She beamed. “I’m doing great, and you?”
“I’m good, Samantha.” he stood up on his feet and looked over at Shiraz, who kept avoiding his gaze. “I can see you, Shiraz. The words you uttered seconds ago have gone viral. The people of the clan are talking about it.”
He mumbled. “At least I gave them something to talk about.”
“Shiraz.” I shouted. What kind of stubborn child is this?
Shiva laughed. “Come hug your big brother and stop playing around.”
Shiraz jumped on the table. “Not the table.” I warned, as he ran over to Shiva and jumped on him.
“Welcome home, big bro.”
“Now that’s what I’m talking about.” He smiled as they both grinned when Shiva carried him into his arms.
“Uncle Kellan.” Samantha shouted in excitement and rushed to Kellan’s arms to hug him.
“Hi Samantha.” Kellan bent forward and lifted her in his arms. “How are you doing?”
“I’m doing fine, uncle Kellan. I miss you so, so much.”
“I miss you too.” He kissed her cheeks.
“Seriously, the way you handle my daughter is mysterious.” Lykan smirked as he came along. “You act like you are the one that gave birth to her.”
Kellan laughed.
“Well, if you were acting like a father, she wouldn’t always run to Kellan whenever he comes by. Isn’t that right, Samantha?”
“Yes, uncle Chris.”
“UNCLE CHRIS.”
I held my ears to the terrifying loud cry of excitement in my son’s voice. He left Shiva and ran up to Chris, who gave him a warm hug in his arms.
“Is it just me or is this place so hot?” Gerhard remarked and took off his scarf.
“Uncle Gerhard.” Samantha shouted.
“Hi little one.” He laughed.
“This place is a little fucking stuffy.” Riot retorted.
“Mind your language.” Chris reminded him. “They are kids here.”
“Learn some manners.” Donovan came through the door. “You are getting old.”
“You are getting as old as well, old man.”
“We are all getting old.” Zane rolled his eyes at all of us as he walked in, too. “We can’t escape it.”
“Leave us out of it.” They all said in unison.
“What! Are you guys fucking getting scared of old age? We are gonna die someday.”
“Ouch! The hell.” Zane winced and glared at Lykan. “What’s that for?”
“That’s for not minding your language around the kids.”
“Since when did you become a teacher?”
“See auntie.” Samantha pointed out. “Shiraz copied that word from uncle Zane. He just said ‘the hell’ just now.”
“Uncle Zane is not the only one who says ‘the hell’ Samantha.” Shiraz got into the conversation. “Everyone does it.”
“Except me.”
“Not my problem.”
~Shiva’s Pov ~
I leaned my back outside at the doors of Sihwa’s room. My tears slowly moved down to my cheeks. My hands shivered. I tightened my lips to stop myself from crying out. The pain tore my heart apart.
I didn’t hear Wendy’s voice anymore.
Silence.
It got quiet, and after a few minutes, Sihwa’s doors opened.
I nearly fell, but he held my back from falling backwards on my butt. I felt his warm hand on my back. I moved away from him and faced him.
I wore white ripped jeans and a plain black shirt. I tied my black hair up in a ponytail. My father also wore white ripped jeans and a black overcoat over himself. He wore his large red hair in a heavy ponytail.
His red eyes didn’t leave my gaze. His expression was as emotionless as it usually was.
Why did he reveal his true appearance? He was always hiding who he truly was.
My tears burned my eyes. I felt ashamed and glanced away from him and swallowed, forcing back my tears and struggling to keep my composure.
“It’s this the end?” I questioned.
He looked at me for a minute, closed the doors behind him, and walked past me.
“Father.” I boldly called out, knowing he hated me calling him ‘Father’
He stopped.
“Help me understand. Will I lose on the other end? If I were to be born again as your son in your next life, would you love me?”
He took a few steps and hesitated. “You are crossing the line, Shiva.”
As my father walked away, I remained standing. I moved motionless, unlocked the door to his room, and discovered Wendy’s comatose body on his bed. I could not stop him. Became weak and collapsed on my knees, clutching his doors and crying bitterly.
‘I don’t care if I’m crossing the line. You are still my father’
I couldn’t dare say those words to him. All I felt was grief and so much pain inside me, because I knew what he was up to and what was about to happen.
I couldn’t move an inch. Slowly, time passed, and I saw Chris walking up to me in his black overcoat. He saw how teary I was and staggered a little, but he leaned on the door to hold himself from falling apart.
“Where is Sihwa?” We both saw Wendy standing in front of us in tears. “Don’t tell me he is gone?”
But what shocked me the most was when Chris knocked her out.
Six days ago, when Lykan closed the doors after pushing Wendy inside my father’s room.
I clenched my fists, wanting to not interfere because of my father. Whenever he is involved in an issue, I try not to get myself on his bad side. I get extremely careful when it concerns my father.
Wendy banged her fists on the doors and wouldn’t stop yelling. “Lykan, open this door.” I heard her whimper. “OPEN THE DAMN DOOR.” She screamed at the top of her lungs.
“Are you sure it’s a good idea to lock her in there?” Donovan asked.
“Are you worried about her?” Grimm finally walked up to us.
He loves taking slow steps.
“WENDY.” Gerhard shouted absentmindedly and walked over to Lykan, who pushed him away from himself.
“Get a fucking grip, Gerhard.” he snapped and walked closer to Gerhard. “Have you forgotten your place?” His gaze wouldn’t leave him. “Or should I remind you of what your fucking place is?”
“Stop it, Lykan.” Donovan butt in.
“What?” He mocked. “Are you furious because I’m speaking to your side piece?”
“Lykan.”
“Donovan.” He fired back. “Don’t interfere. You and I both know the reason we are doing this. Wendy has to mate with Sihwa so we can get what we want. We can’t have her bouncing around the whole fucking place. That bitch has us playing around her fingers for years. Guess what? No one knows what she tastes like. She disappeared for four years and we all suffered the pain. Now, our plan is for her to bond with Sihwa so we can fuck her.”
He wants to fuck Wendy. That’s all he thinks about. Does he even know what he is talking about or he is just saying all this because of Aiden?