Two doctors, Uncle El, Raven, and two guards appeared in the doorway.
“Not at all,” Dante said, quietly looking at Delsanra before glaring at me. “Let me go, you’re squishing me.” I raised an eyebrow before letting go of him. It was good to have him back.
“Thank fuck,” Uncle El muttered, hugging Raven, who was grinning happily.
“This means they did it, right?” She asked, kissing Ahren’s cheek.
“They did it,” Uncle El replied with a nod, exhaling in relief.
“Did it!” Ahren repeated before he giggled and hid his face in Raven’s shoulder, then jumped up as if just realising Delsanra was awake. “Mama!”
“My baby,” Delsanra whispered, her eyes full of emotion as Raven brought him over.
“Sienna’s asleep, I’ll go get her,” she said gently. Delsanra smiled, trying to control her tears before she hugged him tightly, rocking him gently. Dante watched them, and for some reason, he looked… sad and happy at the same time.
“Hey, what’s up?” I asked him.
He shook his head, shrugging before he turned and brushed past the guards and left. I frowned, feeling concerned, as Skyla jumped onto the bed.
“We thought you died,” Azura stated bluntly.
“We were thinking we had to bury you,” Skyla added dramatically.
“We knew you were going to be okay because Daddy promised,” Kataleya added, making Delsanra chuckle.
“I missed you girls, too,” she replied, ruffling their hair.
“This means it’s over,” Uncle El said, running his hands through his gorgeous sandy brown locks.
“And it means our mates are okay,” I added, feeling my chest feel lighter, but with it, my heart suddenly plummeted. It meant Mom was gone… fuck…
Suddenly, I felt my body become numb and I excused myself from the room before the tears came. I needed to be alone.
“She’s alive.”
I froze, turning and looking at Dante, who stood there.
“What?” I asked, refusing to cry.
“Mama Mari is alive,” he repeated. Confusion hit me and my head spun.
“What… how? She was…”
“It’s not her time,” he said quietly, looking down. I sighed, placing a hand on my heart.
Was it selfish that I was relieved she was okay? I promised I’d work on something, even if it was by using magic, I would make sure Mom stayed strong…
Dante was glancing at the open bedroom door, and I crouched down in front of him.
“Tell me, my alpha prince, why are you behaving weirdly? Shouldn’t you be in there so when Rayhan comes back you can piss him off and say you were by her side when she woke up?”
“I… I told Rayhan that if he followed the plan… that I’ll let Delsanra go. So I can’t keep annoying him anymore. I have to stop.” I frowned. What? Rayhan knew? Dante knew? Okay, my mind was spinning, but I’d get the deets later. For now, I needed to handle this.
“So let me get this straight, you asked Rayhan to help you save Mom, to save everyone from being sacrificed, and you have to give up crushing on Delsanra? I find your crush really cute! And if Rayhan has an issue, I will handle him! What an ass! Making you do that? What the heck! Let him come back!”
“Ri!” Dante snapped his fingers in front of me, a frown on his cute little handsome face.
“What?” I growled.
