The Kingdom of Grace

Three months later…

Sarah’s Diary

March 5, 2011

Dear Madam Diary,

These last 11 months as a hellhound has almost killed my human side and what I mean is my mother, aka mother hellhound, asks me if I ever drink the blood from any human or creature since my transformation, and I bend the truth because my fear was losing my witch magic again. To drink innocent human or creature, it’s not only against God’s will, but it’s also like losing part of your human side, which these creatures of the Netherworld lack in. My hellhound sisters told me that they found out what happened to my biological mother and she was pronounced dead a couple of months ago due to two souls that were shearing her organs internally. My remaining family is my hellhound sisters and my adopted mother, the dark witch can kiss my flat tail for I don’t care about her desires… I just want to figure out what am I going to do after the war between good and evil is over, and maybe I can still keep the promise to my sister, Miranda, however, I’m concerned to abandon the hellhounds and I could be sentenced to death without permission.

My first goal is to follow orders from mother hellhound and the dark witch, the second goal is to follow the dark witch’s path and report it to my mother, and the final goal is to find a way we could kill the witch before the ceremony next month.

Until next time, have a nice day.

Love

Sarah G.

Sarah hid her diary inside her little bag to avoid the attention, returned to the hellhound territory after grabbing a bottle of human blood for her mother, she accidently bumped into the dark witch, and caught the bottle before it hit the ground. The dark witch was wearing transparent , violent-red clothes which showed her exposed body including her chest and private area, and she immediately got angry for knocking over the assistant of the master plan.

“Do you have manners, child?! You almost ruined my sexy clothing! Bloody hell, when are you kids going to show respect towards your elders and adults?!”, the dark witch said before she went into the bar to grab a bottle of wine.

Sarah’s first thought was to kill her with a poison spell, however, she sensed there was something inside the dark witch’s mind that wasn’t normal in her demonic level, and she kept walking to avoid the situation becoming worse. She enters in her flat territory, her sisters were entertaining their mother with simple one-by-one making out, and they stop as Sarah enters the room and give the bottle to her mother.

“Well, well, butcher who shows up after hours of disappear into her space, and where have you been, sister?”, hellhound #1 said.

“No mean to par, I think you all should take a chill pill before you speak, otherwise you would be bored out of your mind with making each other, kidnapping creatures, and eatend creatures alive while they were screaming like cats and dogs.”, Sarah said as she butchers at her sisters’ experisson.

“Oh really? Then why don’t you come closer and I’ll show you…”, hellhound #2 said before she was silent by the mother hellhound.

The mother hellhound gets up from her bed and approaches Sarah as she was reading her body language, and she could tell something was wrong earlier. She lifted her chin, stared deeply into her eyes, and brushed her hair on the side to make her talk more about her thoughts.

“It’s okay, darling, we know that you want a family to feel appreciated toward you, yes?”, mother hellhound said as she held her chin up.

“Yes, mother.”, Sarah said as she butchers into her mother’s eyes.

“As a family, we never hid from each other, darling, and you can speak freely about what’s in your thoughts. Is there something you like to tell us, Sarah?”, mother hellhound said as she walks behind her and moves her claw across her neck.

Sarah couldn’t risk exposing her witch magic to her mother, however, her sisters knew she had witch magic, and promised to not say a word or she quickly kills them within a blink of their eyes. She thought of a good response to her mother’s question without exposing her true thoughts about killing the dark witch earlier.

In the bible, First John Chapter three verse four, it says Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin the transgression of the law. Million years ago, when the Earth and Heaven were created, one of God’s angels doesn’t believe he should follow his lord, instead he wanted an army to take over the heaven under his command, however, the Lord ban all the angels was following the sinner into the Netherworld for eternity. As days become years, the angel known as the evil lord has plans to gain more souls to join his army to fight against God’s angels, however, every battle he fought, his enemy wins through the strength of love. Now, in the modern days, his plans become more accurate to target the ones who’s Christians or Catholics or any religion believes in God and his Son, Jesus Christ, and non-believers who don’t see the existence of the Lord or the evil lord. Inside the jail cell, William and Elizabeth were on their knees as they butchered in a different direction and the dark soldiers holding their neck to witness the dark witch tasting the unknown tree of life from the evil lord’s private area. She is moaning as she goes deep into his private area and tastes his unknown tree of life before the evil lord commands her to get up and taste her unknown tree of life. His serpent tongue has reached all the way inside her, private her and tastes her unknown tree of life with no regrets to show the sorcerers what they could have if they bow down to him. The former commander was chain on his hands as two hard iron nail pins through his hands into the ground and on his knees, he nodded his head for the evil lord hadn’t changed since the beginning of time and waited for a perfect time to spoil their fun.

“I see you still follow that unwanted witch for 300 years, should I suggest get rid of her before she poisons your lips?”, the former commander said.

“Why don’t you be quiet and enjoy your entertainment while you still breathe for now?”, the dark witch said as she moaned and touched her lord’s spiky hair.

“Bloody hell, I didn’t think your voice got much worse than a broken doll voice.“, the former commander said before he laughed.

The dark witch got tired of being patient toward her former comrade and choked his neck with her magic, he struggled to get out of her magic, but sensed strange magic coming from her mind, and wondered if there was another unknown evil magic appearing in the other evil lord. As he continues to fight for air, the evil lord releases his tongue out of her private area and grabs a large amount of her unknown tree of life, and see if the sorcerers are willing to go against their Lord’s will.

“My dear, it seems you haven’t got the proper love from your husband, eat this and it’ll make you feel way better. Become my queen and we’ll have as many children as you please.“, the evil lord said as he butchers at Elizabeth.

“Get the poison away from me, I don’t need your power to get what I want, and my husband is more manly than you could ever think of.“, Elizabeth said as she was groaning to avoid seeing the unknown tree of life.

“Oh, too bad you miss your chance, dear… William, I bet you want to know what makes any women so good inside their soul. If you try this, then you know exactly how good it is to make a woman feel pleasure. What do you say?“, the evil lord said as he shows the unknown tree of life to William.

William is a man who can fight his desires and rather be with his family more, however, he glimpses at the unknown tree of life, and immediately feels sick to his stomach. His whole face was turning light yellow, his hands were shaking from his sickness, and his stomach was tight like a snake holding its victims. He shakes his head as no and the evil lord walks away from them, and order his soldiers to place them back into the cage, except for the former commander, which he has lots of torture games to play with him.

“You sorcerers are more difficult than I thought, but no worries, I’ll get you both soon. Maybe separating the two of you will do the trick for next time. Soldiers, take this homeless spirit into my chamber, and he better not be on my bed!! I have a housekeeper to clean up my mess earlier. Let’s go, witch.“, the evil lord said before he follows his soldiers to his chamber.

The dark witch follows her lord behind him, thinking of her plan is one step closer than she thought, and now she can focus on killing him and then the ceremony of a new lord of the Netherworld. Over 300 years, she had been under the evil lord as his assistant and every day she tries to please him, but his worth to her isn’t going to come anytime soon, and she realized that he must be destroyed before he makes her more miserable than in the past.

“Calling me housekeeper instead of your queen or princess, watch and learn not to trust a witch and never call me names that sound so low-key”, the dark witch thought before she laughed softly.

March 5, 2011 (thirty-eight past three)

Lillian was walking around inside her former home at the Kingdom of Grace, it remains beautiful without a trace of damage walls and ceilings, she walks into the ballroom where her mother had her danced with her father after they got married and celebrate the birth of her and her siblings, and it was the most memorable place she could remember. The ballroom represented the colours of the miracle of Jesus Christ sacrificing himself to save God’s children from sinners of humanity, her feet felt a soft touch of the angels watching over the kingdom for hundreds of years, and there was an angel of a musician playing a song that her mother taught her as a young princess. Lillian walks toward her sister’s room, where the view of the window was their garden of Eden, not similar to the garden that God has created for Adam and Eve, it was their own image of peace and harmony with the creatures of day and night that she dreamed of ever since she was a young princess. Sarah was fond of medical equipment, so she kept a 14th Century First-Aid kit hanging on the wall in case one of their nurses wasn’t available to assist. Across from Sarah’s room, she walks over to Samuel’s room, she remembers what her father told them that God has spoken through his ears and says a young boy will be wiser than his father and his journey begins. After they found out that Samuel was going to be the next wise man, her father trained his mind about the bible and the wonders of God has created over the years, however, Samuel felt that his siblings would turn against him and distance himself from his father’s work. Lillian pass by his bed and saw his bible open to Exodus Chapter one verse seven and suddenly hear a gentle knock on the door, she remembers where Samuel hidden the weapon called the Spear of Life, ancient weapon created by God who gave to Solomon to protect it throughout the rest of his life as the weapon is used for bringing back a soul or send the soul into heaven or Netherworld; If fell into the hands of evil, the weapon can reverse its magic against innocent people. Lillian was preparing to strike whoever walked into her brother’s room, she heard the door open, and immediately there were tears dropping from her face as she saw a familiar face wearing the clothing that he ruled the kingdom over a decade. She hid the weapon before he approached her and lifted her chin up as he brushed her hair on the side.

“You just like your mother, my Lily… Do you miss you?”, Solomon said as he butchers into his daughter’s eyes.

“Miss you? I miss you bloody much, father… Mother couldn’t sleep for a year after we departed from the kingdom, and my siblings miss you so much. Father, we wanted you back flat to us, and how long will it be until…”, Lillian said before her father covered her mouth.

Solomon cover her mouth because he’s not the only one listening to his chinwag, although the evil lord never sleeps through the day and night, Solomon somehow appear in his daughter’s dream in spiritual contract to get a chance to see his eldest child before he goes back to being in sleep prison of his soul.

“Don’t say too much sensitive information for you-know-who did this to me and has my eyes, my ears, my mouth, and my memories as he’s the primary control center of my body. I miss your mother so much that I couldn’t remember our days together before we became parents to you and your siblings. If only I haven’t got direct spiritual contact with that spirit, then my mind wouldn’t think madness, and my family would still be with me…… How long ago since the event, my child?”, Solomon said as he holds his daughter close to his heart.

“More than 600 years, father, we struggled at first and then we got the hang of it, and mother enjoyed playing the piano as her sanctuary.”, Lillian said as she held her father on his waist.

“I see……. Lillian, you must leave this dreamland, my spirit is pulling back into my prison. Laid down on the bed, it’s going to be okay, and tell them that I miss them and I love them so much.”, Solomon said as he guided his daughter to lay on the bed and tuck her in the blanket.

“Okay, father, I love you and good night, heavenly dreams, and I promise we’ll save you before your soul sinks into the world of evil.”, Lillian said as she butchers into her father’s eyes.

“I love you too, and goodnight, my Lily, heavenly dreams.”, Solomon said before he witnessed his daughter close her eyes slowly and brush her hair on the side.

Lillian felt fear as she closed her eyes, wondering if the evil lord was going to seduce her again in her dreams, and then she hears a voice calling her name multiple times. When she opened her eyes, she was full of tears in her eyes, Harry passed her a tissue box to wipe off and blow her nose quietly to avoid waking everyone up, and then she lay back on her pillow.

“Are you okay, Lillian?”, Harry asked as he butchers into her eyes

“I’m okay, how long did you lay in my bed?”, Lillian asked as she butchers into his eyes.

“At least 20 minutes, you were mumbling about your father coming flat with you and your family, and your eyes were pouring tears faster than quicksand.”, Harry said.

“I see, did anyone else wake up from my mumbling?”, Lillian said.

“Just me, my milady, no one has a good hearing like I do, and I was thinking about my parents until I heard you mumbling words and I came in to check on you.”, Harry said.

“I appreciate your kindness, no one has ever worried about my health, except for my family… Tell me about your parents, Harry.”, Lillian said before she touches his soft cheek.

“Well, it’s a little difficult to explain, however, my parents met at a reform school for sorcerers and sorceresses, my father was half-human and half-sorcerer, a little troublemaker like myself, and his parents sent him there for better hope in their son’s future. My mother was half-human and half-werewolf, and one-fourth of the sorceress from her great grandmother, although they said she couldn’t enter the reform school because she was part werewolf, until my grandmother put enchant spell on their eyes and they let her stay at the school as she doesn’t cause trouble. They bump into each other at the gym and my mother couldn’t stop staring at my father’s eyes and my father couldn’t stop calling her a beautiful flower. After they graduated from reform school, they got married and moved into their flat at Liverpool, and then years later, I was born and they named me after my great great uncle who passed away after my father was five years old.”, Harry said before he smiled at Lillian.

“I see, they must be bloody happy together.”, Lillian said before she smiles back at Harry.

“They are…. Enough about me, that’s not why I came into your room, remember? You don’t have to hide your thoughts from me, you can tell me anything that you want to release out of your chest, and no one has to know about it until you’re ready.”, Harry said as he lay closer to her personal space and butchers into her eyes as he brushes her hair on the side.

Lillian couldn’t figure out how Harry was relaxing her mind after seeing her former flat and her father, her body was completely still as a tree and Harry was holding her hand as he kissed gently without making her feel uncomfortable. She observed how he kisses her hand as if he wants her because of her royal status or her personality has given him a boost of joy that he couldn’t stand seeing other men hitting on her.

“Harry, my father wants me to tell them how much he misses their presence and he loves them, but I’m afraid to say it in front of them. Mother will be heartbroken if something happens to him, and Sarah couldn’t bear facing my father after 600 years or more because of his absence. It’s pressure toward me because I’m the eldest child, and they expect me to become queen to take over the kingdom, however, I have many discussions with my mother about becoming a writer to the people and share my experience around the world, and I was afraid to speak to my father about my future career. My father knew I didn’t like the idea of ruling the kingdom because it shouldn’t be in our birth right to rule the kingdom, and he would give the kingdom to my uncle and aunt.”, Lillian said.

“I understand, don’t feel like you have to be the responsible person, and I don’t blame your mother what she’s going through, the truth is we all have to be a responsible people in order to survive this world, and if one person is the sole responsible person, then the rest of humanity will fall under the world of darkness and there will be no angels or the Lord will save them once they made a choice to ignore the Lord.”, Harry said.

“I see what you’re saying, love. Do you ever think of one day you’ll lose one of your parents?”, Lillian said as she holds his hand and rubs back and forth.

“As a young child, my mother and I constantly worried about my father, he used to work at a business office where he has to complete the flies before the deadline, and usually he doesn’t come home until late at night. My mother is half-werewolf and she could sense his mental health was getting worse and begged him to take a two-week vacation with his family to Paris, however his work wouldn’t allow him to take a vacation until he gave them a month’s notice and he could only take vacation about once every two years. When I was five years ago, my father suffered anxiety attack and was sent to the hospital for a few days, and unfortunately, his job let him go without a reason; We try to sue them for letting my father go without a good reason, but the company has a liability insurance to make sure that they would win the case without paying. Later that night, I hear a noise coming from my parents’ room, I quietly sneak a peek in their room with the door open where they couldn’t see me, and my mother was drinking his blood as my father holds her waist around his arms. He didn’t suffer her bite, he wanted it to know what it was like to feel the bite of the werewolf….. Somehow, his mental health has reduced, and they spotted me at the door, and joined them on their bed as we went to sleep like little angels.”, Harry said.

“You’re lucky to have such lovely parents who are willing to sacrifice their selfish ways to please one another. How do you feel about me?”, Lillian said.

Harry’s face went full red after Lillian questioned her personality and physical appearance. To be honest, he doesn’t know how to respond without offending her character as a woman and princess, however, he’s willing to respond to her question as politely as he could.

“Bloody mercy on me, my milady, I love how you butcher like a beautiful sunflower, and my heart would stop until I have you by my side. That’s what I feel about you, Lillian. I want us to be together more than friends, as a couple, marry you, have children together, and maybe have grandchildren too. I love you, nothing is going to happen to you or your family, and as long as I’m here, I’m going to protect you no matter what happens to me because no one frightens me, except for our Lord God and his son, okay.”, Harry said before he and Lillian sit up on the bed and holding hands.

Lillian leaned in to kiss his soft lips, Harry never felt such a lovely kiss from a former princess, and he could feel her emotions toward his soul as she pushed him gently on her bed. She breaks off the kiss, butchers at Harry, and touches his chest as she sees what her mother wants her to do: Find love, get married, and have children with a man who cares about her and her health in his soul. Harry was observing her movement on his chest and butchers into her eyes, saying she was a beautiful flower that needs to be awakened from her slumber and sits up to kisses her neck.

“Harry, I don’t think we do this unless…”, Lillian whispers to Harry until he shushes her words and places her hand on his muscular chest.

“Our Lord, forgive us for what we have done is considered against your will, in Jesus name, Amen…… This belongs to you, Lillian, everything you see on my body is yours, including my private area that goes inside of you. Whenever you are ready to go that far, I’m willing to do anything to please you as long as we obey our Lord and his commandments.”, Harry said as he moved her hand down to his private area slowly.

“Are you sure, my love?”, Lillian asked as she observed her hand moving back to his chest.

“I’m positive, as long as you know everything you see on my body is yours and everything I see on your body is mine.”, Harry said as he lifts her chin up and moves his hand down from her neck to her chest.

Lillian couldn’t resist how handsome Harry is for a young man, she wants to do bloody special to Harry after Olivia explained his previous relationship, she took his hand, unzip her dress to expose her body in front of his eyes, and they lay down to continue making love to each other through the night. Harry remembered his previous relationship wasn’t serious as his mother exposed his ex-girlfriend desires for his father’s possession of collection in China, which was worth millions of quids, and now he found such a lovely woman and kissing on her soft lips, his past can no longer haunt him as he promised himself to protect Lillian from any danger and to keep her in his heart as long as he can. His lips kiss down her neck to her stomach as she moans softly and touches his soft hair as he goes up to her neck, and the two pause for a moment to glimpse at each other. Harry and Lillian spend the night together to discuss the constellation stars they see upon the sky and she explains to Harry the symbol on her necklace and on her back and why she must protect it from sinners of humanity, and then they fall asleep with their hand-holding and legs on lock mode. Harry peeks at Lillian sleeping like his precious treasure awaits to be discovered and kisses her back before he goes back to sleep along with her.

March 5, 2011 (Three past five)

Olivia’s Diary

March 5, 2011

Dear Madam Diary,

I’m not sure what just happened this morning, Harry was smiling at Lillian and he helped her in her seat during breakfast, and her brothers knew what just happened to Harry and Lillian. We waited for two hours for them to come downstairs to eat breakfast, however, we kept each other entertainment as Jacob and Katherine were playing Heart and Soul by Hoagy Carmichael, James and Sarah were cuddling each other as they were discussing their future with children and possibly moving into a different country like Paris or London or Ireland or America, me and Jessica were chinwag random topics from myth-stories to reality personal feelings; Annabelle, Aurther, and Thomas were listening to Samuel reading the bible in Isaiah Chapter twelve verse two, and Proverbs Chapter three verse thirteen to eighteen. I think everyone’s catching the Valentine’s Day lurgy after James surprised Sarah with a special dinner at the restaurant she hadn’t gone to a long time ago, and I hope and pray my little brother doesn’t follow his path to find love quickly without thinking of his future career. Do I still think about Annabelle’s future with Aurther? Yes and no, because now I’m the solo daydreaming of my sister’s future after what happened between me, James, and Harry; Jessica doesn’t even care about the daydream of her brother’s future with my sister and she felt it’s wrong to predict someone’s future with a false person by their side. I think our friendship fell hard since we lost our flat, and every day, I can sense her magic slipping away from me, and the more I distance myself from her, the harder it is going to be to gain our friendship level after we save the day. After breakfast, we visited our grandparents for the first time in years. Our Grandfather Charles speaks in Geordie dialect since birth and he was surprised to see us without our parents, and we can speak a little Geordie dialect since our father taught us at a young age. Our Grandmother Mary was baking her famous chocolate chip cookies and we came in to hug her tight, and we introduced ourselves to our friends as we sat down in the living room; they questioned our parents’ wellbeing and we bent the truth because we couldn’t break their hearts after what happened to our flat. We also saw our Aunt Mary and Aunt Amanda too, and they were talking about opening their own bakery-cafe like their brother, which makes their mother proud and joy, however, their father was expecting them to get married before opening stores for benefits. After our grandparents visit, everyone went on their separate ways until dinner: I took Annabella and Thomas to the Victoria Tunnel to butcher at the historic scenes from World War Two, James and Sarah went to the River Tyne to give some air, Harry and Lillian went through the woods to listen to nature, whatever he meant to say earlier, and the rest of the group head back flat, just chilling in their room or hanging out at the dining room listening to Katherine and Jacob playing a song. We all agreed to go out to dinner at Blackfriars, except for Thomas being a little sleepy and Katherine didn’t feeling comfortable going out without her husband, and I completely understand how she felt in public while thinking about Solomon. Until next time, have a good evening.

Love

Olivia

Olivia placed her diary inside her pillow, suddenly hear a knocking on the door, Lillian opens the door and checking on her to see if she was ready to go as the group was waiting for her in the dining room, and she quickly finds the causal cloth she wears when her family goes out to eat and went downstairs to meet with the others. 30 minutes later, they were placed at a big round table after James told the host there were 10 of them and the host gave them a menu to butcher at and a compromise basket of bread on the table.

“Heor yee gan, ladies an gentleman, yor servor shud be wi’ yee in yen ma, thank yee aaal fo’ coming tuh Blackfriars.”, the host said before he returns to his post.

Harry was feeling anxiety after the host was speaking in a different dialect where he doesn’t recognize and consider a threat to him and his milady, Lillian holds his hand to relax his mind from going werewolf mode and Harry saw his milady’s hand as he does the breathing exercise that his mother taught him when the werewolf spirit tries to take control of the human spirit.

“Harry, are you feeling okay, mate?”, Jacob said.

“I’m positive Harry only gets nervous when he brings Lillian around in public, you know.”, Olivia said.

“Or Harry gets nervous because it’s the first time he hears a different dialect and couldn’t figure out what the host was saying earlier. It’s okay, mate, you have the Archer siblings to translate every word they say.”, James said as before he pats his back.

“Oh, I appreciate your kind help, James, however, I am just wondering if… if everyone speaks in Geordie dialect in this city, mate.”, Harry hesitated as Lillian rubbed his back to relax.

“Don’t worry, not everyone speaks a permanent Geordie dialect from birth, most people in this city speak partially Geordie dialect and British English, and you have rare ones who speak Geordie dialect and American English,″ Annabella said.

“Really? I thought people who live in the Northern East of Englands speak Geordie dialect, my fair lady, and you’re bloody pretty.”, Aurther said before he kissed Annabelle’s hand.

“Oh, thank you, my kind sir, you’re the most respectable man I ever met.”, Annabelle said.

“Thank you, little sister, for saying the answer. Like she said, not everyone speaks Geordie dialect, mate, so relax and sit back because we’re enjoying our dinner without interruption. Here comes our waitress heading toward our table.”, James said.

“That’s great, mate and I pray that she speaks proper British English or I’ll go werewolf mode, eat her entire body as my meal tonight, and you don’t want it to happen in front of the public.”, Harry hesitated as he thought positive thoughts.

“Welcome, Ladies and gentlemen, to the Blackfriars, my name is Eliza, and I’ll be your waitress this evening. Can I get you all to start it with drinks and more baskets of bread at your table?”, Eliza said as she smiled politely at the group.

“We’ll all have water and more bread will be lovely as well, please and thank you.”, James said.

“No problem, sir, I’ll be right back.”, Eliza said before she walks into the drink station.

“Bloody hell, it’s a miracle, and I don’t have to kill her for tonight. Thank you, Lord God, as you’re good all the time, and work wonders within your hands.”, Harry said as he butchers at the group like a mad man.

“Harry, you should take a walk outside before you sound like a true mental health patient, or plan b, knock you out with a simple sleeping spell.”, Olivia said before she took a bite of her bread.

“No mean to par, mate, it’s not polite to comment on someone’s reaction, especially if someone’s family history of mental issues. Do you know how much it takes for someone to slash at their family members? If I say you have the worst mental problems like me because our fathers are mental health patients, then how will you feel if someone comments about your family’s insane minds? You didn’t know I have mental issues because I never told you until now, what kind of mate are you if you can’t support me or say kind words toward me?”, Harry said as he read her body language.

“Whoa, calm down, mate, I didn’t mean it offends you, I was just saying to chill down your temper before you go into werewolf mode.”, Olivia said as she saw the disappointment of everyone’s face.

“Olivia, maybe you should take a chill pill instead of Harry, and bestie, I already knew Harry has mental issues and he didn’t tell me; I think you need professional help as your father did for your family, it’s the only way to save you from destruction.”, Jessica said as she butchers into her eyes.

“Come on, Jessica, you know I was playing and besides, I don’t need professional help, and everyone needs to relax because we’re having a blast. Whoo!!!”, Olivia said before she raised her bread up and took another bite.

“You took a bite as if you felt guilty about what you said to Harry earlier, Olivia, and the Lord knows when his children start to lie and they continue to lie until they can confess about their jealousy.”, Samuel said before he took a bite of his bread.

“I shouldn’t be telling you this…. Our mother and father were sending you to a priest for a couple of months until you learn how to be a mature lady.”, James said before he took a bite of his bread.

“Really? Sending me to a priest for what reason? They can’t control me or they can’t take care of me properly, brother, or you just want attention to yourself?”, Olivia said curiously and impatiently.

10 minutes later, Eliza came back with their drinks and another basket of bread, she sat the drinks to their right, placed the basket of bread in the centre, and she saw their faces in silence with each other.

“Is everything okay, ladies and gentlemen?”, Eliza asked as she butchers at their facial expression.

“Don’t mind these two, they have a rough afternoon after breakfast, and my mate has difficulty understanding the Geordie dialect, madam. May I say you have the lovely eyes and face.”, Jacob said as he butchers into her eyes.

“Oh, I appreciate your comment, sir, and no need to worry for your mate, I was born speaking Geordie dialect, American English, and British English from my grandparents.”, Eliza said as she smiles at Jacob.

“Really? Bless your heart, Ms Eliza, I hope I didn’t make you too nervous… I was in my deep conscious when I heard the host speak in a different dialect, and thank you for the water and bread. Hmmm, dench!! It’s a delicious soft bread that reminds me of my mate’s parent’s bakery-cafe… Please forgive me, madam, I have mental issues that I need to improve and see a professional as soon as our vacation is over.”Harry said before he sipped his water glass to remain calm.

“I understand your concern, sir, may the Lord heal your soul as he takes away your fear in your mind, in Jesus name, Amen.”, Eliza said.

“Madam, I bet the Americans are a few sandwiches short of a picnic in manners and don’t know how to be proper people.”, Aurther said.

“Sometimes Americans think they know about the world when they shouldn’t explore parts of the universe that the Lord God doesn’t want his children to discover yet. Anyway, Have you all decided what you like to get for an appetizer?”, Eliza said.

“We need a few more minutes, please, it’s lots of food items to choose from this lovely menu, madam.”, Lillian said.

“No problem, I’ll be back in a few minutes to check on you all.”, Eliza said before she goes to her other tables.

“Sarah? Are you feeling alright?”, Samuel said as he saw her expression wasn’t too good news.

“Oh, I’m good, just… Just when we are going to stop running from the public? For hundreds of years, do you know how it feels to watch other women who got married, have children, and their children have grandchildren? We shouldn’t be living this long and who knows how long we got until the ageing process kicks in our body.”, Sarah said as a couple of tears fall into her cheeks.

“Don’t be too stressed, Sarah, be thankful for the Lord who saved you and your family from harm all these years and he gave you a man who won’t let you side. In Jesus name, Amen.”, James said before he kissed her cheeks.

“Amen, brother.”, Jacob said before his eyes caught the waitress coming back to their table.

“No mean to par, Jacob, I think you and Eliza like each other.”, Jessica said.

“Me? Like Eliza? Don’t be such a bunch of codswallop, my dear, Eliza is a young woman who doesn’t want to know my real age or my history.”, Jacob said before he sips his water to avoid thinking about Eliza.

“Brother, this is the first woman who didn’t see me as attractive, so you might as well chinwag with her after dinner.”, Samuel said before he pats his brother’s back.

“Be quiet, Samuel, and…”, Jacob said before Eliza approached.

“Have you all decided on an appetizer?”, Eliza asked as she had her small handbook to write orders.

“We’ll have eight sides of Cheesy Mash Potato and eight Potato and Wild Garlic soups, please.”, James said.

“No problem, I’ll be right back with your appetizers, ladies and gentlemen, and before I leave the table, does anyone need a refill in their water glass.”, Eliza said as she butchers over to Jacob.

James signals the waitress their water glass is still full, she leaves to check on her other tables, and the group saw Jacob never took his eyes away from her as she’s the most amazing person he ever met.

“Jacob? Are you feeling okay?”, Lillian asked.

“I’m positive he’s daydreaming about his future lady, Lily, and besides he found one.”, Harry said.

“Jacob, you should go talk to her after dinner, and you can exchange phone numbers with her.”, Annabelle said.

“That’s a good idea, little sister, let Jacob call his special lady every day until she couldn’t pick up the phone because she was busy at her job.”, Olivia said before she sipped on her water.

“Raise hands if my mate needs medical attention, therapy attention, and mental health attention.”, Harry said before everyone raised their hand and Olivia wasn’t quite happy.

“Bloody hell, Harry, why don’t you take a hike into the woods and catch me a wild beast with your mouth?”, Olivia said before Eliza returns to their table with the appetizers.

Eliza sat their appetizers on the table without dropping food on the table or on her guests. The group appreciate her kindness this evening and ask for refills in their water glass, and she quickly went into the kitchen to grab the water pitcher; Sarah lead the prayer to bless their food and protect them from harm, after they say In Jesus name, Amen, they taste the soup first and then mash potato last.

“Dench!! The flavour of the soup has a hint of spiciness and balance with the garlic, and the mash potato was okay, just a little too much cheese.”, Jessica said as she cleans up her mouth with the napkin.

“I agree, mate, I love the soup more than the mash potato.”, Harry said before he sipped on his water.

Annabelle and Aurther were enjoying the soup and the mash potato until she spotted a group of inhuman that she doesn’t know whether they were male or female, she grabs her brother’s hand and pull him back and forth, however, he was too busy enjoying dinner with Sarah, and she left him with no choice. She grabs his hand and bites it like a bee sting, James felt a sharp pain from his sister’s bite, and brought her close to her ear.

“Annabelle, why did you bite my hand?”, James whispers to her ear.

“There were a bunch of unknown people staring at us and one of them is staring at you and Jacob. I couldn’t tell whether they were male or female and I tried to get your attention earlier, however, you were too busy with Sarah.”, Annabelle said before she felt a little guilty in her heart.

“I’m never too busy for my family, you can always talk to Sarah or Lillian or Katherine, if you need a ladies talk someday, including our mother… As long as they stay in their lane, we stay in our lane unless they try to temper us with their foolish offers that don’t follow our Lord’s will, okay.”, James said before she nodded her head for understanding.

A few moments later, one of the inhumans decide to walk over by James’ table and try to get one of the men to join their little game, Harry sense their body wasn’t in their true form as he can see a woman, however, the scent she was a man in birth, and growl softly as he try to avoid killing his kind.

“Hey, gorgeous, I see you feeling alone tonight, perhaps I can make your night interesting if you can join me and my friends over at our table. What do you say?”, the woman-man said before she rubs on her body to feel sexy toward his eyes.

“I’m going to pass your offer and I’m having a lovely time with my family and my Milady next to me.”, James said before he kissed her hand.

“Oh, I see, but perhaps I can become your milady #2 for tonight, and your Milady doesn’t mind if I join the fun with you two.”, the woman-man said.

“Do you mind not disturb us with your unwanted desires? My brother’s not for sale to women or men who wanting sex for their pleasure.”, Olivia said as she butchers into her sister.

“Right… So what do you want to do tonight, handsome?”, the woman-man said as she rubbed his shoulders down to his chest.

“I don’t think you hear me clearly, snake! Get away from my brother or I’ll give you something that won’t feel pleasure to your ears.”, Oliva said as she got up from her seat.

“Why you little… I suggest you sit down in your chair, madam, let your brother make his own choices, and let’s go on with our night, okay.”, the woman-man said impatiently as she has her hand on her hip.

“My brother knows he shouldn’t be sleeping with a person whose soul gives to the unknown evil, and not aware of their sins. So, I suggest you move on, don’t try to get any more attention tonight, and let’s go on with our night, understand?”, Olivia said before she sits back down in her seat.

“Whenever you are ready, handsome, I’m one table across from you.”, the woman-man said before she gives him her card and returns to her table.

Eliza returns to check on her table and sense negative energy coming from Olivia’s body, the group explained to their waitress that there was a group of people stared at their food, and one of them decided to temper their mind with its unwanted desires. She apologizes to her guests for the situation and tries to offer them a free dessert with her manager’s permission, and go grab her manager to defuse the situation from the other table. The group saw Olivia’s expression wasn’t too good news as she stares at the other table to make sure they don’t come back to their table, Jessica offers to walk her best friend to the women’s restroom to clean her face with water as the rest of the group tries to finish up. Their restroom was the most clean they have ever seen as no trace of damage or dirt on the floors and its toilet seats, Jessica watches Olivia splashes water on her face before she grabs a couple of paper towels, and reflects her face in the mirror.

“Are you okay, mate?”, Jessica asked as she approached Olivia in the mirror.

“Yes, just thinking about the times that James has caused himself into trouble because of me, I always became jealous of my brother because he was in the top 10 students in the school, just like Annabelle, and I thought my siblings are trying to make me insane.”, Olivia said as she continues to stare at her reflection.

“Olivia, I think we should leave the restaurant and go back flat, I can get Lillian or Katherine to say a quick prayer…”, Jessica said before she was interrupted by Olivia.

“Shhh, it’s okay, don’t be afraid of me, bestie, I’m just expressing my inner feelings about my family. My mother would tell me to stop throwing rocks at James and send me to my room in silence, and my father wanted me to go see a therapist before I become a madwoman where no men want me as their wife or give birth to their children. I tried to go to therapy in the past as a young child, however, I heard an unknown voice saying they’re the destroyers of your mind, get away from them, and never turn to help unless I can tell you who you can trust to help improve your mind. The unknown voice also says Any man wants a woman who does their desires for them instead of focusing yourself wellbeing, and your family will be the main reason why you can’t get any man for yourself and they think it’s not only to date men who have a bad reputation.”, Olivia said before she breaks down in tears on the ground.

“Olivia? The voices you heard in the past, those are the voices of unknown evil that you-know-who listen to each day since he was banned from heaven. It’s going to be okay…. Butcher at me…. It’s going to be okay, bestie. As soon this war’s over, we can go to the priest together and go to therapy afterwards until you’re ready to go by yourself.”, Jessica said before she hugs Olivia.

“Thank you, bestie, I owe you everything I did to your mind in the past… I want to make it up too after the war.”, Olivia said as she continues to drop tears from her eyes.

“Okay, splash some water on your face, we don’t want to alert the group about what happened seconds ago between us.”, Jessica said before Olivia nods her head and gets up from the ground.

Jessica was holding on her best friend’s waist as she was splashing water on her face to get rid of her red eyes and doing the breathing exercise. Ten minutes later, the group finished their appetizers and they butchered at the restroom sign to see if they were finishing up their business.

“Bloody madness, can this evening get any worse? I think Olivia’s mind went off somewhere in the spiritual world and her inner thoughts took control of her actions.”, James said before he sips his water.

“Does it rarely happen to Olivia, James?”, Samuel asked before he sipped his water.

“In the past, she always thinks about her own business or crazy thoughts that weren’t normal to hear, and our parents try everything they can to control her emotions from overpowering …. I just want her to be happy and healthy, and anything happens to my sister, I swear I’ll hunt them until they turn themselves in.”, James said as he gets a headache from talking about his sister’s mental issues.

“At the end, we call there for Olivia no matter what happens to her, and God forbids from your sister going out of control, James, in Jesus name, Amen.”, Sarah said before James kissed her lip.

“Amen, and thank you for your kind words, Sarah.”, James said as he slightly smiles at her.

“Oh, bloody hell here comes two more snakes heading toward our table. I hope and pray that I don’t get to kill them with my claws.”, Harry said as he checked the sharpness of his claws before retracting inside his hands.

“Just relax, pretend we didn’t see them, and enjoy our evening together with water and more bread.”, Jacob said before he sips water.

Two of the Inhumans decide to go again and try to temper their minds with unwanted desires that no man can’t resist: sexy legs, sexy chest, and sexy words.

“Hello, handsomes, I saw earlier one of our friends disturb your table and we want to say we apologize for ruining your evening, and we promise we will no longer disturb you.”, the man-woman said before he placed his hand on his hip.

“We appreciate your kindness and we accept your apologies.”, Jacob said before he sips his water.

“Are you single, sexy? Perhaps if you’re interested in joining our little game tonight?”, the woman-man said before she held the man-woman close to his body to grind with each other.

“Pardon me?“, Jacob said before he places his water glass on the table.

“Yes, sexy, you butcher handsome as a strong man who works out constantly and needs some tasting tongue down in your special place, if you know what I mean.“, the man-woman said before he sticks his tongue out and swirls around his mouth.

“Do you mind going somewhere else with your unwanted desires? We’re trying to have a good meal as a family.“, Lillian said impatiently.

“Oh, hell no, this little pretty princess, wants to keep us away from our sexy men, mate. Why don’t you and your other pretty princess step away and…“, the woman-man said before she senses a sharp blade pointing on her stomach.

Olivia and Jessica came out of the restroom and witnessed the two inhumans bother Jacob and James again, Harry was about to go werewolf mode and kill them with his claws. They sneak behind them without making a sound and immediately they pull their blade out, Jessica has her blade point at the man-woman’s neck while Olivia has her blade point at the woman-man’s stomach, and Annabelle was amazed her sister’s encouraged to dare hurt someone who threatens their family.

“I don’t think you both understand my warning, so I’ll give you the final warning and step away from our table or have you and your mate slices into eighths across your body. Do I make myself clear?“, Olivia said as calm as she can and holding the woman-man on her neck.

“Why this little b…“, the man-woman said before he was interrupted by Jessica.

“If I were you, keep my mouth shut, walk away, and pretend you never try to temper my family with your unwanted desires.“, Jessica said before they release them and watch them return to their table.

Eliza returns to her table with her manager, who’s not happy about the other table trying to temper his customers with their unwanted desires that he clearly told them in the past. Eliza offers the group with free desserts from the manager, he comes by her table and apologizes for their evening being ruined, and offers to pay for their meal for today, along with refills of their appetizers. The group was bloody pleased with the manager and thanking him for his kindness before he returned to the kitchen, and Eliza cleared the table by picking up the dirty dishes and their water glasses.

“You have the most amazing smile, how long did you work here?“, Jacob said as he butchers at her eyes.

“Thank you, I appreciate your words… I have worked here for four years, and before this job, I used to work for one of the top ten restaurants in New York.“, Eliza said as she politely smiles at the group.

“Wow, bloody interesting, and have you ever thought of your own restaurant someday?“, Aurther said as he held Annabelle’s hand.

“I do enjoy serving customers at a restaurant, however, my dream is to become a music producer to spread the world with my types of music. My grandmother showed me how to play a piano at a young age and my mother taught me some of her favorite songs as a little child.”, Eliza said as a tear drop from her eye.

“Sounds beautiful, Jacob likes to become a music producer too and I think you two should talk more through phone or text.”, Annabelle said in her angel tone.

“Oh, sweet angel, I couldn’t possibly talk to a beautiful woman like her and…”, Jacob said before he and Eliza were making eye contact.

“Oh, no, brother has a huge crush on our waitress… Is it so nice for Jacob, James?”, Sarah said before she held his hands.

“It is and I’m proud of him finding love.”, James said before he leaned in to kiss his milady.

Jacob and Eliza were blushing on their face and butcher away for a quick second as she was finishing up clearing the table and Jacob felt his heart beating fast for the first time in years, as a sign from the Lord God to find love, settle down with his future wife, and have many children. Harry and Lillian were seeing Jacob gaze out for a while as he continued to butcher at the beauty of Eliza’s personality and caught her attention as she was blushing again at Jacob.

“When you get a chance, we should talk more about becoming a music procedure, and tell me more about yourself.”, Jacob said before Eliza smiles and nods her understanding.

She return to the kitchen before printing out their check with the manager signature that he paid for their meal because of the situation happened earlier, Lillian guide Harry and Olivia to the exit as the inhumans were trying to pursade the gentlemen with intercourse sex and the manager came out the kitchen to kick out the inhumans for causing damages toward his customers and they were ban from coming to this restaurant. Eliza came out of the restaurant to give James their check, thank them for coming to the restaurant, Jacob gave her his number while she wrote down her number before they left the restaurant to go flat, and hid his number inside her pocket.

Katherine was playing Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy on the piano as Thomas was sleeping in her lap and butchering at the night sky and imagine what will be like to dance under the beauty of romance with Solomon, when she was in her teen years, her father forced her to dance with the princes from the four different kingdoms and to marry a prince to give him a son to rule the Kingdom of Grace in the future. Her father told her that marrying a royal prince will keep the tradition from breaking and birth a son will be easier than having a daughter, otherwise, he would force a girl child to marry a prince from the different kingdoms and send her there for the rest of her life. Solomon saved her future, showed her the world was full of mysterious and beauty that God may or may not permit to let his children see, married him, had their first dance in the ballroom, and gave birth to their children. Her father was wrong about her husband, Solomon knew that her father’s dictatorship on his people has caused harm and weak relationship with his family and his people, and why her husband decided to send her father on the journal to the outland of the kingdom. Solomon never talks about his parents because they were greedy sinners who want their child to be educated and marry a rich woman, even though Solomon married Katherine because how much he cares for her health, her safety, and her wishes. She heard the door open, the group were coming inside from the cold breeze outside, and they saw Thomas laying on her lap as a sweet angel, however, Olivia went upstairs to her bedroom and lay on her pillow. Katherine was confused about what happened with Olivia this evening, Jacob explained his mother the situation they ran into, and she was surprised that Olivia was ready to fight because of protecting her oldest brother.

“I see….. These modern days, people believe it’s okay to change their physical appearance because they believed that it wasn’t meant for them to be a woman or a man, and all you can do is pray for their souls and their eyes will open to reality and see the mistake they did to themselves.”, Katherine said as she sips her cup of tea.

“Mother, who will convince these innocent people to transform their birth gender?”, Sarah asked.

“I’m not sure, darling, however, I can tell you this, those who don’t believe in

God and the Lord Savior Jesus Christ, their sins will continue to live and become a reality.”, Katherine said as she butchers at the group.

“I hope Thomas wasn’t too much trouble, Katherine, while we were out for dinner.”, James said.

“He wasn’t miff, he was a lovely angel listening to my piano as he was reading his art gallery history. I love watching young children and it has been a long time since my children were a little cheeky.`` Katherine said before she rubbed Thomas’ hair gently.

“I’m glad you enjoy watching Thomas for us and we brought free puddings and appetizers from the manager. He was bloody nice and took care of the troublemakers and probably won’t bother us anymore or the people inside the restaurant.”, James said.

“Where did Olivia go?”, Katherine asked.

“She went to her bedroom, mother, without saying a word since we left the restaurant.”, Samuel said.

“Mates, I’m worried about her safety, she had her blade out when we exited the restaurant and walked flat.”, Harry said, concerned.

“You don’t think she tries to commit suicide after what happen with the inhumans, James?”, Sarah asked concern.

“I pray to God that she doesn’t commit suicide because my parents will be heartbroken and they could got the help she needed it in the past.”, James said concern as he holds his milady’s hand tightly.

“I’ll go check to see if she’s okay and the rest of you should pray for those inhumans’ and Olivia’s souls.”, Katherine said as she passed sleepy Thomas to Lillian before she went upstairs.

The group placed the appetizers and puddings inside the refrigerator to prevent it from spoiling overnight, they went into the living room and got on their knees with their eyes closed, and Samuel led the prayer for the inhumans’ and Olivia souls. Katherine hears a voice inside Olivia’s room, places her ear to the door to listen to the conversations happening through this door, Olivia has her blade to make small cuts around her arms to reduce the pain inside her mind and talking to herself for comfort.

“I’m sorry, mother, for letting you down to show Annabelle the right way to be a proper lady… Father, forgive me for troubles I have caused my family to be concerned about my mental issues. For too long, I have refused to go see therapy sessions for mental health hospitals because I was listening to the voices of the dark realm. They told me to stay away from people trying to erase my memories, stealing my magic, and taking away my future. I don’t know how long I can live with memories of pain and agony, however, I know what I must do in order to keep my family from worrying. If I end my life tonight, then they’ll be relieved to not worry about me and… and my brother won’t have to worry about me being with Jackson because I know that he’s dead after these voices told me. If I just… Katherine? How long did you hear me talking to myself?”, Olivia said before she saw Katherine’s arms wrap around her body and stop cutting her arms.

“Shhh, it’s okay, it’s okay, give me your blade so you won’t hurt yourself and pray with me… Olivia, butcher at me… Don’t leave this world when your family cares about you and your future, and they want what’s best for you since your mental health issue has increased to where these voices of the dark realm come to their victims and try to kill their future, steal their future, and destroy their future.”, Katherine said as she places her hands on Olivia’s cheeks and drop a couple of tears from her eyes.

Olivia never thought of her family’s feelings about her death, however, she listens to Katherine saying about her parents only wants the best for her and her siblings love her no matter what kind of trouble she gets into. She thought Katherine was right, all these years as a child, she was listening to the voices of the dark realm, which affected her friendship with Jessica and Harry and her relationship with her family. She slowly placed her blade on Katherine’s hand, she placed Olivia’s blade inside her drawer, Katherine marked the Christ symbol on their forehead and led a prayer to prevent Olivia’s soul from going to the Netherworld.

“Our Heavenly Father God, we come to you tonight to heal over Olivia’s mind as she was torture herself with dark spirits surrounding her. In the name of Jesus, we asked you to take away her crazy out of her mind and help her find a way to see the light once again. Also, Lord God, I ask you to protect the children from harm and danger as the dark forces are closing in England for them to succeed. We want to say that no matter what happens today, tomorrow, or in the future, you always protect your children with the swipe of your hands to vanish all dark forces into the Netherworld. In Jesus name, we pray, Amen.“, Katherine said as she helped Olivia off the ground.

“Amen…… If anyone is butchering me, I’ll be laying my head on the pillow until I’m ready to join the group.“, Olivia said before she wipes off her tears and lay down on her left side.

“I understand, darling, take your time and think positive thoughts, okay.“, Katherine said as she moves her hand up and down on Olivia’s cheek.

“Katherine, can I tell you something that happened a long time ago?“, Olivia asked as she was butchering in Katherine’s eyes.

“Of course, darling, what happened that made you feel offended?“, Katherine said as she butchers in Olivia’s eyes.

“When James was eight and I was five, we were at the playground with Harry and Jessica, my father was watching us as he was reading his newspaper, and then we saw the boy who lived next to us. His parents were the same-gender, and he asked James if he liked to play with him at his flat. My father saw the boy who he met his parents the other day at the bakery-cafe, and immediately took us back to their flat along with Harry and Jessica to their flats. I heard my parents had a long conversation with James, he came out butchering mad as he walked back inside his room, and then I heard my mother calling me to come inside their bedroom, and lay down on their legs. They told me to stay away from people influence in same-gender or transgender because it was against God’s will to change our physical appearance. Now everytime I see someone’s transgender or wants to date their same-gender, I have this fire inside my heart that told me to fight against the principles of the dark realm, and that’s why I get angry too quickly.“, Olivia said.

“I see…. Try to rest your head and we’ll talk more about it soon or later, okay.“, Katherine said before she kisses Olivia’s forehead.

“Okay.“, Olivia said before she closes her eyes.

Katherine smiles at Olivia as she was sleeping, she quickly wraps the arms to prevent excess blood loss in Olivia’s arms, and watches her sleep for awhile. Suddenly, Lillian came into the bedroom quietly and whispered to her mother the news about Jacob, and immediately they left the bedroom without waking her up. They got to the living room, Thomas was awake and sad as he saw Jacob not moving, James was comforting Sarah as she cries to her brother after checking his pulse, Samuel silent prays to God that his brother wasn’t taken by the dark forces and his soul was safe from harm, and the rest of the group was quiet as a mouse as they wait for Jacob to awake.

“Jacob? Jacob? Please, wake up, son, please, wake up, darling. Don’t leave us, not yet, until you see your father one last time…. Please, son, don’t leave us.“, Katherine said as a couple of tears dropped from her eyes and she sat next to Jacob.

“Mother, I knew I felt his body was unbalanced, and he told us he was okay… We continued to pray and we heard a thump on the floor, and he didn’t move afterward… Jessicia tried to use her healing magic, however it didn’t work as if he was still breathing and living. Harry attempted to slap Jacob’s face across his face, and it was epic fail; Bruce half his face and gave him a black eye.“, Sarah said as Harry felt a little guilty.

“Bloody madness, Harry, this is why you should have worked for the police department.“, James said before he went back into comfort Sarah.

“I say I was sorry, mate. Bloody hell.“, Harry said as he holds Lillian’s hand.

“I think everyone takes turns to watch Jacob until he wakes up.“, Katherine said before she returns to her bedroom.

Ten minutes later, Sarah took over to watch Jacob after Harry walked upstairs to his bedroom with Lillian, James saw the pain she’s feeling over the last 600 years or more, and he sat next to Sarah. Sarah couldn’t butcher James after what happened to her brother, he holds her close to his heart, and tells her everything’s going to be okay. They watch Jacob together, Thomas decides to join with his brother and Sarah because he owes him a storytime as she holds him