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Her lips curled in a smile. “That’s nice. I’m glad you grew up with that.”
She sounded warm and sweet. She might’ve had the shittiest of childhoods, but she was glad whenever anyone else had happiness. She was too fucking good for my world, but I was going to keep her in mine anyway.
I didn’t like talking about my feelings, but I had a feeling I was going to have to get over that…at least a little… to keep Aurora.
I raked my hand through my hair, feeling stupid, before I confessed, “I never thought I'd find anything like that myself.”
She stared at me in surprise, her lips parting.
“What is it?” I asked.
“Don't say you love me quite yet, Cain.” Her voice came out light, and I stared at her. It sounded like a joke.
“Why?” My voice came out harsher than I intended.
“Well.” She hesitated. “Your father ordered my kidnapping.”
Chapter29
Aurora
It made sense that it was a gloomy, cold day when we went back to Stellan’s house. The sky seemed to be agreeing with us that there was nothing to be happy about. I was glad that the earth seemed to be mourning with me.
After the little bombshell I’d given Cain, he’d gone quiet with a fury that was truly terrifying to behold. Cain was scariest when he was quiet, and you knew whatever he did to address that anger was going to be bad.
If it were one of the other guys, they would have probably marched down the hall to have a knock-down-drag-out fight, but Cain didn’t do much without thinking it over. We’d left a few hours after that bombshell though, when Cain was sure I wasn’t going to pass out and need the surgeon again. He wouldn’t let me in the same room with either of his parents and he didn’t say goodbye.
Remington had put in a tip to the local police force of where Sophia’s body might be, thinking it would be better for someone in a more official capacity to uncover her body so everyone could properly mourn her, not just us.
We arrived just as the police squad showed up at the house. Stellan’s mother was standing on the front porch, her hands wrapped around her body as she rocked herself back and forth, back and forth.
When the car door opened and she saw it was Stellan, she lurched forward, running towards him through the damp grass, barefoot. She threw herself into his arms, and he caught her with a low grunt, holding her tight and murmuring soothing words into her ear. They both sank to the grass, and my heart clenched watching Stellan’s face twist up in misery as well, tears streaming down his face.
Would she be alright? Would his mom somehow be able to move on once she knew where her daughter was?
Or was that just wishful thinking?
Would any of the ones who loved Sophia ever be able to move on?
I wasn’t sure.
I stayed by the car as one of the officers came and said something to Stellan and his mother while other officers began to walk around the back of the house carrying shovels and equipment bags.
“I have to see this,” I murmured to Remington, who was wrapped around me, his head laying on my shoulder. He’d been exceptionally touchy-feely since they’d found me, and I wasn’t mad about it at all.
“Okay, baby,” he answered, pulling his head away and taking my hand as we began to walk around the side of the house to where the police had just disappeared. I could feel the dark specter of the Demon’s house watching over us, but I ignored it.
He’d already won. Or at least that’s what it felt like, even if he hadn’t been the one to kill her. It was because of him…because of me, she was dead. But I’m sure when he heard the news, he’d be delighted.
The police were in the process of ripping apart the side of the deck when we got back there. One of them walked towards us, I’m sure to tell us we had to leave, but then Stellan and his mother were rounding the corner—his mother a mess—and the police officer went back to watching the others work. I guess they thought Sophia’s family should be able to see this.
Thank goodness he hadn’t said anything. That probably would have gotten messy judging by the way Remington was poised next to me, his arm around my waist, like he was prepared to launch into battle for me at a moment’s notice.
The last of the fencing on the side of the deck ripped away, and two of the officers got on their knees, shining a flashlight into the darkness. One of them crawled a few feet in. He looked like he was brushing something on the ground and then—
“Something’s buried under here,” he called out.
Stellan’s mother sank to her knees, and Stellan didn’t try to keep her up this time. One of the other officers eyed her uneasily, but then he turned back to the task at hand.
