Breathe

Chapter 15

JOY LEIRIA

I wake up with my head painful and my hands shaking badly in shackles. I raise my head up and I see Max sitting on a chair in front of me.

“What happened?” I ask him never having felt that much power before.

“Your sister is protected or maybe you angered the wrong coven” Max says and I look at him confused.

“You killed a regent Joy, no crime goes unpunished” Max says and I shake my head no.

“Please, let me out of these and lets talk ok? You want me to apologise for what I did? Fine then I’m so-“ 

“Don’t do that.” He cuts me off and my mouth snaps shut, he continues “Don’t apologise especially over this when you know exactly why you did what you did Joy. At first I believed it was your aunty’s influence but you manipulating me, that was all you. This is who you are, I can't believe you were willing to sacrifice your own sister for whatever this is” Max says and I don’t respond “You don’t know what you did by bringing Lindelwa back” Max says.

“I did what I had to do for my family Max you have to understand” I plead.

“There’s always loopholes in magic Joy, if you had just came to me and I would have guided you towards the right path. What was the deal you made with Lindelwa?” He asks and I don’t respond, he moves in closer to me and I move back having never seen him this scary before he even has veins below his eyes and his pupils are red and scary.

“She said she wanted to undo what she failed to do all those years ago. I don’t know anything else” I admit to him and he returns to the chair, I try to stretch my hand out and I learn that he locked me into a boundary spell.

“Unlike you, this boundary spell can only be removed by me and only if I die. Your mistake was anchoring the spell to yourself because when you passed out, we were all able to come out. I have to go and undo the mess you’ve created” Max says and he stands up and walks towards the exit.

“Max wait” I say to him and he stops in his tracks. “I’m sorry”

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ANELISA ADAMS

I never wanted this life, I never wanted my children subjected to this life because I knew and understood the dangers of witchcraft. When I almost lost Sibu all those years ago, I vowed that this was not the life for me or my children, living in constant fear of their great grandmother coming after them, their great grandmother trying to kill me and maybe at some point she’ll succeed. I never wanted my babies to be part of this and now they are in too deep, Sibu has suggested that we call Max for help but we have only reached his voicemail. Ntando is of no help because ever since he went missing he came back without the ability to do any magic so I don’t know how we going to bring back my daughter. I hate the fact that we just got Ntando and Mona back only to lose Sybil and Nellie’s phone is also out of service.

I feel my husband stand behind me and he places his hands on my shoulders, “Penny for your thoughts?” He says.

“When will we ever get a break? Maybe I should just sacrifice my life and my children will be safe” I say and then risk a glance at the mirror before us, he looks at me and he squints his eyes at me.