Chapter 60
Chapter 60
The flight was silent, not a single sound could be heard except for the soft breathing shared
between the three of us. Even Kiara seemed to notice that all was far from well because despite
being awake the entire flight, she stayedpletely silent and did not fidget in her seat.
We were served by the kind flight attendant from earlier and a new girl. Both of them were
extremely polite and did not speak more than they needed to. They mainly stayed away from us and
only interacted long enough to serve our drinks. 1 kept dreading the exact moment the jet would
land because it would mean facing reality.
When wended, Aiden was waiting for us in front of the jet. He was wearing a button up shirt with
jeans and shades over his eyes. When he took off the shades, I knew that something was terribly
wrong. He looked bothered and disturbed and there was something else in his eyes, I knew there
was going to be more bad news and I wasn’t sure that Jaxon could take any more
of that.
“We might need to take a pit stop first,” Aiden began as soon as we got within earshot. “On your
way here, something else happened. I don’t know if you’ll want Kiara around there but I don’t think
we have time to make it to the pce first?
Jaxon turned to me and I knew he was going to say something about me going home with Kiara so I
immediately shook my head. I was not going to be kept out of the loop of the things going on
especially not when most of them were happening because of me. Everything that was currently
happening was happening because Noxian wanted me
Jaxon looked frustrated as he tried to think of another solution. Thest thing I wanted was to add to
his troubles but I was willing to do it in this case. I nced over at Aiden and he looked equally as
tired. We had barely been gone for two days and within those two days all hell had broken loose.
Immense guilt wracked through me and I couldn’t help but wish things were
different.
“I can have trusted men take Kiara home,” Aiden began and Jaxon was about to refuse but he
quickly cut in. “I know you don’t like the idea but these are men that I trust with my life. They will not
let any harme to her as long as they live.”
Jaxon thought about it for a minute before nodding. Kiara was holding my hand and she didn’t seem
to understand what. was going on. I bent down on my knees in front of her and pushed a stray
strand of hair out of her face. Her eyes bounced between Jaxon and I as if unsure of who she
should concentrate on. Jaxon joined me in front of her and smoothed his hand. over her hair.
“Mummy and daddy have to do something very important,” Jaxon began. “You’re going home with
some of Aiden’s friends. We will be there in a few minutes.”
“Do you promise?” she asked in a soft voice and Jaxon hesitated before nodding.
“I promise that we will be home as soon as possible.”
Kiara held out her pinky finger and Jaxon nced at it for a second before joining his own with hers.
He let it linger for at second before kissing her forehead and reluctantly releasing her He nodded to
Aiden who led Kiara away and towards a ck tinted SUV. He delivered a stern warning to the men
that had them nodding before he finally returned to us.
“If anything happens to my daughter,” Jaxon began and Aiden cut him off.
“If anything happens to her then I can be the one you kill first. She is safe, you can rest assured in
that fact.”
Jaxon nced at the retreating car once more and I knew he was debating whether or not it was a
good idea to leave her.
“Don’t make me regret the choice, where are we going?”
We got into another ck tinted SUV. Aiden and Jaxon rode in front while I stayed quietly in the
back. I was unsure of what
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we were going to see and while we drove, my mind conjured up the worst case scenarios. I tapped
my feet anxiously. throughout the entire ride and only stopped briefly when I caught Aiden’s eyes
through the mirror.
He drove us towards a part of the pack I had never been to. The first thing I noticed was the smoke
in the air. I knew that it had to be a fire of great magnitude to cause that amount of smoke, Jaxon
helped me out of the car and he stuck close to my side. He had his hand on the small of my back
and refused to let go. I tried to see if I could smell something but all I Inhaled was a lungful of
smoke.
As we got closer towards the source of the fire. I saw a bunch of people in tears. They were
gathered around what seemed to be the remains of a building. There were some soldiers and the
fire department in front of the house but the air was thick with despair and sadness. As soon as they
saw us, the whispers started and I felt my guilt and shame wrap around my neck. like a chord and
threaten to choke me.
1 nced at Jaxon who slipped his fingers into mine and squeezed in silent reassurance. We got
closer and from what I could see, it used to be a block of apartments. There had to be at least
twenty people who lived there before it burned down. I wondered how many were able to get out
and how many may have perished inside. I could not bear to look at the faces of the grieving people
for fear that they would realize I was responsible for their plight.
“It caught fire an hour after I called you,” Aiden said in a low whisper so no one else would hear.
“We were barely able to put it out and so far there have been no bodies but some people are still
unounted for.”
“How many do you estimate?” Jaxon asked and Aiden hesitated before responding.
“Dead? Maybe five, those are the people we can’t ount for. We are trying to find out information
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A sob threatened to break from me when I heard somemotion at the back. An olderdy
pushed through holding a boy who looked no older than seven. He had unruly ck hair and he
was very scrawny. He looked confused as he nced around the number of people gathered in
front of what I assumed used to be his house. It wasn’t until they got closer that I heard what the
elderly woman was shouting
“Where is my daughter?” she yelled. “My daughter was in there, where is she? Liana can you hear
me?”
Jaxon stepped forward prepared to handle the situation but I put out a hand to stop him. I asked to
be here so the best 1 could do was be useful. He had to speak with Aiden and the fire department
to figure out what was going on. I didn’t have the stomach for it.
“I can handle it,” I assured him and he shot me a look as if he didn’t believe me but I gave him a
small smile. “Just trust me.”
I made my way over to the older woman. She looked nothing like the young boy she was holding
but they shared the same nose. When she saw me approaching, she held the boy’s hand tighter
and analyzed me like I was an intruder.
“Who are you?” she asked slowly. “Are you here to help me find my daughter? If that isn’t what
you’re here for then you can go ahead and fu*k right off.”
“I’m Freya,” I began and awareness filled her features. Immediately she tried to fall to her knees but
I grabbed her upper arm to stop her. “There’s no need for all that. In a way, I guess I am here to
help you find your daughter. Can you tell me what you know?”
“She dropped Kieran off with me this morning saying she needed some time to herself. She was
supposed toe and pick him up three hours ago but I told her that I wanted to take him out for
ice cream and she should stay back. She was not happy with it but I pulled the ‘I’m your mother’
card. I called her when we were done and she didn’t pick up so I thought she was just pissed and I
forgot about it but now-”
She cast a wary nce at Kieran and turned back to me. I knew she didn’t want to say more in front
of the boy and I couldn’t me her. She wiped a stray tear from her face but they just seemed to
keeping and she turned away so he wouldn’t
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see her. I could tell he was confused and I wanted to distract him so I went on my knees in front of
him.
“Hey, I’m Freya and you must be Kieran,” I began and he nodded. He seemed shy because he
retreated into himself. “How old are you?”
He held up seven fingers and I made a show of wide eyes and cing my hand over my mouth.
“You are so big for seven,” I mused and he cracked a smile. “I have a daughter who is turning four.
It must have been so long ago since you turned four. Well, Kieran, I want to help you find your mum
but can you tell me what she was wearing?”
“She had a ck robe she liked with fluffy pink slippers,” he began unsure. “She wore her pink
dress under the robe. She liked color pink. Do you like color pink?”
“I do, thank you so much for telling me. I’m sure we will find your mother soon.”
“Do you promise?”
I didn’t want to make a promise I couldn’t keep and the innocent plea in his voice had me
threatening to break down. “I promise that I will do everything that I can.”
I gave him a small smile and looked up at his grandmother then made my way back towards Jaxon.
He reached out for me instantly but his eyes had a faraway look in them. He was staring at the fire
fighters who were giving a breakdown of all the people that they had found. So far, there were just
two but they were still searching.
I prayed with everything in me that Kieran’s mother was not part of them. They described the two
people they found but one was an old man and the other a teenager. I couldn’t help the relief that
wracked through me when he said that. I knew it was wrong but I didn’t seem to care.
“There’s one more,” I heard the fire fighter shout. “She is a middle aged woman.”
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