Chapter 56

Javier groaned in exasperation, running his hand through his hair. He paced a few steps round his sitting room with a tensed look in his face

"This is bad, this is so bad" Javier said and Bella could hear the panic in his voice

"Calm down" Bella suggested 

"I can't Bella, don't you see. We are in big trouble if Agatha come back to life"

"How was she even able to get the pendant. She is half dead and that pendant is too powerful for a dead hyran to behold"

"I have a feeling she could have an accomplice. Does it really even matter now, She already has the pendant and we are in big trouble"

"Is there a way to reverse this?" 

"I don't think so" Javier admitted 

"This is bad" Bella had to admit. "What do we do now? Who could have even helped her?"

"I can't think of anything right now. Or wait" Javier said as realisation hit him. " What if it was Stephanie"

"Who the hell is Stephanie"

"The girl I told you about that claimed to be Agatha's realm sister" Javier said snapping his fingers rapidly.

"Oh yeah I remember. It could be her. Since she is her realm sister, She might have helped her out"

"Yeah, only possible explanation"

"Does Hattie know that the pendant is missing?" 

"No she doesn't. I'm afraid that Agatha might try to get Hattie on her side"

"I thought we finally got rid of that woman" Bella slouched on the couch

"What Do you mean?" a voice was heard, they both turned around and was faced with Hattie who had a confused expression on her face "What is this I am hearing about my mother?"

"Hattie" Javier called out softly

"Well?" She stood folding her hand under he breast 

"Your mother has the sheil pendant?"

"Woah, hold on, I thought my mother was dead"

"She is. For now"Bella stated and it got Hattie more confused

"For now? What do you mean by that"

"She has the sheil pendant, that means she can come back to life. Your mother is a hyran and that pendant can do alot for her" Javier said

"Is that a bad news or good one?"

"Bad. You won't understand anyways. You have known your mother all your life as a good person. We lashedtas know her for her true colours" Bella stated

"Would she try to hurt me?" 

"She might not, but she would try her possible best to get you on her side"

"What are we going to about it?"

"I don't know. I can't even think properly" Javier finally spoke after few minutes of total silence

"We could get the pendant back" Bella suggested 

"From where exactly?. We don't know where it is right now so we have no hope of finding it. We just have to embrace that our worse night mare is coming back" Bella said

****

Lagatha groaned in pain. As she fell back in the couch that she was sitting on. She held her head in a bid to tone down the excruciating pain she felt inwards but it wasn't helping

"are you alright?" Adriel who sat by her side, asked  with a concerned look on her face

"No. Can't you see?" Lagatha yelled at him

"When did you start noticing this?"

"I don't know" Lagatha said, closing her eyes weakly

"This is strange, lashedta aren't beings to fall sick" Adriel said and Lagatha agreed with his statement. It was well known that lashedta are one of the strongest supernatural being and falling sick was never in their dictionary, so her feeling weak was new to her

"Did you engage in anything tedious?"

"You and I know that this isn't the case"

"Did you challenge a higher power?"

"What is that supposed to mean" Lagatha flicked her eyes open.

"You might have being cursed without you knowing" Adriel suggested.

"No Adriel, I was not cursed"

"Did you challenge mephistopheles?"

"Can you stop coming up with silly assumptions, old man"

"Well you situation calls for them. What do you want me to think?"

"Well think of a way to help me, rather than blabbing"

"You are so impossible" Adriel stated

"Well thank you for being less helpful to your dieing wife" Lagatha said, and Adriel sighed in fustration

Alot of things were going on in her mind. How could she be sick. It was impossible and she knew something had to be wrong with her. Could it be Agatha. No other person came to her mind other than that sly hyran

***

The loud noise coming from the club, pieced through Javier ears, as he took another gulp from his glass. He signalled on the bartender and he came rushing down to where Javier was sitted

"Top it up" He said to the bar man, addressing his almost finished glass of vodka

"Sure man" the bar man complied, bringing out a fresh drink from the stand and filling up Javier's glass half way

"Thanks" Javier muttered under his breath as he brought the glass to his lips. He squeezed his eyes shut as a result of the harshness of the drink and that was what he really needed to cool his tensed self down

He was still engrossed in his thought when he heard a feminine voice from behind him

"How's it going handsome" he heard and he turned around swiftly and was faced with a blonde girl

"Do I know you?" He asked with squinted eyes as a result of his slight confusion

"No you don't and I don't know you either, But I know you will make a perfect mister" she said, placing her index finger in between her teeth in a seductive way, coming closer to where Javier sat

"What do you want?" Javier asked giving off a firm look to show that he was clearly unaffected by what she was doing

"You know what I want" she said as a mischievous smile crept into the corner of her lips

"I'm not interested" Javier snapped, knowing fully well what she was offering. He was certainly not thinking straight and laying with strange blonde he met in the club was the last thing on his mind

"Are you sure about that honey?" she insisted, still trying her luck

Javier glared at her 

"Leave now" He commanded and he could clearly see the astonishment in her eyes as she hurriedly left.

He resumed his drinking, a long side his thinking. He just had too much going on is mind and he wished that it could just go away like it was never there.

He was about taking another sip from his glass when he heard a noise from  the seat beside him. That damn blonde again.

"I told you, I'm not intrested" He stated and turned around but to his surprise it wasn't her, but lawson.

"Oh, you" he scrowled at lawson. Javier wanted to ask what he was doing here but he realised that this was a club and everybody had their right in America

"Hello Javier" Lawson called out with a warm smile

"Listen to me" Javier warned. "The fact that I have a beef with your brother doesn't mean we are cool. You Cartels are the same" Javier said and one could really hear the venom In his voice

"Like you said,  beef with my brother, not me" He said with the smile not leaving his face and Javier hated it "bartender" he called out and the bartender went over to him

"What can I get for you?"

"A tequilla will do" He said, stealing glances at Javier who glared at him intently

"Okay" the bar man said and walked to the drink stand

"I haven't come to war with you, can't you see" Lawson reassured but Javier couldn't let himself be fooled

"You Cartels are all the same"

"I'm not like the rest" 

"I still have my doubt"

"You see..." the bartender interrupted. He dropped a glass in front of Lawson and proceeded in pouring him a tequila. "Thank you" Lawson, muttered, flashing a quick smile at the bartender

"I came to help you" Lawson resumed 

"And why would I believe that, just because you said so"

"I know you are planing on getting Fay and I can help.  You just have to trust you"

"What do you know?" Javier sat up in anticipation of hearing what he had to say. 

"Alot and I can actually help" Lawson said but it didn't sit right with Javier. Why would Lawson betray his family just to help him

"What do you want in return?" Javier asked

"Nothing, probably peace of mind" He said and Javier chuckled in mockery

"That is not possible and we both know it"

"Not possible or too good to be true"

"Both" Javier said, giving Lawson a suspicious look

"Anyways Fay is with Lagatha, I assume you already know. She placed her underground, so it's very hard for Fay to escape on her own"

"Beneath her house?"

"Yes just beneath"

"How am I sure this isn't one of your trickish Cartel way to trap me"

"You have to trust me, even if it is for a bit"

" you are the closest person to Andrew and you most definetly have the same blood tuning through your vieins"

"Andrew and I are differnt . I have a heart and Andrew doesnt. We both can agree to that" Lawson said and Javier  saw the point he was trying to prove but he wasn't ready to risk it

Lawson took another sip from his glass and stared at Javier in silence waiting for a reply

"I'll have to think about it" Javier said. There was no way he was going to trust a Cartel just because he offered to help. He had to think about it first before doing anything funny

***

Hattie walked into her room and collapsed on the bed. Her chest had been heavy ever since she heard about the news of her mother's likely return. She had mixed feeling about the whole thing. She didn't know if she should be happy or scared  at the outcome of the situation 

Agatha was her mother but she couldn't help but feel scared. That was her only reflex after hearing that her mother was a deadly hyran

She layed on her bed with different thought, going to and fro in her mind. Her sister was still being held by the Cartel and now she was hearing that her mother was coming back to life. 

What really baffled her about the situation was the shocking discovery of what her mother really was. She had a hard time believing Javier when he first mentioned it but now she had no choice other than to belive

She sat up from her bed, raising her dress over to her waist line. She took a look at the bandage that was neatly wrapped around her injured leg that was already healing. She used her index finger, poking it slightly and she winced in pain but she was glad that she was healing properly

She was still engrossed in her accessment when her phone rang out. She stretched her hand to the where her phone was and held it to her ear. It was Daphne

"Hattie" the  voice said from the other end

"Daphne" she called out

"How are you feeling?. I just called to check up on you"

"Really. I'm a grown adult, Daphne" Hattie rolled her eyes playfully

"I know, but I know How much you despite taking medications"

"Daphne I have been taking my medication and you don't have to be such a mother about it"

"I will continue to be a mother, until you get better" she said which resulted Hattie into a slight chuckle

"I am actually doing alot better. Doctor Charles should really take the credits

" I wonder why Javier decided not to take you to the hospital"

"Don't start"

"Don't start what?"

"You always find a way of tainting him as a bad person 

"I'm just saying"

"It doesn't really matter. I'm doing alot better and that is the most important thing" Hattie assured her