“Now, I ask you not to hold this against me, but my job is to punish the rule breakers one way or another, and I think a simple scream from you would work nicely- after all, it would be much easier for me to bear than using the unforgivable curses- which the Minister himself told me to use if there were any signs of resistance…” and as soon as he finished speaking, he put his plan into action.
Vito grabbed two fistfuls of the girl’s beautiful red hair and pulled her down towards the floor. He figured there would be struggle from her, and prepared himself for whatever she would do in order to attempt to free herself from his grasp.
Chase whimpered in her sleep, curling up into a tighter ball under the covers, as though protecting herself from something.
She covered her face with her hands, sobbing, rocking backward and forward on the floor. The pale bodies lay in an almost perfect circle around her, and she sat in the middle of them all. The rain poured outside, water still collected around the people who had once been her only family left. But Chase realized now, that she had no family, she was alone now. Looking up she felt her hair fall into her face, red streaks that fell down from her head like blood.
Small choking sobs came from Chase in her sleep, another loud whimper, and she rolled over, a frown on her face.
She felt her heart beating in her chest and yet she kept her face unreadable and her demeanor calm. She looked at Chase and Andrew and addressed them. "I have always said that I cared about you... All of you. And I still do... And to do that, I have to protect you. Watch out for you. And now...now is no different. No matter what I may think, how I may feel... I will always protect you. And there is only one choice that will protect you and it is choosing my friends..."
Chase awoke with a start, sat straight up and burst into tears again. Her body numbed and in shock from the nightmares that had raged through her body. She pulled at her hair and rocked back and forth, tears falling down her face in long streaks. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I'm such a fool! Jack I'm sorry.. Max.. Clara.. why did I let him in? Why did I let him into my life? I'm so sorry, Mom.. Dad.." She sobbed, pulling at her still damp hair.