His Estranged Mate

Chapter 57: Another Cousin!

CATRINA

Blood splatters all around making me duck, not wanting to get any of it on me. Letting out a breath, I open my eyes and peek through my fingers; only to find Calum smirking at me. He blows at his fingers, making the blood vanish and getting his fingers clean.

"Thank you," I whisper, shocked at his sudden appearance.

"I am sorry for being late. Had an annoying witch to deal with," he mutters and then waves at Mila to walk into the room, following her. I smile at Mila in gratitude for helping while she shyly smiles back at me.

"Were you with Fenris to raid the castle?" I ask him, once I drop down on the cot, beside Selene, ruffling the babies' heads and calming myself down. Mila also sits on the empty cot, pulling her sister, Chloe beside her.

I shift my gaze on Calum when he doesn't reply and watch him looking at Mila with a brow raised in bewilderment.

"Is she Cayden's mate?" he asks, ignoring my question and I nod my head, suddenly remembering that he can read minds.

"He's fine, pretty girl. At this moment, he has gone to search for his mother," he tells Mila and I watch as her eyes go wide and her body freezes in shock.

"He can read minds," I supply hoping to explain how he was able to answer her unspoken question. She nods her head jerkily as if unable to believe it. How well I understand her confusion!

"So?" I ask when Calum continues to ignore my question. Looking at me, he sighs as if in resignation and then shakes his head at me.

"Yes, I was there. I am sorry to say but your father's deeds were the vilest that I have ever had the misfortune to witness," he says with pity in his eyes and I suddenly feel ashamed to be the daughter of such a man. I am so engrossed in my own hurt that I don't even realise that Aurora was quietly sniffling for her mate's evil behaviour.

"Ladies," Calum's voice startles me and I look up at him standing, all ready to go somewhere.

"What?"

"Fenris has ordered all the kids and all the vulnerable people to move underground," he informs and picks up Selene swiftly without waiting for us.

"Okay."

Mila pulls her sister behind her while Aurora takes the boy, James with her and I pick up the baby in my arms. We all follow Calum who mutters something on the way and then opens the door.

He knocks on a few doors and I watch as all the females that had been rescued along with a few unknown ones, open the door and then looking at me and Aurora they wordlessly follow us to God knows where Calum is leading us.

Following him, we soon reach a set of stairs that go underground inside the infirmary itself. We all follow Calum and soon find ourselves in an underground cavern which is modernised with a lot of furniture. It's like a small apartment here. There's also a crib, big enough to hold two kids. Calum motions for me to follow him and I go, watching him as he places Selene in the crib and then proceeds to take the baby from my arms and placing her in the crib beside Selene.

He then places both his hands on the babies' heads and mutters something under his breath which I can't make out. A few minutes pass by and I watch as both the babies fall asleep. Shocked and a bit scared now, I stare at him with wide eyes.

"What did you do?" I ask, trying to not think about the negative things here but looking at the sleeping babies I can't really keep calm.

"Relax, I just put them to sleep. I don't want them to cry and be scared any more than they already were."