Maria had told her about her healing, and she had used it on Delsanra. I knew Kiara’s healing was the only thing keeping her able to stay upright. The spitfire I knew was weakening, and we needed to move fast.
I had told Kiara about Enrique because I knew she’d want me to tell her, and as expected, she had brought him down to join the family. Although he sat silently ignoring everyone.
It was late in the afternoon, and Rayhan, Darien, and I were in my office. There had been a lead up north, and we were hoping for some answers. The fucker still didn’t seem to give a shit about his son.
“Is Tia down?” I asked Darien, as I knew his daughter was meant to come. She had found her mate in a neighbouring pack not long back.
“Yes, she and Serena are catching up. She isn’t here for long,” Darien remarked. I nodded.
“Then you should go spend some time with her.” He looked surprised.
“You sure?”
“Do I fucking look unsure?”
“Alright, I’ll go.” He nodded, closing the file he was looking at.
Life was short and family was important. Although at one point I never thought I’d say that shit…
Once he left, I looked at Rayhan, who was making some marks on one of the maps, frowning in concentration as he scanned some images. When we had some clues, both of us were meant to go. We were both excellent trackers… but with the state Delsanra was in, and if shit got worse, I couldn’t let him. It had to be me. When the time came, I wasn’t going to let him risk his life. If something happened to me… he needed to be here.
“Maria said you were okay with her going?” I asked, taking out a cigarette. He paused, his brows furrowing as he looked at me.
“She didn’t really give me an option,” he replied icily.
“I know it’s not what you want… but she’s a Rossi.”
“We aren’t invincible,” he replied with a bitter smile.
Yeah, I know… Raf, Kiara, Del… they were all proof of that…
“She’ll be safe. I’m sending my best with her. Plus she’ll be spelled to appear human. They all will.”
“There’s always a risk, Uncle. I’ve lost Dad already. I don’t want to lose Mom,” he said quietly, trying to mask the pain from his voice. He was a strong fucker, I’d give him that.
“I know, but imagine being told you can’t fucking do anything. It’s driving her crazy. She needs this,” I said quietly. I didn’t want to say I was seeing her spiralling… I hoped it wasn’t true, I fucking did, but I had seen the signs many times.
He didn’t reply for a moment before he nodded.
“Neither of you will listen to me, so I’m not having this conversation,” he said curtly, his eyes flashing green when he looked at me. I took a long drag on my cigarette.
“I’m sorry for all the shit you’re going through. I’m going to fix this. I promise,” I replied, standing up. He nodded, looking down at the map once more, his hair curtaining his face.
“We will.”
“Yeah.”
No. I would.
Because he was right, no one was fucking invincible, and I was going to protect my family with everything I had until my last fucking breath.
Kataleya
He didn’t evenlook at me. It was all my fault. His papa hurt him because of me and now he hated me, too…
I didn’t want to cry, but it hurt inside. He was sitting there just staring at the TV, but I knew he wasn’t watching. He was angry.
“Kataleya, are you alright?” Mama asked me. She smiled at me, I tried to smile back and nodded.
