Chapter 43

43 Glitter & A Promise RAYHAN The tension in the room grew, to the point where it felt suffocating. I know he hated how I handled things years ago, but like I’ve said, I wouldn’t do anything differently. All I can do in return is be patient with him.

I hadn’t seen him in a while and he looked older, bigger, and bulkier, but the hatred in those eyes of his only seemed to have grown… He held my gaze, and although I didn’t submit, for the sake of peace, I broke our eye contact, turning back to Uncle Al. The rest greeted one another, I gave Marcel a nod before glancing at uncle.

“So, Marcel and Liam will go with Mom?” I asked, crossing my arms. “Yes, they will. They’ll be leaving tomorrow morning.” Uncle sat forward, his eyes on Kiara, who was standing next to Liam a lot more comfortably than she had been around any of us lately.

This entire situation had messed everything up for us all. We just needed to have this all sorted out. It was f*****g with me seeing Delsanra in that state… “Now Enrique has given us some locations, I’m planning on having all the ones tracked up north to see if we can find anything. This f*****g d******d doesn’t seem to give a s**t for the boy either, so that’s a d**n dead end.” Uncle growled, frowning as he smoked his cigarette. “I’ll go.” I said quietly, the closer we get to finding him, the closer we get to fixing everything. I heard a ‘hmph’ from Leo but ignored it. “I wanted you to go, you are the best.” Uncle nodded. “But can we defeat him without knowing how to kill a Djinn?” Mom asked him.

“We’ll find that s**t out, but we do need to find his location first, hence why I want it done on the low, so we can prepare.” “So why the f**k did you call me?” Leo asked, as if he was bored just being here. I glanced at him, it was weird seeing him and Uncle together, it was almost like a mirror image with the cigarettes, the tattoos, piercings, and the coldness in their eyes. But they were different.

“I actually didn’t think you would f*****g come, but I wanted to see if you could hack into a certain system for me. You’re pretty good when it comes to computers, right?” Uncle said with a smirk.

“I could do that, if I want.” Leo replied, taking a drag on his cigarette. “Is that legal?” Kiara asked, her eyes wide as she stared at uncle. “Amore Mio, I don’t think anything we do is really legal. Kidnapping a pup, killing people, the usual s**t we do out here? We’re supernatural beings, we don’t f*****g go by the d**n law.” He smirked arrogantly and she nodded slowly as if she had just realised this now.

“That’s true…”

“In your defence, you didn’t want him to kidnap the boy.” Liam added, wrapping his arms around her shoulders, making me smirk as Uncle glared at him.

“I didn’t?” She actually sounded relieved.

“Didn’t f*****g matter, I was still going to do it.” Uncle shot back, glaring at Liam.

Loved the guy, but he did have a knack to put his foot into things without meaning to. He gave Uncle a small sheepish smirk as he ran his hand through his hair.

“So if that’s sorted, shall we go through the details?” Mom asked, waving her hand, I knew the smoke was annoying her.

She would probably go shower after this. “That would be a good idea.” Marcel added, stepping forward.

Mom gave a small smile before looking back at Uncle, I knew she found it hard looking at Marcel considering he looked almost identical to dad. “Well the main thing you lot need to do is gather intel and see what we learn by just being there. There has to be something about this f*****g debt that will help us get the answers that this so-called king is refusing to f*****g share…”

It was a while later and I entered our bedroom silently, not wanting to disturb her in case she was asleep.

My eyes fell on her. She hadn’t realised I had entered, and it f*****g tore at my heart to hear her whimper as she hugged her body, taking deep breaths. Trying to control the pain she tried to hide from me… I walked to the bed, sitting down and scooped her into my lap. She gasped, tensing as she stared at me.

Her tear-filled eyes only made the pain in my chest far worse. I knew she was trying to downplay how she felt for me and everyone else.

“It’s going to get better.” I whispered, brushing her hair back.

It had lost its lustre, I could tell she was in so much pain. She had lost weight, she was beginning to look a lot like how she had when I first met her and it brought back the memories of the pain and suffering that she had experienced.

I pressed my lips to hers deeply, trying my f*****g best to be gentle despite the emotions that were coursing through me. “I love you kitten, we are getting closer to fixing this.” I whispered tenderly, placing another kiss on her forehead.

The veins beneath her skin pulsed and she nodded, her lips quivering. She pressed them together, nodding as she curled into me, running her hand weakly down my chest.

“I love you, my yum yum.” She smiled up at me weakly and I smirked. “Just the way it should be.” I whispered as she threaded her fingers into my thick locks and gently pulled my forehead to hers.

She really was the sexiest, most beautiful woman to ever exist, and one that meant the f*****g world to me.

Goddess was I lucky that she was mine.

KIARA “Mama, is it true Enrique is leaving?” Kataleya asked, sadness and worry in her eyes.

“Oh baby, who said that?” I scooped her into my arms. I didn’t know she knew that. I glanced at Liam who was letting Skyla do face painting on him or so he thought, she was doing a full face of make-up. I may have lost my memory, but in the short time I’ve spent with her, I realised she was not to be trusted.

Strangely when she had asked him if she could do a Spiderman face painting on him, he agreed and sat on the floor… But he was currently turning out to look more like a clown with garish make-up. 1 I looked back at the girl in my lap, brushing my fingers through her hair. These were my children, no matter what else was true or not, I could feel it. I kissed her forehead softly, “Tell me who told you that?” I repeated. “Enrique said it this morning before he left the table at breakfast, that he’s happy he’s leaving in three days.” She whispered. I looked into her worry-filled eyes and sighed.

“Yes, we are sending him somewhere safe though. He’s going to be ok.” “But his papa will hurt him.” I could sense she was getting really worked up, the pain in her eyes for the boy was breaking my heart.

She had suffered too, but she was still worried about another. “We won’t let his father hurt him anymore. I promise.” I said confidently and I meant it. She seemed a little at ease at that and nodded.

“Promise?”

“Pinkie promise.” I vowed, raising my pinkie finger. She giggled as we sealed our pinkie promise. “I trust Mama and Daddy.” “Uncle stop scrunching your eye!” Skyla scolded. “Princess, you poked me twice.” He replied. “Oh, don’t be a baby, you’re such a scaredy puppy!” ? I felt sorry for him, but he seemed to be used to the treatment, trying not to flinch as Skyla dabbed bright purple to his lids and then added some glitter. My eyes widened as I realised that was nail polish!

“Skyla, that’s not for eyes!” I exclaimed, startled.

“But it’s more glittery.” She responded, glancing at me. “But it’s not good for eyes.” I repeated. “He’ll heal if it gets in his eyes. Don’t worry, Mama.” She reassured me with a sly smile.

Well if I had any doubt that Alejandro wasn’t my mate, it was gone. She had the same wicked smile as her father. 5 Father… My stomach fluttered, remembering our moment earlier on. Goddess, he was a dangerous temptation… “Glitter? But Spiderman has no glitter… What are you doing Sky?” Liam asked, opening his eyes suspiciously. 1 “Just trust me.”

He wasn’t going to fall for that, was he? “Ok…”

He did. Wow.

Dante snickered and I looked over to where he was sitting with Ahren, who was watching something on the tablet.

“Uncle, I would think you would have learned from living with Azura that you should not trust girls.”. 2 “I’m trusting you, Skyla. Go less on the glitter…” Liam warned, opening his eyes a little. I felt sorry for him when he was going to have to remove that nail varnish from his eyes… Didn’t he realise by the smell what it was or wasn’t he worried? My poor simple brother.

“Uncle, you look pretty.” Kataleya added before she patted my arm. “Mama… before Enrique leaves, will you ask him to talk to me? Please?” My stomach twisted; I didn’t miss how he seemed to get angry when he saw her or how he ignored her, and it broke my heart. I understood she wanted to see him, but would he just be hurtful to her? Looking into those dark eyes full of sadness, I knew I had to try.

I cupped her face and nodded.

“Ok, my little angel, I will try.” I promised, placing a soft kiss on her forehead. “Can you ask him soon?”

The need to talk to him, the despera on in her eyes, was so obvious that I nodded.

“Ok. I’ll go ask him now.” “Thank you, Mama!” The sound of crying came from the hallway. Sienna!

I stood up, rushing out, only to see the boy Leo, or more like Mini Alejandro, crouch down as he picked up the one-year-old who had tumbled over. 1 It seemed all the Rossi’s were easily noticeable, they had their similarities.

“You should be watching her.” He said coldly, glancing at Claire who had hurried out of the playroom after the little girl.

“I’m so sorry.”

“It’s ok, Claire.” I smiled gently, knowing she looked terrified.

Leo looked at the little girl who watched him, her eyes wide with terror. “Who is she?” He asked me, flicking a strand of her curls out of her face and raising his eyebrows questioningly at her, only making her lips quiver. “She’s my daughter.”

Leo and I both turned, seeing Rayhan standing on the stairs. His eyes were sharp as he stared at his cousin… 1 Trending Novels