Chapter 78 SEVENTY-SEVEN

HAWKE'S POV Nikolai was saying something but I couldn't hear what it was. Or maybe I refused to listen as my mind is somewhere else. All I could think about is what my mother would do to Claire. She's a nightmare and she had managed to break me for years. She can do the same to Claire if she wants to and the thought of it just makes me want to hit something. That's when I realized I was scared. Because there is a huge possibility that my mother is going to kill Claire to spite me. I held on to the fact that she got Claire to lure me out. That was all there is to it. But the gnawing feeling of anxiousness constantly dug inside of me that I could hardly think straight. I don't know what I am going to do if my mother did something to Claire. Her death shall not come fast and easy. I heard Nikolai calling my name but I didn't respond. Right now, all I can think about is getting there on time. *** NIKOLAI'S POV I looked out the window and realized we were nearing the location where mother t