at that point. Sara opened the bottle and drank half the bottle, she already felt the buzz from the rum and closed the bottle while she still had control of her movements. She laid back down on the bed and pulled the covers over her, she could feel her eyelids getting heavy and she finally fell asleep.