The Golden Child: Book One of the bloodline series

Questions and Races

2 questions, what the hell am i looking at?and why am i still looking at it?

I'm too occupied with thoughts of why my mum's running through the maze and why my geometry teacher is chasing her that i almost miss the bigger picture..

My mum is in her true form, her muse form which is so bright it's almost blinding. She never reveals herself, it is the one rule we have: never reveal your true form.

So why is she revealing? Then it hit me, what i was seeing on Mr Abernathy's head were two horns, my boring geometry teacher is a demon and is currently after my mum..

Holy shit...

Ever since my dad died my mum has been protecting me from being found out by supernaturals, she let the supernaturals believe i died with my dad cloaking me from being discovered, even though we still live in the same town and everyone thinks am a freak i am still safe, any supernatural that just happens to be around would only see me as another troubled human teenager. she also cloaked herself that even her kind wouldn't be able to know her even if they saw her.

So basically, I can't use my powers in front of anyone. Unless I intend to kill them, no loose ends. The only problem was i wasn't allowed to kill because it would supposedly taint my otherwise pure soul. Which is why my mum prefers my powers remain dormant, but a demon was chasing her and i had no intention of letting him get her so what do i do to save my mum?

Without revealing myself..

Here's a thought... run!

I sprint out of my room down the stairs and run out the back door towards the garden, i haven't come up with a plan yet but am hoping before i catch up to them in the maze i would know what to do.

Down side is am pretty fast and in a blink i can see my demon teacher closing in on my mum.

Muses may look all innocent and shiny but they are lethal and only a high ranking demon or a suicidal demon dared to face them, however if my mum is running away from one it's one of two things; this demon is stronger or she's leading him into a trap.

Just then i felt before i heard my mum invoke a binding spell which bound the demon within the maze turning him into a stone statue.

Wait what?!

Within the maze we have a lot of statues in shapes of gargoyles and other creatures, am i to understand that they are all real? Just how much demon fighting have occurred in my own backyard that i didn't know about?

I recall once asking my dad about it and he said my mum thought the statues added a little finesse to the garden, he also made a joke about it being a measure to ward off pests that stray in the garden and i just thought he meant it was a spook for rabbits just like the scarecrow in farms against birds.

While I was absorbed in confusion and wonder at what i just witnessed my mum turned around the corner in her human form and saw me,

'E-ella? What are you doing here darling?'

'H--huh?' I stuttered back,

Wait i don't stutter and why is she acting like she didn't just turn my demon teacher into stone.

'Mum? What just happened? I mean how did you- how did he- wait are all of these alive?' I blabbed away;

She cut me off before i could spew out more questions;

'Darling I have no idea what you are talking about, are you feeling okay honey?'

Like a fish out of water i looked at her with my mouth hanging open shocked and that's when i loose it;

'SERIOUSLY!!' i screeched;

'Really mum i literally saw you just turn my teacher into that statue' - furiously pointing at it- 'and you are acting like nothing happened?'

'Hmm, i just had that installed and as for your teacher i didn't see anyone';

She said as she brushed invisible dust off her dress and flips her hair then turns to walk out the maze.

Dazed at how nonchalant she acted i rushed after her and faced her, forcing her to stop walking;

Taking a deep breathe to calm myself i slowly said;

'Mum i know what you are and what i am, supposedly. '

'And i know you are only trying to protect me but i can protect myself and most importantly i can protect you, seeing as only one of us can come back from the dead...' i trailed suddenly distracted by a weird feeling;

My mum took the break in my speech to talk;

'Honestly honey whatever you think you saw,' she paused shaking her head a little then continued;

'It's nothing to worry yourself about. And i love that you want to protect me but I'm your mother and I protect you. '

She wraps me in a bear hug and kisses my forehead and turns me so we can both walk out of the maze and i freeze looking up at her i ask;

'Can he or they come out of the statue? '

She smiles and replies with a twinkle in her eyes;

'Not unless they have a key'

Again I feel that strange feeling and frown, something is wrong here; she notices my creased brows and asks;

'Are you okay hon-'

Just then we hear an explosion right behind us... where the statue was, and a deep growl vibrated throughout the maze shaking the ground.

Grabbing me and turning me to back the explosion, my mum shielded me with her body from the blowing debris and as the ground shook we both fell down to the ground.

Sitting up and coughing we turned back to see what happened, from within the dust clouded air a very huge, angry, red faced, horned and dare I say ugly looking version of Mr Abernathy walked towards us...