Forget Me Not (Book 3 of Acceptance Series)

Chapter 39

Aenes bit back a small chuckle and slowly nodded. He didn't say a word while he took the siblings to the waiting Warriors before he turned around and walked back over to us.

There was this sense of urgency that followed him while he did so, something that we didn't understand but also didn't like. It was as if he felt like he was running out of time from something, something big that could be dangerous to me and the rest of my siblings.

"Should we at least try to help Aenes get them out of the car?" Mel asked, her voice barely above a whisper when he walked away with two other younger siblings, and I instantly shook my head no. "Why not?"

"Because he didn't tell us to leave the safety of the car," I replied, my voice the same level as hers. I licked my lips and cleared my throat while I shifted in my seat. 'Talk like this,' I said through our mindlink, 'so that we don't scare our siblings.'

Mel bit back a small scoff but rolled her eyes. She didn't say a word and narrowed her eyes while she scowled, but her meaning was clear.

They were already scared...

I also held back an eye roll but sighed while I moved a hand through my hair. 'I know that they are already scared, Mel,' I said, 'but I don't want them to know that we are running out of time.'

"Is something wrong?" one of my sisters asked while she looked between the two of us with furrowed brows while Aenes made his way back to the van. "Why are you two so stiff?"

I bit back a small sigh and shook my head. "It's nothing to worry about, Lorrie," I said, trying to soothe her worries while I looked at her, biting back a small smile. "We are ok. There are only four of you left that need to be taken out besides Mel and I, and then we will be fine."

But why did it feel like we wouldn't be..?

Lorrie pressed her lips into a thin line and narrowed her eyes. She opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted when Aenes cleared his throat, she instantly looked at him with wide eyes.

"It's your turn, Lorrie," he said and bowed his head a little before he looked at one of my brothers, who was named Michael, beside her. "And yours," he added, "so if you two come over here, we will take you two out and then get the last two."

Lorrie pursed her lips in annoyance and looked at me. She wanted to stay and argue; I could tell, but thankfully, she didn't with a single look from me. "Ok," she said while she slowly nodded and started to make her way over to Aenes with Michael following her.

She got out of the car and instantly wrapped her legs around his waist and so did Michael, and I couldn't help but smirk while I watched Aenes struggle a little with those two siblings, especially since they were older and taller than the others he had dealt with before them.

'You warned him,' Mel said with a small chuckle while we watched them. 'They are at least five feet anyway.'

I bit back a small chuckle and slowly nodded. 'They're going to get taller before middle school ends,' I said, earning a snort from Mel.

"Why is it that you two get to walk out?" our last brother, Ethan, asked from inside the van, watching as Aenes finished getting Lorrie and Michael to safety. "And why are you snorting?"

"Because Lorrie and Michael are five feet, and Lorrie is just legs," I replied, "and I don't know why we are walking out, but I think one of the main reasons is that I would be a struggle to carry, especially since I am six feet and something inches, and Mel is close to six feet as well."

"I am not that close to being six feet, so shut up, TJ," Mel said while she scowled and narrowed her eyes at me, even though a small smile appeared on her lips. "I'm not five feet and eleven inches."