True Luna by Tessa Lilly

Chapter 311: Chapter 311 Are They Gone?

Sophia’s POV

Watching my dad suffer was the hardest thing | ever had to do. He spent hours groaning in pain and holding onto

my mom like he thought she would disappear. He was crying and begging her to cback to him.

| never saw my dad so helpless and it was breaking my heart.

| kept wiping his forehead and trying to comfort him as best as | could. He was mostly aware of his surroundings,

but there were a few times when | wondered if he knew where he was or what was going on around him.

Hunter was my rock through it all. He heldand comfortedthe best he could. He was the only one besides

Lex who didn’t leave the room once.

My uncle was a mess. My aunt had to take him outside to calm down a little because he looked like he was going

to have a heart attack. Mason kept coming and going, but each the entered the room he looked even more

freaked out than before. Jake and Rose had to leave because Jake looked like he was going to pass out. Anna left

the room as soon as my dad collapsed and she hadn't been back since.

Lex, Hunter, and | were the only ones who refused to leave. Lex and | refused to leave our parents and Hunter

refused to leave me.

| was sitting on the bed, holding my dad’s hand tightly. Lex was pacing around the room, mumbling curses under

his breath. Hunter was leaning against the wall, staring at my parents with a worried look on his face.

The bedroom door opened and Anna walked inside.

| was a bit surprised to see her. She was gone for hours.

“How are they?” Anna asked as she approached the bed.

| looked at my parents and gulped.

“I think it's getting worse,” | mumbled.

Anna sighed and crossed her arms over her chest.

“We need to take Emma back to the room,” Anna said and snapped my head toward her.

Lex growled loudly.

“Why?” | asked as my eyes widened. “She can’t do anything, Anna. Look at her.”

“Forget it,” Lex said angrily. “I am not locking her up again.”

Anna sighed and glanced at Lex.

“We don’t know if the darkness is winning,” Anna said. “She can’t hurt anyone right now, but if the darkness

takes over she will be extremely dangerous.”

“I don’t give a shit,” Lex said angrily. “She is not going back there.”

| squeezed my dad's hand tighter. He rubbed the top of my hand with his thumb gently.

“I agree,” | said. “We can’t move her. We can’t move them. She won't do anything. | won't let her.”

| was ready to use my magic if | had to. | would find a way to stop her if the darkness really took over her.

“You wouldn't be able to stop her, Sophia,” Anna sighed. “She would be too strong.”

| tightened my jaw and narrowed my eyes at Anna.

“The room wouldn't be able to stop her then either,” | said. “She isn’t going back.”

“The room was designed to stop her,” Anna argued, but | shook my head immediately.

“No,” | said. “The room was designed to stopfrom using dark magic. | was meant to be stopped by my

mom's magic. Not the other way around. My mom was always more powerful. The room wouldn't be able to stop

her.”

“She changed it, Sophia,” Anna argued. “She changed it before she went in and got you out. It is strong enough

to hold her. It is...”

Anna was interrupted when my dad groaned loudly.

“Dad!” Lex shouted as he rushed to us.

My dad’s groan turned into a scream of pain. His eyes shot open and he placed a hand on his chest, gasping for

breath.

“Dad!” | screamed as | tried to grab him.

Hunter pulledback, but | screamed and trashed.

“No!” | yelled. “Letgo! | have to help him!”

Hunter only tightened his arms aroundand pulledeven further away. My eyes fell on Lex who was

backing away from the bed slowly.

What the hell was he doing? Dad needed someone to help him!

| was just about to scream at him to help Dad when Hunter's words interrupted me.

“Sophia, look,” Hunter said quietly as he pointed at my mom.

My breath got caught in my throat. | could feel my blood rushing through my veins and | could feel something

pulsating in my temple.

A black liquid was pooling out of my mom's eyes. It looked like she was bleeding, but the blood wasn't red. It was

black. It stained the sheets and soaked my parents’ clothes. My dad was still groaning in pain, but his eyes were

shut tightly and it didn’t look like he was aware of what was going on,

“Oh, fuck,” Hunter mumbled, pullingeven further away.

Lex looked atand | saw pure terror in his eyes. | reached out for him and he immediately ran to me. He

pulledinto his arms and huggedtightly.

“What the hell is going on?!” Lex shouted. “What the fuck is happening?! Are they gone?!”

No. Please, please no.

“I don’t know,” Anna mumbled.

She was staring at my mom in complete shock.

| heard footsteps running toward the room and a moment later my uncle barged into the room. He gasped loudly

when he saw my mom and dad.

“Emma!” he shouted as he ran toward her.

“Andrew don’t!” Anna screamed and tried to stop him.

It was useless, though. My uncle grabbed my mom, pulling her away from my dad.

“Emma!” he screamed as he cupped her cheeks.

My dad groaned louder, trying to pull my mom back to him. I could see him squeeze her upper arm tightly. |

could see him trying to pull her back.

“Uncle Andrew let my dad...,” Lex spoke, but he was interrupted when my mom opened her eyes abruptly.

They were completely black.

None of us had tto react. My mom screamed loudly and a powerful blast knocked us all unconscious.