Lilian's POV
Days went by. I did not hear a single word from Halia.
The police kept telling me they were doing everything they could to find her. It sounded like they were just saying that to make me feel better. I knew the truth. I felt it deep down in my heart.
My daughter Halia was slipping away from me.
I was not completely sure what was happening. I was scared. What scared me the most was that Halia might find out who she really was before I could stop it.
I missed Halia much it hurt. She was my child, the only child Jeffrey and I had. When Jeffrey was dying he made me promise to keep Halia safe.
Now I felt like I had failed him.
I felt guilty. It was hard to breathe.
I did not think Halia was dead not really.. I did not think she was just lost either.. Every time I thought about her I felt scared and worried. I had always known this day would come I had prepared for it. Feared it.
Not like this.
How could anyone try to take my daughter Halia from me?
The day Halia left for the mall with Maggie something felt wrong. It felt terribly wrong. Halia did not smell like herself she smelled like someone who had been hurt.
When I found blood on her bedsheet my heart almost stopped.
It was not her blood.
It was darker and thicker. It meant something.
I thought about the prophecy. I did not want to believe it.
I had been careful I gave Halia the pills every month to stop what was inside her from coming out.
My hands were shaking when my phone rang.
It was a number.
My heart was racing when I answered the phone.
It was the police they had found Halia.
She was unconscious in a forbidden forest, a place that was now burned down.
Everything felt like it was spinning around me.
I was confused but I got a taxi and went to see Halia right away.
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There were firefighters and police officers and ambulances. The sirens were loud and scary.
And then I saw Halia she was lying on a stretcher in an ambulance she was not moving.
A nurse told me everything would be alright. I knew it would not be.
Halia looked empty like something had taken all her energy away.
I thought to myself this cannot be happening the pills were working they had to be.
There was smoke in the air and I looked at Halia's body she was so fragile.
Her hair was covering her face so I brushed it away. Looked at her.
I told her I would never let anything happen to her. I felt guilty and I was crying.
Then I saw something veins under her skin they were moving like they were alive.
I was scared. I looked at the nurses but they did not see it.
I looked again. My heart was racing.
This cannot be happening I thought and I felt cold.
Whatever was happening to Halia I had to stop it.
It had tried to hurt her when she was a child but this time I would fight back.
I will not let you take my Halia away, from me.
I held her hand tight. Watched her breathe and I made a promise to myself I would keep her safe no matter what.