Creatures of the Dark

"Alice." Mathew suddenly spoke with more authority that had Alice shiver.

"Frankie it's okay." Alice told him almost immediately.

Frankie just shook his head.

"We'd best get going, it's getting late." Alice told him.

"Okay," he got to his feet waiting for her.

She got to her feet.

Frankie waited for her so they could head back together.

She grabbed her coat and walked over to him, trying to avoid her brother as best as possible.

Without a word or even much thought he took hold of her hand, gave it a gentle squeeze and started heading back towards the house.

She smiled softly, squeezing his hand in return before she followed him back to the house.

He grinned at her bringing her home. "So you don't have the book?"

Alice looked at him. "I have the book." She admitted. "But I can't give it to him, my family entrusted it to me." She told him, and she brought him up to her room where she pulled up a floorboard and she pulled out a small leatherbound book and she held it out to him.

He nodded. "I had a feeling you did." He chuckled lightly taking the book and looking it over.

Inside the book were some of the most powerful Magic the Angels knew about and it was all documented along with songs and elixirs.

He looked it over quietly before handing it back to her.

She put it back where she had gotten it from and she replaced the floorboard, before she looked at him. "I can't let him have that."

"I know that."

She nodded. "Do you think that I'm a bad person?"

"No. I'd keep it from him tol."

She smiled slightly.

He smiled back at her.

He smiled back.

Probably should turn in for the night. I'll see you in the morning?"

She nodded. "Yeah...I'll see you in the morning."

"I'll be here," he laughed turning and heading to his room.

She smiled and as she shut her bedroom door she leant against it.

"He likes you."

The voice made her jump and she saw Hayden sitting in her bed with a book. "Hayden don't scare me like that."