Chapter 132 Calculated trap
Alessias POV
I hold on to the photograph as if all my answers can be retrieved from it .The council chambers is still too full .None of them has moved or said anything in a while . I let out a deep breath and turn to Alex once more.
"Alex can you tell me everything you know about my Father ?" I say finally
At least we can start from there . I know Alex will not mince his words or twist the truth in anyway.
Alex nods “ Sure Alessia ,Gabreal Sirrano went missing about 12 years ago. The rumours wore he was lost at sea but mind you there was no body recovered."
How convenient, Body lost at sea ..
"My mother told me the same thing" I whisper
"It just feels too convenient now when you think about it" he adds
"Yes it does" Everything is pointing to him being killed because they wanted him out of the picture.
I turn to Enya Did you hear about my Father's dissapearance?"
"Yes we heard about it" She says "Your mother sent me a letter it was the last I received from her."
"How did My mum cope after he disaapeared" I continue "Was she fine ? Who helped her?"
She was alone
No Partner
No coven
With a 10 year old child
Everyone looks at me without saying a word until Frederic pipes in.
"Alessia your mother was a strong woman.No one doubted that she will survive out there .Besides we knew next to nothing about her life at the Sirrano mansion."
I stare at him for a fee minutes,but they could have sent a few members to xheck on her though. Its almost as if they were angry she left.
"He is right Alessia"Melissa confirms "She never seemed like there was anything she could not handle."
So because she could hane everything you don't try and support her regardless ? Wow what a coven
There are low mumurs of ascent among the council members but I dont say a word.
If she was okay how did they get to her ?The memory comes to me unwanted ,unbidden , the way she looked frail after her walk .Purple tinge on her fingers.
I gulp hard tunring to Enya once more “Then one snowy evening she came home after a market run with the chills …”
I remember it as if it was yesterday .How she could barely catch her breath .How I made her favourite chicken noodle soup but she would not swallow choosing to sip warm water instead.
“By morning , the purple tinge has spread around hee body . Like it was poisoning her veins”
The rooms falls silent as the exchange guilty looks. Good you are all guilty you abandoned her!
“I called our Doctor he said he has never seen anything like it” I say “Tests were run, her bloodwork came back fine but yet she was withering before my very eyes .By the second day she could barely breath and by the third evening ….”
My throat closes up as tears rush to my eyes . I cant finish for a moment…
Taking a deep breath I look around the table once
“By the third evening My mother was gone.”
“There is no way that was an illness it moved too fast” I whisper “I know it was a spell.”
Enyas face tightens her eyes filling with sympathy
“Think back did you feel or see anything out of the ordinary?” She asks
I close my eyes trying to relive the very moment once more. “Yes The air in the room felt thick and oppressive, at that time I didn't know magic existed.”
Angelica lets out a deep breath “A fast curse like that must have been done by a very powerful witch/wizard”
“Indeed” Orzo agrees “It is created to strike fast and attack her vitals immediately for rapid death.”
Death
They killed her
“And a few months later” I continue “La Rosa is take. Right under my nose”
“And you are wrongfully accused” Alex adds quietly Am I the only one sensing a pattern here?
Pattern of destruction
“My Father was taken out of the picture first.”I say slowly “Then my mother was attacked.”
“It was common knowledge she was the keeper” Luca mutters “they know without her La Rosa is ripe for taking.”
“Because Alessia was all alone” Alex adds
Indeed I was alone
Powers bound
Naive
Easy to frame
“If it really was La Geneve” I say leaning back and trying to see the fill picture “Then it seems their patience ran out towards the end.”
Enya leans on the table slightly “Even if ,The curse would have been administered by someoen close to your mother she says slowly or it was done on one of her personal items”
My stomach twists with this knowledge
So someone in the house ?
“So they have an inside man in the Sirrano estate?” I ask “Thats the only obvious conclusion” Enya adds.
They had planned it
Calculated to the last detail
“It wasn't a random attack” I whisper even though we already established that fact
“No Alessia it wasn't”Alex agrees “It was a calculated move”
“They wanted me to watch my mother crumble and die . Put fear in me and make me destabilized before stealing La Rosa”
“I was their scapegoat” I murmur
“Unfortunately, you were but they miscalculated something” Alex says
Yes they did
They thought my life will end there .The Sirranos will kill me and End Molano bloodline .What they didn't expect is me making it out safely and ending up in Alex's arms .
“They kidnapped my father at sea” I say “and cursed my mother to death.Then they stole La Rosa de la vita from the Sirrano’s and framed me!”
In a few deadly moves they would have eradicated us all . Pattern is clear for all to see .
“And since La Geneva has La Rosa they are the obvious culprits. I just need proof . This is something they had been planning for a long time”
First take the Mate
Eliminte the guardian
Take the Magic relic and let the daughter be blamed
“They thought experiencing all of these things will break me, They did not even expect me to make it out if the Sirrano’s dungeon” I say softly My eyes flashing with fire as it stirs in my belly. Fingers tightening on the photograph. The only one I have of my parents.
“But they will soon realize ,they were very wrong .” My words echo in the room like an oath …