Adriel’s Point of View:
“Who missed me?” Vagon asked with a loud voice and stretched out his hands for a hug. A bright smile was on his face, and I wasn’t surprised when his eyes sparkled on sighting my mother.
Philious stood beside him, and rolled his eyes angrily, while Michael had an unreadable expression.
“Adriel!” Lily squealed like a little girl and jumped up from her chair, running to hug me. I grinned at her, and hugged her tightly, playing with her hair.
My mother had a smile on her face, and she nodded her head at me, encouraging me to come to her side.
My siblings, aunts and uncles bowed their heads at us, to show respect.
“Okay …. I was expecting a hug!” Vagon cried out with a sulking voice. “Come on Roselian, come give your big brother a hug.” He chided his sister, Roselian, but she sighed, not wanting to stand up.
Lily playfully scorned her, and they both smiled at each other. After that, Roselian stood up and hugged Vagon.
“That’s why I love you.” Vagon mumbled happily and kissed her forehead dreamily, but Roselian scowled, muttering something to herself.
We all looked at the two weird siblings with arched brows, and burst into laughter.
“Adriel, darling, come closer and join the family at the dining table.” Aunt Priya said to me, and stood up, to lead me to the available chair. I was grateful, and I appreciated her kind gesture with a nod.
I pecked my mother on the cheek, then aunt Priya, Lola and Lora, before I greeted my other aunts and uncles.
“My mother is so obsessed with him, isn’t she?” Michael whispered to Philious, with a distant look on his face. Philious shrugged his shoulders, and they both moved closer to my mother to peck her cheeks.
“Welcome home, my boys. How are you?” Lady Quinn’s sweet voice echoed in the room, and giggles enveloped the atmosphere.
“We are well. It’s so good to see you, mum.” Philious replied and pecked her hands, before sitting down beside Liam who had been keeping quiet. He greeted Liam cheerfully, but Liam replied with a dull smile.
“Sawatdee Pho.” Michael greeted his father, uncle Benson, and he replied happily.
We quickly exchanged greetings with a few others from my family, and everyone looked happy to see us. But amid their happy smiles, I knew there were also fake and evil thoughts, and as I looked around, my eyes squinted, trying to find who could be plotting against my family.
My father, Rose and Logan sat still, they didn’t greet us, and continued to eat their meals, acting like we didn’t exist.
“Adrien, I think greeting is a way of showing courtesy and respect. Also, when the entire family was bowing down, you, your mistress and your bastard son decided to act like the king, queen and crown prince of this family. So rude!” Lola began with an angry voice, a grimace was on her face, and she regarded my father rudely.
“Not today Lola, let them be!” My mother quickly chipped in before any of them could respond, but Adrien refused to be coaxed. He hit his fists on the table, his eyes burning in fury.
“I think I am too gentle with you, Lola! It’s fine that your bossy mother slept with a blabbermouth, but must you inherit the stupid man’s DNA?
When are you going to understand that a man has power over a woman, and women are slaves?” Adrien yelled at the top of his voice, and all the women at the table, excluding Quinn, were offended.
“With all due respect, Mr. Adrien, you have absolutely no right to insult my late uncle. Also, my sister is not your slave!” Vagon replied with a deep frown on his face. His usual cheerful demeanor was gone, and he looked very angry and offended.
“Yes, tell him big brother. I am not anyone’s slave!” Roselian chipped in with ruthless eyes. She looked at Adrien for a while, scrutinizing his outfit, and hissed loudly.
The lively atmosphere disappeared immediately, and the women began to exchange words with my father. Some of my uncles decided to support him, but they also got backlashes.
My mother kept quiet, munching her food happily, and Rose kept looking at her, wanting her to join the quarrel, so that she could have a say in the matter.
“We shouldn’t have come back,” Michael whispered to me, tired of hearing their quarrel, and I couldn’t agree more. Philious didn’t bother to act like he heard any of their conversation, he seemed to be in a world of his own, thinking about something secretive.
Vagon kept boiling in anger, and he took a glass of red wine, after gulping down the entire content, he looked better, and continued mulching his meal.
I decided to ignore it all, but when the shouting was getting unbearable and annoying, I knew I had to do something. My fang came out, and my eyes turned pitch black.
“Silence!” I growled with a husky voice and threw a glass of wine on the floor, and the room immediately turned quiet. If a needle had fallen to the floor, you would have probably heard it drop.
Everyone sat down, looking at me with frightened eyes, and my mother smiled menacingly.
“I am so proud of you, love.” She said with a slow voice, grinning at me happily.
I didn’t reply to her, instead I grabbed a bottle of wine, poured out half of the content into a cup, and gulped the other half. I sighed deeply, trying to control myself, and slowly, my eyes turned back to their normal color.
“Why must you guys always act like barbarians?” Philious asked no one in particular, with arched brows, he looked at me with worrisome eyes, and on seeing that I am okay, he sighed softly.
“The same reason why your parents and entire family were killed by rogue vampires.” Logan sneered at Philious, a menacing grin on his face. His mother burst into laughter, clapping her hands to support him.
Logan’s response must have hurt Philious, but he didn’t show it or act like he cared.
“Humm.” Philious hummed, thinking about his comeback response. “That was a savage reply, but I don’t find it offensive, so think of something more painful when attacking me next time.”
“I doubt there will be a next time.” Adrien’s hoarse voice cut through the air like a double-headed snake. “You guys came in here without greeting me, and you expect ….”
“It’s funny how you regarded females as slaves because a woman is the head of this family.
Also, to the other men who supported him, have you suddenly forgotten that you are living in a woman’s house, and you are eating her meal everyday?
Wow, I feel embarrassed for you.” Michael suddenly said with an icy voice and turned to look at Adrien, a mocking smile on his face.
I was surprised. No, we all were, because Michael is not the type to talk except it is really important.
“That’s it!” Adrien yelled at the top of his voice and stood up angrily. “Adriel, I give you forty seconds to leave this house, and take your rude friends along with you?” He continued with a serious expression on his face, and everyone was shocked.
By the way:
Sawatdee Pho means: Hello father, in Thai