Year 1853“Oh, I almost kissed you and gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Thank goodness you're awake,” Xander sighed. His hands cleaned the remnants of dirt stuck to her hair.Thea was still panting heavily.She played in the water and almost drowned in the bath, but what she felt this time was a hundred times more painful. She felt her nose sore and her head hurt. Her chest tightened a little and her stomach constricted. Thea grabbed Xander's shirt and coughed."Can you get me out of here, Xander?" She asked.Xander's eyes widened.A second later he smiled bitterly."If you get out of here, where will you go?""I don't know. Anywhere is fine. As long as it's not here. I'm afraid I'll lose control and avenge them."After a few times she had experienced this, her fearful ethereal soul had disappeared. All she could do now was endure it. But how long will she last? Which one will come fir

Year 1853 Thea moved freely as she wish. She even deliberately avoided other children and hide from them as much as possible after finishing her work. There were several kids who tried to approach her. She didn't know what their motive was and Thea didn't want to give them a chance to bully her again. She couldn't stop being alert after what happened to her over and over again. Thea also wondered why Ben and the gang had been so quiet these past few days. She always thought they cooked something for her as a surprise attack. And Thea needed to get ready. As the day passes, Thea and Xander became closer than before. Actually, it made her felt happy even though there were only the two of them.  "This," One day, Xander presented her with a pocket knife. Its shape was not too big nor too small. There was some rust on the handle. But it was still working fine overall. "What's this?" Thea asked not because she didn't kn

Year 1853As they came closer, Thea hid herself as deep as possible. She gripped the knife Xander had given her.Since receiving it, she always carried it with her everywhere.The only one who could protect herself is her."Did you see her?"Thea held her breath. Their voices were so close."I saw her heading this way.""Are you sure?""Yes," they talked to each other.But among all those people, she didn't hear Ben's voice.Why would she care if Ben was there or not? She just wanted them all to leave her alone.They looked around but no one saw Thea.After a few minutes, they finally left the back door and came back in.Thea waited a little longer before finally deciding to leave.No one would have guessed where she was hiding.She came out of the chimney and quietly headed for her room.Unfortunately, the calm she felt was short-lived.Someone was already

Year 1853 Sometimes, gray is seen as a sign of an impending storm. But in this moment, the thick gray clouds hung in the sky, marking the start of the autumn season. Miss Yerez looked at Thea and Xander who were already standing in her room before she even told them to come. She narrowed his eyes. "Why are you here so early?" Xander beat Thea and replied, “Miss Yerez, I'm sorry we barged in without permission, something's bad about to happen to Thea last night, that's why I was here since to protect her.”  "You're staying the night here?" Miss Yerez was taken aback. "What happened? Why both of you didn't inform me anything?" "It's late at night and we don't want to disturb your rest, moreover it hasn't happened yet, Miss. Ben and the other kids are planning to do something again to Thea." Miss Yerez sighed. That kid was always causing trouble lately. But she couldn't do anything. She didn't have the heart

Year 1853 The man in front of them looked at their face for the last time. He, who initially seemed annoyed, finally nodded. "Alright, I'll take them both," He pointed at Xander and Rose. Miss Yerez, Xander and Rose were shocked. "But, the one that I talked before is-" "Is there a problem?" the man shoot a cold look. Miss Yerez glanced at the butler, but he shook his head. "W..well, then it will be processed like the previous agreement?" The man stood up and called his Butler. "He will sort things out." After leaving his business to the butler, the man walked away. "Let's finish our business, Ma'am." The butler instructed Miss Yerez to follow him. Xander and Rose looked confuse, but they couldn't hide their joy. "We did," Rose whispered. In fact, she overheard Miss Yerez talking to the other Sisters about the upcoming adoption for Thea. At first, she didn't think anything of it, but when