[Fall] Chapter 1: Re-Placement

Show me that room Joe.
To Wren she adds. Come along, then we get you situated.

The all to the room Joe indicated.

"Myra, maybe you should invite us into your house properly. Like how you just opened a door that was locked."

Joe is happy to led Myra back upstairs to ‘Penny’s room’, as he’s coming to think of it, as soon as her other guests are sorted.

Kyle is curious to learn more and tags along as he thinks about how he's going to manage Uncle Ryan with all of this. Someone followed over of them to Myras house. Things could get messy as some of these people don't seem to think much of the law, much less courtesy

Myra does not react openly to Wren's suggestion, but internally she is surprised by her own reluctancy.
Wren is okey, right? Or is she a double agent for the opposition? She just suggested that Myra should give all of them full and open access to her home, a home that she might not even truly know. And she came with the moths.

Myra rains in her paranoia and follows Joe up the stairs.

Kyle's thoughts about someone having followed one of them to Myra's house meant their lives took a dangerous turn. Sure, no one was physically harmed, this time. But there could be no better interpretation than the fact that an attack of some sort happened: the moths, the blackout, the forced main door, all meant something was forcing their way in. Did they followed Myra and Joe earlier, or Kyle later, or Wren last of all? There was no way to tell for the teens did not get a chance to figure out who the perpetrator was. Tailing Wren seemed to be the most likely possibility, since Wren had only just arrived.

As such, Joe's concern about Wren's safety was pertinent. Safer for Wren to stay in the house than to risk going home.

will tell them ure at a friends. they wont be happy. Kieran replied to Wren. Mom and dad were likely to grill Kieran on the details, but Wren didn't give him an address or a contact number. Would Wren's parents leave it at that?

Being the latest arrival, Wren was correctly wary of how the house might (or might not) welcome her. She missed out on the fact that Kyle had received a nasty surprise earlier when his magic fizzled in the library, courtesy of whatever wards were in place, prompting him to be much more careful later when he was helping Myra open grandma's sealed door. Evelyn had let out a gasp of relief when she saw Myra finally opening the door. She wasn't panicking, age had a way of keeping one steady, but the expression on her face was one of bewilderment, largely at the strange malfunction, but also because there were now more and more of Myra's friends visiting. What a strange night it was! "I'll leave you to take care of your friends Myra, this has been quite an evening! And yes of course they can stay over if they like. Your mom and dad used to have guests all the time. Tomorrow's still a school day, so don't stay up too late."

The four of them trooped back upstairs. Myra was more than accommodating to have Wren stay over, but it now appeared that they had to take into account how the house would behave. Without a proper welcome, Wren could conceivably receive a reaction like Kyle did. It dawned on Joe that perhaps he was exempt from the house's defences as they reached the corridor with the three guest rooms Myra mentioned. The fourth door on the other side of the landing was the room Joe accidentally entered. His ears had perked up when Grandma mentioned Myra's parents' guests. Did his mother know the Lockwoods? They had history together?

Time was getting late though. Even with Joe's and Kyle's freedoms, they couldn't stay out indefinitely on a school night. Perhaps there will be time to talk to granny Lockwood about house guests of the past. Even Myra might not fully know the entirety of her own home and who else might've have stayed here before.

Wren followed the others up the stairs.

She thumbed a reply before pocketing her phone again.


thanks
dont let them put it on you
I owe you one