MIA“Who are you?” The woman who looked exactly like Olivia stepped down from the podium and headed toward me while I took a step back as Olivia followed her with a smirk. “I don't believe we've been properly introduced, my name is Rylee, I'm Olivia’s aunty,” the woman smiled. The name clicked as I recalled what Bastien had told me a few days ago when I had my dream. “Rylee as in from my dream?” I asked her. She smiled and nodded, “From your vision, Mia, now you're catching up.”“What the hell are you doing here? And were you that bag of bones?” I asked, still confused. She nodded, “Yes, I was the bag of bones, courtesy of your mother.”My eyes widened at the mention of my mom, “My mom has nothing to do with this.”“I meant your real mother,” she smirked.“What do you know about my parents?” I asked her. “What do you mean by that?” she asked, trying to play innocent. “You seem to be the last person who was with my parents and you're the one who brought me to the place where I
MIA“Dad, are you gonna say something?” This was the fourth time Ivan was asking Bastien this question and yet he remained in a daze, not saying a word and staring into space. “Damn it, Bastien, get yourself together and tell us what we’re dealing with!” Javier snapped at him.I stared at Javier and felt terrible for Bastien. Now I understood why he was an unhappy man. His mate had cheated on him with his brother and brought a child into this world. Bastien was caring for that child and yet the child seemed to always find ways to fault him and hate him for things that weren't his fault. But at the same time I knew it wouldn't be any easier on Javier realizing that Leo who was the father of all things evil was his father. After how many years and no one told him. I stared at Ivan wondering why they didn't want to tell him. Even his own father Leo is worried about Javier getting the news. “Take it easy, Javier, he's still processing,” Ivan intervened. Javier frowned, “When did yo
MIABastien got up from his seat, a look of unfiltered horror on his face, “Rylee, this is unbelievable, how are you here?”Rylee cackled wickedly as she looked around the sitting room, “Is that how you say hello to an old friend whom you haven’t seen in a long time, Bastien?”“Impossible, you died, you are supposed to be dead.”“You should know, something as trivial as death cannot hold me back.”Ivan and Javier also had the same shocked looks on their faces, the resemblance between Rylee and Olivia was uncanny.Rylee and her entourage consisting of Olivia and Leo walked into Bastien’s house. Every one of us exchanged glances.Leo and Javier had a face-off with Javier looking ready to descend to violence at any time.Olivia glared at me and I returned the favor. I would love nothing more than to rip out her heart right now after the stunt she played with Javier but I stay calm. Ivan stepped in front of me, his protective instincts kicking it. The atmosphere in the room was very tens
MIAMy voice cut through the air silencing everyone as a chilly wind blew into the sitting room through an open window, only adding to the thick tension that was in the room.Javier burst out laughing, “Don’t be ridiculous Mia, how can that possibly be true?”He was greeted with silence still, he looked around, at all the faces, at mine first.I was almost shedding tears for him, I could only picture what type of turmoil he was going through right now.I remembered how I felt when my mom told me that she was not my mom. It was as if my whole world was shattered before my eyes in a minute.I could relate to how he felt, but this was worse… his dad turned out to be the person he hated most in the world. “Javier…” I tried to speak but the word stuck in my throat.His gaze went to Ivan who looked down at the floor avoiding him, then he looked at Bastien and Leo.They both averted his gaze and instead looked at each other and then at me with anger in their eyes.“You just could not keep y
JAVIERMy head was spinning, I was still finding it impossible to believe what I had just heard, Leo was my real father? How? Why? The worst part about it was that everyone knew, except for me.I was so angry that I had to leave and go to the office. I was afraid of what I would do to Leo and Bastien if I stayed there any longer.How could Ivan, Ivan of all people keep such a huge thing from me? So this was what he had been hiding ever since he met my dad – Bastien, I corrected. After all, he wasn’t my father anymore and neither was Leo.Mia was trying to mind-link me but I blocked the connection. I was angry with all of them, Mia even more but at the same time I missed her and longed for her. Was this all because of the mate bond? Was it impossible for me to stay angry at her?My phone buzzed, I checked the caller ID, it was Mia, I declined the call.‘Go to her, soldier boy,’ Ace coaxed.‘She lied to us, Ace. How can we ever trust her again?’‘Stop talking rubbish and go to her, she
MIAI awoke with a start, it was like someone shook me suddenly causing me to wake up, I sat up in bed, feeling a bit out of place, things did not look right. This wasn't the same house that I slept in, how did I suddenly end up somewhere else? ‘You are not awake, Mia, you are in another one of your visions,’ Lynn warned me. I gasped, was this going to be another nightmare like the one I had before? ‘I have to get out of here, Lynn. Get me out of here, now!’ I whispered into the night at Lynn, my voice shrill with panic. ‘Lady, calm yourself down. You will not achieve anything by panicking,’ Lynn admonished, ‘Calm down, let's figure out where we are.’I slid out of bed and quietly tiptoed to the door and drew it open softly, the door opened without making a sound and I peeped outside, nothing familiar, as soon as I stepped out the door, it was like I walked through a mist and next thing I knew, I found myself back where I was last time. ‘This was where I saw that woman carrying m
"Mia, Mia, wake up! " Javier was shaking me roughly when my eyes flew open and I screamed, tears spilling down my cheeks and my heart beating hard against my ribs. What type of horrible vision was that? I had no idea that I had been crying, screaming, and tossing about in bed."Hey, hey, shuuuuu, it's okay, you are away now. I am here now. It's okay, no one is going to hurt you," Javier cooed, reassuring me. I fell into his chest and hugged him tightly as I continued to cry and sob, "It was so terrible, Javier, so terrible," I said amidst sobs. "Shuuuuu, love. Everything is going to be fine," he said reassuringly, stroking my hair softly. I hugged him tighter, not wanting to let go. I finally pulled away and then looked at his face, my eyes all watery and puffy. Javier tried to hide it but I could tell, something was seriously bugging him. "What is it?" I asked. "Uhmm, I'm sure it can wait until the morning, try to get some sleep," he said. I was not convinced. I sat up, "wha
Bastien, Bastien, Bastien. Why did everything seem to revolve around him? First, it was him in my dream and now he was the last person to see my mom before she was attacked. There was no way that was just a coincidence.I remembered back when I first met him in the hospital, my mom was asking him about a baby he came looking for about twenty-one years ago and he was quick to hush her up. Now he was visiting her just shortly before she was attacked?"You have got to be kidding me," Javier blurted out."Calm down, I am sure there is a perfectly good reason for this, we just need him to clarify," Ivan said to his brother."Clarify what? Are you forgetting it is Bastien we are talking about? This is just going to be another one of his secrets he never talks about," Javier fired back.The sudden silence from the ICU ward caused all of us to fall silent. I noticed with dismay that the EKG machine was no longer beeping, which was not good.To make matters worse, the glass door slid open and