Page 237 of The Tribrid Princess and the Taste of Chaos
“No, I’m not staying here with him being a dickhead,” she spits, glaring at Uncle Alejandro.
“She has a point,” Leo says, now glaring at Uncle Alejandro.
“So, you’re siding with your woman’s family now?”
“Never knew there was an ‘us and you’,” Azura snaps, but I can tell she’s hurt by those words.
“This isn’t fucking about who this shit is over; it’s about you being a fucking twat. This shit is fucked up for everyone, and without Kiara to keep you on a fucking leash, you’re fucking things up even more!” Leo snarls, his eyes blazing.
“Please,” Maria whispers. I look at her and wish for her sake they’d stop. I can take it, but this is all visibly affecting her.
“Remember who you’re talking to, boy!” Alejandro snarls as he squares up to Leo, glaring back at him, murder in his eyes. “I made you King.”
Leo scoffs, not affected by his words. “Yeah, you did. So sit the fuck down and let me handle shit now, init.”
“Leo-”
“You were right. It was time for you to stand the fuck down, because you clearly let emotions get in the way. So get out of my face.”
Uncle Alejandro clenches his jaw, but I know he just needs an outlet. “Fucker. This is our family. She was our little girl. She wasmy fucking responsibility.” His eyes glitter as he grabs Leo by his jacket, his anger no longer targeted at me but at Leo.
“Yeah, I know. But hurting others won’t bring her back,” Leo says quietly.
Uncle Alejandro stares at him, as if his words have shaken him, before he steps back and lets go of him.
“This has been a good reminder… that you only see blood as family, Dad,” Alessandra says now, looking at her father. Her chest is heaving rapidly, but apart from that, there is no other sign of emotion. Her voice level and face expressionless.
“Please, for my sake, stop!” Maria pleads again.
Heaven goes to her and hugs her, her body shaking, but no sound comes out.
“We will take our leave. I’m sorry for everything,” Dad says quietly to Maria.
Maria shakes her head as Azura takes hold of my arm, leading me out of the room. Tatum moves aside as he stares at us.
“Wait, is that it? Is nobody going to try to figure this out? Sienna’s-”
“She’s crossed to the Realm of the Gods. There’s no way to get her back.” Ahren’s quiet voice comes; he sounds defeated. He’s standing at the bottom of the grand staircase, his hair unruly. “I tried, but I’m unable to go to that very moment. This is a plan created by a god, and we’re no match.”
“I don’t get why she would do this… for what purpose?” Azura says softly. “Why would she just agree to do his bidding?”
“I’m going to go talk to that Solaris cunt,” Uncle Alejandro growls. “Fucking worshipping Helios!”
He’s almost at the door when Ahren places a hand on his chest. “Wait, I felt a-”
The front door swings open slowly.
I lift my head just enough to look at the silhouette in the doorway: tall, clear and unmistakablyreal.
No!
No fucking way.
My blood runs cold. My lungs won’t expand. My entire body tenses – not from the pain within me, but from the damning truth before me.
I know that face. We all do.
Someone who should have been dead. Someone who can’t be here.
