Hope

She strolled into her house and the fallen walls had been fixed, she could see the patches on the wall and she sighed in relief, Melvin already fixed it, thinking about him, she hardly understood if he wants the best for her, a lythrix like him or if he wants the best for Ezra, his long time boss there was no one to give her answers so she had to drop the question, she carefully kept the painting inside her cabinet and strolled to the bathroom to pull off the cloth, she felt strange and awkward wearing such rich cloth. With a mug of hot tea, she strolled out of the kitchen dressed in a simple butter coloured shirt, black skirt, and red sweater, her hair was let loose and it cascaded down her back to her waist, she sat in her usual spot by the window, the walls of the other houses close by had indeed gone down, some had been fixed, some were just getting fixed and a few hadn't been fixed at all, she took a long sip of her tea and sighed deeply, just then she heard a knock "come in" she muttered, she could already tell it was Gabriel, he was the only person who visits her so often, "wow!, you got your own wall fixed" he exclaimed on sighting the patches on the wall and she smiled slightly without saying anything, "sorry I couldn't come yesterday, I heard what happened, people said the power surge came from no where but it caused a lot of damage especially to houses" he said and she hmmed, "have you heard the recent rumour going around the city?" Gabriel asked and Hazel sat up straight ears up attentively "people say the power surge was caused by the witches to tell the people of impending danger, they said we all aren't safe even though the city's border has been locked, they said the witches can appear in the city at any time" Gabriel said and Hazel took another long sip of her tea "with what I know, the witches can indeed appear in the city at anytime, whether the border is locked or not, but there hope, there is a way to repell them but it's fifty percent possible" Hazel said "How would you repell them?, they are witches they use spells" Gabriel said "not me, I know the person who would and the person also uses spells and rituals" Hazel said "who is the person?" Gabriel asked and Hazel turned her focus back to the window "why don't you sit back and enjoy the show" she muttered and Gabriel said nothing more but there was a kind of expression on his face, he stayed for a while then he left.

In a bushy part of Guttric city, the leafs there had also fallen like every other trees around, but the place had an extra spooky atmosphere, it was darker in this part of the city, vultures and ravens danced around the place, the floor had skeletons and the inner parts of human body were in different coner of the place, deep inside the place, a small dilapidated house stood, it had an unbalanced structure and part of the roof wasn't there anymore, a figure in biege coloured cloth, strolled into the place, his face was filled with fear and anxiousness and at the same time determination, "madam Cecily" he called but there was no reply "madam Cecily I brought an important information" he cried and a woman appeared out of thin air, she is a middle aged woman but she is breathtakingly beautiful and she had a wealth filled and elegant vibes, she was dressed in blood red gown which exposed her cleavage and a fured scarf was drapped on her shoulder her black hair was packed into a ponytail revealing the gold earrings she was putting on, "hi there Gabriel" she greeted without moving closer, "hell!, where are you coming from, you stink" she cried and stepped farther from him "I am sorry miss Cecily, i went to...." "I don't want to hear it, say what you have to say and leave" she said "Hazel said the city has hope, she said there is someone who would do the repelling ritual and she has fifty percent assurance" Gabriel said and the woman scoffed "well then, let's see how this would be" she said and turned to look at Gabriel with disgust "you can leave now" she said to him "madam Cecily, when can I get my sister back and Fiona" Gabriel asked "after the the ritual, the blood ritual that would grant the witches eternal freedom, that would bring the witches to the highest part of the chain" madam Cecily said excitedly "when is that madam Cecily?" Gabriel asked "produce more valuable information and it would be sooner" madam Cecily said and Gabriel's expression became very sad, he took a look at madam Cecily one last time and strolled out down casted.