Page 87 of Shadow

Thre stress was becoming unbearable, and fuck, I missed my Siren.

But I had to do this. I’d done something in a no-win situation, and there were consequences to those actions.

I went straight to Cady and kneeled in front of her before drawing her into my arms. She let go, her sobs growing louder as she buried her face in my chest, her fingers twisted in my shirt.

“I’m sorry,” I whispered to her. “I’m so fucking sorry.”

She said nothing and continued to cry. I joined her because I was just as broken.

No one said anything for a long time. Finally, I broke away from her and tilted her face up to look at me.

“We’re going to be OK,” I said softly. “I-we have to be.”

She nodded, a steady stream of silent tears cascading down her cheeks.

“I’ll be at your side with whatever choice you make regarding the baby. OK? If you want to keep it, I’ll be there. If you don’t, I’ll still be there. I-I won’t leave. Whatever you need.”

“Sirena?” she choked out. “I-I have to tell Rina. I don’t want to hurt her?—”

“Shh.” I cradled her face. “It’s OK. I promise.” My voice cracked. It definitely wasn’t fucking OK. Everything was FUCKED.

“It’s not. It’s not,” She wept again, and I pulled her back to me. I finally cast a look at Ashes, who stared back at me with something akin to pity and fear on his face. Then to Stitches, who wore a stony expression that matched Church’s.

There was a knock on the front door. I looked at Church, who inclined his head to me.

“She deserves to know.”

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Stitches got up to answer the door, leaving me to hold a crying Cady.

“Now?” I whispered to him. “I…”

“Now, Sinclair. I want our family back, and I’m getting tired of the bullshit. I’m done sitting back and waiting. You need to get your shit together. We’re all here without Sirena because you needed time. You’ve had it. Both of you and Cady have. It’s time to join the real fucking world. Whatever this is.” He gestured between Cady and me. “We’ll sort this, but you’re going to get on your fucking knees and beg Sirena to take your ass back, because she won’t come back if it’s not all of us, and that’s not fucking acceptable.”

I swallowed hard and breathed out as the door opened and Asylum stepped into the living room with Sirena and Bryce.

“Hello, Watchers,” Asylum greeted us solemnly. There wasn’t a bone in my body that didn’t think he already knew.

Sirena’s eyes took in the sight of me holding Cady, and she immediately rushed to us, kneeling beside me. I released Cady, and she went to Sirena, clinging to her in much the same way she had clung to me.

“Rina,” Cady choked out. “R-Rina.”

Sirena held her as she cried. I didn’t move. I didn’t even know where to go. I felt stunned and confused. Sick.

I definitely felt sick.

Sirena finally broke away from her and signed frantically to Bryce and Asylum. I frowned at it because I didn’t know fuck all about signing. I did recall Ashes coming in to show me an app to learn on, but I’d been so out of my head I hadn’t paid attention.

“Sirena,” Church called out.

She snapped her attention to him.

“She wants to know what’s going on,” Bryce said as he moved to sit on the couch next to Asylum.

I couldn’t get the fucking image out of my head of him with his head buried deep within her pussy.

I rubbed my eyes, willing the image to go away.

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