Safire and Maydire Chapter 14

“If the girl finds out what you did to her horse she is going to be irrationally emotional which could mean trouble.” A basey voice warned while bouncing down the hallway.

Maydire. Unless there’s another girl who would kill the person who causes harm to her horse. We quietly, shuffled closer to the voices.

“It’s not my fault the damn horse leapt in front of me and took a bite to the neck.” A familiar male voice drawled. It only took moments to figure out the voice belonged to Maxwell’s father.

“Sir, you practically handed the horse to the beast.” The basey voice replied.

“Ah, Wes, this is why you are the head guard. You know that I did what I had to do to survive and that we are truly lucky that there were no major loses.” Mr. Ravclaw chuckled.

“What should I do with the horse?” The low voice asked.

Every muscle in my body tensed as my heart squeezed in anguish for a moment as my emotions swelled inside of me. I felt like a spring coiled too tightly which means the slightest wrong movement would cause me to lose my shit. I suddenly felt nothing. Everything froze including time. My fists were clenched so tightly that the soft sensation of bare skin touching caused me to jump about a mile into the air.

“Beats me. Put it out of its misery? Watch it suffer? Say a prayer? Nurse it back to health? I don’t give a shit just don’t let the corpse stink up the room.” Mr. Ravclaw snapped.

“Safire, please come back to reality. I think they are coming this way. We need to move.” Maxwell’s voice called to me while he grabbed my hand.

“Hey I’m back you guys.” Todd replied before I could respond. “I snuck off to grab some weapons for us.” He added as he handed us fighting knives.

“I need to see Maydire.” I heard myself say but it felt like a dream.

“By all means come see your dear friend the horse die, Safire Dire.” Mr. Ravclaw’s voice reached us before he revealed himself and Wes from around the corner. “Hello, son.” He added dryly.

Maxwell nodded stiffly at his father and gripped his knife tightly.

I moved each of my fingers separately to adjust my grip on my knife before speaking. “Is she going to die?” I spoke through gritted teeth.

“Without my help most likely.” He contemplated with a shrug. “However, you could hear out this job offer we’ve been trying to give you and her chances of survival is much greater.” He chuckled. “Maxwell, you almost played your part perfectly but then you had to go all weak on me and make a friend. It’s a damn shame, son, it really is. I could have shown you all the family dirty little secrets.”

“I don’t give a damn about your job offer. Shut the hell up and bring me to Maydire now or die.” I snapped shooting them a cold glare losing my patience.

“I don’t want our family’s drama. I want to start a new chapter for our family. We don’t need secrets to be strong we just need to work as a team. I just want parents who love me!” Maxwell yelled.

“You never did see the bigger picture. That’s why you’ll never be good enough for this family.” His father growled back while walking back the way he came.

The last thing I know I heard was Todd threatening to eat Mr. Ravclaw and Wes if they caused any trouble. There may have been more to their conversation but when we walked through the door that was around the corner the scene that met us made my heart stop. No… Maydire…

To be continued…

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