KAYA“Serena.”She smiled at me and under the moonlight, she looked more evil.”How the hell did you get in here?"She laughed.“Don’t you think you have bigger problems to face?”How the hell did she get in here? What was she doing here?“What are you doing here? And how did you get in here?”She went to sit on the chair that I had been sitting on and she crossed her legs. I could still see movement in the trees.“You didn't come alone. What exactly is your plan?"I could see them coming out of the trees and my heart started racing.“What exactly are you doing here? Haven't you done enough?! “Some men came running out of the trees and they began running towards the house. They couldn't go in there.”What are they doing? Wait stop, my kids are in there!”She raised her hand to stop them and they halted.“What is it?! Haven't you done enough? The pain, the torture, the torment! Are they not enough?!”She laughed maniacally and rose from the chair.“I came here to make you pay for what
ADRIANWe were already deep in the forest when I felt it. A pang in my chest.There was something wrong. I suddenly stopped running and Nora walked up to me.“What’s going on? You're holding up the pack.”I looked behind me and saw that everyone had truly stopped.“Something is wrong. I don't know, I just feel like it is."She laughed.“Do you miss her that much?”“Who?” I asked and then it clicked. ”Don’t be ridiculous.”She looked at me somehow.“I mean I do but don't be ridiculous. That's not what this is about. What I'm saying is that there's something wrong. I don't know what it is but I can feel it in me."She turned around and mindlinked everyone.“Is everyone here accounted for?” Check on your partner.”We made sure that everyone had a partner to make accountability easier on days like this.“Yes, everyone is here.”Nora turned back to me.“You see, everything is fine. You didn't have anything to worry about."She was saying that but I knew what I was feeling.“I know you're
KAYA“No!”It was too late. The knife was already in him and I couldn't do anything about it.“Who’s kid is this? I know it's not yours so who has this kid?”I couldn't even answer her.“Milo, please stay with me baby. Open your eyes, I'm here. I'm here. Mummy's here. I won't let anything happen to you.”“Who’s kid is this? Did you have a kid here already?”Milo's eyes were closing and I didn't know what to do.“Somebody help me! Help me!"She just stood there watching me as I asked for help.I wanted to leave him and run inside for her but I didn't trust her not to do something for him so I just kept screaming.“Somebody help!” Tears gathered in my eyes as I watched his blood drain to the ground.He was barely breathing.“Shit! Let's go!” I suddenly heard her shout and I looked up.They were back. I screamed so that they would know that something was wrong.Serena needed to pay for what she had done and I wasn't going to let her get away with it.It was Adrian and he just stood the
KAYAI didn't even know I had fallen asleep until I fell down from the bench.“Ah!” I fell on my arm with so much force that it hurt so bad.When I noticed that the sun was coming up already, I ran back into the hospital.Last night after the doctor had left us, Adrian turned to me.“You don't deserve to be here.”“Adrian" Nora wanted to say but he raised his hand to stop her.“Leave, it's all your fault this happened. My son is in the hospital fighting for his life because of you. It's all your fault. Get out!”I covered my head with my hands and trembled and I didn't even realize I had fallen to the floor. It reminded me of my dad when he wanted to beat me all those times.He'd be so angry that he'd just keep shouting and shouting and I'd use my hands to cover my head so he wouldn't hit me.Sometimes he hit me and sometimes he didn’t.“Please don't hit me. Please.”I couldn't even look up at him because I was so scared about what he would do.Nora knelt in front of me and pulled me
KAYA“I fell.”He didn't hear me.“What did you say?"”I said I fell. I fell down from the chair.”He looked at me and just sighed.“We’ll need to get you a room and then we'll check you out.”Nora walked up to us.“What’s going on?" She looked at me ”Why is your face like this?”She moved past the doctor.“Let’s get you a room."I went with the doctor to the room and they immediately put an IV in my hand.Sleep suddenly took over me and I slowly closed my eyes and went to sleep.By the time I woke up, I kind of felt better and it was less cold.Nora was beside me and she was reading a book.“Hey.”She dropped the book and turned to me.“Hey. You're awake. You want something?"I pointed to the cup of water beside me and she brought it to me.“Thank you. What the hell happened? I don't remember a lot.”I noticed the cast on my arm.“Did he hit me?"“What? What did you say? Who hit you?”I suddenly felt drowsy and I couldn't even open my eyes anymore.“Adrian. Did he hit because of wha
KAYAI didn't even know I had fallen asleep until I fell down from the bench.“Ah!” I fell on my arm with so much force that it hurt so bad.When I noticed that the sun was coming up already, I ran back into the hospital.Last night after the doctor had left us, Adrian turned to me.“You don't deserve to be here.”“Adrian " Nora wanted to say but he raised his hand to stop her.“Leave, it's all your fault this happened. My son is in the hospital fighting for his life because of you. It's all your fault. Get out!”I covered my head with my hands and trembled and I didn't even realize I had fallen to the floor. It reminded me of my dad when he wanted to beat me all those times.He'd be so angry that he'd just keep shouting and shouting and I'd use my hands to cover my head so he wouldn't hit me.Sometimes he hit me and sometimes he did.“Please don't hit me. Please.”I couldn't even look up at him because I was so scared about what he would do.Nora knelt in front of me and pulled m
KAYA“Nora, please let me go. I should be the one apologizing and not the other way around. Adrian entrusted him in my care and I got him injured so I should be the one begging. Not you, not him.”It had been a week since they'd kept me in this hospital. My hand had healed since the day after I broke it but I didn't want to tell anyone or take off the cast because I knew that would raise suspicions.The only person who knew about me and my secret was mad at me so basically, I was stuck wearing a cast I didn't need.”Has he woken up? Milo, I mean. Is he okay?”She nodded and placed her hand on mine.“He’s fine, Eve. He's responding to treatment and he's going to be okay. It's you I'm worried about. It's you I'm scared for.”I laughed lightly to put her off her worries.“I’m fine, Nora. Really, I'm okay. Do I look like I'm sick?”She opened her mouth but didn't say anything at first.“Nora, what happened that day?”I should have known this question would come up.”I don't know. After yo
KAYAJust as I'd hoped, he wasn't in the room when I went there.My heart was already beating so fast, wondering what on earth I was going to say if I saw him there.Should I start with how sorry I was or maybe I should start with he fact that I didn't mean for any of this to happen.The fact that he had already been on the edge because of how far my father was going to make sure that his other packs were wiped out, I knew it was just a matter of time before he started hating me.I mean, seeing the damage that had been caused by my father and his cult, and the fact that now, his son had been injured because my greedy sister had come all the way here to kill me, even a saint would be mad.So right now, I didn't even blame him if he treated me differently. Everyone had the right to be mad and this was his time.I slowly entered and slid through the door, meeting with Milo 's eyes in an instant. I could see that he wanted to come down from the bed and rush over to me but I stopped him i
KAYA It was the middle of May. Milo had come back home to spend some time with us. After his coronation, he had left the pack to spend time living as a normal person so that he would understand what it means to live among the people. Adrian didn't like it because he felt like Milo could be learning about the kingdom rather than doing all that but the boy's mind had been set. I could understand where they were both coming from but since it was what he wanted, I couldn't stop him and neither could his father. The only condition Adrian gave him was that he would stay with Roy. If he stayed with Roy, then his heart would be more at peace knowing that he was with someone he trusted. Roy loved the idea of Milo being over and so since the beginning of the year, he had been there. When I told him it was his father's birthday, he knew he had to come back. This time around, we didn't want a big celebration. Although since it was an official holiday, the entire kingdom knew and the
KAYA There was finally time for Milo's coronation. We had been putting it off for so long but now, we were going to make it happen. It had taken me a week to make all preparations because I wanted this to be perfect. I'd sent out the invitations earlier to everyone and made sure everything down to the last detail was ready. Milo was very excited about this and I could see how much this meant to him. He and Adrian had been spending the week together because Adrian said it was part of his hazing ceremony to welcome him into the circle of Kings. Unlike the forest his father had left him in for a week to find for himself, he wanted to do things that he hadn't done with Milo before like fishing and hunting. The party was tonight and I just got a call from the tailor that there had been some issues with the clothes. Milo's clothes to be exact. I didn't want to lose it because I knew I had to find a solution one way or another and I had to find it fast. I hurried over to the
KAYATWO MONTHS LATERMaybe I was the one who was mad. Maybe I was losing it. As soon as the maid told me I ran out of my room and went downstairs. The madness in this house had to stop. I had endured tol much from that bitch and maybe she thought that since I was quiet, I was stupid but not again. The kitchen door was locked just as I thought it would be. “Selena! You stupid bitch! Open the door!” I could hear her moving around inside and she laughed. “Oh, I see they came to report to you again. As I told them, I'll be cooking Adrian's food today. I mean, after all. I'm basically just a second wife.”Second wife?! In what universe?! The maids said that before they woke up, she had locked herself in the kitchen and they couldn't even make breakfast for the twins to take to school. “Are you nuts? This is my house and my kitchen! Open the damn door!” “Why don't you kick it o
KAYA When we got to the grave site, we were amazed because it wasn't your normal six feet. “She was claustrophobic. I don't think it'd be fair to give her a tight grave.” We could understand that and we stayed there with him when he said things to her and told her how much he loved her and missed her. It rained earlier that day so maybe that just made the whole thing gloomier. We went back to the house with the guests. The food has been ready since last night and we just stood in a corner while Roy attended to his guests. The kids had to stay upstairs because we didn't want thtme to be down here. It was only Roy's son that was down here. “Thank you so much for coming, everyone. I really appreciate you for being here. My wife would have been so happy to know that there were many people who actes about her. Its just said that it's only at her death that we had this crowd. I don't really have much to say but I l
KAYAWe couldn't stay with Roy even though we wanted to. Adrian was the King, there was no way that he would not sleep in the house. Well, at least that's what Roy had been trying to tell him for the past hour but it was like everything he said went over his ears. He didn't want to hear any of it. “Roy, this is not just a condolence visit. It's a friendly visit. You've been my friend for years and you don't expect me to go home when you need me. I need to stay here with you.” Roy looked drained. I didn't like that Adrian was arguing with him but then again, Adrian wasn't going to stop until he got what he wanted. He turned to me for help and all I could do was just stare at him. “Kay, please say something.”I didn't want to tell him not to worry because there was nothing that he was going to say that would make Adrian change his mind but I didn't say that. I also know that it was a technique to take Roy's mind
KAYAThe morning came with bad news. I was still in bed when Lorian came to wake me up that Adrian and Nora were going out. At first, I didn't understand what he was talking about because I was so sleepy. Adrian had kept me up late last night talking and talking and making sure that I had forgiven him. I picked up my robe and ran out of the room because he was dragging me out. Luckily, I got outside before the car drove off. “Adrian, what's going on? Is everything okay?”He turned around to look at me. “Roys wife is dead. We just got a call now. We're going there to see him. I didn't want to wake you up.”The words couldn't form in my mouth. I just stayed there and stared at him. Roy's wife is dead. “Go, I'll meet up with you later.”As the car drove off, I just watched it go. In the end, the cancer had won. Gosh, I couldn't imagine what he would be going through right now.
ADRIANIt was like she had developed some kind of power because with the way she was walking, I found it so hard to catch up with her. Even when I tried to hold her hand, she wouldn't let me. “Kay, please wait. Let me speak to you.”If I couldn't hold her hand, I would have to hold her legs because I could let her use anger to ruin this. “What’s the whole point of talking? Do you know how long we've been talking for? There's no use. There's only action now.”Thankfully, Nora appeared since we had passed her room and she had heard the noise. “What is going on?”I had to tell her through a mind link since I couldn't risk anyone else hearing what I had said. The walls had ears. “I knew something was up with the way they just appeared out of nowhere. Where did you get a gun?”I wondered when she had seen a gun in my hand and then I realized that she was speaking to Kaya. I slowly grabbed
ADRIAN I knew that I was the last person that she wanted to see but I still had to go see her. Now that things were finally over, it was the right time to see her. Normally, I should have waited until she got enough sleep so that she won't feel irritated when i woke her up. Her being irritated would just make things harder for us to talk out. But I was already at her door and I couldn't go back. Wait, why couldn't I go back? She doesn't know I'm here yet. Yes, I should let her sleep and then come back in the morning when she's well rested. As I turned my back to leave, I heard footsteps and then the door opened. We ended up looking at each other for a while before I came closer to the door. “Hey, I thought you'd be asleep and I didn't want to wake you up.”She looked at me with her eye half open. “No, you knew I was awake. You were scared. Come in.” Of course, she knew. I stepped int
KAYA “You were the one who packed up and left our three day old child in the hospital! You left me for over sixteen years and you think that I won't move on? I shouldn't even be looking for you to begin with but I didn't so that out son will have closure and you blame me for loving a woman who had a very good heart and cared for me?” The whole thing was conflicting because to an extent, I could understand what Alisha has gone through and how that shaped her life but what I couldn't understand was how Lucy got caught in her crazy web. “It doesn't matter if I left. You can't fall in love with my best friend or the woman I've loved for years! Its not fair. On top of all that, you only used me for sex. I hated all of you. I hated you and I hated Tim. But I couldn't hate Lucy. She was just the victim in all of this. I was sure that if she could understand that I truly loved her, then we would be together. She was the only one who only ever understood me. She knew my story, she knew abou