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My face is in my arms.
My picture of my Mamá in my hands.
My lungs empty from heaving breath after breath of air.
I'm in Eda's attic but I feel like I'm drowning.
I've been here for what? Two months? How much longer can i keep this up for???
The summer is almost over and theres no way for me to get back home.
Eda’s curse is getting worse by the day.
And lillith is still out there hunting us down.
I'm sitting in tye corner of my “room” trying to calm down.
God. I don't even want to call it that, this place isn't my room.
My room is back in the human realm.
With my azura books.
With my own bed.
With my mom.
“What the hell am I supposed to do??” I say as tears stream down my face, the words coming out barely above a whisper.
I'm cradling my legs when I hear footsteps come up to my door.
*NOCK NOCK NOCK*
“Heya kiddo, king wants to play general and jester again. And i sure am done juggling for that little furball-”
Eda stops in her tracks as she sees me, and the state I'm in.
“Woh woh woh” she says as she sits next to me.
I cant meet her eyes, i dont want her too see how… broken I am.
“What happened?” she says as she looks me over, her eyes landing on the picture of my mom that's being cradled in my hands.
“Ah… feeling homesick?”
“its .. its not that.." I try to say, my voice hoarse from crying.
“Then what is it?” I can feel one of her hands resting on my shoulder as she tries to console me.
I cant stop the tears from pouring out of my face as I tell her about everything.
Anything that's on my mind gets spewed out of my mouth.
All of my worries
All of my fears.
And eda sits through it all.
Listening to every word like its her whole world.
Like I'm her whole world.
After a few moments i stop.
There's a silence between us for a few moments.
Before i can apologize she reaches over and pulls me into a hug.
“I'm sorry... I'm so so sorry Luz…” I can hear her say in a whisper, her voice shaking.
My own tears have started again, but before I can begin to bawl she pulls away.
Now looking me dead in the eyes she hold my shoulders and talks.
“You shouldn't have to deal with this Luz.. any of this. At your age all I was focused ln was grudgeby and whatever was for Lunch”
She takes a second to wipe the tears from her eyes as she continues.
“You're 15. I'm sorry that you have to worry about any of that. Bit i Promise you.”
Hey voice filling up with determination.
“We are getting you back to your mom no matter what. Okay? I promise.”
Through my tears, I respond.
“Okay… now.. Did I hear King needed a jester?”
A small chuckle and a snort escapes Eda's lips.
“you heard right. You better hurry or he'll make you dance too!”
We both stand up and as she turns to leave I reach out and grab her arm, pulling her into a hub.
“Thank you Eda… I needed this.”
“No problem kiddo.”