▽ Madilyn Bailey Cover Of Don't You Worry Child

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After several hour's filled with filled silence, barely moving a muscle, Mason pulled up in front of the famliar house that flooded many memories to the mind of Lea Ramsey.

She exhaled a shakey breath as she unbuckled her seatbelt. ''Okay, here it is. You guys stay in the car. I'll be right back.''

She was already halfway out the car when Mason grabbed her by the wrist to pull her back.

''Oh hell no, I just spent over ten hour's driving to some random location- which you owe me a lot for gas money by the way and you'd expect us to stay in the car, nope. We're coming with.''

Lea was exhausted and entirely not in the mood to object so she let them be as she got out of the car with Liam and Mason following.

''Just let me do all the talking'' Lea instructs while the three of them walk up the few porch steps.

Her knuckles banged against the door three times, waiting for anyone to respond from the other side to open it.

A lady who looked around the age of her middle thirty's answered, curious of the teens who stood in front of her.

''Hello.''

Lea smiled. ''Hi, I'm Lea Ramsey and these are my friends. Um, my family was the owner's who sold you this house.''

A wide grin appeared on the woman's face. ''Oh hello dear, it's been a while.''

She nodded. ''Time surely flies by huh?''

She chuckled in agreement. ''Well please, come in.''

She stepped aside, letting Lea, Mason and Liam enter her house. She closed the door behind them and quickly appeared back in front of them.

''Is there anything I can get you guys? Water? Lemonade? Tea?'' She asks out of politeness.

Mason and Liam shook their heads but Lea decides to reply ''Tea would be nice.''

The woman shot her a gentle smile before making her way to the kitchen. Meanwhile, Lea decided to help herself out by entering the living room to observe her surroundings.

The paintable floral Eden wallpaper still consumed the walls, really bringing out the comfort of home.

She noticed how picture frames were displayed with strangers posing inside of them. A female and a male to be exact.

The woman in the other room making her, her tea was the female. The male was more or likely her husband.

She pressed her fingertips lightly against the wall, feeling the designs of the wallpaper under her touch.

Lea ran her fingers along the walls, unsure of what exactly what she was doing.

But whatever was happening seem to be working because her trance stopped when she felt a certain point of the wall.

It felt hollow. As if all you had to do was poke it and a hole would be made from that small action.

She searched around the section to see if there was some sort of opening to it.

That's when she saw a corner poke out the wall with Lea's own peripheral vision.

Still eyeing the corner, she mutters ''Liam, listen out for me.''

She picked at the corner until the little door open, no thanks to her crummy little fingernails she has a habit of biting.

Inside was a small urn.

An urn meant for cremated loved ones.

Without thinking, she grabbed the urned and forced it into her purse, zipping it up quickly in the process.

''Lea what the hell are you-'' Liam hissed questioningly as she watches the teen close the little passage, patting it down make sure it blend in with the wall and turned at the heel of her foot when the three heard footsteps coming in they're direction.

''Tea's ready.''

× × ×

''I see it's just you and you're husband'' Lea noted before taking a sip of her freshly made tea.

''Yes but soon we plan on having a family.''

Lea smiled and placed the cup onto her coffee table. ''Congrats, I wish you both luck.''

She mumbles a small thank you before taking a sip of her tea as well.

''Mrs. Carson-''

''Call me Jessica.''

Lea's lips flattened into a straight line at the recommendation.

''Jessica, I came here because I was wondering a few things. Like is there anything in this house that you've seen that might have belong to my family?''

She shook her head. ''Nope, this place was picked clean after you moved out. If you like you can look around, see if you do.''

Lea smiled genuinely in appreciation.

She stood and walked to the kitchen to the exit to the backyard.

The backyard lead into the woods. Which is most likely why now there's a fence put up to avoid any lurking creatures.

''Pussy's'' She mutters at the sight.

When she was only a few feet away from the fence, she ran the rest and stepped onto the wooden structure, grabbing the top and flipped her way to the other side.

As soon as she started walking away from the property is when she heard panting and so she turned to see Liam sitting uncomfortably on top of the fence.

''Hold on, just- just give us a second'' Liam whispers.

Lea rolled her eye's as Mason also got on top of the fence, out of breath.

''This is a lot of work for my interest'' He mutters agonizingly.

Lea walked up to them and grabbed both of their arms and pulled them so they were now on the ground.

''Come on, I need to find something.''

They're search around the woods was endless, leaving Liam and Mason tired and fustrated of the unknown objective Lea kept secrecy.

''Can you at least tell us what we're looking for?'' Liam begs desperately.

Lea observed her surroundings, trying to remember the exact spot of the memory.

''It's here.''

She stops in her steps and remembers the log the dead little girl laid upon.

''This is the spot'' She whispers.

''What-what spot?'' Liam questions.

She kneels in front of the log and ran her fingers against it. Her brown orbs scanned the object for any blood but found nothing.

Her chest heaved when she took a deep breath and sat on the ground. She brought her purse onto her lap and opened it up to take out the urn.

Mason and Liam watched Lea open the urn.

''This is the place where she died.''

Mason and Liam's eye's widen at the possibility that this girl could not only be a hunter but a banshee.

Lea's eyebrows furrowed when she looked inside and so she took out her phone as a source of light and aimed it inside the urn.

There was a picture of a little girl. She took out the picture and examined it more.

'So this is my sister.'

She put both picture and phone back in her pocket and closed the urn.

''We need to search the house. If I could find an urn then there has to be other things I can find'' Lea explains while taking a stand, squeezing the urn back into her purse.

''You think she'll let you?'' Liam asks, crossing his arms against his chest.

Lea smirks. ''Why do you think I was being so nice?''

× × ×

The three searched the two empty bedroom for any other secret passage but resulted with nothing.

Now they were searching Jessica Carson's bedroom. The one she shares with her husband.

Lea's feet padded it's way over to the bed but stopped when a squeak erupted beneath it.

Both Liam and Mason heard and turned to her. She stepped away from the floorboard and crouched upon it.

She placed her hand on it and put force. Just like the little passage in the living room, it was hallow. Only this time, Lea couldn't find an opening.

She took out her hunter's knife to cut into the floorboard but of course, the two accompanied teens had to object.

''Why do you always bring that with you?''

''And why do you always carry it in you're bra?'' Liam asks awkwardly.

She shook her head. ''I never leave home without it.''

She slipped the sharp edge of the knife into the edge of the floorboard and tweaked it's way into opening it.

Once it did, all she saw beneath was a very thin file. She sat both flooring and knife aside and grabbed the file.

Liam and Mason now stood beside her as she opened the file to see a birth certificate.

Maxine Nicole Ramsey

She was born a year before Lea was born and year after Amber was.

''You had another sister?'' Mason questions in a whisper.

She nodded. ''And she's dead.''

× × ×

''Tell us from the start.''

Lea, Liam and Mason drove to a diner close by after leaving Lea's old house.

''I wanted to get back at you guys. For not believing me, for not leaving me alone and constantly reminding me of what I am about the supernatural bull shit. So Amber and I listened in on you're conversations to get ahead. Now we know way more than we should and I regret it. Especially now since I read that stupid book-''

''Book?'' Mason repeats.

Liam shakes her head. ''Lea please tell me you did not read The Dread Doctors.''

She winced. ''I read The Dread Doctors.''

The two teens in front of her groaned.

''That's why I couldn't see that day at school. I started getting this memory..''

This peaked both of their interest. ''What memory?''

She pursed her lips. ''When I was three, Maxine and I were alone in the woods. That spot in the woods was where I killed her. My first kill as a hunter.''

Liam sat up straight. ''She was a werewolf.''

Lea nodded. ''Then my dad just appears out of nowhere and he's smiling. He was proud that I killed her and I don't understand any of it. That's why I went to my old house. To see if there would be anything there to help me.''

''Does Amber know?''

''No and she doesn't even know I read the book.''

Liam's irises clouded with sympathy. Lea was handling all of this on her own the entire time and everyone's been thinking she's the bad guy.

''The code'' Mason whispers.

Liam turns to him ''What?''

''Hunter's have this code they all follow; usually spoken in French. I read it the other day, something nous chass-''

''Nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent. We hunt those who hunt us, which basically means we kill werewolves that caused harm'' Lea adds.

''Did she? Cause harm I mean?''

Lea shrugs her shoulders. ''Nothing that imprinted as a memory. But don't forget not all hunters follow the rules.''

Mason tilts her head to the side. ''If she didn't cause any harm, then you didn't follow the rules.''

''That's why I don't think it was just the code. I think there's more to this then it already is'' Lea chimes in.

''How so?''

''Because my dad looked more than proud. He looked, reliefed. I don't know how to explain it'' Lea states, tripping over her own words. Though she felt good to tell people about her struggling situation.

Her family was immediately off the table. Hayden wasn't here to be an option because Lea wouldn't have to ask the pack for a favor.

Scott and his pack weren't an option at the time either because she disliked them.

But after this conversation, she might just have a change at heart.

''Hi, I'm Mandy and I'll be you're waitress. What can I get ya?''