Who's her captor and what does he want with her?
THAD My parents came out to talk with me after I calmed down as much as possible. In reality, I was not much calmer because my girl was missing, and something dangerous had been after her this entire time. I never should have fallen asleep last night. It was true that whoever it was had to have knocked me out, but that did not change how I felt about it. I still blamed myself because I could have saved her if I was awake, or I would have died trying because my life meant nothing without her in it. I would gladly lay down my life to save hers. Where was she right now? Was she okay? I hung my head and balled my fists together tightly. Jadelynn was the strongest person I ever met, so that would have to be my focus right now or else I would just completely lose it. I did know one important truth out of all this. Whoever took her had another thing coming if they assumed that Jadelynn would just cower to them. My girl had a fire inside of her that would burn all of her enemies down. That
CAMDEN Dominique used a portal to place Dent and I a couple of towns over from the Murphy’s home. It was possible that Vanosti was still keeping tabs on their house, so this was to minimize standing out. We needed to keep him in the dark about our involvement in order to protect her. That was why it was only Dent and I going in. If anything, we looked like the average people who would be checking in on a worried family. Dent was kind enough to drive while I reread the case notes from the initial sweep of the premises. There were many interesting details in it that did not fully add up to paint the picture that I needed. Two places had traces of his magical essence. Magical essence was the calling card which showed the specific DNA of his magic and was just as unique as his actual DNA was. The power that he collected simply enhanced the magical essence instead of altering it. It was the same way that Dominique’s was specific to her as well. A fingerprint of the essence was left behin
THAD “Today will be very hard, but we need to keep up appearances for Jadelynn’s sake. The man who has her might still be watching here to see what we know or suspect. Unfortunately, we would never be able to tell, so we just have to be vigilant,” Mom said. Today would suck like hell, but I would get through it. No matter how hard it would be here without her, it would not compare to whatever she was dealing with. My parents briefly filled me in on who has her. Some douche named Vanosti. He was the one they had been hiding her from. She had overheard ‘Drechen’ in one of her parents’ conversations, and that was what he was apparently. They collected things. This one in particular collected power. He was going to attempt using her to collect some power or other from the Dreamworld. They did not want to worry me too much. Even though I begged them to tell me everything, they insisted that it could block some of my ability to find her because I needed to be able to push past my emotions
JADELYNN I kissed Thad two days ago. He held me and told me that it was going to be okay. He believed me. My Thad knew that I was not crazy. That was the only saving grace in this right about now. I was not crazy. What was I though? I was fucked. Absolutely and royally fucked. It was difficult to wrap my head around this situation because it was so far out in left field that it was almost beyond my comprehension. My room was not that big at all. There was an attached bathroom which I was thankful for because I had been left in this room since the bastard decided to play show and tell. He wanted to show me that he held all of the power before he told me that I was at his mercy. Well, I did not play by anyone’s rules. He would figure that out one way or another. He terrified me because he was able to control things with his mind. He controlled my body without ever touching me. My mind recalled every moment that occurred since I woke up here. It seemed impossible, but I knew that I
JADELYNN While I did not have complete control in the situation that I found myself in, I did enjoy the fact that I could get away with some things regarding Little Bitch. It gave me a little control – something I desperately needed right about now. The other person’s name was Fredricks, but I did not care one bit. Knowing his identity was not my priority because I was more concerned with what was about to happen. I was told to lay down on the couch. Fredricks closed his eyes and began chanting in some foreign language. Very weird but okay. After a couple of minutes, my eyes began to get heavier, and I was being pulled under into oblivion. The chanting was to put me to sleep, and it worked quickly. One moment it was dark behind my eyelids, and the next moment my body slammed against something solid with bruising force. I groaned out with the pain that fall caused. My eyes opened and looked around. I was sitting in a bright meadow. The crisp autumn wind caressed my skin in greeting.
THAD It had been three weeks of learning about how to use this damn tether bullshit. Every time I got frustrated and wanted to call it quits, I remembered why this had to work. It always helped stave off my frustration. I could do this because I needed my girl back where she was safe. The tether between the Guardian and charge was a one-way connection between the two. It did two things. It acted as a compass which pointed towards the charge. It also allowed for the Guardian to connect with the mind of the charge. Once all was said and done, it would help guide me to her while also allowing me to keep tabs on her. Unfortunately, that was easier said than done. I spent multiple hours a day working on this but had yet to make a connection with her. However, I would not give up. “Here. We sealed up some of her clothes in bags to preserve her scent. Maybe this will help you. Don’t focus on finding Jadelynn. Focus on connecting to her. We need to make that connection before we can work on
CAMDEN Justin was on par with my fighting level, so he was kind enough to help get me out of my head and focus on something other than Jadelynn being in Vanosti’s clutches. Nobody called me out on it, and I was thankful for that. It had been four weeks now, and we were still trying to find her. She was our priority. Unfortunately, this was a waiting game because it was not like a neon arrow would fall from the sky and point to where Jadelynn was. Dominique had a couple of potential hits that she was out inspecting and would let us know if they were duds or not. They would be duds knowing how he worked. His cloaking powers made it damn near impossible to get a location on him. That was why we were glad that Jadelynn had Guardians. That tether would be what helped us find her. Guardian Dana confirmed last week that she had been able to establish a connection with Jadelynn. Through the connection, she witnessed Jadelynn gathering information from Soren who was his lackey. We had previ
THAD Four months passed since the night that she was taken from my arms. Four months of fearing for her safety and praying for her protection. It felt good to be doing something to find Jadelynn. Elder Johns was not kidding when he said that there would be plenty of moving around and traveling. The bastard’s ridiculous cloaking powers did not help when it came to locating her. Every time I got close, her location ended up moving. He remained in the states though, so that was at least positive. I did not have a passport, but Dad already told me that there were contacts who could get me any and all necessary travel documents. I was currently driving into Boston to spend the night at a Guardian compound so that I could have an Elder bless the tether again. It was helping because each blessing was pulling it tighter. It was making it easier to feel her direction. Once I parked outside of the compound, I closed my eyes to get my head in the game. Every day without her made it hard to ke