Chapter 23
Reijn's plan to take a small nap failed miserably. She only had 5 minutes of sleep until Reijn was shaken by a nightmare. Instead of trying to fall back asleep, Reijn laid on Asad and Aries's couch with her eyes closed tight trying to clear her mind. After 20 minutes of silence, Reijn hears the two brothers start talking above her.
"She's sleeping on our couch," Aries points out, Reijn leaves her eyes closed knowing the two believed she was asleep.
"Can you blame her she's had an eventful day." Asad defends and there's a pause before Asad speaks again.
"Aren't you freaking out that Reijn Laheurte is in our living room, sleeping on our couch! I thought you were a huge fan of hers." Asad uses his shoulder to teasingly shove his twin.
"I'm freaking out on the inside," Aries replies with no emotion. Reijn opens her eyes to see Asad and Aries hovering over her.
"Do you think she would give us an autograph if we asked?" Asad turns to see if they had something Reijn could sign. Aries nudges at his brother once he sees Reijn opening her eyes.
"She's awake," Aries states in a low voice and Asad faces Reijn.
"Are you ready to go?" Reijn asks and Aries nods his head.
"Yes," Asad responds sounding sad, Reijn decides to keep quiet instead of comforting them. For the reason that she doesn't know what to say, Reijn has never been attached to the places she lived.
"Before we go to Norway can we stop by my parents home, my luggage is there." Asad agrees.
"The only way I can make a portal to where I'm going is if I visualize it. Do you have any pictures of your parents home?" Asad fiddles with his hand as he waits for Reijn to pull out her phone.
After Reijn shows Asad a photo of a living room with a grand piano, Asad walks toward an empty wall and closes his eyes. Reijn and Aries watch the familiar choreography of Asad tracing a circle on the wall. When the portal is done each of the three grab a bag.
Aries mutters a goodbye in Arabic before he walks into Asad's portal. Asad moved repeating Aries steps, but Reijn grabs his hand and holds on to it.
"I'm not used to this, " Reijn admits letting out a nervous laugh, Asad smiles in understanding and the two walk into the portal together.
Asad lets go of Reijn's hand once they arrive at Reijn's mansion. The boys look in awe as they study the magnificence of the mansion. Suddenly all three are distracted by the front door being opened by an elderly woman.
"Oh, my," The elder women breathes out staring at the three while clutching her heart.
"Sorry, Mrs. Heinz, I came to grab my luggage," Reijn reassures the elder women.
"Off so soon?" Mrs. Heinz asks as she steps inside, closing the door.
"Yeah, I don't want you to work extra hours just because I'm here," Reijn admits.
"Oh it's always a pleasure being her madam, but I guess I'll just make some coffee for you and your guests and I'll be on my way." Mrs. Heinz smiles as she heads off to the kitchen.
"Come on," Reijn gestures the boys to follow her as she starts walking up the stairs and heading into Reijn's bedroom.
"Was that your maid?" Asad questions not hiding his amazement.
"One of my maids, Mrs. Heinz works only in the kitchen and dining room," Reijn explains while she digs out her suitcase. Once she grabs her luggage they head downstairs just in time for Mrs. Heinz to enter holding a tray with cups.
"Do you want to try this new coffee trend that turns your coffee into a certain color every time you put sugar in it?" Mrs. Heinz asks the three while extending the tray out to them. Reijn is the first to grab a cup and the twins watch her place three cubes of sugar into her coffee. Under the three's watch, the coffee changes to a sparkling blue color. With no hesitation, Asad grabs two sugar cubes and drops it into his coffee. Aries is a bit wiry as he watches Asad and Reijn sip their coffee.
"Don't be shy grab a cube." Mrs. Heinz moves the tray toward Aries who glances at Reijn before grabbing one cube and places it in his drink.
"How lovely, now I'll be off, I have to pick up my grandkids from school." Mrs. Heinz runs off to the kitchen coming back with her bag instead of the tray.
"Okay thank you, Mrs. Heinz, see you soon." I wave while taking another sip from my coffee.
"Bye, Miss Jane, hope to see you soon." Mrs. Heinz waves as she walks out the door closing it behind her. Reijn holds a confused look as she stares at the door.
"Is Jane your middle name?" Aries asks slowly sipping his coffee.
"Jane is my mother's name,"Reijn tries to think of the reason why Mrs. Heinz had called her by her mother's name.
"Poor Mrs. Heinz," Asad sympathies.
"Time waits for no man," Aries announces, however, Reijn shakes off the odd incident from her thoughts. After the three had finished their coffee, Reijn showed Asad pictures of her secret home in Norway, allowing Asad to make a destination for his portal.
All though Norway isn't a permanent plan the three found comfort in the idea of staying at a place far from danger. It was only Reijn and Aries that sought out more. Reijn hoped to find vengeance for Naomi and Aries hoped to find answers that could reverse his powers.
"Something's different," Asad announces to the other two that stood behind him. Asad studied his portal trying to figure out what was different.
"What do you mean?" Aries joins Asad, investigating his brothers portal. With one look, Aries could sense the imbalance.
"This isn't your portal," Aries tells Reijn as if she had a solution.
"So what do we do then?" Reijn asks the brothers who don't respond expecting Reijn to take lead and make the decision. The portal makes a rumbling noise as a machinery would and glows brighter. Reijn stares inside the portal memorized by the colors that glow. Reijn's mind wonders off thinking of where the portal could lead.
"If it isn't Asads then it must mean someone can also make portals. Which means there are more people like them out there. Maybe this is their way of communicating, I think we should go in," Reijn tells them honestly, not moving her eyes away from the portal almost afraid it might disappear if she were to look away. Aries studies Reijn as Asad starts freaking out.
"Go in? We don't know where this portal goes! It's not mine it might lead us straight to them! Can you offer a more d-"
"Asad," Aries scolds at his brother then turns to Reijn. Aries' face held no emotion, but Reijn could feel the trust Aries has toward her.
"I agree with Reijn we should go in." Aries sides with Reijn also fascinated with the new portal. The portal makes another noise and glows brighter. Breathing out a frustrated groan Asad shakes his head.
"Fine let's go," Asad mumbles rolling his eyes and stepping into the portal before Aries or Reijn could stop him. Aries turns to Reijn before turning back to the portal and stepping through it. Reijn looks into the portal once more before stepping inside closing her eyes.
Opening them again, Reijn is met with two strangers staring at her Asad and Aries stand by her and a man standing next to Asad.
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