Chp 9 Pt. 5 Maliyah’s Birthday

Derek

After Maliyah has calmed down we all leave her room and I do my best to not hit something. Nero is close to gaining control and it takes everything in me to keep him from losing his shit.

“Derek, calm down.”

“I am trying love, Nero and I hate seeing Maliyah so terrified.”

“I do too but we need to be calm for her. She has enough anxiety without us adding to it. Also, I don’t want Nero scaring the younger kids.”

I know she is right and does Nero.

“Get it together Nero,” I tell Nero.

“We have already failed her once, we cannot fail her again. We are the Alpha for crying out loud,” Nero growls.

Davina holds me and whispers to me, calming Nero down. Davina has told us multiple times we are not failing as a father but