Kai and Piper were standing in the middle of the road. Kai’s men were all scattered around, but none of them were looking for Jeremy/Dario. Kai has ordered them not to. “So, we are just going to let him escape?” Piper asked Kai, who look worn down. Kai sighed and nodded his head. Piper clicked her tongue and added, “What if he doesn’t stop after this, Kai? What if he escapes now but tries to do something else later? Are you really going to risk it?” Kai sharply looked at her, “He is my brother, Piper. You don’t understand.” “I understand, Kai. I would have stood by your side if he wasn’t casting danger over us. You heard him, he is not going to change his mind.” She pointed out.Kai clenched his jaws and glared at her, “So, what am I supposed to do, Piper? Kill me, brother? He is my family.”Piper glared back at him, “Your family is trying to kill you, Kai. Don’t be an idiot and think that he is going to spare our lives only because you will tell him to. Yes, he will spare you, but
Piper was angrily striding out in the dark, but her anger couldn’t hold the impact because Faith was following her. Piper was already furious with Kai and Faith following her wordlessly wasn’t making it any easy for her. Piper halted and jerked her head around to see Faith stopping as well, a few feet away from her. She glared at Faith, “I don’t need anyone to follow me, Faith. Leave me alone. I don’t want you or anyone else coming after me.” She hotly said and resumed her walk towards nowhere. “Piper, come on, please – listen to me. You have every right to be mad at Kai, but what did I do? Why are you so mad at me?” Faith didn’t stop following her. Piper stopped walking, almost making Faith bump into her. She didn’t turn around, so Faith walked around to face her. Piper had a deep scowl on her face, “Seriously, I am as mad at Kai as you are. I would love to kick his ass with you, but at the same time, I know he didn’t mean it, Piper. He is just in a very difficult state. I am tellin
Benji ran. He ran as fast as he could. He ran to the point where all he could hear was his own heartbeat and labored breath. He turned around while running to see his sister, but Piper wasn’t following him. His eyes filled with tears. Piper wasn’t there, but nobody else was there either. It was too silent. Everything was too still. “Piper,” he muttered under his breath and turn his head once more to see if maybe she appears in his line of vision, but he was left disappointed and dejected when he didn’t see her. He was shaking again. His vision was blurry due to the tears in his eyes. He squeezed his eyes tightly to get rid of them, and that was when he collided with someone. He gasped and with his eyes still closed he tried to pull away, but whoever it was held his arm and shook him. “No! No! Piper!!” He called for her sister whom he wasn’t sure if he will ever be able to see again. The person didn’t let him go even though he was screaming, instead, they shook him up, making Benji op
“You have completely lost your mind, Jeremy! What the fuck do you want?!” Levi yelled at him while pointing his gun at Jeremy. Jeremy and his men had their guns pointed at Levi and Kai. Kai was completely stunned and broken. His eyes were fixed on Piper, who was on the floor, back facing him. She wasn’t moving. At one point, his mind stopped working. He couldn’t comprehend why was she not moving. He slowly blinked. He wanted to call her name, but words would form in his mind. Even if they did, he know they will not escape his mouth. Jeremy grunted, “I want you all dead!” Jeremy replied. “How hard is it to understand that the longer you people are around the innocents will keep dropping dead? You all are the reason why my wife died. She was innocent. You all killed her! I am going to kill you all!” Jeremy loaded his gun and jabbed it at Levi’s head but still, Kai was not moving. He was completely deadened. His eyes were on Piper. Her hair was covering her face, he couldn’t see if her
Faith gasped as soon as Jeremy fell down. She dropped her gun and tried to run towards him, but Mateo held her. She didn’t think Kai would do it. She didn’t think he would pull the trigger. She didn’t think that Jeremy would die. She didn’t know Jeremy as her brother. She didn’t get the time to bond with him at that level, but she still felt a dull ache in her chest. Her blurry vision made Kai fall to his knees, his head lowered. Faith and Mateo were standing behind him, so they couldn’t see his face. Levi and Mateo rushed towards Piper, who was still unconscious. Faith gulped as she couldn’t tear her eyes off Jeremy, who was bleeding through his head. She blinked and looked at Mateo, who was saying something to her, but she couldn’t understand the word he was saying. His voice was muffled to her ear. She rapidly blinked and pulled herself out of the muddle, “…he needs you,” was all she was able to understand. She connected the dots and realized that he was talking about Kai. Kai nee
“You will be okay, right?” Faith asked Kai while they stood on the deck. Kai, Piper, Benji, Levi. Ethan and Noel were about to get on the boat to get back to the city. Kai was yet to get on the boat, while they have already taken Piper and Benji in there. Piper was still unconscious and Benji was sleeping. Faith hoped that Benji doesn’t wake up until they reach the city. Ethan walked past them, offering Faith a soft smile where Levi was in deep conversation with Mateo behind them. Kai heaved a sigh and nodded his head. The sky was getting brighter as they talked. Kai had bags under his eyes. His eyes were red from crying. “I will be okay as long as she will is okay.” He bobbed his head towards the boat. Faith smiled and put her hand on Kai’s shoulder. He was still letting her touch him, which was a wonder. Kai had his shoulders sink, “You will be returning back home, right?” He asked.The way Kai asked her made her heart squeeze in her chest. She knew that she was the only family lef
It took them a little over two hours to reach the city. When their boat arrived, there were already two ambulances waiting for them. Mateo had made sure that the ambulances were there before the rest of the arrived. As soon as they get off the boat, Noel was put in one hospital and Piper and Benji were put in another one. Benji was just put to sleep, but since he has been having panic attacks whenever he wakes up, so he needed treatment as well. This entire trip has been extremely traumatic for him. Kai wasn’t allowed to ride to the hospital with them, so he followed it to the hospital. Levi asked Kai to get back home and rest while he and Ethan will update him on Piper’s condition, but Kai didn’t agree to it and insisted on going along with them. “Levi, don’t bother. Can’t you see his face? He is very worried for her. Let him come with us,” Ethan said to Levi. Lev sighed and agreed. The three of them ride to the hospital in a separate car. When they reached, Piper was immediately ta
Faith and Mateo met the elders of the village that included Faith’s grandmother. They all called her Mila and she didn’t mind it. She didn’t think that she would like being called by her real name, but now that the kind and sweet villagers were calling her by that name, it was growing on her. She didn’t correct them once and always responded to that name. They were very welcoming toward her. Some children gathered around to see who was Karina’s daughter. Turns out, Karina was a very well-loved person in the village that the kids who were born after her death knew about. Faith met a lot of people. It was a very overwhelming experience for her. Since most of the villagers didn’t speak or understand English, Kami, his sister, and a few more translators were brought into the meeting. Mateo was discussing something with the elders. It was probably about security and everything that happened in a few days, while Faith was sitting outside with a few young villagers, one of them was Kami. “I