↣ 𝘚𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘶𝘯

The men were older and rough-looking, and the youngsters couldn't even attempt to control them. They all crowded around the window, staring out. They appeared terrifying, in Nixie's opinion. She hit the pope's chest after backing up a little.

In order to console her, he silently took her hand. In the background, Kiara was murmuring something to the males, but Nixie was concentrating on her breathing.

"This is suboptimal." In an attempt to persuade the youngster to concentrate, John B shoved JJ into the door while Pope grumbled and wiped his face.

"Where's the gun?"

"Gun? I, uh, I can't..."

"Now you don't have the gun, the one time we need the gun?" Nixie pressed her forehead against the window and reflected on her life as Kiara hissed out of her position.

"It was in my backpack, and then I... Backpack..." After pausing, JJ turned to face John B, who had been staring at him intensely. "On the porch. It's on the porch."

JJ slowly exits the room by opening the door, but the men's chilling voices crying out to John Routledge immediately cause him to slide back into the office room, closing the door behind him.

"Where's the compass?"

"Where's the gun?"

"I'm not concerned with the location of any gun or compass at this time; there are individuals out there who are searching for either you or your father. We need to get the fuck out of here now." As they directed their attention towards her, Nixie said annoyed.

"Guys, window."

While they struggled to open the window, Nixie stood by, mentally penning her own will. "What... what's happening? Why is it taking so long?" Kiara asked in a state of terror, Nixie reached for a book and was about to hurl it out the window when John B snatched it from her.

"Okay, guys. Guys. Here, I got it." Attempting to prevent whatever it was from entering, John B leant against the wall while Kiara passed them something.

As soon as Nixie heard the man's terrified voice approaching the door, she spun around in a panic and gasped as they managed to pry open the window. Pope helped her climb out the window.

They sprinted through the tall grass to the chicken coop, the only place they could find to hide. Running in unison, they hurried inside. In the presence of a chicken, Nixie let her head to slump against the wall.

As they observed the guys removing boxes from the house, Nixie clung to Pope in a panic, fearing that they would discover them in the tiny coop. Pope gently caressed Nixie's hand while Kiara rested her head on Nixie's shoulder.

"Do something, Pope. Shut him up." Pope shrugged his shoulders and stared at JJ as he muttered an irritated sigh.

"What do you want me to do?" Pope inquired. "You do something."

As soon as JJ caught the chicken and felt Kiara's hand on hers, Nixie could feel it coming—it was immediately clear to him what he had to do. Now everyone was looking at him.

"Nix eyes on me." The black-haired girl stared at Pope as the crow's fading call signalling the bird's impending demise.

She felt Pope embrace her shoulder and caressed Kiara's hand as she heard the girl sob, trying to console them both. As the guys sacked his father's belongings, John B couldn't tear his eyes away.

They were left with no choice but to remain silent after being nearly slain by men who were after John B.'s father; they had just slaughtered a chicken. Who knew what the future held, what surprises the world had in store for them?

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Author's notes

Bit of a shorter chapter today, I loved this scene because it was such a turn of events for me in this show that made me continue it.

Shout out to my favourite people.norasnetflix RuffieRoseStories arsvenal kiesluverr KleeAlise11 andorss

Well that's all from me. I hope to see you in the next update