Riddles of the Phoenixes series

Through the eyes of the Dark phoenixes.

Chapter ten: Jack’s locked past

Jack awoke back on the bed. He sat up quickly and was rewarded with more dizziness. The woman sat in a chair close by, reading and humming to herself. Cyra. Jack looked around. The windows had been covered up and the door was locked. Although the windows were covered he could still see the moonlight shining through the window. The woman probably had the key. She was his nanny wasn’t she? Jack kicked the blankets off him. “What-what- do you want from me-me?” Jack asked and then sighed. He was stuttering again. Whenever he was a small child he had stuttering problems but eventually he learned to control them. But unfortunately strong emotions brought them out. And lately he has been having a LOT of strong emotions. Cyra smiled at him and out her book down. “Well, we were going to just ask you a few questions before you tried to escape by jumping from a window.” Cyra said, her eyes twinkling because she thought it was funny. Jack eyed her mistrustfully. “Then-where-where-where ar-are you’re p-parents?” Jack asked. Cyra laughed. “Oh. The king and queen? Their not my parents.” She giggled. “But I’ll go get them. She stood up, unlocked the door, went out, and threw locked it behind her. Jack sat up straight and tried desperately not to vomit again. In a few minutes Cyra returned with Nora and William. Cyrus was nowhere to be seen. “I see you’re awake again. Ready to listen to reason?” William asked. Nora nudged William. “William! He’s unstable!” She whispered loudly. Obviously they were terrible at whispering. “What-what-what d-d-d-do you-you want-from me-me-me?” Jack asked. “Well…crazy as it might seem we think you are…royalty. Whether you believe that or not is up to you but we need to know because if you are we have to return you to your kingdom. Is it fine if we ask you a few questions?” Nora asked. Jack nodded slowly. “Who were your parents?” William asked. “Ar-Ar-Arianna B-B-Black and A-A-Ar-Aragorn Riddle.” Jack said. “Did you have any siblings?” Nora questioned. Jack nodded, and shivered oddly at the mention of them. “Where did you live?” William asked. “T-To-Tortuga.” Jack said. “What happened?” Nora asked. “My-my-my p-parents were-were hun-hung be-before the-the-the bombs c-c-c-came.”

“And you’re siblings?” A memory of Josephina and Jaquin’s terrified little faces appeared in Jack’s head. “They’re-they’re-they’re-they’re- d-dead.” Jack whispered. “Ok. Thank you for your cooperation.” William said. Just then what sounded like a dire wolf howl sounded nearby. “Wolves. We have a lot just outside the city borders. It’s completely normal.” Nora said. “Ok well I gotta go! I need to go…see something.” Cyra said quickly. “No! I’ll do that! But first me you and Nora need to talk.” William said. They walked out of the room leaving Jack alone.

They walked out and locked the door behind them. “Ok. It’s clear he’s unstable so we need to wait for him to trust us before we ask him anything else.” William said. Cyra and Nala nodded in agreement. “What the deal with the stutter though?” Cyra asked. Nora shrugged. “I don’t know. But…we need you to focus on Jack. Earn his trust. Meanwhile I have to go try to learn more about this… “Jack” ” Nora said. “But what about-” Cyra began. “I’ll take care of that. I taught you how to do it and I assure I can do it.” William said. “You will need to wait for him to tell you about his past before you ask questions about it and don’t volunteer information about the phoenix kingdoms till he asks. You will need to watch him twenty four seven. Don’t let him out of your sight and don’t let Cyrus near him. We don’t need anymore traumatic “accidents” for Jack. Ok?” William asked. Cyra sighed. “Okay.”

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