Father’s eyes, it meant that something possessed him.
A
Shadow was a strong spirit, Demon or Angel that had gotten lost or had existed
for too long. They were the only three that could become a Shadow. And judging
by the way my Father had treated me over these years, I would guess that the
Shadow was either a Demon or a strong spirit. As far as I knew we had only come
across one Shadow that was an Angel and that was at the beginning of the Hunters’
organization, so, that was before Christ. What? You thought the Hunters were a
new organization? Good and evil have been around for as long as time.
The
deceit part of Kai’s prophecy made sense now. I had been raised in and by
deceit. I had not been raised by my Father, I was raised by a Shadow. I had
been formed in deceit. The man you know as your Father , Kai had said and
now it made sense. He had actually been telling me this. That this man sitting
in front of me was not my Father.
I
was terrified for my Father, if he was still inside of himself somewhere. I had
no idea how long my Father had been like this. Every experience I had growing
up was now tainted by the fact there had been the Shadow. I didn’t know for
sure what possessed my Father’s body or how to save him. I couldn’t save him
unless I found out what kind of Shadow it was.
As
I panicked I stood up and stepped away from the Shadow. I would call him that
since I knew, now, he was not my Father. Stepping away from his touch was
something I definitely would have done Shadow or not. But I needed to make sure
the Shadow didn’t see my fear. If he suspected I knew, he’d probably just kill
me. Tell the other Hunters that I had attacked him in his office and he had to
kill me.
“I
know that.” I said carefully.
“Do
you?” He asked me with a twinkle in his eye.
If
he was capable of laughing he would be right now. That was when I knew, beyond
a shadow of a doubt (pun intended) that my Father/Shadow/whatever was responsible
for me being what I was turning into.
I
turned to leave but heard my Father clear his throat. In the past it was a
subtle way of telling me that I had forgotten something. I automatically turned
to face him, standing with my hands robotically at my sides. I then cursed
myself for not leaving. The Shadow had trained me for all of these years and I
hoped he hadn’t brainwashed me past the point of no return.
“Just
one more thing, Delaney.” When had he started with the Delaney instead of Angel?
I was assuming that was when the Shadow had taken over. I’d have to tackle that
later since I was literally trapped in the lion’s den.
“Yes,
Sir?”
“You
will tell me if you see Kai again.”
“Yes,
Sir.”
With
that I turned and left. As I strode to the door that was one step closer to
away, I veered to Anie, grabbed her arm and kept moving. We were outside less
than 2 minutes later. I couldn’t run screaming from the Hunter’s HQ. And I
couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
Once
we were outside I held onto Anie’s hand, much the same way she had held mine
the night my house had burned down, all the way back to her house. She unlocked
the door and I pushed her inside in front of me.
I
immediately started pacing. Anie finished locking the deadbolts, and slid down
the door stopping when her butt hit the floor.
“Stop.”
Anie said quietly.
I
stopped moving and saw her eyes were shining with questions. Mine were clearly
laced with pain and unshed tears.
“What
the hell is going on Laney? You’re scaring me. More than usual.”
“There’s
too much to say. I can’t process everything right now. It hurts to think.” I
clutched my chest with one hand and my head with the other. Neither able to
reconcile what had just happened. The physical pain of having been raised by a
Shadow was just too much to bear. “My Father is possessed by a Shadow.”
And
just like that, saying it out loud made it more tangible. I crumpled to the
floor. There was no more I could
A
Shadow was a strong spirit, Demon or Angel that had gotten lost or had existed
for too long. They were the only three that could become a Shadow. And judging
by the way my Father had treated me over these years, I would guess that the
Shadow was either a Demon or a strong spirit. As far as I knew we had only come
across one Shadow that was an Angel and that was at the beginning of the Hunters’
organization, so, that was before Christ. What? You thought the Hunters were a
new organization? Good and evil have been around for as long as time.
The
deceit part of Kai’s prophecy made sense now. I had been raised in and by
deceit. I had not been raised by my Father, I was raised by a Shadow. I had
been formed in deceit. The man you know as your Father , Kai had said and
now it made sense. He had actually been telling me this. That this man sitting
in front of me was not my Father.
I
was terrified for my Father, if he was still inside of himself somewhere. I had
no idea how long my Father had been like this. Every experience I had growing
up was now tainted by the fact there had been the Shadow. I didn’t know for
sure what possessed my Father’s body or how to save him. I couldn’t save him
unless I found out what kind of Shadow it was.
As
I panicked I stood up and stepped away from the Shadow. I would call him that
since I knew, now, he was not my Father. Stepping away from his touch was
something I definitely would have done Shadow or not. But I needed to make sure
the Shadow didn’t see my fear. If he suspected I knew, he’d probably just kill
me. Tell the other Hunters that I had attacked him in his office and he had to
kill me.
“I
know that.” I said carefully.
“Do
you?” He asked me with a twinkle in his eye.
If
he was capable of laughing he would be right now. That was when I knew, beyond
a shadow of a doubt (pun intended) that my Father/Shadow/whatever was responsible
for me being what I was turning into.
I
turned to leave but heard my Father clear his throat. In the past it was a
subtle way of telling me that I had forgotten something. I automatically turned
to face him, standing with my hands robotically at my sides. I then cursed
myself for not leaving. The Shadow had trained me for all of these years and I
hoped he hadn’t brainwashed me past the point of no return.
“Just
one more thing, Delaney.” When had he started with the Delaney instead of Angel?
I was assuming that was when the Shadow had taken over. I’d have to tackle that
later since I was literally trapped in the lion’s den.
“Yes,
Sir?”
“You
will tell me if you see Kai again.”
“Yes,
Sir.”
With
that I turned and left. As I strode to the door that was one step closer to
away, I veered to Anie, grabbed her arm and kept moving. We were outside less
than 2 minutes later. I couldn’t run screaming from the Hunter’s HQ. And I
couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
Once
we were outside I held onto Anie’s hand, much the same way she had held mine
the night my house had burned down, all the way back to her house. She unlocked
the door and I pushed her inside in front of me.
I
immediately started pacing. Anie finished locking the deadbolts, and slid down
the door stopping when her butt hit the floor.
“Stop.”
Anie said quietly.
I
stopped moving and saw her eyes were shining with questions. Mine were clearly
laced with pain and unshed tears.
“What
the hell is going on Laney? You’re scaring me. More than usual.”
“There’s
too much to say. I can’t process everything right now. It hurts to think.” I
clutched my chest with one hand and my head with the other. Neither able to
reconcile what had just happened. The physical pain of having been raised by a
Shadow was just too much to bear. “My Father is possessed by a Shadow.”
And
just like that, saying it out loud made it more tangible. I crumpled to the
floor. There was no more I could
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