Chapter 61: Its In The Glass

Levi

Who in the fuck does this guy think he is. First, he sends a box with hair from Emma and my sister with a dead animal in it. Then he has the nerve to send sexy lingerie to my mate. I want to kill him or anything right now. I want to let my anger out, but Raine needs Luca and me to keep a level head right now. I know my dad and Flo need us right now too. Their baby girl was just taken right from under our nose. How did they even get her to leave? She knows everything going on right now. Even if Emma got her, I don't see her just walking into danger. Why would Emma come here and not tell us and stay so we could help her. None of this makes sense at all. Finally, Raine is feeling ok enough to walk back inside. We kept her from looking in the box. Luca used his body to block it so she couldn't see anything in it. That wouldn't help her any. I helped Raine up the stairs to make our way to her room. Luca stayed back to talk to dad and Flo to see if they knew anything else. I opened the door and led her to sit on the bed.

"I need to brush my teeth." She said as she left my side and went to the bathroom. I sat on the edge of her bed and placed my head in my hands. I am not sure how we are supposed to keep her safe when Mia could just go missing from our house. Emma is her best friend, and I thought she would do anything to protect Raine and all of us. Hell, I still believe that, and that is why none of this makes sense to me. I hear the sink water cut off, so I lift my head. I don't want to show weakness when I know Raine needs me to be strong.

"How much worse can this all get?" Raine says, and I want to tell her not to say that because it might do just that, but I don't.

"It's ok. We will get them back and stop whoever this is, Raine, I promise." I tell her as she takes a sip of the water on the table.

"I trust you and everyone here. I know we will do everything to get them back. I just... want them back now and nothing to happen to them." She says with tears in her eyes. I understand her pain. That is my sister, and not only is Emma her best friend, but she is like a sister to me. She has been around for as long as I can remember. I feel the worst for Rod right now. I could not imagine if it was Raine that had been taken. I would be losing my mind. I pull her down on my lap and wrap my arms around her to hold her as close to me as I can get her. I place my head in her neck at my mark and inhale. Her scent is like a natural relaxer. I feel her head lay against mine as she takes a deep breath as well. I guess my scent does the same for her.

"I love you so much," I tell her.

"I love you too." She replies as we sit there holding each other. She breaks the silence first, this time.

"What was in the box, Levi?" Her question takes me by surprise. I was hoping she forgot about the box.

"Are you sure you want to know?"

"Yes, I need to know."

"There was a strip of Emma and Mia's hair." I pause, not knowing if I should tell her the rest.

"What else was there?"

"There was a dead animal and some clothes." I don't want to tell her what kind, please don't ask what kind.

"What kind of clothes? Were they Emma or Mia's?" I take a deep breath, not sure how to word it.

"It was lingerie. I think that was left in there for you." I spit out with a growl. She takes a deep breath and reaches for the glass of water on the nightstand again. She takes a big gulp and finishes it off.

"That is never going to happen. No one will ever see me in lingerie but my mates." She says, and I can hear the hostility in her voice which makes me smile for some reason.

"Good, and it better stay that way," I say with another laugh as I place a small kiss on her lips.

"Thank you for getting me water." She says as she smiles at me.

"I would get you anything you need, love, but I didn't get you any water," I tell her as we both look to the glass that had been sitting on the nightstand.

"But... It was still cold." She says with a look back to me than the glass. I lift it and sniff the cup, but I don't smell anything other than water. We both glance around the room, but nothing looks out of place to me. Raine jumps up off my lap and walks to the chest. She keeps her clothes in and opens the top drawer. I get up and walk behind her.

"What is it?" I ask her cause I feel the panic coming off her.

"Someone has been in here and gone through my drawer. I never leave the drawers cracked. It drives me crazy. I think some of my...." She says, then stops herself before looking at me.

"Some of your what?" I say, trying to get her to complete her sentence.

"Some of my under stuff is gone." She says, and her face turns red as she looks away from me. A growl leaves my mouth, and it is not quiet at all. Raine jumps from the sound.

"I am sorry. I did not mean to scare you." I tell her as I wrap my arm around her waist. I guess my growl was thunderous cause the door busted open, and Luca, dad, and Barrett were both charging into the room.

"What happened?" Luca says, looking around the room.

"Someone has been in the room and took some of Raine's things," I tell him looking from him to the drawer. He knows exactly what I am talking about because the low growl that leaves him says he does.

"Did they only take clothes?" Barrett asks as he glances around the room.

"I think that is all," Raine answers before I can.

"I guess they made it up here before leaving with Emma. I don't smell anyone and didn't when we came in either." I let them know. Barrett looks around the room and starts to murmur something under his breath. He then starts to walk toward the bed. He reaches the bed and looks to the end table. He picks up the glass that had water in it and turns his attention back to us.

"What was in this glass?"

"It was water," Raine tells him, then looks to me.

"She drank the water thinking that I got it for her when she was brushing her teeth. I didn't get it so we are unsure where it came from." I tell Barrett so that everyone is caught up on what is going on.

"This is not good. As warlocks, we can do a lot of things using water and stuff that we can make look and taste like water that is not water at all. Do you feel any different?"

"I feel fine," Raine tells him, but I can feel the panic set in, so I put my arm around her to steady her. I want to take the glass and see if I can figure out what was in it. There is a black residue around it, so I know that there was something other than just water in it. If you start to feel anything, let me know right away." Barrett says as he walks back toward the door to leave.

"We are going to head back downstairs. Let me know if anything changes." Dad says as he walks out the door, closing it behind him, leaving Luca and me with Raine. She starts to cry as soon as the door shuts. I wrap my arms around her, pulling her into my chest. Luca steps behind her, placing his hands on her back, showing her that we are both here to protect her.