Lost Tempest Queen

Will We Make It?

I turn on my heels with Va-Lara in tow sitting her down on the bottom step, I start to head up to grab our stuff. She is guarding my back so nobody follows me up in reality. Unfortunately for me, we brought the group behind us upset about our early departure. Girl I’m sure you don’t need to inconvenience the birthday girl to take the likes of you home. Now do you? The guy named Lance voices his opinion. Sir, I’m sure you aren’t trying to shame a friend of mine during her unfortunate circumstances, are you? I ask him in the same condescending voice.

Rylie, I’m not sure what has gotten into you since you went away to college but I don’t like the disrespect you are giving to our guests. I hear my mother’s voice from the back of the crowd. Our guests? Mom, you are gripping about my disrespect while you and your partners disrespect my guest. I am so disappointed and embarrassed about how everyone except Dad has treated my guest. My birthday is ruined and I just want to go back to my dorm and focus on my studies.

I duck into my door grabbing Va-Lara’s snack bag and my purse leaving anything we didn’t need. When I come out of the door, I hand the bags to Va-Lara and proceed to tell everyone goodbye as we walk outside I tell my dad I will be back this week to get the rest of my stuff and my Jeep. I will text you the date and time I plan to stop by, he gives me the slightest shake of a head no. Okay bug, just let me know when. You know that your stuff is safe here.

I reach in and hug him, telling him I love him and he sticks something into my pocket and at the same time hands me an envelope that says “Happy Birthday” on it. I look over at Mom, debating if I should go near her but I need my cover to escape so I go hug her as well and she whispers into my ear I know that you know. I give her a very confused look swallowing my panic. She burst out laughing, telling me I love you, silly girl. I just wanted to remind you Rylie. I laugh with her blushing, acting embarrassed, and tell her I know Mom, I love you too.

Wow, she just tried me, I can’t believe it. I get into the driver’s seat of Va-Lara’s car and we leave. I’m sure that they are tracking her car we gave Dorthy plenty of time to place the tracker on. Va-Lara what’s the plan and how messed up, are we? Girl, are you sick or do you know how to vomit on command? I can’t eat certain things or they make me sick so I took advantage of it to get us out of there.

I know you have so many questions and I can try and answer some but we need to get to a safe place first. We must be there by midnight and have a few stops to make first. Looking at her in awe, because she was able to come up with so much and I didn’t even have to tell her a thing. We stop for gas and Va-Lara gets out to pay while I take out the envelope and open the card. Inside is a get-well-soon card, not a birthday card. That’s weird but I open it anyway to see my dad’s handwriting scribbled inside of it. The words written on the card say please take this bank card it isn’t traceable.

I turn the card over but that’s not my dad’s name, it says William Lock. It’s a black card with no bank name on it. I take the note out and it reads. “Dear Bug, please listen, you are in danger. This is bigger than you could even imagine. I have been putting money into an account for you to run. No matter what NEVER come back here. They will look for you and never stop and if the prophecy is correct you will fix this mess that started over a thousand years ago. Your mother isn’t what you think. Her real name isn’t Jamie it’s Crystal and she can’t be trusted.

You were taken at birth from your birth parents the real Anderson and Jamie Stilwell. Braiden is just as evil as his mother and has been training to take over for his mother in the company. I was a willing participant for many generations, but after you came into my life I knew I needed you to live. I made so many mistakes but this isn’t going to be one of them. Your living will not fix what I have done but will help to set the world right. Run Bug, run, and never look back. Crystal is the head of Blue Moon Coven, she is a dark witch out to destroy you and anyone who doesn’t bend to her power.

There is a PO Box at the post office in Gibson North Carolina. The box is thirteen, inside you should find cash, passport, and save contact information. The PO Box is under William Lock like the bank card is. There is another set of clean identification cards for you under the name Charity Reynolds. You will need it or some form of alternate identification to leave the country. They need you to harvest the last of the Royal power for her to become the most powerful creature in the world. Once she receives the power from you she will become immortal.

I wish I could tell you everything but there is a journal for each year in a safe in Mexico. The address is Av. Juarez 76, Colonia Centro, Centro. Don’t trust anyone this is a world you were kept from to make catching you easier if you ever ran. I love you Bug, no matter what run and never look back. Va-Lara gets in the car and says we have a tacker and a spy following us. I hand her the card and the letter as I pull out still heading to the school. We need a new car and I need some supplies from my room. We gonna need to pretend to stay in the dorm to help avoid eyes. Don’t worry about going back to your room at all. I bought you new clothes and supplies it will be expected that you need to get your stuff from your room it will alert them. We are staying in my room and the other car is packed in front of the dorm.