CHAPTER TWELVE

ANGELIQUE

I open the gate of his house with fear welling up inside me.

There are a lot of people here today most of them... in fact, all of them are giving me creepy looks and whispering to each other.

"What a nerve she has for coming back here after what she did" I managed to hear one of them say.

 Confused than ever before I make my way to the house. My eyes met with his cold eyes filled with resentment and hatred for me. Hasn't his grandma woken up yet?

I closed the door behind me and froze.

"My grandmother says you are a witch and I want you to tell me the truth are you a witch?" He asks 

Now I have to carry the burden of other people. I sighed. Here goes trouble 

"Yes, I am a witch what are you going to do? Tell the council and have them kill me?"

"That's what is supposed to be done" The ferocious grandma appears out of nowhere and says.

"Okay" I walk to him and grab his hand.

"You want to make my brother a complete orphan right? He's already parentless you want him to not have anyone in life right? Let's go. You of all people know how it feels to have only one family member. You want phoenix to feel that pain right? Let's go and get me killed" 

He breaks free.

"You think everyone has a cruel heart like you I'm not going to put Phoenix through that but you will pay for the rest of your life for what you've done"

What I've done? What have I done?

"Why are you speaking like I've done something?" 

"I didn't even accuse you of anything when I heard you are a witch but you killed the poor girl!" He yelled 

"Wait Bane who, where and when did I kill anyone?" 

"So you want to play dumb? Let's go I already want to ask you something about that place anyways" he pulls me to what seemed like a storage room.

The place seemed beautiful it had magic spells cast all over and looked cute to me.

"You're the only one who's a witch you can very well explain these" he half yells.

"They're magic spells why do I have to explain," I asked stunned by his question

"The girl was found dead in here with these magic spells cast here" he explains, just when I'm for an elaboration I see something in his eyes. Suspicion. So he suspects me?

"Wait so you think I assassinated her?" I fold my arms

"Who else would?" He shrugs 

"Anyone but me I can barely use my magic even if I could I wouldn't harm innocent people" I cry out

"Do you have proof that you didn't do this" This baboon suspects me for real?

"What proof do you need I didn't kill anyone" I voice out my frustrations

"Okay that's good but you know the rules you still have to die for being a witch. The council is on its way"

"Bane! You're forgetting something. I'm innocent until proven guilty so you have no right to punish me just yet. I know you're lying about the council it would put your reputation and pack at stake if they found out you harbored a witch here"

"You're cunning as a real witch should be," the old hag said. Why does she always appear out of nowhere?

"I prefer calculating," I said firmly, looking at her.

"ANGELIQUE! Did you kill her?!" I heard a beast say. I was even scared to look in that direction.

I slowly turned. It was Bane. He never uses my name, I was under the impression that he doesn't even know it. His eyes had changed, they were red and treacherous, and he looked like he would just butcher me in two seconds. I felt tears welling up inside my eyes.

"What difference does it make will you believe me?" I let the tears fall.

He paused for some time.

"From now on you will be the Alpha's slave probably even the whole pack's slave how about that grandma?" He asked his grandma who smiled with satisfaction.

"I have a duty for you" Between me and you, I think this grandmother is the witch here

"Bane's great-grandfather was a farmer we still keep the animals here I'd like you to clean the pigsty here" she handed me a toothbrush that had my name written with glitter on it. This was my toothbrush.

"This is my toothbrush" I angrily stated.

"And I want you to clean with it," the old thing said.

Believe me, I thought I could hate Bane but I realize now that I don't hate him I just dislike the things he did like being rude, arrogant, and stuff. The person I hate is his grandma. This person I've just known for two seconds but I hate with my whole being.

"The maid will escort you" she turned with her wheelchair.

One day I will roll her down the stairs and say it was an accident that I promise myself.

I take the toothbrush and follow the Omega

"She's the real explanation of heartless," she says as we go to the pigsty

"How do you know that?" I don't talk to strangers but it looks like I have to make an exception

"She's my grandmother" wonders never cease to end.

"I realized that Omegas are maids here so I thought you are an Omega seeing that you're wearing the maid's uniform," I said to her.

"I am a maid though I am the Alpha biological sister" she seems cool with it though

"Then why are you being tortured?" 

"Like you, I did nothing but fall in love" I didn't fall in love.

"I didn't fall in love I'm being accused of something I didn't do" I defend myself.

"Hence why I said you did nothing. and I know you didn't kill her, grandma did. As for falling in love you just don't know that you love him yet" she winks and I laugh.

"I think I like you," I say

"Me too you're straightforward. No one has ever been able to back-chat with my brother except for you. That's why you're going to pay for a crime she committed. This is the pigsty" we finally stopped walking.

I thought I'd find a dirty place no I found it squeaky clean.

"But..."

"I clean it up I heard them talking yesterday so I did everything for you" This girl must be an angel

"Why?" 

"I'm tired of her always doing wrong and winning. I've taken an oath to make her lose this time" Although she looks weak

"I love you," I say

The girl tells me everything about her and a little about her family. The basics of course. But she goes overboard on almost everything.

"I'm done. Tell me about you"

I put on a lot of thought before answering her. From the drops of sweat from her forehead I create a water ball and chant until a display of Phoenix in class is seen in the ball.

"Wow, that's your child?" She exclaims

"No brother" I roll my eyes at her.

"He looks happy" she smiles

"He always is" I'm not lying. I love Phoenix's world it always roses.

"So you're a simple witch who just loves her little brother" true

"Correct," I say

"I wish my brother loved me like that too" she exhales sharply

"Fate works in a very funny way, Carol," She told me her name when she was still blabbering

I don't like having or making friends but I think I'm going to keep this one under my wing. She looks like she needs a little bit of backup.